If you're technically minded, you can do some amazing things with Home Assistant and IOT devices.
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A lot depends on how you use it and how accessible it is to the outside internet.
I have a few smart devices, but they are all controlled locally. If my internet connection stops working, I still have full control of everything. I also have manual options in case my home network stops working.
Not advice, do your own research: I don't see a big problem it Bluetooth. It can be hacked, but the person hacking has to be near you. That alone protects you from about 8 billion people.
The most knowledgeable IT people have the least IOT devices in their house.
I've been planning to make one of these for a few years. I'll probably keep planning to make it for the next decade or 2.
Or Malbolge
Could you imagine how much higher that proportion would be if people felt safe while cycling. Maybe if there were dedicated cycling paths that weren't next to cars.
I've been using Tuta for a while. It's had a few minor issues, but all fixed fairly quickly. No major issues.
I suspect Proton would be about as good. The main reason I didn't pick Proton was the owner's political position.
"git-fire is a Git plugin that helps in the event of an emergency by switching to the repository's root directory, adding all current files, committing, and pushing commits and all stashes to a new branch (to prevent merge conflicts)."
I guess a stopped clock is still right twice a day.
Walking somewhere is a very different experience in a car dependent suburb vs an area with dedicated walking paths.
I agree with the community name for this case.
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And then they came for me, and by that time no-one was left to speak up.
I've been logging my headaches since I started taking Eletriptan in 2020.
I've had an average of 10 days per month with headaches, and 4 days per month with migraines.
So far I've identified stress and insufficient sleep as contributing factors.
I've been waiting for 2 years, and I finally got a Wallbox Quasar. I believe I'm the second person in Australia to get one (ignoring government trials and business installs).
My thoughts so far:
The ability to set how fast the car charges/discharges is nice.
The app lets you set a maximum and minimum battery level. I've currently got it set up 20% - 85%. I'll probably adjust this as I learn more.
You can set schedules for charging and discharging. There is no option to set the rate in the schedule. Instead it uses the rate currently set in the app. This is fine if you just want to schedule the times, but frustrating if you want multiple schedules with different charge rates.
There isn't a way to automate the charger with wholesale prices in Australia yet. Amber (a wholesale energy provider) is currently working on this.
This is an early model of V2G charger without all the features you might expect.
The Quasar is not able to operate during a blackout. This is mostly because it doesn't have the ability to disconnect from the grid (powering the entire grid during a blackout is not a good idea). The Quasar 2 (not yet released) will have this feature.
The minimum charge/discharge rate is 6A (1.4kW). No-one has been able to tell me why this limitation exists. If the house is using less than 6A, the Quasar will be exporting the excess to the grid. It means that the Quasar is not suitable for powering the home unless a house battery can soak up the excess. I'm hoping that future V2G chargers will not have a minimum rate.
South Australia has a lot of renewable energy and not a lot of storage. This has caused variable wholesale energy prices ranging from -15c/kWh to 90c/kWh, with rare spikes to $20/kWh.
Having access to the 50kWh (usable) car battery provides a lot of opportunities to make money from the grid, while also assisting with grid stability. Most days only have a saving of $2, but the occasional day with price spikes can make over $40.
I'm hoping to have a net negative energy bill over the next year.
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In this case the limit was entirely arbitrary.
The programmers were told to pick a limit and they liked 256. There are issues with having a large number of people in a group, but it wasn't a hardware limit for this particular case.