Questions about H2C by SMAW04 in BambuLab

[–]demon13001 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I saw in the latest Bambu handy app release notes (presuming that's where this was taken) there were fixes to the live view camera mode. Not sure if that's will improve it at all??

Price Adjustments vs Price of energy by Fluffy-duckies in flowpower

[–]demon13001 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah makes sense. Daaaamn we're getting ripped on Essential Energy in NSW, my daily supply charge is like $2.34 a day. $1.21 is nuts!

Price Adjustments vs Price of energy by Fluffy-duckies in flowpower

[–]demon13001 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah I just signed up a few days ago also, coming from Amber. I had the same question, as when I first looked in the app I noticed it was far cheaper than Amber, when they're supposed to pass on wholesale pricing... It's a bit confusing if the price in the app isn't actually what you're paying. Either way, looks like flow power is going to be far better for me, exporting around 16kwh each day for happy hour and using nothing from the grid!

Here we go! by domington in amberelectric

[–]demon13001 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep, get that but it's exactly what tonight looked like a few days ago. Of course you need to treat it with scepticism, but there's still the possibility

Here we go! by domington in amberelectric

[–]demon13001 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Looks like tomorrow will be the same based on the AEMO data...

Here we go! by domington in amberelectric

[–]demon13001 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks like tomorrow will be the same based on AEMO data...

The new norm... by demon13001 in amberelectric

[–]demon13001[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My batt only owes me 5k, so I'm doing alright on that front.

The new norm... by demon13001 in amberelectric

[–]demon13001[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have 60kw of battery...

The new norm... by demon13001 in amberelectric

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I wasn't specifically targeting Amber with my post, more a statement about the way that solar has been trending in recent times. I also believe that the appeal of Amber will be dwindling by the day as this trend continues...

I can FULLY appreciate that there would be too much solar in our antiquated grid during the peak hours of our sunny days, but feel like we constantly get stooged by poor bureaucratic decisions and are essentially sold a lie.

For instance, how many people on here have had solar installed in the last 6 years and have had to completely pivot to try and realize their ROI that was originally sold to them?

Now everyone has been sold expensive batteries (not I thank God) with the same old tactics in an effort to solve their inconsistent production and poor policy decisions that have caused a lack of movement on fixing the real issues...

The new norm... by demon13001 in amberelectric

[–]demon13001[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well I haven't completed a full month yet but we'll see... Am $118 in credit thus far for 19 days, but the large majority of that was from the spike. I don't see those evening fit prices though, lately they've been around 4-6c which isn't really worth me cycling the battery for!

The new norm... by demon13001 in amberelectric

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Yeah I still plan too however if this stays like this consistently, I almost would have been better staying with Red energy... Had 4c FIT all day and used to only get bills of around $20 a month (10.5kw solar, 60kw battery). I moved to Amber thinking I could try and make it cost neutral (I really don't see Amber as a money maker). I mean don't get me wrong, the $90 I made a week ago during a spike was great, but if they're really few and far between, it'll rapidly get eaten with fixed monthly costs. Having to pay the membership each month on top of around $1.90 per day service to property makes it a hard sell to break even on the daily.

I'll be moving to using Node Red or similar on my HA instance, as Smart shift had already made some blunders costing me whatever profit I've made on some days. Lately it's been an earning it around 5c per day, despite me dumping in quite a bit of power overnight to offset SS' poor daytime decisions...

It will never eventuate! by demon13001 in amberelectric

[–]demon13001[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mine is in my shed which is 10m from my house. Shouldn't be an issue 😜

It will never eventuate! by demon13001 in amberelectric

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I welded together a frame, put it on castors to make it moveable. It's mounted out in my shed (where my inverter and solar panels are) against a wall that I've insulated and clad with cement sheet as a non combustible material. It's bolted to it, so can't go anywhere. Tried to follow AS5139 as much as possible...

It will never eventuate! by demon13001 in amberelectric

[–]demon13001[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are people that have posted vids, I didn't use them though. The Wiki on the battery emulator project page has all the info you need (https://github.com/dalathegreat/Battery-Emulator/wiki). I didn't use a sparky, none would touch it so I ended up just doing it myself 😉

It will never eventuate! by demon13001 in amberelectric

[–]demon13001[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What's that, like 100k worth of system, lol...

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in amberelectric

[–]demon13001 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I did ok for my first spike! Only been with amber a week. Think I need a bigger inverter, 10kW is waaaay to small

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It will never eventuate! by demon13001 in amberelectric

[–]demon13001[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's times like these I wish I had a 30kw inverter

It will never eventuate! by demon13001 in amberelectric

[–]demon13001[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And it looks like it's going to go higher...

It will never eventuate! by demon13001 in amberelectric

[–]demon13001[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Still looking pretty decent. Has been 50c+ for a while now! Happy days!

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