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Got 71.1 kwh yesterday with 10.4 kw system.

Let’s see how they compare

6.83 = 71.1/10.4 – svelte
6.66 = 35/5.25 – ocrenter
7.01 = 31.54/4.5 – montana
6.5 = 24.7/3.8 – AN

Montana, looks like you’ve done best so far!

Also interesting that our results are so close together…looks like one can expect between 6.5 and 7 hours of energy on the BEST day of the year…

That’s probably on a crystal clear long day with zero clouds. Worst day will be much harder to compare apples to apples, since clouds will vary over the different homes.

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66 kwh. My system produced 66 kwh yesterday.

Freaking awesome.

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[quote=ocrenter]
Powerwall install cost is crazy. $4k just for install? And of course solar city will have monopoly on the install. That’s the Tesla way![/quote]

Following the Apple model. 🙂

Yet they complain about states where direct sales to consumers is illegal.

And I’m not too sure it is wise to invest a whole lotta money based on the current electricity price structure for EV homes.

Price structures change, sometimes drastically, so investing a ton of money on the assumption the huge TOU price differential will remain stable over many years is probably gonna end up biting you.

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This thread comes across as if all accusations made against adults supervising kids are false.

While it is wise that you all protect yourself from false claims (look at Dale Akiki for proof on why that is necessary), I would like to point out that it really does happen.

I can tell you from being on the receiving end from my jr high counselor. I was able to stop him before it became physical, but from what I learned later others weren’t as fortunate. From my experience with his actions behind closed doors, I can tell you their claims are true.

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Every surface – every one! – is cold, shiny, and sterile. And way too much color.

I do like the elevator though. That’s about as much nice as I can say about it.

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[quote=ocrenter]

Because of the TOU (time of use) price structure, the peak solar production time also happen to be the time of highest credit generation at $.48/kWh. Meanwhile, we were able to move half of our usage to the super off peak hours at $.17/kWh. Essentially 1 kWh generated in the afternoon can be traded for 3 kWh of use after midnight.
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Wow I had no idea they had a program that gave anywhere near that much $$ for electricity you produce.

For anyone else who may have been in the dark like me, here is what SDGE will pay in a program available to EV owners:

[img_assist|nid=20926|title=TOU for EV Owners|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=639|height=640]

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[quote=ocrenter]Just got through my first summer month under the SDGE TOU tariff structure along with solar production. ($.48/kWh peak, $.22/kWh off peak, $.17/kWh super off peak)

Total use of 1010 kWh.
Total production of 780 kWh.
530 kWh of the use coming from super off peak (300 kWh for 1300 miles on the EV, essentially fuel cost of $4 for 100 miles if not offset by peak hour production)..
Following TOU adjustments, at end of month: $60 credit

Solar with TOU plus EV is just absolutely amazing.[/quote]

There are some things in this post I’m not quite grasping.

How did you use 220 kwh more than you produced yet end up with a $60 credit?

Thanks

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After getting a horrendously high bill to repair a built-in microwave (3x what we could have paid for a brand new countertop microwave), we decided we were going to minimize built-in appliances. We actually ripped out the microwave the next time we had the chance, used the space for a wine rack and bought a countertop unit.

We also decided to forgo a built-in fridge for a normal roll-in unit when we remodeled.

After hearing stories here and from friends, it sounds like that may have been a huge money saving lesson I learned with that microwave.

Almost every owner of a built-in fridge that I know has had a problem – and these are units that are under 10 years old. Are by chance your built-in fridges made by Subzero? Friends of ours have had problems with those.

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I’m not sure how this keeps you from crawling under the car – don’t you still have to change the oil filter?

I stopped changing my oil long ago. Doesn’t cost that much more to have the shop do it.

[edit: just read AN’s comment about US/JPN vs GER…concur]

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[quote=flu]
I use to have ecco shoes. There was an old soft leather type that I really liked so much that I bought two pairs. After I finally wore out the first pair and I took out the other pair. However, the first day with them, for whatever reasons, the heels completely fell apart…literally melted and stuck to the ground as I was walking… I guess leaving them in the garage for so many years did something to them. I haven’t been able to find something similar, because they changed their styles. So that’s why I wear tennis shoes most of the time….

