▲ 5 r/solar

How do electric companies buy back power made from solar?

We had a sales rep come by. One of my family members agreed to a meeting with him. In advance I looked a bunch of stuff up online so we know what to ask the guy. Anyway longer story short onto my question:

The sales rep says the electric company only buys full panels of electric back. Where is I thought (and if I Google) it seems that they buy the excess electric and it get micro-monitored.

We're most likely not going to do that because it is a lease for 25 years (we could also buy it out right) and they are only saving us about $90 but we still have to pay that grid connection fee so in reality it's down closer to $60 or less per month savings.b the only advantages when power goes out we'd still have power and we will be able to run all through the night if we needed. He said if we want our price even cheaper he could remove a solar panel but then we would have no over provisioning.

Which one of the above is correct? Do they buy back our electric on a micromanaged level or do they only buy full solar panels worth of electric at a time? He's saying they just give us a payment once a year if we had extra panels to sell them.

The system he gave us has two batteries and 18 panels it over provisions or electric by about 10 or 11%. He's saying the electric company wouldn't pay you anything because they only buy a full panels worth of electric and in order for that we'd have to add on more panels.

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u/VisibleExercise5966 — 2 days ago
▲ 1 r/Kalshi

How can a team play itself?

Do I not understand World cup or is this just a glitch? Mexico versus Mexico and USA versus USA?

u/VisibleExercise5966 — 3 days ago

Is this correct?

10 Outdoor 2K+ cameras running for about 2 months now. Free AI subscription. Like 1800 or so video clips. Cars driving by, stupid cat always on my property, dogs, etc. I get a bunch of clips a day.

Turned off subscriptions and got Sync Module 2 hooked up for local storage.

How many clips since the change? 2.

Not cats, no dogs, no cars, nothing. Two clips on the same camera of the same event. One of us walking out our back door.

Is this correct behavior?

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u/VisibleExercise5966 — 7 days ago

Whoever said upgrading to a Sync Module 2 was easy..

I have 11 Outdoor 2K+ cameras less than 2 months old. I bought two Sync Module 2 and used the app to replace the original. I started with one. Now none of the cameras can be seen and I can't delete them or re add them. Their support had me reset the sync module 2, reset (and inconvenience everyone in the house) my routers/Internet. Now I have to go outside and climb up and reset every freaking camera? I've done one so far and that didn't work so I'm on with support.

Not sure why everything with these cameras is such a hassle.

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u/VisibleExercise5966 — 8 days ago
▲ 4 r/candy

White rabbit candy

I know there's a few posts in here that reference White rabbit candy and how good they are. I can't eat anything hard but I have had the ice cream before which people say is almost the same flavor. It is fantastic!

Anyway I really just came here to let people know if you ever take a trip out to Hawaii make sure to visit 7-Eleven for their unique Slurpee flavors. They don't always have it but right now they have White Bunny which pretty much taste like the candy you know and love. It is every bit as good as you think it is.

If I ever won the lottery I would like to open a 7-Eleven sort of like that soda machine in Disney that has soda from around the world. I would like to have the world's largest Slurpee bar with flavors from around the world. I think if someone opened a store like that in a major tourist destination it would be a big draw.

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u/VisibleExercise5966 — 9 days ago
▲ 0 r/Kalshi

How do I place orders for other prices?

I've really only used the default view and I've just changed to another view. Am I wrong but it looks like people are able to place orders for less than the current market price?

Like something trading for 30 cents on a YES and I want to buy for 28 cents maybe someone bought in at 24 cents and wants to take the small profit

How do I place those orders?

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u/VisibleExercise5966 — 9 days ago

Computer stuttering..

I built this computer new myself when the Intel Core Ultra 2 series came out. Less than 2 years ago. Specs: Intel 265K, AsRock Z890 Taichi Lite, AMD 9070XT, 96GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5, Crucial T700 2TB, 57" Samsung Odyssey, etc. For sound I'm using a Fiio K11. My mouse is a Logitech G502X Plus. Cooling? Liquid Freezer II 360MM AIO. I've got puhlenty of hard drive space left.

System never overheats or has any issues at all until a week or so ago. Stuttering in Counter Strike 2, sometimes in Windows 11.

I don't have another mouse to test, but I may see about another mouse. I just updated to the latest Windows and I will update my AMD video drivers shortly. I'm already on the latest BIOS.

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u/VisibleExercise5966 — 11 days ago
▲ 9 r/Kalshi

Anyone repeatedly bet on BTC 15 Min or use a bot for it?

I was thinking of making a bot for it. I decided to throw $34 bucks in and in a little over an hour I'm at close to $44.

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u/VisibleExercise5966 — 13 days ago

[Commodore 64][80s]A game where you cross a bridge guarded by a troll?

Platform(s): Commodore 64 (most likely since that's what a bunch of us had back then)

Genre:

Estimated year of release: 80s

Graphics/art style:

Notable characters:

Notable gameplay mechanics:

Other details:

I only remember one screen.. there's a bridge you're trying to cross guarded by a Troll. That's all I remember.

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u/VisibleExercise5966 — 14 days ago

What's the process to switch my cameras to a sync module 2?

I have 10 cameras and two sync modules. They're all blink outdoor 2K+. If I switch over to a sync module 2 so I can plug in a USB drive do I have to rescan the barcode on all of my cameras cuz I don't really feel like doing that. Or can they just be switched over in the app to the other sync module?

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u/VisibleExercise5966 — 14 days ago

What's the process to switch my cameras to a sync module 2?

