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TERRA Operative:
I vote +1 for Rhinoceros 3D for 3D CAD, been using it for decades.
Besides it's lack of parametric modelling, it's intuitive to use, complies with Windows UI design language, and is really powerful.
mnementh:

--- Quote from: Zucca on July 07, 2022, 01:25:10 pm ---
--- Quote from: Zucca on July 02, 2022, 12:50:12 am ---I knew it  :palm:
I will try one more time, but they are forcing me to go off grid...

1) I do not want to buy at the double price I am selling back to them
2) I want to put how much panels I want on my roof in my property
3) Yes the base price for a bidirectional meter is 16$ instead or the regular 12$ each month, and recently a power company in the area bumped it up to 30$/month just because.

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Finally I talked yesterday with Mark a nice eng from the power company:

As long I do not feed back energy from my home to the grid:

1) No need to change my contract or install a bidirectional meter. My base price will stay the same 12$/month.
Will cost less than an emergency generator with maintenance included.

2) There is no more the 100% energy offset concept. I am allowed to get as much power I want from my roof.

3) Only an anti-islanding, quick disconnect device is required.

Basically since I will stay passive, what happen behind the meter is not power company beer.

Sharing all the above with all 3 solar companies I am talking to, they are all going "Oh Oh, this is interesting and awesome... thanks for sharing..."

 :popcorn:

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Yeah... that's what I thought should be the case. Big fat steaming pile of NUNYA! :-+

The anti-islanding device was what I was thinking of when I suggested a lockout; point is they don't want you feeding juice back into the grid, which then is stepped up by the transformers on the pole, thereby creating a life-threatening charged transmission line when it should be dead, for the electric company workers to deal with when they're trying to bring the locked-down substation (term?) back online.

Cheers,

mnem
 ???  watt?
m k:

--- Quote from: Zucca on July 07, 2022, 01:25:10 pm ---
--- Quote from: Zucca on July 02, 2022, 12:50:12 am ---I knew it  :palm:
I will try one more time, but they are forcing me to go off grid...

1) I do not want to buy at the double price I am selling back to them
2) I want to put how much panels I want on my roof in my property
3) Yes the base price for a bidirectional meter is 16$ instead or the regular 12$ each month, and recently a power company in the area bumped it up to 30$/month just because.

--- End quote ---

Finally I talked yesterday with Mark a nice eng from the power company:

As long I do not feed back energy from my home to the grid:

1) No need to change my contract or install a bidirectional meter. My base price will stay the same 12$/month.
Will cost less than an emergency generator with maintenance included.

2) There is no more the 100% energy offset concept. I am allowed to get as much power I want from my roof.

3) Only an anti-islanding, quick disconnect device is required.

Basically since I will stay passive, what happen behind the meter is not power company beer.

Sharing all the above with all 3 solar companies I am talking to, they are all going "Oh Oh, this is interesting and awesome... thanks for sharing..."

 :popcorn:

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What was the beginning?
I've not followed it.

I've wondered many times why people are so keen to selling their excess.
How many life times it'll take to pay that hardware back.

Here I'd probably have to pay more /kWh if my usage goes under some electric heating level but that is probably all.
Then I read how somebody is selling watt hours.
I don't get it.

Though I do know that unauthorized panels are or used to be a big no-no in Spain.
My understanding is also that it includes all types of uses and that the reason is overall used grid power.
m k:

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--- Quote from: Specmaster on July 07, 2022, 07:57:04 am ---Currently, sitting here waiting for the workmen to arrive. We are having the bathroom refitted and were told that they would be with us this morning at 8.00AM, now 8.54AM and still sign of them. The job is supposed to take upto 2 weeks, thinking of taking friendly bets on the completion date  :palm:

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Before placing any bets: Are the builders (1) Native English, or (2) Polish?

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If they are English then it'll take 4 weeks due to the lateness, slacking and tea breaks.

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There are shit workers in every field; one just decided to resign earlier today on national TV, for example.



Here at Northern Shithole Council, projects finish late for several reasons, here are a few of the most common, not necessarily in order of impact or timeline:

1. The design keeps changing

2. The client keeps adding more things on

3. The design is wrong (doesn't match the building, not conforming to codes, not conforming to the known laws of physics, etc)

4. There is no design/are no drawings

5. The gear is not ordered early enough  (ie light fittings with a 4-6 week lead time are ordered 1 week before the end of the job)

6. Sub-contractors are not booked early enough (ie they aren't available when you want them because they are already booked up)

7. Sub-contractors do substandard work which then has to be remediated (ie they decide that using metal trunking as per spec is unnecessary and use all-round-band instead)

8. The order of works is incorrect (ie the painters are sent in before all the first fixing is done, then again before all the second fixing is done, then again after that...)

9. The labour dispositions are badly managed (either too few or too many people on site)

10. Asbestos surveys are incomplete/inaccurate/absent

11. The specification is wrong/non-existent

12. Access equipment is inappropriate/unavailable


I can tell you now, that despite Council workers reputation for laziness, 9 times out of 10 when you see them standing around drinking tea or otherwise apparently doing nothing it is because of one of the aforementioned reasons, or they are discussing how to proceed. That 1 time in 10, yes, they are tossing it off, but in my experience it's less often than any office worker ever does.

Likewise remediation of apprentice/useless bastard fuckups doesn't often take long, as it usually gets spotted early enough.

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Over here......when it comes to highway workers and this is no stereotype.....there is one guy digging the hole and three guys standing around watching him and jerking off.   ::)

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I've seen that once, one digging, two watching, county staff.
Then boss came with county pickup, and so three were watching.
Then my buss went away.

We have multilane roads with center area light poles.
Changing a bulb there is not a one man gig.

For software,
I'm using LibreOffice, Live Mail and Gimp.
But I'm using them like I want.
PDF has changed a lot for those who don't need it so bidirectional.
m k:

--- Quote from: Neomys Sapiens on July 07, 2022, 04:48:20 am ---
--- Quote from: m k on July 05, 2022, 07:49:36 pm ---
Is there possibly a military grade high resolution video system with small screens?
Just wondering from where HP got their idea.


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A cursory look at my records turned up the following ducuments:

RCC 452-86 Video standards and Formats (RCC: Range Commanders Council)
MIL-HDBK-87213A (USAF) ELECTRONICALLY / OPTICALLY GENERATED AIRBORNE DISPLAYS
MIL-STD-1556 Aircrew station displays and assoc. equipment, definitons of

Will take another look later.

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No need to look more, things have changed.
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