Recent content by JaseZA

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    Solar generation in rain/cloudy conditions

    Enjoying the sunshine here in KZN - three 50kwh+ days in a row, solar nearly perfectly matching the calculated values. Just a bit of shading in the afternoon that will disappear soon as well! 4.5kwh/kwp efficiency.
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    Monthly Solar Production - Show us yours

    Got an EV at the beginning of the month so will be interesting to see what it actually costs me to run. This month was about R450 to do 2200km.
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    Solar generation in rain/cloudy conditions

    Website reckons peak of 595 W/m2 - I measured 530 W/m2. So close but definitely lower.
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    Solar generation in rain/cloudy conditions

    This is my Ambient Weather 2902C (Green) vs my total solar (Yellow) - you can see they track reasonably well. This is for Richards Bay yesterday. This is the same graph on the 9th of December 2025 (Solar in Red now...). Max Lux is more than double but the equivalent max Solar is only 33%...
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    Monthly Solar Production - Show us yours

    Happy with results considering the weather.
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    Monthly Solar Production - Show us yours

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    Solar generation in rain/cloudy conditions

    I have 2 x 5kwh, 1 x 10kwh, 1 x 14kwh and an old dodgy pouch cell DIY that used to be 10kwh all from different manufacturers and all in parallel. I just have comms to the 14kwh and the rest don't communicate. I haven't had a days trouble. I bought them knowing I wasn't going to get support from...
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    Home Assistant : Q&A, Tips & Tricks, Your Configs

    Smartpad do ESPhome ad Tasmota versions of the wall socket as well: https://store.smartpad.co.za/index.php/product/esphome-smart-socket-energy-monitoring/
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    Frigate is awesome

    Sounds good - I think I have my weekend project lined up. Thanks for the detailed reply!
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    Frigate is awesome

    This is what I'm looking for - I keep getting false positives on my weber under it's cover, or my son's black plastic motorbike etc. And the problem is if I raise the detection threshold high enough to avoid false positives then getting a good true positive becomes too hard. Plus both these...
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    The Tools and other D.I.Y bargains thread

    Working on cars there often isn't much distance between the bolt head and something else, so depth behind the socket is important. I did all the brake pads on my hatchback this weekend and found it great for getting the sliding pin bolts out. Wouldn't have been able to get my 1/2" impact in...
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    Frigate is awesome

    Anyone using Frigate+? Considering it for the better models (And ANPR) but wondering if anyone has seen a worthwhile improvement?
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    The Tools and other D.I.Y bargains thread

    In defense of the TT/Ingco ratchet - that Milwaukee is $330 (R5.5k). I'm happy with mine. Sure it could be lighter and smaller but it can still get to 90% of the fasteners a smaller one could and it really does save my energy on the easy ones to use on the more challenging ones. I also bought a...
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    Solar generation in rain/cloudy conditions

    Seems even Northern KZN has the Highveld's terrible weather today...
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    Solar generation in rain/cloudy conditions

    Very cool - I wonder what the feed in rate is during peak times? And I wonder if if makes sense to charge from grid at the cheapest times and then feed back in at the peaks? Cycles your batteries but could still be financially viable. And the utility basically gets to use your storage capacity...
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