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My solar panels are installed!

Update: They've been pretty awesome. Zero electrical bill for the past two months. And we've had two more power outages and I could just keep working from home instead of having to head into the office like my neighbor. The AC sure does drain the battery though. We knew that going into this all...
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- Post #38
- Yesterday at 12:35 PM
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Oooff it's been a year

My work is centered around higher ed IT. JFC its been a year. The assault against them by the federal government is just incredible right now. Lawsuits left and right. All kinds of schenanigans with international students, federal grant changes, funding cuts etc. All the institutions I know are...
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- Thread
- Yesterday at 12:34 PM
- Replies: 5
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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My solar panels are installed!

Good luck with the install! Yeah the smug feeling will probably be pretty strong when that happens And no real maintenance to speak of. No oil to change. No issues if I can get gas or natural gas can't get to my house for whatever reason
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- Post #26
- Apr 15, 2025
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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April 7th ATOT Birthdays!

Thanks Zim! :beercheers:
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- Post #2
- Apr 14, 2025
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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My solar panels are installed!

We already had our first power outage. The weather was fine and the system is so new that when I got the alert from my system that I was "off grid" I was wondering if it wasn't working right. Went to DTE's website and they said there were no power outage issues which made me worry more about the...
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- Post #18
- Apr 14, 2025
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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The Trump Tariffs thread

Right. And this kinda matches what I said in another thread about enterprise IT purchases. There's going to be a rush to complete a lot of orders now but after that a whole lotta people/companies are just not going to be spending $ anywhere
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- Post #1,686
- Apr 7, 2025
- Forum: Politics and News
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The Trump Tariffs thread

I had a friend buying a camper from Canada. Put the order in almost a year ago with a delivery date of Q1 this year. He spent the last 2 months worried he'd have to either pay a $9k cancellation fee or an extra $15k in tariffs. Fortunately he was able to take possession but even then it took the...
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- Post #1,673
- Apr 7, 2025
- Forum: Politics and News
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Discussion How have your spending habits changed under Trump?

On the enterprise IT side its just fucking bonkers right now. Hardware quotes are all over the place as companies try to figure out what the constant back and forth on tariffs actually means. What you price out today could be 40% more or less in a couple weeks. Orders are all over the place too...
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- Post #36
- Apr 3, 2025
- Forum: Politics and News
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Discussion How have your spending habits changed under Trump?

We made large changes in where we buy. No more Amazon or Walmart at all. Costco is inconvenient for us to get to but we bought a membership after they took their stand. Now we have a kinda weird date night where we make an evening of heading to Costco on a Monday or Tuesday, buy a bunch a stuff...
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- Post #35
- Apr 3, 2025
- Forum: Politics and News
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EV vs ICE

The Ioniq 5 is either RWD or AWD so its more than just advertising - its a notable change in driving characteristics that I don't feel like adjusting to having test driven both
- Exterous
- Post #20
- Apr 3, 2025
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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EV vs ICE

We just replaced our 12 year old hybrid in December, in part because it seemed like there was a small gap in the car market insanity post-COVID and before whatever coming up is going to be. I was strongly considering an EV because of tax credit uncertainty going forward but that didn't end up...
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- Post #14
- Apr 3, 2025
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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EV vs ICE

I get it may not work for everyone but EVs still work just fine in the cold/snow. I'd even argue their overall weight and more even weight distribution often makes the better to drive in the snow than a lot of ICE vehicles. Most people, even in states like MI, still drive far less on a day to...
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- Post #10
- Apr 3, 2025
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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My solar panels are installed!

When I get an EV it might not be enough on cloudier days. But, on the topic of EVs, I'm hoping the dual EV charger/Vehicle to Load hookups get approved by my utility because that would be an easy way to add 80kwh to my batteries overnight from the EV that I could then charge back up during a...
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- Post #13
- Apr 1, 2025
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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My solar panels are installed!

We had some storms yesterday that threatened power outages and I kinda hoped for one. Just so I could try everything out during a real power outage
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- Post #10
- Mar 31, 2025
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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My solar panels are installed!

I'm not sure on total sq ft but its 15 silfab 430s. Cost was $36,500 before the tax credit. It's a little high compared to sunnier states but pretty good for Michigan They face directly south
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- Post #9
- Mar 31, 2025
- Forum: OT Discussion Club

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