Current Live Stoners Gossip (Feb 2017 onward) Retired.

[Jraven]

Sure there's days we don't get anything, but between the solar and the micro hydro it works out ok. Still stuck burning fuel to some extent. Price we pay

 

[trailanimal]

Sure there's days we don't get anything, but between the solar and the micro hydro it works out ok. Still stuck burning fuel to some extent. Price we pay

we use as little petrol as we can

 

[trailanimal]

oh yeah, a dark rainy day may have wind which takes up the solar slack

 

[Jraven]

we use as little petrol as we can

Yeah definitely try to keep it down. Our system is undersized for what we've got going, except for the battery bank.

 

[trailanimal]

so, between mid to later March and mid Sept usually have more power than we need

 

[Jraven]

Be good to have wind too. We're kind of sheltered here probably why it hasn't been prioritized

 

[trailanimal]

Yeah definitely try to keep it down. Our system is undersized for what we've got going, except for the battery bank.

Big bank good, because of $ and logistic of weight my batt is only 800 amp/hr capacity. My strategy has been to keep adding production capability

 

[Jraven]

so, between mid to later March and mid Sept usuall have more power than we need

Right fuel use is minimal in the summer, unless drought forces the hydro out of business. Not real common.

 

[trailanimal]

Be good to have wind too. We're kind of sheltered here probably why it hasn't been prioritized

got to be in a good spot for wind, or it doesn't pencil out

 

[trailanimal]

Jraven, you get big tides where you are?