5PM yesterday Jan exclaimed “We’ve lost the internet!” This is almost impossible because the politician who selected the technology at the time stated “We have the best in the world” <sarcasm mode off>. I looked at the light on the security system and immediately noticed it was RED. No internet connection. Jan started cooking dinner whilst I went to the main house router to check if the NBN (National Broadband Network) modem was functioning. It wasn’t. No internet connection.
Three hours latest Jan notices a message on her phone. A power outage had occurred in our suburb when a power pole caught fire. That was rather interesting as all the powerlines in the suburb are underground. The only above ground electricity is at the southern end of the suburb here there is a large high voltage transmission farm.
Then it dawned on both of us. The loss of electricity had caused the internet to fail. We hadn’t noticed the failure because we’re currently “off grid”. Unlike a number of home battery system ours will work when the grid fails. During this time we’d been running three air conditioners and Jan had also cooked dinner. What was the battery state of charge. Usually it would be around 70-75%. However it was down to 65%. Next morning the sun rose and started to rapidly recharge the battery.
Don,
Yes the system can display some comprehensive data. I haven’t yet activated the Ai function which apparently “learns” our electrical demand requirements. To date it appears the system is capable of continuously supplying all our current electrical needs. We actually have to ability to produce more power than we need.
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