Thank goodness I’m a software geek and don’t need to wear a suit most of the time. I don’t understand how some women manage to wear high heels most the time. It looks really uncomfortable…[/quote]

Yikes thanks for the heads-up. My extra pairs are in my closet, but I’ll make sure now not to move them to the garage or attic…

I just checked…ecco doesn’t make my pair anymore either. Glad I loaded up! And yes mine are of a soft leather type that I have never seen anywhere else. Pretty unique.

My wife loooves high heels. Only wears them Fri/Sat nights, but she must have close to 50 pair of 5 inch heels, on top of dozens of other types of shoes, that I’ve built custom display cases for. It’s an addiction that I’ve slowly come around to enjoying myself. 🙂 (seeing them on her feet, not mine!!!)

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[quote=scaredyclassic]Foot comfort is my thing. Seriously.

Shoes are evil. Even normal dress or running shoes cramp feet.

Bad!

You need room to spread out.

http://Www.birthdayshoes.com

Google barefoot philosophy to understand the problem of shoes.

I swear by http://www.sanuk.com

I stopped wearing regular dress shoes many years ago in favor of very wide footwear.

Birkenstock shoes can work for work. Also primal professional shoes. Or upscale sanuk.

Shoes are the enemy. They are rounded. Feet should be wide at toes with big toe spread for ground grippage.

After sleep and poop, feet are my 3rd highest concern.[/quote]

Think I’d rate my concerns food, sleep, eyes, with sex coming a close 4th.

I protect my eyes very very carefully.

Feet are important too though. I too always go with extra wide shoes with plenty of toe room. Even to work, I wear shoes as close to slippers as I can get away with (leather on the outside, soft on the inside, no shoe strings, loose fit).

I also really like Ecco shoes. There is one Ecco style I am so enamored with I have several new pair in storage so I have enough to last me the rest of my life…don’t have to worry about whether they get discontinued. 🙂

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I’m not so sure anyone on the board is lining their own pockets. Yes you should look into it to be sure, but I suspect its more likely one of the following:

(a) A board member who likes to support their friends businesses – in this case, a window company. I sat on a board once where another member consistently month after month tried to get the HOA to switch vendors (HOA mgt, landscaping, repair, etc) to the board member’s friends. I finally had to put my foot down and state the obvious pattern and intent of those requests at a board meeting. Not long after I did that, other board members saw the good ol’ girl (in this case) pattern too and her efforts from then forward didn’t get much traction with any other board member. I think it was a power thing – she wanted to show her friends how much power she had by getting them contracts. I don’t think she would have benefited financially, though I don’t know for sure.

The thing that is odd about flu’s situation is that it would likely take a majority of board members to put out a flyer like that – unless the board is passive and lets one member rule, or unless the good ol’ boy/girl board member had worn the others down with persistent pressure.

(b) The board is worried that the owner-occupancy rate has fallen below 51%. This situation limits the types of loans that can be used to purchase units, and likely impacts property values. It could be the board is trying to spruce the place up to attract more owner occupants and attempting to do that as much as possible on the owner’s nickel.

(c) The board realized that there would be an uproar at the request to replace windows, so they attempted to find a low-cost recommendation for homeowners. At least, lowER cost than what most companies charge.

The only way to sort it out for sure is to get on the board and watch how it works. That is very time intensive by the way. I’ve done it several times and it is such a time drain. I also worried that some of the things the board did would raise legal issues and I didn’t want my name attached to any of that in any way. So I quit being on HOA boards.

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I’ve been noticing that up here in north county too. I’ll be looking something up via Zillow and it’ll show houses that have sold recently on streets I drive and don’t recall even seeing a for sale sign at that house.

I don’t remember noticing that nearly as often in the past, even in the pre-crash days.

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…maybe this is closer…[img_assist|nid=20899|title=2013 Debt to Revenue|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=755|height=549]

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Well, that’s not far off from asking about the size of the deficit.

[img_assist|nid=20898|title=Deficit by Pres 1946-2013|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=717|height=488]

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