Chewie
@Chewie@slrpnk.net
I run a Mastodon instance (mammut.gogreenit.net) for myself and friends.
I am interested in IT, Electronic Music, Winter Sports, Renewable Energy, Off-Grid living, Sustainability and The RIght to Repair.
- Comment on Papua New Guinea shuts down Facebook in test to stop 'pornography, misinformation, hate speech' 4 weeks ago:
Not sure how Porn = Terrorism. Sounds like mission creep to me… Oh well, I guess it makes a change from using Anti-Terror laws to stop people putting the wrong things in wheelie bins: telegraph.co.uk/…/Half-of-councils-use-anti-terro…
- Comment on Sol-Ark manufacturer reportedly disables all Deye inverters in the US 5 months ago:
Got a link? that name isn’t very unique :(
- Comment on Sol-Ark manufacturer reportedly disables all Deye inverters in the US 5 months ago:
I like the MorningStar brand, but they aren’t cheap. I wrote a review here if you’re interested: www.gogreenit.net/index.php?page=morningstar-tris…
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- Comment on Solar panels between railway tracks? 6 months ago:
True, but it still seems rather excessive…
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- Comment on What inspired you to get into clean energy? 6 months ago:
I like camping and festivals, and it was fun to get a small solar panel to charge my phone etc. about a decade ago. My parents were in to gardening, and used a lot of water butts to store water at our house. My other half and I watched a lot of Doomsday Prepper episodes (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday_Preppers) during Covid lockdowns, and while some of them were a bit crazy, others had really good ideas. It felt like a sensible idea to try and be a bit more self-sufficient.
It will all take a long time to pay for itself, but I am learning about DC circuits and it feels good to have a backup for everything, even though we live in a city and are grid-connected to water, electricity and gas.