John
2phat1.bsky.social
John
@2phat1.bsky.social
Happily married with two great kids and 4 adored grandkids. Part time Uni Photo-media student. Semi retired, design and install large scale renewable energy systems. Social progressive with centre-left political leanings. Not likely to answer DMs
That’s grouse. Now I feel eleventy hundred and ninety years old.
July 21, 2025 at 3:53 AM
100% correct but you may wake up and find that you don’t love your career anymore. But then that’s easier to manage than dealing with the wrong man.
July 9, 2025 at 5:59 AM
If Trump does receive the prize it will taint the Peace Prize for decades.
July 8, 2025 at 7:39 AM
A key issue is being anti-Zionist is equated to be antisemitism. The Australian High Court has recently ruled that is not not the case. Zionism is an ideology. being Jewish is about racial and cultural origin. You can be anti-Zionist without being antisemitic.
July 6, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Our apartment has 80 down lights across 6 rooms. Originally they were halogen lights. 12 years ago we switched them to LED. It reduced our average daily power consumption by 3kWh a day and we haven’t had to replace a globe in that 12 years.
July 6, 2025 at 2:28 AM
28 x 475W panels would be 13.3kW. With an average of 5 hours generation a day annually that would be 66.5kWh. The average daily consumption in a 4 bed, 3 person household is 22kWh. Unless you have a huge requirement that’s serious overkill. In mid summer you’d get about 120kWh
July 5, 2025 at 11:56 AM
If you get an EV make sure you get one that can export from the car to a household battery or inverter. The avge EV battery is 60kWh. The avge home uses 20kWh a day. Without a house battery the car can provide the 10 to 12kWh panels won’t deliver at night and still leave plenty car charge
July 5, 2025 at 2:43 AM
A larger battery won’t necessarily help with winter off grid energy. That will depend on the kW size of your solar panels and where you live. The unknown is what grid top up cost will be in the non peak hours if you are on a time of use tariff.
July 5, 2025 at 1:32 AM
There are already EV chargers that plug into a standard household power point. It’s not a fast charge but generally used for overnight charging.
July 5, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I do solar assessments for large installations. Let me know the. It’s you are in and how many kW of panels you have installed and I can give you guidance on battery size. I don’t represent any solar or battery sellers.
July 5, 2025 at 1:21 AM
With the fed government initiating $4000 rebates for batteries of 10 kWh it should be possible to have a battery of that size installed for about $7000 to $8000. If you live in W.A., you get another $1000 rebate and can finance the difference in cost at 0% interest. I don’t know about other states.
July 2, 2025 at 5:54 AM
If you installed panels 10 years ago, they were probably around 250 W. Today 440 W are common for residential installations. With prices for panels having come down significantly in the 10 years it shouldn’t be too costly to increase your solar generation capacityby 80% to 90%.
July 2, 2025 at 5:50 AM
12 times table
June 28, 2025 at 1:17 AM
I am pro Israel and anti Zionist. The Zionist Israeli government is a rogue government. Born of the indefensible Holocaust, Zionists have become what they hate most. Nazis.
May 20, 2025 at 6:33 AM
And the new tax on Super is only on the amount IN EXCESS of $3 million. Not the whole amount. Liberals just can’t disconnect from the fear campaigns based on lies. The electorate largely sees through it. The average super balance is $70k.
May 18, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Be careful what you ask for. You may get it.
May 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Her endorsement and $6 will buy you a coffee.
May 2, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Thanks @sandymcclearn.bsky.social Let me know if there’s anything I can do for you. After all, one good tern deserves another. 👍
May 1, 2025 at 1:49 AM
And Putin. Don’t forget Putin the puppet master.
April 24, 2025 at 3:16 AM