u/road_runner321 — reddlx

The red circles are 2-6pm, the peak hours during summer. I don't run my AC during peak times. I have my system set to charge from 10-2pm and discharge the batteries afterward. You can see the net metering of my solar up until 10am when it all gets diverted to the batteries.

Even on very sunny days the net export during peak hours is recorded as zero when I KNOW that I'm producing more than the house is using because the AC is off, the batteries are outputting ~500 watts, and the panels are still producing upwards of 4 kW.

Where is that 4 kW going if not to the batteries? To the grid, I'll bet, and my power company just decides to ignore it.

edit: Found out that this might be an error on the part of the utility where the graph won't show the recovered power at certain times but it will be properly deducted from the bill. Wait and see, I guess.

u/road_runner321 — 21 days ago

▲ 21 r/solarpunk

The Witness is a puzzle game that has a very solarpunk feel - nature intertwined with technology in an aesthetic and symbiotic way. I'll sometimes just wander around because it's so pretty and calm.

u/road_runner321 — 22 days ago

▲ 9 r/Victron

Two Multiplus-II in split-phase - Why is L1 feeding such a large load back to the grid while L2 is drawing a similar load from the grid?

How do I stop my inverters from doing this unnecessary extra work?

edit: I've figured it out! Thanks, u/Flames15. L2 wasn't running ESS so it was trying to charge the battery while L1 was drawing from the battery trying to keep the grid at the setpoint, so they just ended up running the same 2000W in a loop.

u/road_runner321 — 1 month ago

▲ 11 r/movies

Not sure if a movie, from a TV show, or something I dreamed. Been in my brain for 30+ years.

This was way back in the 80s or early 90s.

The scene is a wasteland with a group of people huddled together, wind blowing, dark sky, desolation.

The leader of the group (I though he was played by Deep Roy?) calls out to Mother Nature, who appears in a window in the sky. She asks what's wrong and the man asks why the world has changed so much. She tries to lie and reassure them that everything will be alright, but then she starts to look sick, begins coughing, and starts to fade away with the man calling "Mother? Mother!"

The scene seems like a short conservation cautionary tale that would run on a kid's show, but it seems a little harsh for Sesame Street. It might've just been a dream, but it left an impression that's lasted decades.

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u/road_runner321 — 1 month ago