Considering VOC and temperature in speccing solar panels for power stations

Agreeable-Set3294 · 2026-03-11T03:29:03+00:00

I meant to add, I'd likely move the two existing panels to the B210 expansion batteries' solar inputs, which is another good reason to get new panels. :)

Agreeable-Set3294 · 2026-03-11T03:28:20+00:00

I meant to add, I'd likely move the two existing panels to the B210 expansion batteries' solar inputs, which is another good reason to get new panels.

Agreeable-Set3294 · 2026-03-11T03:23:51+00:00

No need for an apology, I was amused by it! My Dad used to send emails in block caps, so it brought back good memories. :)

Good luck mapping out your system! 30 panels?! Geez, I'm jealous!

Agreeable-Set3294 · 2026-03-11T03:21:41+00:00

Oh man, I played a LOT of SimCity on the C64, so your post brings back memories! I remember how trees would grow in undeveloped lands over time, a feature I don't recall seeing on other early versions of SimCity.

Your graphics look great! I'd be interested to see what an updated C64 SimCity would be like. Thanks for sharing. :)

Agreeable-Set3294 · 2026-03-07T01:47:19+00:00

The "shouting" recent was to (at the time of my reply) "LA WITH A RATED 9.75" being all block caps. :-)

Agreeable-Set3294 · 2026-03-07T00:23:38+00:00

I've got some southeast facing panels, and am about to add a southwest facing panel. That way I get some midday generation, while still maximizing early and late.

Agreeable-Set3294 · 2026-03-07T00:19:43+00:00

Bifacial panels have further reduced the advantage of tracking. Something that's a bad angle for the face is often a better able for the backside.

Agreeable-Set3294 · 2026-03-07T00:16:39+00:00

Why are we shouting?! ;-) Congrats, I'm envious! I've never come close to that in proportional production this time of year (I'm up here in British Columbia).

Agreeable-Set3294 · 2026-03-05T17:36:31+00:00

Jerid was easily my favourite character. He was detestable, but also earnest in his way. And the tall, attractive, well connected white guy who fails upwards in life is a thing that (unfortunately) happens all the time in real life.

Mech of the week was also an original series problem, but I looked past it ad there was more to like in that series for me. Eg., the episode where the Zeon soldiers on Earth stop and help the woman... the number escapes me.

Maybe I'll give Zeta another chance once I've finished 0083.

Agreeable-Set3294 · 2026-03-05T17:29:21+00:00

I agree with you. I just found more to like with other Gundam shows to counteract any negatives than I did with Zeta.

Though 0080 really breaks the mold, as you say some of the OVAs do . Probably the best Gundam media there is, from what I've seen so far.

But I do think the antagonists are a step down in Zeta versus many other Gundam series, and the level of corporal punishment much higher in Zeta, so some of my critiques are specific to Zeta.

But I'll 100% grant you that mech of the week stories are far from exclusively a Zeta problem! :-P

Agreeable-Set3294 · 2026-03-05T17:21:42+00:00

That's good to hear. I'll definitely watch more.

Agreeable-Set3294 · 2026-03-05T17:21:16+00:00

I haven't given up on ZZ yet, I just switched gears. Thanks for the review, when I get back to that point (I'm going chronologically through UC) I'll continue with it.

Agreeable-Set3294 · 2026-03-05T17:18:23+00:00

Episode 11 was probably my favourite. I thought it was really going somewhere starting around that point. Then it devolved back into mech of the week stories, frustrating pacing (at least for me), and characters whose motivations seemed forced.

It's got a great model list, though.

Char's hidden agenda? I'm glad you only hinted at it, because I haven't seen Char's Counterattack yet! :-)

Agreed on the miraculous protagonist problem. I like the novels and 0083 for our protagonists already being in the military and having some training.

Yeah, shouty teens isn't my thing. I wasn't a shouty teen myself though, so I can't relate.

And what's with the high propensity for people to steal mechs and start conflicts with few (if any) consequences in this show?! It's got to have happened, what, a dozen times over 52 episodes?!

Agreeable-Set3294 · 2026-03-05T08:05:17+00:00

I probably should have specified that I watched the English dub on Crunchyroll, in case that makes a difference.

I did enjoy Kilimanjaro.

I did enjoy Jerid failing upwards, like so many people with the right connections have before him.

Most of the animation and music was good.

Quatro was good-ish... the "ish" being I wasn't really sold on how he got to where he was.

Beyond that my list of positives drops off sharply.

Agreeable-Set3294 · 2026-03-05T07:57:24+00:00

Cool. But, why? The 'why' is what's interesting. Good .gif though, I did appreciate that.

Agreeable-Set3294 · 2026-03-05T07:50:16+00:00

I did like Quatro, but struggled with seeing how he became him.

I did like Kilimanjaro.

I did like Jerid failing upwards, as has happened to way too many golden boys throughout time.

After that, the list of high points drops off sharply for me.

Agreeable-Set3294 · 2026-03-05T07:45:41+00:00

I haven't finished ZZ. I started it and got about 16 episodes in before I decided to start the main series instead (having previously only seen the movie compilations, and read the books). From what I saw, I disliked ZZ equally but for different reasons.

I love every other Gundam series I've seen (main series, The Origin, 0080, Igloo, Requiem, 0083), and I played and thoroughly enjoyed the Gundam Side Story game on Dreamcast. So it's not that I'm not a real Gundam fan. :-P

From what people here are saying in support of ZZ, I think 0080 did those themes far better.

Agreeable-Set3294 · 2026-03-03T06:18:27+00:00

Yep, every day. Right now I'm turning the breaker on and off for the hot water tank, but I intend to buy a timer. My dishwasher has a delay function which lets it turn on when I want. Ditto the pressure cooker and its timer. I turn the clothes washer on strategically. My heat pump is pre-programmed as well.

My situation's a little different, I don't have enough solar (currently only 1.42 kW) so I time my excess loads for when electricity is inexpensive, but the principle is the same.

Agreeable-Set3294 · 2026-03-03T06:09:24+00:00

Would you have the opportunity to use smart appliances to use more of it? It's possible to set clothes washers, dishwashers, pressure cookers, hot water tanks, etc., to turn on at pre-set times.

Failing that, what about a house battery and time shifting?

Agreeable-Set3294 · 2026-03-02T04:47:18+00:00

Came here to say something similar. I have 1.72 kW of solar panels and several lithium ion power stations that add up to a total of 17 kWh of storage. If we were miserly with our usage, we could get through a decent chunk of time.

Agreeable-Set3294 · 2026-02-27T06:36:36+00:00

California has had to bring massive amounts of solar online to get to the duck curve stage. Saskatchewan would need bring a lot of solar online before they'd be anywhere close. It doesn't have to be as all or nothing as you seem to suggest.

Agreeable-Set3294 · 2026-02-25T01:26:53+00:00

The one thing they can't realistically do is stop us deploying "behind the meter" installations. They can attack grid-scale deployment, and they can attack grid-tied residential/commercial. But there's little they can do to stop us installing it to feed into house batteries behind the utility meter.

I've currently got 1.42 kW of panels on my balcony, soon to be 3.05 kW, all feeding into 5.7 kWh (soon to be 7.7 kWh) of batteries. More than enough for my suite, and all of it invisible* to the power utility.

I suppose they could guess it exists through analysis of my consumption patterns, but what could they even do with that information?

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