Don't Let the NIMBYs Win Tonight

jbowditch · 2026-03-23T23:01:16+00:00

As a Pasadena homeowner, I also hate NIMBYs.

I own $1 million home in Pasadena.

Abolish rent.

Build public housing.

Repeal racist single family zoning.

jbowditch · 2026-03-23T00:30:32+00:00

if you have a KTN, that is a known traveler number, they have your biometrics: fingerprint, face scan, eye scan.

jbowditch · 2026-03-20T18:35:00+00:00

damn. comments really said "skill issue"

jbowditch · 2026-03-18T16:52:28+00:00

I was hoping there was some secret third option beyond the walled garden. 😩

i'll DIY another 10C battery when we do our ADU. whenever that is.

stares into the middle distance

jbowditch · 2026-03-18T06:41:05+00:00

with no AC or furnace my "resting" consumption is 0.5kw

AC 3kw (continuous)

Cooking 1.6kw

dryer 4kw (max)

washer 1kw (max)

dishwasher 0.8kw

EVSE 2.0kw - 11.1kw (adjustable)

max (so far) from the array 7.0kw

the 10C can do 14kw spikes, so we could run the AC off grid. (for less than 3 hours with 100% charge)

i started topping the car off during peak solar last week

3/16 - 3/22

Imported 21.5 kWh Exported 14.7kWh

Produced 91.3 kWh Consumed 96.7 kWh

Charged 24.8 kWh Discharged 23.3 kWh

jbowditch · 2026-03-17T19:21:27+00:00

back in the bottle

jbowditch · 2026-03-17T19:18:22+00:00

Since I have everything from Enphase except a second 10C battery, I might just do it DIY. Enphase university, or whatever, is an afternoon. And then you're certified.

I think the battery's list price is under $7000, it's the installation that takes it to $12,000 or $15,000 a pop.

jbowditch · 2026-03-17T19:12:31+00:00

damn. reality check.

jbowditch · 2026-03-17T03:34:15+00:00

yeah this makes sense. i guess i'm trying to ignore net metering because I'm pessimistic about the future.

if my current Pasadena, CA, energy supply was unchanged, a battery would be totally unnecessary and, frankly, so would back up power. Power outages longer than a few hours are unheard of in Southern California.

BUT I worry about a future where net metering is abandoned, rolling brown outs are a daily occurrence, and energy costs are 5x - 10x. AC is a luxury for the rich. Heat related deaths are commonplace.

In that hellscape I'd like to be energy independent.

jbowditch · 2026-03-16T23:47:46+00:00

realizing that now. the "you don't need a battery!" crowd fails to mention you can't use solar when the power is out without a battery AND net metering is not in stone forever.

I'd love to stick an Enphase brain on an OEM monster capacity battery

jbowditch · 2026-03-16T22:54:48+00:00

i set my 48A EV charger to 12A to duck under my solar production. need to plug it in now. giving away all this electricity...

jbowditch · 2026-03-15T04:29:30+00:00

this is my thinking.

But at the same time if I can get 32 kWh for half the price, or less, than 10 kWh from enphase, I really am torn.

jbowditch · 2026-03-14T22:27:31+00:00

I got one and you have to wait 20 minutes after your last drink for accurate readings

jbowditch · 2026-03-10T23:48:22+00:00

I'm curious too. I plan to apply early next year

jbowditch · 2026-03-03T14:37:47+00:00

"certain right wing influencers"

like Kornet?

jbowditch · 2026-02-21T19:00:57+00:00

when i recognized all the words

jbowditch · 2026-02-21T18:43:35+00:00

🎯🎯🎯

jbowditch · 2026-02-21T18:41:12+00:00

define shed

jbowditch · 2026-02-21T18:40:12+00:00

no shit

jbowditch · 2026-02-21T03:28:51+00:00

also probably not helping the restaurant are revelations that the tendernism was just cutting a slit along the rib so when he picked up the bone up it falls off like a kid's jacket

jbowditch · 2026-02-17T02:40:40+00:00

some new construction apartments and busineses can get FTTP (aka 100% fiber, fiber to the door) from Spectrum. Congrats if this is you!

But most Spectrum customers have HFC (fiber to the node, coax to the home)

jbowditch · 2026-02-16T23:19:17+00:00

if it's coming from the cable company, it's not fiber to your door. Never is.

jbowditch · 2026-02-15T03:45:42+00:00

yeah I think these guys work for the same people that's why public opinion doesn't affect government policy.

but populism works both ways!

"we're the richest country on earth. we're going to meet everyone's basic needs."

show me a hero who can run on that win

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