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A flock of 58 Victorians will be coming to Adelaide next month.

We were booked in at the Watermark at Glenelg Buffet for dinner on the Saturday night, but got told they'll be closed for renovations.

I looked at Charlie's Diner as a possible replacement but the reviews are pretty mixed.

So to the good people of Adelaide, where would you suggest our group dine? We'd prefer a buffet but not a requirement.

Budget is $44/head - two courses (either entree + main or main + dessert).

Demographic: majority are seniors.

Thanks in advance

Edit: spelling

I don't know what's worse, Amber ignoring you altogether or GoodWe's 'support' that makes you want to a) pour a drink and b) bang your head against a brick wall.

I bought a GoodWe SBP-5000-G2 AC Coupled inverter mid last year.

Post-install, it would intermittently stop outputting data and then stop drawing/charging from the batteries, necessitating a power cycle (which meant everything on its backup circuit (such as servers) need to be shutdown as well). This would happen a couple of times per day.

Support suggested reducing the ModBus query frequency, sure, easy done. Nope, problem persisted.

They suggested a firmware update but only they can perform it.

They do the update and the inverter won't come back online, they bricked it. It won't even supply juice to my backup circuit so now I'm running extension leads around the house.

If you're going to perform a remote firmware update on a customer's device, then surely you have the capability to see whether it has come back online. if it doesn't, then it's reasonable that you reach out to that customer and tell them, either what the issue is, when you're going to go fix it or what you plan is to rectify the outage.

This is the extent of the technical feedback I received:

>You need to Check the battery supplier.

In what universe would asking the supplier of my batteries, when after you performed an upgrade it bricked the unit and now a 1/5th of my house has no power, help?

Back and forth, assurances that they would solve it.. nothing eventuated.

I drove to their warehouse and returned the unit in November 25 and filed a case with VCAT to get my money back.

I've heard nothing from them in that time.

VCAT have now progressed the case and I had to serve notice on GoodWe. Under Vic law, I need the explicit consent to serve documents electronically. On 22 July I sent an email asking for consent.

Emails have been going back and forth ever since. I included my claim, all the supporting evidence, including photos of me returning the unit. As they dodged this simple yes/no question, I executed service by registered post.

Here's what I received last night

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Hi <OP>,
I understand your concerns and appreciate the time you have taken to document the issues you've experienced.
 
Regarding your technical inquiry, I will be coordinating with our Headquarters and Engineering team to obtain further clarification on the concerns you have raised, including:

>The inverter inconsistently responding to Modbus write commands.

>The inverter occasionally becoming stuck in a low-discharge state.

>Determining whether this behavior is related to a firmware issue and, if so, whether a firmware update is available to address it.  

>Before I proceed, I noticed that the serial number previously provided appears to be incomplete. Could you please confirm the complete serial number of your inverter so we can ensure Headquarters reviews the correct unit?
 
Once I have the correct serial number, I will forward your case to our Engineering team for further investigation and will update you as soon as I receive their feedback.
 
Thank you for your patience, and I look forward to your reply.
 
Rhiz

So despite them having had their piece of shit paperweight for 10 months, receiving a statement of claim, a chronology of events, my written statement and 7 exhibits, these numskulls think that consulting with their engineering team is the best course of action to get the inverter working.

Maybe I bought a bad apple and perhaps their gear is generally more reliable, I can accept that as a possibility, but this Amber-level of atrocious support. Nah, it's worse, it's either complete incompetence or a deliberate attempt to wear customers' patience down until they give up.

Anyway, this is my PSA. Let's see how the cookie crumbles at VCAT.

In case anyone finds themselves in a similar position and needs to take action, I'll save you paying for a company extract - here it is

I have a defective hybrid inverter that needs to go back to the supplier. They want me to have it disconnected and shipped to them so they can assess it.

(I bought it online)

They have agreed to refund it and I'll buy a replacement from somewhere more reputable.

It was professionally installed, but my question is: what are the minimum requirements to terminate the two sets of cables (supply + backup circuit) coming out of the wall and connecting to the inverter? A junction box?

The ideal scenario is when the sparky comes to install the new one, minimal effort/time is required, just plug her in.

I bought an SMA inverter when I bought my panels, and it has been rock solid. A great device with an ethernet port and supports ModBus over IP.

I bought some (48v) batteries and a GoodWe hybrid inverter. When support ran a firmware update, they bricked it, washed their hands of it and am waiting for a VCAT hearing date to get my money back.

