I’m beautiful and tough like a diamond…or beef jerky in a ball gown.

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Cake day: 2025年7月15日

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  • If I do, then it’s in ways I’m totally blind to.

    I’m gay but I have to remind even close friends of that fact from time to time lol.

    I’m a huge Star Trek nerd, but I can’t quote plot points and episode numbers like bible verses.

    I work in IT but I’m far from the as-seen-on-TV geek / graybeard. (thankfully that stereotype is fading away for the most part).

    I’m sure there are some stereotypes I fit into that I’m just not aware of, but the ones I am aware of I tend to buck.



  • I’m in the same boat. Got all the equipment in for my whole house solar installation and will be re-routing circuits to the new panel as soon as I have time so will have to turn all the power off for the duration of that.

    I’ve got an Anker power station that should run my stack for about 4-4.5 hours by itself and can run it indefinitely while the sun is out while hooked into the PV panels. Those are (currently) independent from the new installation I’m about to start.

    My UPS’s are also LiFePO4 models and can add an additional ~45 minutes of uptime. So hopefully 5 hours is enough to avoid having to shut anything down.







  • I just got my two 314 AH batteries and 10KW inverter yesterday, so I’m not at the “spare solar power” point yet, but a lot of people will have a second electric water heater (in “front” of the main one) that acts as a dump load and pre-heats the water before it gets to the main tank.

    I’m looking at getting a Slate EV truck hopefully next year, so that will also charge from my installation.

    Grid-tie and exporting surplus PV generation isn’t an option for me due to electric company shenanigans.

    I suppose when I do get to the excess PV point, I might just buy additional batteries