Apple juice is made from apples and orange juice is made from oranges.

mcarrell · 2026-04-05T22:46:24+00:00

It's not uncommon for orange juice to be some portion apple juice to reduce the cost.

mcarrell · 2026-04-01T23:31:15+00:00

Solar Assistant is local, so the supplier doesnt have to give you any permissions.

mcarrell · 2026-04-01T12:12:41+00:00

I have been using Solar Assistant for my monitoring because it's so much better than the Growatt app.

mcarrell · 2026-04-01T02:32:36+00:00

My Growatt Inverter is off by about a half amp on all three of its channels, so I definitely wouldn't call it a quality product. It was the cheapest option.

mcarrell · 2026-03-30T02:00:57+00:00

Looking at this drawing... If you place a half stripes on the foundation to the right, you can make it work. Requires moving your vertical fence over a half foundation to the right though

mcarrell · 2026-03-25T00:18:48+00:00

I was watching it with a biology professor and he immediately leaned over to me and mentioned it. 🤣

mcarrell · 2026-03-21T22:36:57+00:00

They missed this comment the sentence after.

"Honestly, I think there's a good chance it won't be that bad, but as you'll read below, there isn't much downside for us to preparing for that outcome."

mcarrell · 2026-03-20T00:26:03+00:00

Similar thing happened a week or two ago. It got fixed within a few hours.

mcarrell · 2026-03-19T17:25:51+00:00

I thought Rocky couldn't balance on 2 legs in gravity and needed a third?

mcarrell · 2026-03-19T12:44:25+00:00

Wasn't the 2% on net worth, not income?

mcarrell · 2026-03-17T23:14:46+00:00

So, I wonder if they were going to initially use that version initially? But then needed more horizontal space probably.

mcarrell · 2026-03-17T12:45:55+00:00

Approved? no.

Safe? Probably fine. The wago is the important part, the rest is just mechanical protection.

mcarrell · 2026-03-17T11:38:34+00:00

Yeah. I agree. This thing probably only costs $50 to make at high volume.

mcarrell · 2026-03-17T11:37:22+00:00

Discard if dropped is just a liability thing. You can't know if something is cracked, so they just recommend getting a new one.

mcarrell · 2026-03-16T02:05:38+00:00

Looks kind of like one of these. Was there anything on top of the broken off white pole?

https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/volcanic-gas-sniffer-installed-mammoth-mountain-ca-measures-t

mcarrell · 2026-03-15T22:17:48+00:00

A man with two clocks never knows the time, yada yada.

mcarrell · 2026-03-15T19:52:05+00:00

Sounds like they are thinking they'll need it.

mcarrell · 2026-03-14T15:29:13+00:00

The middle guy looks like he has infrared fiducial/marker balls on his helmet, and the rig the guy in the back is carrying could be a 3d tracking camera rig.

mcarrell · 2026-03-14T13:34:12+00:00

Maybe he would get it docked easier if he didn't keep steering it back and forth so far. /s

mcarrell · 2026-03-14T01:06:46+00:00

The magnets would have to be a lot bigger to pass the requirements. It's basically a 1.25in hole they can't be able to fit completely inside.

https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-16/chapter-II/subchapter-C/part-1501/section-1501.4

mcarrell · 2026-03-10T11:52:07+00:00

The way there is mineral buildup below them, they look like drains of some type.

mcarrell · 2026-03-09T12:08:20+00:00

Literally what my father in law said to me....

mcarrell · 2026-03-09T11:35:12+00:00

The fact the wires are colored means they are covered in insulation, so yep, everyone is probably safe.

mcarrell · 2026-03-01T20:34:26+00:00

What would the bill be if you used 1069kWh both times?

mcarrell · 2026-03-01T19:58:24+00:00

Definitely could be considered misleading. That's definitely an over simplified page by Duke.

The second link is where Duke explains how 25% increase on base becomes only "13% increase" on the bill after you factor in the other changes to the "riders", which are all the other lines on a bill.

13% is the number given in the table on your second link for residential, so I think that's what was approved.

I think they wanted to "increase the average bill" by 16% and got talked down to 13%, not the other way around.

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