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Hey guys,

I have been so busy lately that I have not had the time to post about everything that had been happening and making me happy. Here is a catchup post! So on Friday 6th December we got solar panels installed on our house. That was exciting but the workmen were very loud and they started at 7 am. They were all done before lunchtime though.

The following Monday afternoon we got the app so we could track our power generation and usage. That is pretty fun.

Then on Wednesday the man came and changed over our meter to a fancy new one.

Yesterday being Thursday we got the email to say that we had been approved for WA’s distributed energy buyback scheme so now we will get paid 7 cents per kilowatt hour we put back into the grid. So that’s awesome. That should offset a tiny bit of the power we use at night. Anyway I am super happy with my solar panels, it’s all very exciting.

sounds good @Oaktree

@Oaktreevery exciting re solar panels

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On Wednesday I had a happy day. Started off with the man banging on the door wanting to change the meter. Then I jumped on a train or two and travelled out to Fremantle. I met my sister at Timezone there. My niece works there. We played tons of games and I collected about 18000 tickets. We went across the road and had lunch at Grill’d. I just got the chips share plate and a drink. Then we went and bought movie tickets at Hoyts. Went back to Timezone while we waited for it to be time for the movie. Late in the afternoon we saw Wicked again. Loved it!!! Then I travelled home again and got off the train just after 8pm. Long but enjoyable day.

on Thursday, I went to walking group but because it was so hot we just went up to the local shops. That was good because I was wearing a dress because of lunch. Then we went to Pasta in the Valley for our Christmas lunch. On the way home my support worker took me to see Moana 2 at the movies. So yeah another long day but I had a lot of fun. It has been incredibly hot here in WA the last 3 days but we get a bit of relief now until next Tuesday when it will be hot again.

Sounds like a blast @Oaktree! I want to go and see Wicked again too, it's so good!

Glad to hear the weather is easing a bit for the weekend

@Oaktreehey oaktree,really happy for you. Sounds so much fun and good times with your sister.Well done

It's great you could get solar panels @Oaktree it should help with running tge air-con. I got mine installed before NBN was available in my area so I missed out on a tracking app (no wifi).

Sounds busy... enjoyable but full on.

The solar panels sound so exciting! I need to have a look to see if there is an app for mine. I think there was, but I didn't set it up. @Oaktree .

My solar panels are great. I got a larger grid so it fully takes to load to heat the pool, charges my electric car, powers the air cons... it's so great. And I don't have to feel guilty using the air con when it's super hot!

And you know that? Not ever having to fill petrol in the air again has been the BEST thing ever! I haven't filled fuel in many many months now. I've saved a lot of money that way.

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Oh that’s great. The biggest system we could get was 6.6kw because we only have single phase power. We don’t have a pool so our energy needs aren’t very great. The main thing we wanted was to be able to run the split system aircon for free.