Thread: Covid Mk ll

Originally Posted by Arapiles

Covid relevance edit: due to Covid border restrictions I can't currently visit Monkey Mia.

Definitely Covid related as I suspect the dolphins all left….

So long and thanks for all the fish - Hitchhiker's Guide (HD) - YouTube

Originally Posted by Arapiles

Neither - we've been planning to put on batteries for backup (so, at that point it'd be what now appears to be called a hybrid system) but the prices for batteries are still too high, so I figured that in the interim and for a couple of grand I could use a small generator as backup just for when the **** really hits the fan.

Our premium tariff runs out in 2024 so at that point I'll make some changes to the system, including adding a lot more panels.



I wondered about that - but if you switch to batteries the solar can stay on?

Yes because the solar will keep charging the batteries if the system you choose is capable of doing so.
If using the generator, the solar must be off otherwise you can damage the inverter.

As for hybrid systems, the best we use are the Tesla's so far, simple and will back up your whole house. We do LG, but they are rubbish in comparison.

Covid covid covid (keeping it on topic)

Originally Posted by 4bee

Marvelous what trades they are in these day, their presence did keep the onsite swearing down but not so much these days as they can mix it on a par with the lads, no matter how hard they try to compete.

2 of the best Tradies I learned off during my apprenticeship were both Woman - that was 33 years ago so they’ve been doing it for a while. Both of them would make a Sailor blush with their language - it didn’t make anyone curb their attitude or language back then - that was even when the smoko rooms were full of pics of topless models, etc and that’s all calendars had in them back in the day.

Originally Posted by Vern

Yes because the solar will keep charging the batteries if the system you choose is capable of doing so.
If using the generator, the solar must be off otherwise you can damage the inverter.

As for hybrid systems, the best we use are the Tesla's so far, simple and will back up your whole house. We do LG, but they are rubbish in comparison.

Covid covid covid (keeping it on topic)

"If using the generator, the solar must be off otherwise you can damage the inverter".

Is what we do having a separate CB on the panel or an Isolator next to the Inverter.

Originally Posted by 4bee

"If using the generator, the solar must be off otherwise you can damage the inverter".

Is what we do having a separate CB on the panel or an Isolator next to the Inverter.

You can either switch the solar out with the changeover switch or else send a signal to the inverter to shed it with an auxiliary set of contacts off the change over switch, but however you do it, you need to make sure it’s off before the gen comes on line, or you risk letting the magic smoke escape.

Originally Posted by Gav 110

Found this one for you Vern, it produces lemon scented “toilet paper”🤣🤣

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Not recommended after a bushfire. Or if there is a Koala attached.

Sorry to bring you back to Earth, but Son of OMICRON is here. No one knows if it is more dangerous, but common sense says masks , social distancing, and the booster are important. Common sense seems short on the ground ATM, but it has been from day one.


'Son of Omicron' Covid variant has touched down in Australia (msn.com)

How dangerous is living in denial?

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If there are those out there struggling with reality, here is some advice from some old sailors. And no, no one made a sailor blush with their language.

Fisherman's Friends singing Keep Hauling, Billy O?Shea, Little Lize and Bully in the Alley 2020. - YouTube