The Weather Thread

[horrie hastings]

Got to 33 c on the Grassy Head coast today, was lovely at tje beach late afternoon around 4pm, there was no beach this morning with the high tide up in the dunes. Just a sprinkle of rain now.

[horrie hastings]

Rain started to get heavier when started the BBQ , was a little of thunder rumbling but managed to get everything done. Did tje sea the full moon rise briefly before it disappeared behind clouds. Steady rain while eating dinner and it was nice listening to rain on the tin roof, rain seems to have stopped now.

[mightyrooster]

Yay…it’s finally arrived!

[Bates]

Yay…it’s finally arrived!

Santa?

[mightyrooster]

Santa?

Not quite lol. The south east wind bringing cool relief and now I have all the windows opened.

[Bates]

Not quite lol. The south east wind bringing cool relief and now I have all the windows opened.

Much better than Santa at this point in time.

[Bates]

New and improved Solar Panels work better than the old ones when it's cloudy, overcast etc

[horrie hastings]

Woke to the sound of rain and the southerly rustling through the trees. Not much to do today because of the weather unless i want to have a fish and get drenched but i doubt it would be worth it with the southerly belting along and the extra high tide racing in.

[mightyrooster]

New and improved Solar Panels work better than the old ones when it's cloudy, overcast etc

I’ve been doing heaps of research and I’m worried about being ripped off by the power companies. I’m in a Facebook group for making your home more energy efficient and quite a few posters have explained how they are now worse off because the companies now charge them a higher rate in non peak periods to offset the FIT plus a higher supply rate once they’re forced over to a smart meter due to solar. It seems you really need to have a battery which I didn’t want to buy just yet due to the cost. Even then the greedy power companies will just put the supply charge up to compensate for customers using the grid less.

[Bates]

I’ve been doing heaps of research and I’m worried about being ripped off by the power companies. I’m in a Facebook group for making your home more energy efficient and quite a few posters have explained how they are now worse off because the companies now charge them a higher rate in non peak periods to offset the FIT plus a higher supply rate once they’re forced over to a smart meter due to solar. It seems you really need to have a battery which I didn’t want to buy just yet due to the cost. Even then the greedy power companies will just put the supply charge up to compensate for customers using the grid less.

My beautiful wife is the bean counter however I think we're saving around $1400 a year since we installed solar and that's with me leaving lights on everywhere. A habit that I've always struggled with.

[mightyrooster]

My beautiful wife is the bean counter however I think we're saving around $1400 a year since we installed solar and that's with me leaving lights on everywhere. A habit that I've always struggled with.

Yeah I’m the money manager in our household too and I’m very thorough with utility bills. I’ve just checked our current energy company and I’m in the cheapest plan possible, only available for households with a basic meter. So being forced to the cheapest plan with a smart meter, the supply charge is about 25c a day more and the usage charge 7c kw/h more. I worked out we would be $500 roughly worse off, not counting the solar. So it’s a matter of whether we can get enough free power from solar in December to February when using the aircon and other power between midday and 6pm to counter that $500 loss. If not we will need a battery. Grrr..

As for the weather a beautiful 22 degrees day today. Such a pleasant change and I don’t even care that it’s windy. And no need for any aircon at all.

[Bates]

Coolish day on the south coast.

[mightyrooster]

Well the heat’s back again. It will be the third day in a row of 36 tomorrow. What an unpleasant summer it’s been this year.

[mightyrooster]

Beautiful rain! That’s all. And it counts as a post.

[mightyrooster]

The ground is actually wet still. It’s great to finally get some good soaking rain as it has been a while.