Jump to content
Have You Played Atari Today?
2600|5200|7800|Lynx|Jaguar|Forums|Store
  • entries
    657
  • comments
    2,692
  • views
    898,566

First 2 days

SpiceWare

Entry posted by SpiceWare

875 views

 Share

On Thursday I was 62% self powered:

blogentry-3056-0-52479200-1556982061_thumb.png



Electricity usage for Thursday:

blogentry-3056-0-89714300-1556982070_thumb.png

  1. Spikes = Air Conditioner
  2. Powering up things for the day - home and work computers, lights, coffee maker, etc.
    AC spikes disappear for a bit in the morning as my AC is set for 70°F during the night and 74°F during the day.
  3. Charging the car. Not usually done this time of day. The neighborhood kids have learned I work from home and that it's OK to come by if they need help - usually it's something with their bike. This morning a kid missed the bus and the middle school is 7 miles down highway 6, which has a lot of traffic on it.
  4. Charging the car after lunch + Air Conditioner
  5. Did a load of laundry, washer just after 4, dryer just after 5. I have a gas dryer, if it was electric then 5-6 usage would have been even higher.
  6. Watched some TV. I have a 65" rear projection HDTV from 2001, probably not as power efficient as current TVs. Also have a couple 300 watt halogen torchiere lights in the room, should probably look into switching those out for a newer LED model such as this one.


Clouds blocked the sun periodically during the day, which show up as dips in production:

blogentry-3056-0-88526200-1556982074_thumb.png




Powerwall activity for Thursday:

blogentry-3056-0-55700700-1556982096_thumb.png




From 8-1 the battery was charging. Was at 0 and hit 100% just before 1. At 1 it started to discharge to help charge the car. Recharged after the car finished, then supplied saved solar power to the house for the rest of the evening (and into the wee hours of the morning on Friday).

blogentry-3056-0-77235800-1556982054_thumb.png



Grid usage for Thursday:

blogentry-3056-0-30851000-1556982105_thumb.png

The morning car charging was mostly done via the grid. Anything let over during the day was sent back to the grid (anything below the line).


Overall summary for Thursday:

blogentry-3056-0-27233100-1556982114_thumb.png




On Friday the sky was overcast for the majority of the day, but still managed to be 50% self powered.

blogentry-3056-0-95031300-1556982165_thumb.png


Electrical usage for Friday:

blogentry-3056-0-25471900-1556982122_thumb.png


Solar generation for Friday:

blogentry-3056-0-49273000-1556982130_thumb.png


Battery activity for Friday:

blogentry-3056-0-13313100-1556982138_thumb.png


You can see in the early hours of the morning it was still providing power captured from Solar on Thursday.



Grid usage for Friday:

blogentry-3056-0-29914700-1556982146_thumb.png

Nothing was sent to the grid today, so I utilized all solar directly or to charge the Powerwall.



Overall summary for Friday:

blogentry-3056-0-39450900-1556982155_thumb.png
  • Like 3
 Share

4 Comments

Recommended Comments

Kiwi

Not too long after disclosure day, we'll have free energy devices, so you won't have to worry about clouds blocking the sun. :D

I had this crazy idea to shine a bright LED flash light at the solar panel to charge the batteries. It's a possibility. Global light still powers a calculator.

  • Like 1
Link to comment
EricBall

For me a sunny weekend day means clothes drying on the clothesline - or as I call it "direct usage solar and wind power".

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Guest
Add a comment...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

Loading...
×

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
AtariAge
Forums
Store
General
Follow AtariAge

Copyright ©1998-2023 AtariAge

×
×
  • Create New...