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Re:Solar Power/Batteries are 60% of planned new U.S. electri... by hedora on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @09:56AM (#30600559)
As a household, we're at about 30kWh per day, exclusive of commute. The 40 mile round trip commute adds about 17kWh (110mpge electric car, 2500 ft elevation change).

I recently found a 100 watt phantom load (after the 30kWh measurement), and now the house idles at 500w. That includes fridges, water treatment + water heating, internet, LAN, NAS, etc).

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Re:Solar Power/Batteries are 60% of planned new U.S. electri... by joshyeager on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @10:22AM (#30600839)
That is very interesting! What was causing the 100w phantom load, and how did you find it?
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Re:Solar Power/Batteries are 60% of planned new U.S. electri... by hedora on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @12:37PM (#30602838)
The combination of a backup synology NAS and a (basically non functional) swann security camera DVR. Mostly the DVR.

I plan to put the synology on a timer.

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