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[red-beard]

After moving back to Houston, it took me about 3 years to get back to dealing with the heat. And the primary thing was bicycling. You are always hot and sweaty when you are out.

That said, I can deal with the heat and humidity, I just hate it when I sweat and it goes into my eyes. So I wear a head band / head covering of some sort to prevent this and I'm fine.

The other issue here right now is the sun itself. I am at 29.86 latitude. The sun on June 21st will be only 6.36 degrees off directly overhead. The strength of the sun at noon is 99.4% of if it were directly overhead. Sun protection this time of year is key!

I wear a large brim canvas hat and I also try to wear something on my neck, cause I'm a Red-Beard not a red-neck!

[mattdavis11]

It was really hot yesterday, for me. I was working in the warehouse (Austin), at least there was a fan, but the mf'er was that I moved 950 A/C compressors!

[oldE]

Red Beard, sorry to hear you got out of the solar gig in 2020. That was the year we got in. Power here in Nova Scotia is about 16 cents per kilowatt hour, with a connection fee of about $12/month. Our main heat source is electric baseboards and we have an electric stove ( no gas inthe region).
The utility does net metering. At the anniversary of our contract, we had paid about $144 for connection to the grid and $30 for the power we consumed over the year above our production.
I estimate our break even to be about 8 years.

Best
Les

[cabmandone]

Supposed to be high 90's again today. We had rain late last week and again this week so humidity is bonkers.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by red-beard

After moving back to Houston, it took me about 3 years to get back to dealing with the heat. And the primary thing was bicycling. You are always hot and sweaty when you are out.

That said, I can deal with the heat and humidity, I just hate it when I sweat and it goes into my eyes. So I wear a head band / head covering of some sort to prevent this and I'm fine.

The other issue here right now is the sun itself. I am at 29.86 latitude. The sun on June 21st will be only 6.36 degrees off directly overhead. The strength of the sun at noon is 99.4% of if it were directly overhead. Sun protection this time of year is key!

I wear a large brim canvas hat and I also try to wear something on my neck, cause I'm a Red-Beard not a red-neck!

Yes, when I was cycling I wore a head covering under my helmet. It had a silicone band that ran across the forehead that did a good job of keeping the sweat out of my eyes, covered my neck, and made the helmet more comfortable.
Now I have a Tilley hat that I wear almost all of the time that I'm outside.

Originally Posted by mattdavis11

It was really hot yesterday, for me. I was working in the warehouse (Austin), at least there was a fan, but the mf'er was that I moved 950 A/C compressors!

Ouch, painful irony, working in a hot warehouse moving AC parts. That sucks!

[masraum]

Originally Posted by cabmando

Supposed to be high 90's again today. We had rain late last week and again this week so humidity is bonkers.

Yep, yesterday and today, we've had a reprieve with temps only in the upper 90s. After today we're supposed to be back up 100º-101º. It's only a few degrees, but when it's that hot, I count every one. Fortunately, since we've been so dry this year, the humidity isn't as bad as it is most years. We've had a decent breeze most days, and as long as you're in the shade, it's not that bad. (relatively speaking)

[brp914]

Originally Posted by red-beard

And that is NOT a Net metering plan. They pay market rate for the electricity. And you do not get the delivery charge back. So most of the time you will get 2-5 cents/kWh for your excess power.

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How are the above statements consistent?

[red-beard]

They are perfectly consistent.

In Texas you pay for energy and you pay a delivery charge. The "local" utility generally has a fixed delivery charge, like maybe 4-5 cents per kWh. If my "all in" rate is 11.5, the energy charge is 7 cents and the delivery charge is 4.5 cents. All depends on your contract.

Market rate for electricity changes every 15 minutes. So people get the market rate which could be very low (winter) or very high (August). But you do not get the delivery charge.

They used to be some plans that you paid the 15 min market rate. Which is OK until you hit August and the rate goes to $50 (yes dollars) per kWh.