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   Curtiss Grymala (he/him/his) (cgrymala@higheredweb.social)'s status on Saturday, 04-Jan-2025 02:28:37 JST Curtiss Grymala (he/him/his)

   This past billing cycle was our first full cycle of #Solar production. It wasn't a particularly sunny month, so we didn't generate that much power, but we did save a little bit on our electric bill (not nearly what my solar loan payment is, yet, but a decent chunk for a winter month).

   This current cycle is shaping up to be worse than last cycle, but I'm hoping that the sun will start shining soon.

   Over the summer, I fully expect to export more than we use, but it seems like a long wait.

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     Chris Wiegman (chris@mastodon.chriswiegman.com)'s status on Saturday, 04-Jan-2025 02:28:36 JST Chris Wiegman

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     @cgrymala Wow! That’s a lot of power! Do you have electric heating as well?

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     Chris Wiegman (chris@mastodon.chriswiegman.com)'s status on Saturday, 04-Jan-2025 02:46:33 JST Chris Wiegman

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     @cgrymala fair. We were fully electric in Florida but even with the Leaf I don’t think I ever crossed a mwh. Heat always seemed worse.

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     Curtiss Grymala (he/him/his) (cgrymala@higheredweb.social)'s status on Saturday, 04-Jan-2025 02:46:34 JST Curtiss Grymala (he/him/his)

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     • Chris Wiegman

     @chris yeah, our house is fully electric; no gas. And don't forget that our primary vehicle is fully electric, as well.

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     Chris Wiegman (chris@mastodon.chriswiegman.com)'s status on Saturday, 04-Jan-2025 05:44:51 JST Chris Wiegman

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     @cgrymala Makes sense. I didn’t want to compare our place in Chicago as it’s a condo with gas (never used more than 300kwh in a month). In Florida the AC was more what I was thinking. I had electric heat once in a rental and it was stupidly expensive.

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     Curtiss Grymala (he/him/his) (cgrymala@higheredweb.social)'s status on Saturday, 04-Jan-2025 05:44:52 JST Curtiss Grymala (he/him/his)

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     • Chris Wiegman

     @chris yeah, heat does seem to take a bit more power than AC. And, obviously, we have a lot more cold weather than you had in Florida (but not worse than you have in Chicago now).

     Here's our December report from our thermostat (I wish it showed average outdoor temperatures with it, but I guess it doesn't).

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     Chris Wiegman (chris@mastodon.chriswiegman.com)'s status on Saturday, 04-Jan-2025 05:46:38 JST Chris Wiegman

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     @cgrymala Yeah, definitely different circumstances…

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     Curtiss Grymala (he/him/his) (cgrymala@higheredweb.social)'s status on Saturday, 04-Jan-2025 05:46:39 JST Curtiss Grymala (he/him/his)

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     • Chris Wiegman

     @chris not to mention that there are 4 of us living here (and 1 of them spends all his free time tinkering with cars and mowers in his shed, with lights and tools plugged in), and we don't live within waking distance of anything, so, it's a minimum of a 20 mile round trip every time we have to go somewhere.