The Deye hybrid inverter I bought 6 months ago shit itself yesterday at 0845. The power switch is illuminated but the unit is otherwise dead. I'm waiting on a response to my warranty claim. I like it as a unit, plenty of features, ModBus all figured out, but I guess while I wait, I'm keen to hear opinions on brands, what you like/dislike about them, and if you'd recommend them (in the instance I get refunded, instead of a replacement)

There was a post the other day discussing Charlie's clearance given he freely walks in on meetings. We know from Margaret's testimony that she can and does listen in on Leo's calls and would arguably handle just as much, likely more classified material than what Charlie does.

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In Nighty Miles Away, she can't pull Kate's records citing she doesn't have Top Secret clearance and needs a letter from the chief. How does that work?

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Further, as it has been pointed out many a times here before, you only get information when it's relevant; so why was the Chief's request for Kate's file, which was transported by escort, redacted?

Edit: thanks for everyone's responses

Almost all, of the recent pictures posted to this sub in recent times have been from brand new accounts with either hidden or no history whatsoever.

The bots never reply to comments.

The community upvotes these stolen pics, which only feeds the machine, resulting in more content being stolen and reposted with endearing titles.

I call on people to check the user's account before voting.

I call on the mods to implement u/AutoModerator rules precluding new accounts from posting here.

The consensus on this sub seems that electrification of Melton and Wyndham Vale is the best solution and that it needs to happen yesterday.

Per government media, plans are underway to run 9 cars to Melton and ~$152m is being spent on planning for electrification, then there will be the build cost and associated delays & coach replacements. No matter which way the cookie crumbles, more vehicles are needed, sparks or diesel.

As I know a good portion of folk here are crying out for electrification, get your pitch forks ready because it's only going to get enraging from herein.

If you combine the timetables of the Bendigo, Geelong and Ballarat lines, you get a picture of just how congested the RRL (regional Rail Link) from Sunshine to Southern Cross (SCS) is; it runs at ~94% capacity. The difference in block occupation of a 3 car vs a 9 car train set is negligible yet three times the capacity. So in short, trains passing through the section per the title, would ideally be as long as possible.

I say we shelve the plans for electrification to Melton and Wyndham Vale and instead increase capacity by coupling and decoupling trains at Deer Park.

Up until Melton & Tarniet, you experience crush loads and then a mass exodus, with the train at half capacity traveling through to the end of the line. Instead, run full size trains to Deer Park, Wyndham Vale or Melton and then break the trains apart.

Example of DOWN services:

1200 Bendigo limited express departs

1203 9 car Waurn Ponds departs. Front 5 cars continue, last four are decoupled at Wyndham Vale

1206 9 car Wendouree departs. Front 5 continue, last four decouple at Melton

1209 9 car Waurn Ponds limited express departs (Footscray, Sunshine, Deer park, Lara then Stopping all stations (SAS)

1212 Bendigo Stopper departs

1215 9 car 9 car Wyndham Vale/Melton departs. 5/4 split at Deer Park

1218 9 car Wendouree limited express departs

1221 9 car Waurn Ponds departs. Front 5 cars continue, last four are decoupled at Wyndham Vale

*repeat*

This approach moves the greatest possible number of people out of the city and achieves a higher overall carriage utilisation by not running empty carriages the entire length of the line.

UP services

Coupling typically to take place at Deer Park and it doesn't matter which car set comes first (Waurn Ponds or Wendouree), it then continues into Southern Cross as a 9 car set.

Example of UP services:

1101 Waurn Ponds Services departs (5 cars) and couples with the 1142 UP at Wyndham Vale and continues into SCS as 9 cars

1038 Wendouree departs (5 cars) and couples with the 1130 Melton and continues into SCS as 9 cars

1202 Both Wyndham (5 cars) and (a 4 car) Melton depart joining at Deer Park at 1216

*Warnambool service passes through express at ~1222*

1200 Waurn Ponds departs SAS as 5 cars, and an 1138 4 car Wendouree depart, joining at Deer Park

The same frequency to stations can still be achieved, but with no new track or tunnels, just better resource management.

The arguments against are going to be the confusion and the opposition to potentially having to change trains. This will only apply to DOWN journeys, those going UP, just jump on any train.

All that would be needed to combat this is fixed position, variable signs on the platforms. If the sets are consistent (5+4) then "<--Destination A | Destination B -->"

The only thing needed are more trailer cars.