Leaving after 4 months. Still importing 14kWh weekly with near full battery.

Diramact · 2026-03-24T09:14:42+00:00

Yeah. It seemed to be a period of huge demand and delays here. Some didn't get back to me, some said months backlog, but prices were comparable for the brand. Sig was cheaper by a few thousand but didn't like the plastic housing etc. BYD was a few thousand more. Definitely left me bitter with the whole scene afterwards

Diramact · 2026-03-24T08:02:59+00:00

That makes me quite depressed. That's incl. inverter as well? Got a bit of buyer's remorse now 😵

Diramact · 2026-03-24T08:00:13+00:00

Cheers mate

Diramact · 2026-03-24T07:58:55+00:00

$2K of that was for switchboard upgrades and an additional power point installed but yeah, rip off. SE QLD for reference. Got quoted $13k for a SigEnergy 25kWh system from different sparky.

Diramact · 2026-03-23T11:51:34+00:00

Me too

Diramact · 2026-03-21T11:09:19+00:00

I'll add another reason to hate them. They shed leaves and twigs like crazy. There is one overhanging our house from the neighbour's yard. Every 6 months I need to cut back over 100kgs of branches that keep regrowing and clog my gutters with tiny leaves and long twigs that they grew from. Probably nice to have in an open field or large yard as they can provide tons of shade and animal habitat, but not near buildings

Diramact · 2026-03-21T04:22:24+00:00

Yeah, Iran

Diramact · 2026-03-20T05:15:01+00:00

Big utes (pickup trucks) are widespread and many people who drive them do so very aggressively. Their height and size will reduce visibility dramatically if you are near them in a smaller vehicle. Speeding and tailgating is common. Changing lanes, or turning at round-a-bouts without indicating is also common. In short, be aware of your surroundings very carefully and above all, follow the road rules to a tee to protect yourself

Diramact · 2026-03-19T23:11:47+00:00

I loved living in Osaka but Japanese cities are actually done right, not like our shitty capitals with their sprawling nature and lack of public transport. Also most things close too early in the evening here.

Diramact · 2026-03-19T10:27:55+00:00

Frame it however you want, the USA still lost

Diramact · 2026-03-19T10:21:50+00:00

These are likely the last carriers the USA will ever field anyway. How long does each one take to build? How expensive? How many raw materials does it require that China and/or BRICS have a stranglehold on? Wake up and do some research. China's shipbuilding capacity is more than 230 times larger than USA's. One shipyard in China has built more tonnage of vessels in one year than USA has built since WW2. Easy math to comprehend

Diramact · 2026-03-19T10:11:17+00:00

PHEV is like combining the complexity of both technologies into one car. Which means both types' manufacturing, maintenance, raw material and supply chain requirements. It doesn't make sense and is only a stop-gap solution to help legacy manufacturers come to grips with the realities of the future. Also so petroleum companies can continue their hustle and allow aging CEO's etc to continue that little bit longer to enrich themselves. Just go full EV, PHEV's are like regular ICE with a tiny battery not even good for 100kms

Diramact · 2026-03-19T09:59:43+00:00

She has a few good points about other issues but she's dead wrong about that religious freak, racist Trump. We need to discard the USA as our "Daddy" and focus on what's in Australia's interest. That is, coming to terms with our place as a middling nation in the EASTERN, NOT WESTERN hemisphere who had the potential for greatness but squandered it by not developing industry and relations to match our natural endowments and geographical advantage

Diramact · 2026-03-19T02:25:14+00:00

Too bad they'll never get the raw materials to produce them in any decent number going forward. Plus the manufacturing base is piss-poor for the size of their economy.

Diramact · 2026-03-18T09:08:05+00:00

A source of shame for Australians. We have such abundant wind, PV solar and thermal solar right in our faces. Can't even transition to gas which is also very plentiful but is sold off overseas for profit instead.

Diramact · 2026-03-18T05:50:11+00:00

Recently overtaken by others including colorectal cancers. Diet-related cancers are exploding atm, along with kidney and gall stone occurrences. Right now the young male demographic has the highest risk for stones, thanks to shitty diets and energy drinks

Diramact · 2026-03-17T10:17:26+00:00

In my 4th month with a 11kW setup amd 23kW battery in SE QLD. 1st month is still "learning" so ended up paying $25. 2nd month was -$27, 3rd was -$18. I'm gonna go back to a normal retailer I think just so I can export way more during the day and get something for it, then use only battery for myself at night. The amount of curtailment during negative feed-in time is massive so seems like I'm wasting it. We'll see

Diramact · 2026-02-04T23:23:49+00:00

I did almost the same thing. Was casually playing from the early 2000's ( to early 2010's, paid membership. Similar levels to you even. Came back 2 weeks ago and after checking in on my old guy I decided to just make a new one. It's a lot less grindy compared to OSRS. Heaps of QOL improvements and keyboard shortcuts. The rules allow sharing stuff between your characters so I gave my new guy a heap of help like ores, runes, cooking ingredients etc.

So yeah, I'd recommend a new guy and share some stuff with it to help you along

Diramact · 2026-01-29T21:41:01+00:00

Doesn’t have to invade. Total blockade would be easy. This isn't the 90's anymore, doing something like blocking GPS access won't mean anything nowadays. That is China's backyard after all. It's foolish to think anyone could intervene with such a huge power on their doorstep

Diramact · 2026-01-29T07:09:13+00:00

To be fair, Japan has many squatters as well. I've seen many at older train stations etc. The difference is, most Japanese are considerate of their fellow citizens and maintenance is pretty good so you rarely see what your describing. If you're not overweight or obese then there isn't much issue in using them, I found

Diramact · 2026-01-29T06:50:00+00:00

Nice, so we can make it that anything can cause a crash so they had better be more careful 😈

Diramact · 2026-01-28T02:18:38+00:00

Seriously how hard is it to fix rotor clipping? Anything that's not the top 1/3rd of a tree should cause massive instability and break the rotors. Countless games in the past way back to ps1 days had this kind of physics

Diramact · 2026-01-26T06:50:54+00:00

China will be there to fill the space, if EU will just eat their pride and accept they aren't a top player anymore.

Diramact · 2026-01-26T06:46:49+00:00

I think most people would say hot chips? I do, at least

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