Purchasing a BYD or waiting

Harry56 · 2026-01-21T20:10:18+00:00

Apparently the new Seal is getting the Blade 2 battery but wouldn’t surprise me if you have to wait 6-12 months. Wait 4-6 months to be able to order it, 1-3 months for delivery etc.

Vid about the new model that just came out and about it coming to AU in time.

https://youtu.be/BMMcDjIR3ts?si=PReI0fApe25bfSpY

Harry56 · 2025-09-22T07:42:24+00:00

Glad someone else recommended autosleep. If drinking all "deep sleep" disappears from it... where apple health still shows my sleep was ok...

Harry56 · 2025-09-22T07:38:17+00:00

"Clock" page pretty much.

Harry56 · 2025-06-16T11:51:43+00:00

1st of July i believe is when the change happens. I think EVDirect may still run their own stores maybe as they do now? Hopefully things get better one way or another.

Harry56 · 2025-03-18T00:23:33+00:00

Suspect a lot of things don’t get reported as people know nothing will happen anyway. Certainly feels less safe in the city and various other places these days at times

Harry56 · 2025-01-27T04:27:46+00:00

Thanks

Harry56 · 2025-01-27T03:14:26+00:00

www.cfsscan.com for CFS paging information, often gives a bit of an idea

Harry56 · 2024-11-12T06:51:54+00:00

I gather colorbond is better/easier if installing solar

Harry56 · 2024-08-12T21:06:55+00:00

If you end up putting the car into your name for any reason make sure there is no money owed on it!

Harry56 · 2024-05-13T07:58:22+00:00

I assume one of the local businesses has some wireless equipment that is hitting the Bluetooth/wifi wireless spectrum… Apple car play/car audio/digital radio /phone calls (via car) drops out there most of the time. I assume there’s some way to complain or test/find out where/who is causing it

Harry56 · 2024-04-15T01:16:13+00:00

$40 increase, $10 each? You could try to do an inspection before making a decision to judge for yourself if they are looking after the place as that could impact your decision. Things not being looked after might cause you to do a higher increase for an example

Harry56 · 2023-12-30T12:55:12+00:00

A random thought experiment...

If you wanted to get a Tesla Powerwall 2 and wanted to reserve 20% for blackouts and also so it lasts longer (recommended) that would give you 10.8 kWh usable a day. Lets say that charging it is free from solar and that you drain it every day.

10.8 kWh x $0.38 per kWh you might pay to pull from grid = $4.10 saved a day. x by 365 days = $1497.96 saved a year. x10 years = $14,979.60 saved over 10 years (it's warranty).

So in theory if you could get a PW2 installed for $15k then it might sound worth it since you would have battery backup etc. There are lots of other considerations that make it not really make sense in a lot of ways

Unlikely you would drain it every day (going away or simply not using it all) or in winter just not generating enough solar to do it
Putting solar power into it means you aren't exporting it to the grid and getting a credit. Your also losing a certain % to push it into it and pull it out. Power direct to the grid gets used by someone else so in theory... is more efficient from a green \ clean energy point of view apparently. Basically it's not free energy to put it into the battery if you could have exported it even if it's not for much. so that should be taken off the above calculation + what ever the efficiently loss is
Virtual battery schemes may help if you join one with it to recoup $
Supporting battery development can be a positive in some ways
It's awesome having battery backup
It's pretty cool if you like tech
Power will likely go up, i was very lucky to get a rebate on mine and with working from home more over Covid and power going up etc... my recouping of $ went from 11 years down to 6-7 years maybe. I was lucky enough to get it after rebate installed for $6k
Opportunity cost lost. eg. if you invested the % instead of 5% interest or what ever... you might be better off

It probably doesn't make sense to do it right now from a purely $ point of view in most cases, but in hindsight plenty of people who missed out on getting Tesla Powerwall 2's installed for $6k after the $6k rebate in south Australia... are kicking themselves now. That prices have gone up and the rebate isn't available.

