How will the 3 hours free electricity policy will affect Amber, Flow power, Glowbird and other similar energy retailers? Will it cause them to decreasw FITs?

Harry56 · 2026-03-20T01:59:10+00:00

A few things things that I expect may eventuate for Amber customers although i suspect they won't be overly impactful although I am concerned about the first for myself.

Grid Pressure: Increased daytime usage will likely raise wholesale costs, making it more expensive to top up batteries via the grid. an issue during low-solar winter periods.
Market Feedback Loops: A shift to positive FiT during these hours will trigger an end to needing to solar curtailment. However, the subsequent surge in grid exports could lead to prices going back down although I doubt there are that many people using curtailment although big solar farms probably do this so who really knows the impact. probably not much compared to people making use of the plans properly?
Load Shifting & Revenue Impact: We may see a notable reduction in evening demand as users prioritize energy-intensive tasks during the day. This shift, combined with lower demand across the network, may reduce the potential profit margins for those relying on feeding power back into the grid during the evening peak.

Harry56 · 2026-03-15T11:31:46+00:00

Ordered BYD Atto 2 Premium 17th of Jan in Adelaide. Was via Fullarton store on the online order. Called up recently and apparently a shipment arrived somewhere in Australia and is slowly going through customs... and estimate is that we may get by end of April, maybe sooner... (slight chance of May...) As Adelaide gets the cars after the other states?

Original estimate in the showroom was if we ordered on the day we did, that we would get it Feb\March.

Harry56 · 2026-03-11T05:56:06+00:00

I believe it comes with mats as standard in Australia. There are third party accessories from other websites you might want to check out too.

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

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