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Ask HN: Does anyone here generate their own electricity?

• butwhy 12y ago
  Not personally, but my solar panels do.
  • important 12y ago
    That's nice ! . was it a diy installation at your home ? I am actually struggling to find some real life stories of people who have actually been successful enough at generating electricity by themselves for domestic purposes
    • butwhy 12y ago
      No, I paid for them to be installed. 3kW system and it will halve my power bill for eternity.
• a3n 12y ago
  My own electricity? You mean, like, in my body? Probably, I guess. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerve https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerve
  • important 12y ago
    No.. Not your body. Like electricity for domestic purposes .
• BorisMelnik 12y ago
  Yes, but not solely depending on it at this time.
• CodeGenie 12y ago
  Interested to find out the same. I recently got thermal solar panels for heating and they're working great but coming into summer, I'm wondering if there's a way to convert the captured energy into electricity. They generate 130C+ on clear days, which in my mind could be used to generate some sort of steam powered generator. Has anyone ever done similar?