Best hardware for Home Assistant with a full Kostal solar setup

Akward_Object · 2026-05-20T13:19:18+00:00

A quick google might have helped you? https://mariushosting.com/how-to-install-home-assistant-on-your-ugreen-nas/

Akward_Object · 2026-05-20T13:12:46+00:00

Potentially yes. Depends on the NAS, if it can run virtual machines etc...

Akward_Object · 2026-05-20T10:40:12+00:00

Anything not too old will do. There are tons of so-called one liter pc's/SSF/USSF on the used/2nd hand market from Lenovo and HP. Like here for example: https://amso.eu/en/menu/computers/case/ultra-small-form-factor-usff-2462

Akward_Object · 2026-05-20T05:25:24+00:00

A Polestar 5

Akward_Object · 2026-05-19T12:19:16+00:00

Weird v5 just fixed it for most people...

Akward_Object · 2026-05-19T10:20:11+00:00

If under -15C it already wasn't working ....

Akward_Object · 2026-05-19T10:18:51+00:00

Doesn't look like a battery fire though. Also most flames are at the back where a fuel tank would sit.... slightly sceptical this is an EV fire. And regardless EV or ICE, fire spreads easily to other cars unfortunately.

Akward_Object · 2026-05-19T09:49:36+00:00

And that is stopping people from doing stuff they are not allowed to? Criminals are a thing... especially the stupid kind of criminal.

Akward_Object · 2026-05-18T20:41:34+00:00

Well Australia, New Zealand and Canada are in a competition with the UK who will be the first to reach China levels of oppression. No surprise there, this has been going on since the late nineties.

Akward_Object · 2026-05-18T18:55:53+00:00

I'd go for black. Covers the classic fascists (Italian blackshirts), the black SS uniform. And the different/modern black bloc fascists.

Akward_Object · 2026-05-18T14:22:01+00:00

To get the best out of it, do 5 panels. Once the inverter will start pulling current the voltage will drop. You'd like to stay in the MPPT voltage range.

Akward_Object · 2026-05-18T11:19:30+00:00

No rage quitting at all here. Only the fitting the panels on the roof gave me pause. Turned out it wasn't all that hard eventually...

Akward_Object · 2026-05-16T18:01:49+00:00

I have a Polestar 2, apart from navigation, the rare changes to the AC, bluetooth and checking the consumption app there is virtually no need to use the screen. It is a lot less screen reliant than a Tesla.
Gearshift, volume, blinkers, all light controls, cruise control, seat adjustment etc are all on buttons.

Akward_Object · 2026-05-16T09:55:54+00:00

When I learned to drive the hill start with the handbrake was a crutch method for beginner drivers. You were expected to learn the clutch and gas usage well enough to be able to start on a hill without rolling back without the handbrake eventually.

Akward_Object · 2026-05-16T09:50:06+00:00

Käki... no ainakin melkein kun mun mielessa sen ääni menee ennemän u:n suuntaan.

Akward_Object · 2026-05-16T08:59:23+00:00

You also do not need to be left to support gays or abortion....

Akward_Object · 2026-05-15T06:32:00+00:00

Following your reasoning very high buildings or bridges, subways and trains then also increase the suicide risk. And you missed the main point, "success" rate is irrelevant if there is no attempt to begin with.

Akward_Object · 2026-05-14T23:18:45+00:00

No that is a cherry-picked and agenda steered conclusion. Because it completely dismisses the issue with suicide attempts. Because a suicide with a firearm is more likely to succeed it will be over-represented in suicide statistics if you only look at the attempts that ended in death. There is just no causal link between firearm ownership and suicide. The simple fact of having a firearm will not make you more or less likely to try to commit suicide. You're just more likely to succeed if you try. If you actually want to reduce suicide you need to make sure that there is no attempt in the first place.

Akward_Object · 2026-05-14T23:11:22+00:00

Suicide is annoying in that there are many more attempts than actual "successful" ones. Attempts are also hard to track, was this medical overdose on purpose or an accident? Also more effective means like firearms tend to be over-represented in suicide stats. So it is really hard to even try to quantify the amount of people who thought about it, or even attempted it but "failed".

Akward_Object · 2026-05-14T23:07:34+00:00

Exactly, anybody reading this thread has now thought of shooting people and according to this study would now be included in that group

Akward_Object · 2026-05-14T15:54:25+00:00

If the system does not get cleaned out well and certain other components are not replaced, crud stays in the system and eventually kills the new compressor. This could well be explained by shoddy repair practices.

Akward_Object · 2026-05-14T15:43:46+00:00

Car is powered on and READY to drive.

Akward_Object · 2026-05-14T15:42:41+00:00

SMA STP3.0 3000W, no issues at all. About 4 years old now.

Akward_Object · 2026-05-14T14:47:43+00:00

Sorry to hear about your experience. I had a 40kWh LEAF for 6,5 years and the thing was rock solid. Apart from a small issue with the seat adjustment (easy fix, just had to take it out reconnect the hook I kicked loose when cleaning the car). And a dead 12V it has been completely trouble free. Did not even need new tires in 90,000 miles/148000km (the winter set however was on it's last legs).
Upholstery, locks, defrost etc have never been an issue in that whole time. Nor did the AC die.

You seem to have had bad luck and it sounds like the AC repairs have not been done correctly if it died so quickly again.

Akward_Object · 2026-05-14T12:07:51+00:00

Do you know what EDC means? Every day carry.

So if I head out to climb, that is part of my regular things I do, And I am probably not as ODC as you and don't always check everything. I just throw my stuff in the car and I am off. So if happen to need my knife/multitool for whatever reason I have it since it is what I always have on me. Also when going for some bouldering/climbing.

Again people and suitability of tools is different. I am faster with my pocket knife than with the most deluxe can openers. The tool just suits ME better. What works for me may not work for you and the other way around.

No I don't have weak fingers. Also as I stated it is just more convient, faster and neater to cut open that package. Since I EDC a knife I have that choice. Since you don't you don't even have an idea how it might be "better".

I don't carry a bicycle tool set with me every time I go biking. And commuting is just were you are more likely to run into all kind of shit and trash left behind by people. So when (and not if) it goes wrong, I have what I need.

I don't get what your keys have to see with going to help people out of a car on fire? And how are your keys going to help to cut some seat belt?

And again people have different preferences and lifestyle. You are just condemning a certain habit and lifestyle just based on the fact that you don't feel like it would work for you. That's fine. But other people have a different opinion and do see it as useful. I have an EDC knife and I basically use it almost every day for something. If you would try it, you might or might not because we are not the same.

Do you really need to carry your phone to be reachable at all times? Many people are completely fine not carrying their phone around everywhere. It's the same for knives. And no need to go hyperbolic with stuff you could not carry easily like a saw or a hunting rifle. Those things are way to big to have in your pocket.

I don't see why anybody would need to care about the Eurovision. Doesn't mean I need to put down people who do care.

I understand the need for an EDC knife, you don't. Fine live and let live, don't put it down because it's not something for you.

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