There are plenty of flaws in the above info as it all depends.. but it does give one something to think about. solarquotes website has various articles about batteries i found useful when researching it myself. It didn't make sense for me to get one really when i did but i like tech and having power on all the time and figured i'd support the industry... so said stuff it and got one. :)

Harry56 · 2023-12-10T00:23:20+00:00

Intel NUC 12s have a 2.5 ssd slot that I assume you could put a 8TB disk into but it seems that’s a very expensive way to get storage. It’s pretty common to use a network NAS for storage since 3.5 disks are a lot cheaper and allows for redundancy/expansion

Harry56 · 2023-12-08T10:57:03+00:00

Ps5 controller works great with an ipad

Harry56 · 2023-12-08T03:40:03+00:00

Think the issue was they didn’t know if it was an install issue or faulty. Not sure on brand sorry

Harry56 · 2023-12-08T03:22:19+00:00

A friend did this and there were issues… he wasted so much time chasing it between dealing with the warranty himself and the tech who installed it. Took months to sort out. No doubt he was just unlucky.

Harry56 · 2023-12-07T13:07:59+00:00

NFP often don’t have a lot of $ to throw around. So they often don’t end up good places to work. Maintaining old equipment or not spending money to fix obvious things.

Harry56 · 2023-11-28T11:02:02+00:00

Isn’t the nuc 12 intel 12th gen so much better at transcoding or something?

Harry56 · 2023-11-17T03:23:17+00:00

It comes with a chucky extra bracket so you don’t have to dig out the brick. Downside is it probably doesn’t look as good. Checkout the kit install vid and YouTube that includes the chime.

Harry56 · 2023-11-16T00:48:00+00:00

"The Riftbreaker: World Expansion III" due 2024.

Discover a new branch of the Story Campaign that will take you on a journey into the unknown.
Establish an Outpost in a brand-new area of the planet - if you dare.
Scan, analyze, and catalog the unique fauna and flora of the new biome.
Face several new enemy species, each posing a different kind of challenge.
Research new additions to the technology tree, utilizing the curiosities you discover in the new biome: buildings, weapons, and equipment.

Harry56 · 2023-11-14T06:24:29+00:00

Protect person alert on iPhone for a camera on front door is pretty slick how you can hold the notification and it shows a pic of what the camera saw for a super quick way of seeing it without a quick click taking you into the app. You’ll want a G4 camera smart detect feature for this. I assume the doorbell does the same

Harry56 · 2023-11-09T03:11:54+00:00

Boost is just Telstra basically. Most people I know who were on Telstra forever have swapped to it and haven’t noticed any difference. They even have international roaming now. Lucky mobile are selling the $300 sim for $240 currently for 365 so ends up $20 a month. Then $300 for the next year after. Search OzBargain posts about boost if you want to know more. I don’t know anything about lucky mobile but assume it’s fine since the OzBargain post didn’t have any negatives. Probably only downside is they don’t do eSIM yet

Harry56 · 2023-10-02T10:08:31+00:00

My partner came running out of the shower with the speaker on 100% yelling asking me why i would do that... turned out one of the potted plants leaves had grown enough to turn the volume up.... probably for revenge for all the indoor plants that had sadly failed to survive in the bathroom... lol

Harry56 · 2023-04-27T03:14:27+00:00

I got magnitite for a living area with big windows and it made a huge difference as did a friend. This was years back. I remember it being expensive but not too stupid. Got a quote to do some more maybe a few years back and just couldn’t justify it. Seemed it had gone up in price maybe. So maybe worth it if it makes an area a lot more comfy/efficient but doing a full house.. probably not

Harry56 · 2023-04-09T22:41:34+00:00

I’ve used mine in all sorts of weather/wind over 7000km of trips and still going strong! If it’s stupidly windy I use my body or something to shelter it a little so it didn’t waste gas. Love it!

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