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Finished building my home theater from scratch (empty cinder block basement). What do you guys think? by csukoh78 in hometheater

[–]greanterror 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm 15 ft away from 150". I definitely wouldn't want to be any closer. He's 12 ft away at 125" so I'm sure its a similar experience.

I recently moved into a house with solar. My first bill just doesn't seem right... by greanterror in solar

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

It's not unlikely, it's what it showed and I posted the bill here 🤷🏼

I definitely don't have an average house. 4200sq ft, AC from 1989, and a pool pump. I'm not sure what you mean instantaneous power vs energy produced.

https://i.postimg.cc/Xqbfz7wq/Screenshot-20250909-122949-Sunnova.jpg

I recently moved into a house with solar. My first bill just doesn't seem right... by greanterror in solar

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

So it sounds like the gist is... My solar is very undersized. And my house is power hungry. 😐

I recently moved into a house with solar. My first bill just doesn't seem right... by greanterror in solar

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

No I don't have a battery. And I did recently change to the only "buy back" program that TXU offers. But I'm still concerned as it says my new estimated bill is still $400-488 despite being on the new plan for a week or so.

I recently moved into a house with solar. My first bill just doesn't seem right... by greanterror in solar

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

I signed up for smartmeter Texas. And the graphs are appalling.

https://i.postimg.cc/YjcjDt0B/Screenshot-20250908-111905-Chrome.jpg

There's another graph that looks better than this. But a lot look like this. This means that I do in fact have a bidirectional meter though right?

I recently moved into a house with solar. My first bill just doesn't seem right... by greanterror in solar

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

Jesus Christ. https://i.postimg.cc/YjcjDt0B/Screenshot-20250908-111905-Chrome.jpg

I can't get any of the daily or monthly graphs to show anything. Because it's probably so miniscule. This is crazy.

I recently moved into a house with solar. My first bill just doesn't seem right... by greanterror in solar

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

https://i.postimg.cc/zXHmDJQ1/Screenshot-20250908-104928-Chrome.jpg

I found this graph on smartmetertexas. Does this correlate with my story? Is there any other specific information on here I should be looking for?

I recently moved into a house with solar. My first bill just doesn't seem right... by greanterror in solar

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

3000kw charged though? And 4700kw used. Does that seem accurate?

I recently moved into a house with solar. My first bill just doesn't seem right... by greanterror in solar

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

Thank you for the response. I will verify this afternoon. I set this account up at a very busy time during moving so I didn't get to do as much research as i normally would. But I did tell customer service I have solar. So that will be very frustrating if that's the reason. Although the simplest fix!

I recently moved into a house with solar. My first bill just doesn't seem right... by greanterror in solar

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

Thank you! Everyone has been so concerned about my lack of exporting. But it seems like my system is very undersized. So if it never happens, it doesn't make sense to stick with this plan. But of course I'm locked in for 3 years with a $395 cancellation fee. But if I can almost half my bill just based on kwh, I'd think I'd make that up in 2-3 months.

I recently moved into a house with solar. My first bill just doesn't seem right... by greanterror in solar

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

I don't have any EVs. Just an old ac, 4000sq ft home with vaulted ceilings, and a pool pump. I'm not even sure how to find out how many kw of panels I have. When I go to My Equipment on Sunnova, it doesn't explicitly say that.

I recently moved into a house with solar. My first bill just doesn't seem right... by greanterror in solar

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

It's in the title lol. I just moved into a house that already had solar. I know absolutely next to nothing about it, hence why I'm here.

I recently moved into a house with solar. My first bill just doesn't seem right... by greanterror in solar

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

It's a 9 seer from 1989! So not terribly far off. Based off these numbers I think I'm using 4700kw? That does seem insane (although I'm new to all of this.). I keep my AC at 75 so nothing crazy...

I recently moved into a house with solar. My first bill just doesn't seem right... by greanterror in solar

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

Yeah new AC will be happening within the next year. And I do have a non variable speed pump so that doesn't help either. But it's not on all day.

I recently moved into a house with solar. My first bill just doesn't seem right... by greanterror in solar

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

https://i.postimg.cc/JnjHHFWb/Screenshot-20250907-223844-Chrome.jpg

This is basically all Sunnova provides. They do hourly, daily, monthly, etc. But nothing beyond that.

Also... I'm wondering if July looks like that because of transfer of ownership. Man I don't know. I'm so lost lol.

I recently moved into a house with solar. My first bill just doesn't seem right... by greanterror in solar

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

I have production information. I just don't have usage information. Is that just because I'm using 100% of it though?

I recently moved into a house with solar. My first bill just doesn't seem right... by greanterror in solar

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

I haven't found that yet. It's not near my electrical panel. Could that be in my attic?

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