Household solar

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Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

I run two UPSs of about 600VA each which power comms equipment and standby mode for the entertainment equipment, then there is the fridge, clocks and water bed heater. They are my 24/7 loads. All other loads such as heating, HWS, lighting, computer and domestic services (washing, ironing, cooking, etc.) are in the evening.
Then, before spending money upgrading equipment, I have to evaluate the cost benefit analasys and approve the capital expenditure. Energy is cheap. It's the connection fees and charges that are the killer. When you look at the price per kWh compared to average income today and then compare that to say 20 years ago, it makes much more sense to buy another car or trailer.

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Heating/cooling is the large expense, whether tha be heating/cooling air/ water/ food its the big consumer generally

Lighting is a furphy, 100W light globe that's turned on for 10 hours a day consumes 1kw/hr of electrickery, people go overboard on low energy lighting with a terrible return on investment.....although I actually do like the SAL led downlights enough to fit them into my own home:D

The simple fact is, to abolish your service charges with PV at .08c KW/Hr, the return on your investment is atrocious, although it can be done

Personally I reckon $1.20/day for the priveledge of mains power is pretty good, but having spent enough time in a 3rd world country, your perception does change about "first world problems":)

Heating and cooling, how do you heat? how well insulated? take advantage of any benefits of the sun, windows etc...do you manage your house well? utelise openings/shading etc to its full advantage, is there things you could do to improve these things?

State government owned the power industry 20 years ago and gave you a gold star for being a large consumer i.e. slab heating, multi phast elec heater etc......times have changed a little since then

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Originally Posted by rovercare

Heating/cooling is the large expense, whether tha be heating/cooling air/ water/ food its the big consumer generally

Lighting is a furphy, 100W light globe that's turned on for 10 hours a day consumes 1kw/hr of electrickery, people go overboard on low energy lighting with a terrible return on investment.....although I actually do like the SAL led downlights enough to fit them into my own home:D

The simple fact is, to abolish your service charges with PV at .08c KW/Hr, the return on your investment is atrocious, although it can be done

Personally I reckon $1.20/day for the priveledge of mains power is pretty good, but having spent enough time in a 3rd world country, your perception does change about "first world problems":)

Heating and cooling, how do you heat? how well insulated? take advantage of any benefits of the sun, windows etc...do you manage your house well? utelise openings/shading etc to its full advantage, is there things you could do to improve these things?

State government owned the power industry 20 years ago and gave you a gold star for being a large consumer i.e. slab heating, multi phast elec heater etc......times have changed a little since then

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Yes, first world problems.
I suspect my major daytime loads are the UPSs. Interestingly, this morning the power has failed here at least ten times. I only know this because I keep having to reset the clocks. My comms and entertainment equipment hav not powered down because they are on the UPSs. Did yuo know, on the NBN, when the power fails the data ports go down unless you have them on an additional UPS.
Yes, first world problems.

The only electrical components of my heating system are the thermostat and the fan. It is gas fueled. The house is well insulated in the roof. I think it would be an expensive exercise to insulate the walls and floor of the brick veneer home. Best buy a RFSV or FFR.

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Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

Yes, first world problems.
I suspect my major daytime loads are the UPSs. Interestingly, this morning the power has failed here at least ten times. I only know this because I keep having to reset the clocks. My comms and entertainment equipment hav not powered down because they are on the UPSs. Did yuo know, on the NBN, when the power fails the data ports go down unless you have them on an additional UPS.
Yes, first world problems.

The only electrical components of my heating system are the thermostat and the fan. It is gas fueled. The house is well insulated in the roof. I think it would be an expensive exercise to insulate the walls and floor of the brick veneer home. Best buy a RFSV or FFR.

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You must be on the end of a feeder that's not in a great state to have those sorts of outages, either that or you are number one on the load shed list:D

I have NBN and have had no dramas

The best thing I can suggest is fitting a wattson and you will get a good understanding of whats happening real time

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I can get you one if you like, I need to make another order from the wholesaler of these, they are great with data logging etc, but can be finicky with the software...I'm certainly not IT orientated though

I'm not sure the purchase of land rovers would be up there with wise investment ideas to be honest:D

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Originally Posted by rovercare

You must be on the end of a feeder that's not in a great state to have those sorts of outages, either that or you are number one on the load shed list:D

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It's rather windy today. I suspect it's the overheads from the sub. I have HV out the front with a pole mounted transformer a few doors up.

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Originally Posted by rovercare

I have NBN and have had no dramas

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The UPS ensures seamless internet usage. I've always had UPSs on the comms equipment since.e back in the dialup modem days.

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Originally Posted by rovercare

I'm not sure the purchase of land rovers would be up there with wise investment ideas to be honest:D

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It is always a good time to buy a car, truck or trailer according to my cost/benefit analysis. I don't limit myself to Landrovers.