I have 10 cameras and two sync modules. They're all blink outdoor 2K+. If I switch over to a sync module 2 so I can plug in a USB drive do I have to rescan the barcode on all of my cameras cuz I don't really feel like doing that. Or can they just be switched over in the app to the other sync module?

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u/VisibleExercise5966 — 14 days ago

Camera alerted me and then didn't record

Camera alerted me to activity. I open it to and see a few flashes like a thunder storm in the distance or explosion. I go outside and see a bunch of red lights on the next street over. There's a fire, it indeed was an explosion.

I go back home to see the recording. There is none. It alerted me when it happened, I watched it on camera happening, but it only started recording later which was just smoke.

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u/VisibleExercise5966 — 19 days ago

Why do some orders sit there forever and others ship pretty quick?

I ordered a light on Amazon and then a few minutes later decided I wanted 2 more. I couldn't find a way to change the order to 3, so I placed a second order. A day later they charged me for the 2 lights and shipped it. The 1 light hasn't been charged yet nor shipped. Never understand the reasoning behind how they ship their orders. It's been 2 days. Some orders don't even begin the process until 3 or 4 days later.

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u/VisibleExercise5966 — 21 days ago
▲ 0 r/Kalshi

Ilia Topuria vs Justin Gaethje UFC was crazy

Man was that some crazy fight. I didn't watch the whole thing I started listening in the car. I bet $5 and I cashed out about $19 on UFC. I then took the $19 and bet on Justin Gaethje because my Mom's husband has been following him and said he's going to win. I then decided to throw another $19 in the mix. Before the fight started I went back into the living room to see if it was taking place yet and it wasn't but he said man that other guy is tough. And I was like but you told me to bet on this guy. If I held on my $38 would have paid out $162. To think I almost was going to bet $100! The fight starts and I could have cashed out for about $80.. I held on.. Justin was getting a little pummeled and at one point I was down to like $3 or $4 cash out! I was real nervous.. by this time I was in the car so I was no longer watching I was listening to some guy comment on YouTube live. I was definitely not going to cash out that low. The round ended and the guy announced that the other guy was pretty injured and tired. Ding ding next round starts Justin starts picking up.. too bad I could have held on for $162 cash out but instead I cashed out at $99. Not bad and it was definitely exciting.

u/VisibleExercise5966 — 21 days ago

Any tips for sticking your paper to a cutting mat?

I printed something on glossy sticker paper. I have a standard grip cutting mat. Is there any tip for sticking it on the mat? I put it down and it was just a tiny bit crooked, so I peeled it up and now the print is ruined. Bubbles, wrinkles/creasing.

The cutting machine I bought only came with standard grip. Maybe I need light grip?

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u/VisibleExercise5966 — 23 days ago
▲ 1 r/Epson

Epson ET8500 Manual Rear Paper Feed

So I watched a YouTube video on how to use the Manual Rear Paper Feed. I opened it up, unclipped that piece and clipped it to the rear of the printer. Brand new printer. I was told to print first and insert paper when it asks. I am printing on glossy sticker paper.

Every time without fail I insert the paper it pauses for 3 or 4 seconds and says paper feed jam to remove paper and reinsert. I've only printed 3 or 4 test pages so far. The last one I had to insert the paper more than once.

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u/VisibleExercise5966 — 23 days ago
▲ 1 r/Epson

New Epson ET8500 questions..

1 - On the Epson website it lists replacement ink. There's a 3 pack CMY and a 5 Pack CMYPKGY.. where's the 6th ink? I have to order that separate for some reason?

2 - There's two separate adjustment steps that say something about choosing a line with no gap or dark lines? They all look the same. Am I supposed to take a picture with my cell phone and zoom in or use a magnifying glass?

Then two separate steps where you choose the rectangles that are not separated or overlapped. They all look the exact same also.

For those, I just chose the default of what it had which was in the middle.

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u/VisibleExercise5966 — 23 days ago
▲ 34 r/Kalshi

A week or two ago I discussed taking popular combos and dialing it down a bit..

Not sure what to call it.. but I've been taking "popular" sports combos and dialing them down a notch. Example: if it says Victor Wembanyama 25+ points, I dial it back to 20+ points if I can. It lowers the amount I win, but it also increases my chance of winning more. I look at the percentage of some of the bets and I may remove them entirely.

A few days ago I hit oh I dunno $42 I think it was and one or two more smaller bets.. it paid over $55 off of roughly three bets of like .98 cents each or so.

Just today I had another 3 wins.. one was .98 cents paid out $84 and another .96 cents paid out $21. There was one more I didn't drop a picture of here that was .93 cents to pay out $7.

People had asked me how it's working. Not too bad.

u/VisibleExercise5966 — 1 month ago
▲ 4 r/Kalshi

I won almost the same bet twice..

I bet the above.. .98 cents paid out $46.. I then must have made another bet taking out "Toronto to win" and .93 cents paid out $14.

Always makes me think why didn't I bet $50, but then if I lose I'll be like idiot.

u/VisibleExercise5966 — 1 month ago

I think the 5 packs of cameras in stores are defective..

I just thought I'd let people know my experience. I'd probably steer clear of the 5 packs in stores, but this is just my experience. I previously bought a 5 pack of Blink Outdoor 2K+ with sync module. 2 out of 5 worked and connected to my account. I returned it to the store. In the new box I received 4 out of 5 worked and were able to connect to my account. They replaced that one and it worked, but I had to wait for it to arrive.

At the same time I made the return I also bought a 3 pack. All 3 worked.

Now I've bought another 5 pack. 1 out of 5 work! This is ridiculous.

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u/VisibleExercise5966 — 1 month ago