It’s 6am. I woke up because my CPAP stopped. It’s going to be a long day.

It’s a bit cold outside, so I’ll have to fire up my little generator if it goes too long. That’s a pain in the ass.

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    I took my entire property off grid this year.

    I get text alerts about power outages and it’s funny to me now. Like “hmm, my neighbors don’t have power. Damn, that sucks.”

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      I’m a data center guy so I have plans for an automatic transfer switch and all the other bits. But the budget just isn’t there for it.

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        Yeah, won’t lie in that it wasn’t cheap but the ROI was immediate for me because I hate relying on regional monopolies.

        More “info” below

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      I’m sure this wasn’t an overnight achievement. Can you please walk us through the steps taken?

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        Foresee republicans fucking up the residential solar tax credit.

        Act quickly on the design I had already outlined.

        Modify south part of my roof to relocate all vents to the north (while doing a full roof replacement).

        Extended shop 20’ to fit the remaining (of 65) industrial panels needed for a 36kW system.

        Add 75kWh battery setup with two inverters and a single controller for it all.

        Spend lots of money to secure what I wanted and the 30% tax credit before cap’n Kruger and Fiends fucked it all up.

        Was a shit load of work but I did enjoy the process and the results.