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Ouch! I don’t know which one I’d prefer tbh. Oh that’s right, neither 🤣

@@reganperry take the shin hit to the tow ball it only tickles a bit and makes everyone laugh 👍

Ahh yep, done that one 🤣

@@goldnbees so true! Wish I hadn’t just been bragging about how I got it to land exactly where I wanted. Feel like nature conspired to humble me!

@@dezpez7038 not yet but I’m not sure we have them. Inland Taipans on the other hand 😬. Another reason I wanted to move them away from the trees/bush area and into more of a clearing.

No worries!

Two great Bernard shirts 😉

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Is that a Canadian thing, or are we really cousins?! 😁 Either way, thanks! 👊

Haha! Got there in the end! 😉

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Thanks, another garden update video coming in a week or so. Been working on chickens this week, so watch out for that video in the next few days 😁

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That’s a good idea. Most of my handles are fibreglass but I do have a few wooden ones too.

They stay reasonably well balanced, we check them pretty regularly. I was just thinking though that I may design a process for cycling their order on a regular basis to ensure no issues.

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@@fredfredrickson8892 sure did 😁. It’s about 2% (1m rise over 50m). With a proper irrigation setup in place 2% shouldn’t even be noticeable. 🤞

Thanks! Hope it was useful 😁

I sure did, but the price has just come down so much it’s not really worth it. It might be if you went with the older tech (18650 li-ion cells), but I really wanted the lifespan of LiFePO4. And the warranty 😁

Haha! Yeah lots of future upgrades planned. Gravel and firebreak probably a bit overkill in our area, but I do want to get the panels and wiring off the ground. Just did a whole long video on the setup a couple of weeks ago if you’re interested.

@@reganperry cool banana's I'll have a look. Never over kill grass fires still no joke.

100% I just mean it’s already pretty clear there so all that’s needed is regular slashing. That being said, on the cards this year is a whole property firebreak. Gonna take a while. Dense ironbark 4km boundary 😬

Woah, that’s crazy! And I feel like stuff like that is only getting crazier and more and more unrealistic hey. What would it take for you to disconnect? That’s a pretty epic setup. Very similar to us and we’re 100% offgrid. But mind you we’re on a “tiny home” setup and are only using about 18kwh/day.

@@reganperry Hi, thanks for the reply. It sure is crazy and it drives me mad. We hear plenty about going green and saving the environment but there is very little incentive to do so, and as you say its getting crazier. As far as disconnecting, I would love to, but I am still working out if I could. I live in the south of NSW and solar production drops off hugely in winter. Many overcast and rainy days. My system has only been up and running since late November last year and this is my first winter to judge how well the system works. In February I produced 1258kwh's of solar but so far this month I have only produced 344kwh's. I am not even charging my battery at the moment. Most of the year is no problem, the battery is fully charged by lunch time and I export many kwh's back into the grid. I believe for me to disconnect I would need to run a generator in the bad weather of winter. Not sure what the neighbour's would think of that. I generally use about 20 to 22kwh's a day, but its cold now and the wife loves the split system A/C. So that pretty well doubles our usage. I was like you when designing my system. I spent many many hours watching youtube solar and off grid vids. I researched batteries, solar panels, inverters, charge controllers, cables and all associated electrical equipment. I dealt with a company in Victoria who are off grid specialists and Victron suppliers. They were very helpful. I was a little undersized with the 4kw Multiplus II but I have allowed for expansion of the system. I wired the board ready for a second Multiplus to run in parallel when I need to expand. As I said in my message above, I would love to buy some land, build a container house and go completely off grid. ( have watched many youtube vids on building container houses too ) lol. Maybe one day I will but I think I might have left it too late, might be getting a bit old for that now. You seem to have worked your system out well but if you have any questions or anything I can help you with just ask. cheers, Brian

Sounds like PG&E!!! I HATE THAT COMPANY WITH A PASSION! They’re the worst corrupt company that has a complete monopoly where I live. We have no choice and they’re currently charging $0.43 kWh for tier 1 and $0.52 kWh for tier 2. And they’re requesting ANOTHER price increase! It was $0.22/$0.35 cent 18 months ago. $0.12/$0.16 just 2 years ago!

