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by nikodunk 9y ago
Hahahaha that's an awesome point and not something I'd thought of. But it seems that on your recent bill they're including the service fee in that – I'm only paying 14 I believe? Also, wasn't energy super expensive
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by nikodunk 9y ago
Good point. I'll clean up the language there. I've never lived in a non-ac unit and non-satellite dish place, but I probably have friends who do. How to work around that then? You could only use an ESCO (energy service company) on
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by nikodunk 9y ago
Damn, that's some inside advice. Let me try it out and I'll post a follow-up! Thanks so much!!
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by nikodunk 9y ago
Hey. You're completely right :) My original title was was "Solar Self-Sufficiency for Renters", but my mates in marketing told me to clickbait it the f up. Would you have clicked on the former, though?
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by nikodunk 9y ago
Wow that's really great input. I'm going to check this out and write a follow-up! This would allow me to credit the power directly to my fridge bill, as opposed to just using it for lighting and devices!
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by nikodunk 9y ago
Good point! I think the next step in this project would be to hook it to some device with high constant consumption, like the fridge, to make sure the energy gets used up every day. Currently I find it difficult to use everything it's
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by nikodunk 9y ago
As canoebuilder said. I initially thought the same thing :). Believe me I googled the shit out of this so as not to drown the house in hydrogen.
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by nikodunk 9y ago
Wow that's a really good point.
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by nikodunk 9y ago
Hey! It can power a fan overnight no problem. A large box fan uses around 45W, so this could run it for 10hours on a day's charge. Good point! To your point of expense – the installation cost is what bummed me out, too. That's exa
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by nikodunk 9y ago
Very true. I've tested this thoroughly and it won't. Obviously there's always a residual risk, which I've mitigated by moving the panel to a window further back on the roof. Then I'm going to see if the panel's
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Show HN: $200 Solar Self-Sufficiency Without Your Landlord Noticing(medium.com)
491 points by nikodunk 9y ago|182 comments
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A silent 10-day crash course in Buddha’s own meditation technique(medium.com)
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Home-Made Multicopter First Flight by Swedish Inventor(theverge.com)
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The names of the congress members who voted to sell your data(theverge.com)
15 points by nikodunk 10y ago|2 comments