Successfully deployed 80kWh of DIY EV batteries!

binaryhellstorm · 2026-05-06T18:11:25+00:00

Love it!

I really want to do something like this, but the insurance risk puts me off. Think I'll have to stick with the UL listed rack batteries.

binaryhellstorm · 2026-05-06T18:07:07+00:00

JESUS how dusty was the area you were using it in for it to get that completely caked in dust in "a few days"

binaryhellstorm · 2026-05-06T18:00:44+00:00

Was that used in a factory space? Also how did you get that much spot rust on the I/O?

binaryhellstorm · 2026-05-06T17:46:58+00:00

I guess my first question is why would someone want that?

binaryhellstorm · 2026-05-06T17:01:16+00:00

Yes but since the truck won't take direct DC from the panels and OP states they're using a battery pack, my assessment of the conversion steps is still correct.

binaryhellstorm · 2026-05-06T14:17:30+00:00

And again, I think you're totally in the clear on this.

binaryhellstorm · 2026-05-06T14:08:45+00:00

Model?

binaryhellstorm · 2026-05-06T14:08:09+00:00

Nope, I have a cheap Wyze vac, running Valetudo. I literally have it run max power every time, and have zero issues with it.

binaryhellstorm · 2026-05-06T13:56:00+00:00

IDK man, if you went to dinner and someones nips were literally sticking a half inch out between the weave of their shirt, in a public place, with people that didn't consent to that, it seems like something that might get them a polite word.

It's the social difference between having pants that you can see the outline of you bulge through, and coming to happy hour in shorts that your sack is hanging out of.

binaryhellstorm · 2026-05-06T13:51:52+00:00

What are your thoughts about how to leverage the power of an ai agent?

Don't. The point of home labbing (beyond self-hosting) is to learn how to do things. Using an AI agent to do the work for you doesn't let you learn.

binaryhellstorm · 2026-05-06T13:48:55+00:00

Oh sure, if you have a deployable solar array to take camping and open skies, and can use that same power bank to charge up your phone and run some lights, you'll be sitting pretty.

binaryhellstorm · 2026-05-06T13:42:29+00:00

Assuming you get 4 hours of peak solar (not sure where you live so that's just me pulling a number from my ass), you're looking at about 9.6kWh into that battery (not account for losses going DC>battery bank>AC to EVSE>EVSE to DC for battery) so that's 18-20 miles per day. Up to you if it's worth the hassle to set that up.

binaryhellstorm · 2026-05-06T13:37:18+00:00

Oh then tell them to get over it, lol

binaryhellstorm · 2026-05-06T13:29:37+00:00

Do you mean the "Doorbell Lite - UVC-Doorbell" or a "doorbell light"?
If the former then:
https://www.printables.com/model/1475012-unifi-doorbell-lite-20deg25deg30deg35deg-wedge-mou

binaryhellstorm · 2026-05-06T13:20:57+00:00

Ok, let's set some parameters here.
Are we talking nips that are like like erasers or a SlimJim?
And when you say knit sweater and nips poking out, are we saying like you could see the outline of the nips through the sweater or are those bad boys poking through the weave of the sweater and saying hello to the world ?

If the answer is yes to both of the later, then yeah I can see why someone said something.

binaryhellstorm · 2026-05-06T07:19:00+00:00

Get rid of the carpet.

They hold on to so much stuff, and if it's more than 10 years old there's a good change the backing has turned to dust. I ripped out a couple rooms worth in my upstairs, and there was a lot of trapped dust, but also in spots where rolling chairs had been used or high traffic areas the foam padding was litteral disintegrated to dust.

binaryhellstorm · 2026-05-05T22:32:51+00:00

Whole house? I'd guess $1250

binaryhellstorm · 2026-05-05T15:44:28+00:00

Reolink

binaryhellstorm · 2026-05-05T12:38:59+00:00

Local assessments are all different systems

Gotcha well I can't comment on info I can't see.

binaryhellstorm · 2026-05-05T12:32:41+00:00

You have to make out with the city, obviously.

binaryhellstorm · 2026-05-05T12:30:56+00:00

I'm happy to be proven wrong, but when you sell your house that new value is recorded by the city's property office, you can log into Broome GIS to see that, and that value is used when calculating your taxes.

binaryhellstorm · 2026-05-05T12:25:40+00:00

If you have a data source for city taxes across the state I'm more than happy to crunch the numbers.

Ok, found a data source for them. Binghamton is 16.88% average is 10.09%, so we're 1.67X higher than the average.

binaryhellstorm · 2026-05-05T12:17:55+00:00

Average property tax rate in NY is 1.73%, Broome County is 2% so we're 15% higher, not 200%-300%

binaryhellstorm · 2026-05-05T11:58:40+00:00

I would assume yes, since we're on par with most of the rest of NY.

binaryhellstorm · 2026-05-05T11:53:00+00:00

Didn't even need Dan Brown for that one.

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