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![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 27 May 99 Posts: 5517 Credit: 528,817,460 RAC: 242 ![]() ![]() |
I think my electric bill went up $100 a month! I went solar last year. Best decision in regard to my electric bill... ![]() ![]() |
![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 29 Apr 01 Posts: 13164 Credit: 1,160,866,277 RAC: 1,873 ![]() ![]() |
I think my electric bill went up $100 a month! I went solar in 2013. Added some more this past October for the third cruncher. Was net zero until the third cruncher. Added solar output hasn't had any effect yet as it was installed at the beginning of rainy season. Will take this years spring-summer season to see the effect for this year and if I am back to net zero for the year. It is still questionable whether batteries are cost effective yet except for complete grid disconnect or very high electric rates or tiers. Seti@Home classic workunits:20,676 CPU time:74,226 hours ![]() ![]() A proud member of the OFA (Old Farts Association) |
![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 27 May 99 Posts: 5517 Credit: 528,817,460 RAC: 242 ![]() ![]() |
Haven 't done batteries, but have talked to a friend of mine as he is going to try it and see how it does with it. We have similar system (but I have a larger electrical requirement so I have more panels) Same installer and manufacturer. ps...Had to start crunching Seti again as Keith was catching up to my overall credit ;) ![]() ![]() |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 1 Dec 99 Posts: 2786 Credit: 685,657,289 RAC: 835 ![]() ![]() |
I wonder if it would be worth investing in 48V DC CPU power supplies. They are quite common in Telco's. |
Stephen "Heretic" ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 20 Sep 12 Posts: 5557 Credit: 192,787,363 RAC: 628 ![]() ![]() |
. . Well done Ghia, the first million is a big milestone, From the get go it took me over 4 years :) Stephen :) |
Stephen "Heretic" ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 20 Sep 12 Posts: 5557 Credit: 192,787,363 RAC: 628 ![]() ![]() |
I achieved a new GPU that does guppi HIP vlars in just over 103 seconds per task. An old 1080 needs 143+ seconds to that. . . Shhhh! Or else everyone will be buying GTX1080ti GPUs LOL Stephen :) |
Stephen "Heretic" ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 20 Sep 12 Posts: 5557 Credit: 192,787,363 RAC: 628 ![]() ![]() |
WTG kittys, extra kibbles for you! . . Agreed . . . . . one really BIG sigh .... Stephen . |
Stephen "Heretic" ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 20 Sep 12 Posts: 5557 Credit: 192,787,363 RAC: 628 ![]() ![]() |
I think my electric bill went up $100 a month! . . So far my usage is about 20+KwH per day or about 650KwH per month hence the $200/month bill. . .Maybe I should take up golf instead, it might be cheaper :) Stephen :) |
Stephen "Heretic" ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 20 Sep 12 Posts: 5557 Credit: 192,787,363 RAC: 628 ![]() ![]() |
I think my electric bill went up $100 a month! . . That's impressive, your one rig has more than double the output of my 3 rigs and uses less power. I really need to get rid of the Pentium-D LOL. . . I should probably consider going solar too. One thing we get a lot of here is sunshine :) Stephen :) |
![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 1 Apr 13 Posts: 1858 Credit: 268,616,081 RAC: 1,349 ![]() ![]() |
. . Shhhh! Or else everyone will be buying GTX1080ti GPUs LOL S'ok! Just drives the prices on the used 980's I get even lower ... ![]() ![]() |
![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 29 Apr 01 Posts: 13164 Credit: 1,160,866,277 RAC: 1,873 ![]() ![]() |
Ha Ha, LOL , Zalster. I saw that you had abandoned SETI for Einstein lately. Got to keep the pressure up on you, ya know? Seti@Home classic workunits:20,676 CPU time:74,226 hours ![]() ![]() A proud member of the OFA (Old Farts Association) |
![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 29 Apr 01 Posts: 13164 Credit: 1,160,866,277 RAC: 1,873 ![]() ![]() |
You really should. I use PVOutput.org as my solar monitoring website. Based in Australia. Most comprehensive utility to see exactly what you produce and consume. Absolutely light years ahead of the simple websites that the panel manufacturers or installers offer up as far as the depth of information available. Take a look at the regional graph to see what I mean about Australia being a hot-bed of solar production. Seti@Home classic workunits:20,676 CPU time:74,226 hours ![]() ![]() A proud member of the OFA (Old Farts Association) |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 1 Dec 99 Posts: 2786 Credit: 685,657,289 RAC: 835 ![]() ![]() |
