I’m curious as to what people are doing with their spare solar power.

I’m in the US and on NEM2. I already have batteries and discharge them when the rates are favorable.

But I still have a lot of leftover juice. My partner recently bought an EV but doesn’t drive much.

I set up a home lab and even bought a small bitcoin miner that turns on when electricity rates are favorable.

  • FireRetardant@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    What i do is run my hot water tank when rates are favorable (evenings and weekends). I live alone so I’m easily able to micromanage when hot water is needed.

    I’m not on solar yet, i want to but I’d need a long time to make it worthwhile vs my current bills and I have bigger priorities to throw money at for now.

    Maybe in a solar scenario you could not power the hot water tank at all unless being charged by solar, letting it use more energy throughout the evening and able to take more energy during the day while solar is producing vs having it be topped up by the grid after use in the evenings.