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08-03-2017, 09:41 PM | #3361 | ||
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Initial installation cost is way lower now...
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16-05-2017, 04:32 PM | #3362 | ||
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Has anyone on FF gone (or know some that has gone) totally off the grid with systems like these?
http://www.aussieoffgrid.com.au/prod...solar-systems/ Living semi-rural, I love having my own water supply and it'd be great to double down and 'cut the cord' being the boss of my own electricity as well! |
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16-05-2017, 04:48 PM | #3363 | ||
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Has anyone on FF gone (or know some that has gone) totally off the grid with systems like these?
http://www.aussieoffgrid.com.au/prod...solar-systems/ Living semi-rural, I love having my own water supply and it'd be great to double down and 'cut the cord' being the boss of my own electricity as well! |
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16-05-2017, 04:55 PM | #3364 | ||
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A couple of weeks ago the t.v news in Melbourne was saying that there will be power increases of up to 40% by June because they have shut down the brown coal power station in Morwell after operating for 60 years.
Why the bloody hell did'nt they convert the station to clean coal technology? Only other option is Tesla's new 'Powerwall' battery pack for solar systems but I think they're pretty expensive as they're only new at the moment? |
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16-05-2017, 05:54 PM | #3365 | ||
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No such thing, that's why you've been listening to too many lying politicians And $$$ .
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16-05-2017, 06:13 PM | #3366 | |||
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They can't be trusted, disruptive business models will give them what they deserve. I am told by HV engineering specialist that the best maintained infrastructure at the moment is privately owned infrastructure in Tasmania and qld.... Political tom foolery is killing the country |
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16-05-2017, 06:56 PM | #3367 | |||
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16-05-2017, 08:25 PM | #3368 | |||
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They had a massive blackout last summer because of overload on a 40% day. Why are'nt we building LNG power stations.....Surely thats alot cleaner than coal? |
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16-05-2017, 09:25 PM | #3370 | |||
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Govco too stupid to do what USA does - i.e. require a licence for export, granted based on things like internal demand.. Really use to be basic stuff - but it takes a long time to create dinosaur farts, not long to sell quickly overseas once extracted though - a one time deal, and it's likely they'll never pay tax on it. What a mess Tesla has just released the price for his solar panel roof tiles $21us per sq ft still need batteries for base load when the sun goes down. Last edited by 383hq; 16-05-2017 at 09:32 PM. |
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16-05-2017, 09:33 PM | #3371 | ||
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Is there a moderator who can merge the two solar threads in to one, so much info in https://fordforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=11356379 to have two threads chatting about the same thing.
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17-05-2017, 07:18 AM | #3372 | ||
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Anybody keen on the Tesla Solar Tiles?
https://www.tesla.com/en_AU/solarroof
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17-05-2017, 10:07 AM | #3373 | |||
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I'm pretty sure its lithium ion design so no deep cycle lead batteries that only last 5 years. |
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17-05-2017, 04:16 PM | #3374 | |||
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What happened? The other side screamed that you can't take money away from Gina and the multinationals who are raping the place. So we have no cheap gas. Who do we blame? The people of WA who voted against it. We are our own worst enemy... Now most of our power plants are running on LPG and people are screaming the price of gas is too high. You can't make this stuff up... It's just like the MRRT that Gillard proposed. Who is paying for the shortfall in tax now? Us...THE PEOPLE! Who happened to rally against it.
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17-05-2017, 04:51 PM | #3375 | |||
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17-05-2017, 04:53 PM | #3376 | ||
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Where did you pull 5yrs from. Deep cycles last a minimum of 10 just like lithium. Pros and cons with lithium and deep cycle. Price of lithium is rapidly reducing.