S'ok! Just drives the prices on the used 980's I get even lower ... Yea I know, I keep watching prices and the 1070s haven't come down to the price they were at boxing day. I have my eye on 1 or 2 - 980 Ti's |
![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 21 Oct 00 Posts: 85 Credit: 13,480,553 RAC: 0 ![]() |
10 Million Cobblestones for SETI@home. ![]() |
![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 29 Apr 01 Posts: 13164 Credit: 1,160,866,277 RAC: 1,873 ![]() ![]() |
Congrats! That's a major milestone. Seti@Home classic workunits:20,676 CPU time:74,226 hours ![]() ![]() A proud member of the OFA (Old Farts Association) |
![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 28 Feb 17 Posts: 27 Credit: 15,120,999 RAC: 0 ![]() |
Just passed the 1 million mark! |
![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 1 Apr 13 Posts: 1858 Credit: 268,616,081 RAC: 1,349 ![]() ![]() |
Just passed the 1 million mark! Congrats! Pretty decent for a first month of operation. ![]() ![]() |
![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 28 Feb 17 Posts: 27 Credit: 15,120,999 RAC: 0 ![]() |
Thank you, I'm happy to be crunching again after a brief 10+ year respite! Now, the challenge is optimization.... but that's the fun part, right?! |
Al ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 1682 Credit: 477,343,364 RAC: 482 ![]() ![]() |
Interesting. I installed a 6.5kw system in 2013, and last fall added another 4.5kw, and I still have a (albeit significantly smaller) electric bill. Of course, it's not nearly as sunny way up north here in MN as it is down in the land of OZ, what with that pesky white stuff in the winter to contend with as well, but overall, it now almost has me at net 0, give or take, depending on the weather. Here is my report that I received from Enphase, their reporting is using a program called Enlighten: Week Peak Power Energy Produced 03/01/2017 - 03/07/2017 12.4 kW 339 kWh 03/08/2017 - 03/14/2017 12.7 kW 352 kWh 03/15/2017 - 03/21/2017 12.8 kW 390 kWh 03/22/2017 - 03/28/2017 12.6 kW 294 kWh 03/29/2017 - 03/31/2017 12.8 kW 105 kWh March 2017 Total: 1.48 MWh Seeing all this talk about Petri's special sauce, I am tempted to convert one or 2 of my rigs to Linux, but it and I have a long, contemptous relationship, and aren't on speaking terms right now. I've been so spoiled with Windoze, what with updates, both OS and drivers, just working, without any tomfoolery and wrestling to get them downloaded and installed like I had with Lunix, that I find it hard to expend the energy right now trying to give it another go. Maybe one of these days, because the results are so dang impressive! Pretty much one machine putting out 3/4 as much as 4 of mine combined, and I don't even want to _think_ of the energy comsumption differential between my systems and his. :-O ![]() ![]() |
![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 29 Apr 01 Posts: 13164 Credit: 1,160,866,277 RAC: 1,873 ![]() ![]() |
Hi Al, that is an impressive peak power. I have ostensibly a 11.263 kW system. But it is comprised of my first 8.3 kW ground mount array with string inverters and the second system of 2.9 kW using microinverters. And the two disparate systems don't talk to each other. The second system is Sunpower comprised and they have no method of exporting data externally unfortunately. So all of my generation data is coming off the SMA ground mount array exported to PVOutput.org. So the latest addition is invisible as far as generation but I do see its affect on my consumption because I have generation/consumption monitoring at the Smart meter. If I had to guess, my total peak would be in the 10kW range. It has been not all that sunny here in Northern California where we seem to be making up for the past 4 years of drought. Been exporting power to the grid for the past week mostly with a break in the weather. Looks like we are going into probably the last of the winter/spring rainfall cycles at the end of this week. Our rainy season is pretty much at its end. Won't really know where I stand as far as net power usage until the anniversary date of late October for the latest addition. I did a brief fling with Ubuntu for about a year a while ago and it seemed to handle stock BOINC relatively easily. I have been a bit reticent attempting Linux again with my monitoring of the threads related to Petri's special sauce Linux CUDA release. Seti@Home classic workunits:20,676 CPU time:74,226 hours ![]() ![]() A proud member of the OFA (Old Farts Association) |
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