@@Ang.0910Hi. You do seem to be getting a bad deal. Made worse for you because they have the monopoly. I am actually pretty happy with my electricity supplier and after checking what others are charging I think I am getting a pretty good deal except for the Solar feed in tarriff. My prices have just increased and I am much better off than you. Actually my prices decreased. I pay between 22 (off peak) and 27.5 cents (peak) kWh. My feed in tarriff reduced by around 30 to 35% at the same time. There is a real trend in reducing the payment for solar feed in by all companies. It seems that in the future all solar owners will be supplying a large amount of electricity into the grid and not being paid for it, making the big companies even richer. I have even heard there is talk that in the future solar owners will be charged to put their power back into the grid. Thats what I meant above about being taken for a ride. I am not looking at making money from selling solar power but it would be good to make enough to cover the daily supply charge. That was my aim but now that has become impossible. I think that Regan is certainly on the right track. Getting totally off the grid is the way to go.

@@intothenight756d47 so true hey! I’ve been raising chickens for 10+ years and they still surprise me. I just meant that by spring they’d be 20 weeks old. We hatched this lot late February.

I’ve thought about a few ways to better insulate this shed but tbh it’s too small anyway so I think a full upgrade to a bigger shed with properly insulated walls and ceiling will be the project for this spring.

Thanks! Hope it was helpful.

Oh that’s really good to hear about the shed, I’ve been nervous about how it’s going to cope in summer. It’s out in the full sun so I definitely think I’ll at least want to insulate the north side of it (where the door is). Yeah, so true about electrical rules. Are you running off-grid, or connected to mains? Do you reckon it was worth it in your case?

Yes "Low Voltage" is 240

Definitely. They get great sun where it is, but I think it’ll protect the panels a bit more from wildlife and ground moisture if I can elevate the racks. I’d love to put them on a system that I can adjust the angle for each season too. Putting the solar gear/shed under the panels is actually a great idea! That would just look a whole lot nicer. And, reduce the cable length from panel arrays to MPPT - I like it!

@@reganperry I have tiltable panels (vertical angle) which I adjust every month for best results. I get about 10-15% more power than my fixed angle panels for the garage. What surprised me was that I could get about 20% more power by pointing them straight up on cloudy days in Winter, which has the additional benefit of making them less vulnerable to Winter storm force winds.

That's so cool. I have some designs for a DIY tiltable array so I may just do that for next year. Never thought about straight up on cloudy days, but it kinda makes sense.

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🤣🤣 I must remember that there’s still 3/195 countries that still use the imperial system.

@@reganperry yes, the important ones still use it. I can easily visualize a meter it’s like a yard. But millimeters is just a sales ploy to make you think you have more of something. 100 millimeters sounds big but it’s just about 4 inches. Pretty weak, man! Long live the imperial measurements. Make men manly again!

Oh man that sux when that happens. Yep, I’ve had rats get into my chicks while raising them 😡. These days I make the coop mobile enough that we can move it around every few months/weeks so it confuses the predators.

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So true. That’s why I wouldn’t use this in the paddock. The Omlet brand one I used on my last farm had a timer option. We set it to 10am.

About 1/3 of what they are now. We bought it 4 years ago. They cost about $18k now 😬 We’re in South-East Darling Downs region. Good for you - we need more Aussie homesteaders showing it can be done 👍

Thanks! Very new to all this. Thought I’d dip my feet in the “shorts” end of the pool while I’m learning. But yeah, I agree, time to put my big boy “long form” pants on 😁

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Exactly how we started just a few years ago. CZcams is a goldmine

I’ve seen some designs like this. I reckon that’s exactly what we’ll do! 👊

Yeah it’s actually 4 strings. 2S2P into a double controller unit. The east and west strings were the ones oriented differently. Still don’t think it did what I was hoping though.

Nah, the video is deceiving, it was nice and damp all the way through. I was going to give it a water and a turn with the cover off but it really didn’t need it.

🤣 yeah I really can’t complain can I !

Ouch! Yeah I think think I’ll stick to my Aussie subtropical/temperate winter 😜

Haha True! I suppose you could always start indoors. Garlic, turmeric and ginger don’t mind growing in large pots and potatoes are fun to grow in bags (hessian sacks).

My first garden was 15 years ago on an apartment balcony in pots - you’d be surprised how much food you can grow in a tiny space! 😁

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