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• @GuillaumeRossolini@infosec.exchange 2025-10-03 18:03

  Here’s the latest on my #solar battery experiments [Quick recap: two 450 W solar panels in the garden hooked up to a single 2 kWh battery, usually powering the freezer, plus laundry loads and vacuuming sessions] I kept at it until last month (Sept) when there was a 10 day streak of thick clouds cover, and I just had to switch back to the grid The battery was fully charged last night even after two laundry loads, then went down this morning to 30% or so (as is usual); I’m getting less and less charge every day because the sun is at a lower angle now; nights are longer But today the clouds were too thick and the charge only went up to 45% at the end of the day, with only the freezer to provide for This is not much to draw conclusions from, and this particular setup isn’t a viable way to save money, but it does avoid spikes (2023 was an outlier and I don’t have the numbers before that)

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