October Solar Stats
Some more stats on my home solar setup now it’s autumn and daylight seems to be a distant memory.
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Tying ChatGPT up in knots
Is it self aware? No… of course it isn’t, but it’s fun trying to break it.
It looks like you are using an ad blocker
How to remove stupid “It looks like you’’re using an ad blocker” message from websites, and why they’re a stupid idea in the first place.
September Solar Usage
Here’s how my solar panels and battery system have been performing this month. I might do this more frequently, it’s hard going back in the historical data in my monitoring software and these posts are easy to find.
Solar battery usage
It’s a crappy cloudy day today. There was about enough sunlight to power the house, but not enough to also charge the batteries.
RC2014 Raspberry Pi Pico VGA Terminal Self-Build
The RC2014 is a DIY Z80 based computer that talks to the outside world using serial comms. This means you need a serial interface to another computer in order to control it.
ICONICA 1000W 12V Hybrid Solar Inverter Fan Replacement
I replace the noisy fans in my hybrid solar inverter with quieter ones.
Repairing my Ryobi drill battery
So I joined the Ryobi battery cult, but since their batteries are expensive I did the obvious thing and bought some off Amazon from random third party companies. The batteries seem to work well.
DIY VGA Serial Terminal
I use a Raspberry Pi Pico and turn it into a serial terminal for my RC2014.
Shut up you noisy inverter
The inverter I have for my DIY Solar setup is a noisy thing. It has two little 60mm fans that come on to cool it down. And they roar like a wannabe rackmount server.
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