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17-05-2017, 06:14 PM | #3377 | |||
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17-05-2017, 07:12 PM | #3378 | ||
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If you want to look at solar storage batteries long term the most economical would be Nickel-Iron.Not a lot dearer than better lead acid,but with a 40-50 year life span compared to 5-10 for either L-A or Lithium
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18-05-2017, 02:03 PM | #3379 | ||
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might have to look into this as i dont know much about them
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18-05-2017, 02:47 PM | #3380 | ||
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so let me get this right
new powerwall 2 is 13kwh for $10,000 Nickel iron cell 1000(ah) 1.2voltage percell at approx $810 AUS x 10 to make 12v = $8100 is 12v the way to go or do you need more ??? i don't know so 1000 AH x12v = 12000watts which + 12 kwh (Now that price i got off here http://ironcorebatteries.com.au/page2.php but on another site i got this http://www.offgridbatteries.com.au/n...fe-1-2v-cells/ which is correct ???) the 2nd one say for 1000ah batteries and 10 of them to equal 12v is only $1611 for 12kwh so which is right??? as that is a huge difference between them OK JUST DID SOME DIGGING, the 2nd place now says $16110 for 10x 1000ah-1.2v batteries once i put into Shopping Cart, so alot more epensive than the ones off IRONCORE TassieF100 where did you get they are "Not a lot dearer than better lead acid" a single cell 100ah 1.2v is $161 from off the grid batteries ..1.2v isnt going to do much.. thats close to the price of a deep cell lead acid 105ah 12v battery
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22-05-2017, 01:07 PM | #3381 | ||
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http://www.afr.com/business/transpor...0170517-gw6wa1
A very interesting article, and a company that I think will be competing, and will probably beat, Tesla for the home battery market. Anyone had any dealings with any f their products? Are they available in Australia yet?
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08-06-2017, 06:55 PM | #3382 | ||||
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Would this actually be possible, wouldn't it really depend on a number of factors like size of home, how many people live there etc.? I wouldn't mind paying the money, after a few years it's paid itself off.
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08-06-2017, 08:34 PM | #3383 | |||
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He lives in Melbourne and has only calculated the solar energy generated during the summer / autumn months from 1st Dec 2016. On overcast Melbourne days during winter, the gains are far less. He needs to calculate an entire year to be more accurate. A friend of mine recently spent $20,000 on a solar panel system including an L.G. battery for his home. I said to him if he had put the $20,000 into super or an investment compounding at 5% p.a., after 10 years he would have $32,577 before tax. He currently spends $2,500 p.a. on electricity, so will take him at least 8 years to recover the cost, and that's assuming he has a $0 electricity bill. The problem with solar battery storage at the present time is the high cost and life span of them. If the batteries of say 12KWh capacity were down to around $3,000 - $4,000, then it would be worth it. However, I've been told by a solar supplier that the good thing is that in Victoria from 1st July, the feed in tariff is increasing to 11 cents per kilowatt for new installations... So anyone considering going solar should hold off. |
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10-06-2017, 05:03 PM | #3384 | ||
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In s.a its going the opposite i was reading there going to start limiting single phase installs to a maximum of 5kws no exceptions soon will be interesting to see if it becomes truth.
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30-06-2017, 03:48 PM | #3385 | ||
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For those of you in the know, can you please tell me about one thing I'm interested in with respect to a battery-backed home solar system?
With just a roof-top solar system, anti-islanding requirements automatically isolates the inverter from the main switchboard in the event that power from the grid is lost. This is required to ensure the grid supply line is dead when isolations at either end of the supply line are activated so that workers are not at risk. In effect, this means that, when there is a power outage on the grid, your solar system is useless to you. How is this managed if I were to add a battery back-up? I assume that there is an automatic switch of some type installed to allow the solar system to still function, ie supply the house, during a grid power outage. And, if this can be done with a battery back-up, why can't it be done with a roof-top system without battery storage? All of the above assumes the house is fed from two supplies; the roof-top solar and the grid. I think I must be missing something.
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30-06-2017, 09:20 PM | #3386 | |||
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16-07-2017, 06:44 AM | #3387 | ||
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Just found out agl's feed in sa is back up to 16c . must say I'm pretty happy
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17-07-2017, 04:01 PM | #3388 | ||
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17-07-2017, 05:39 PM | #3389 | ||
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