Salvo, When we purchased our new house 5 years ago, we had a Tesla PowerWall installed. It came with a Telstra 3G SIM card and when they installed it, I told them to connect it via Ethernet. The technician refused, saying that it has 3G and doesn’t need to be connect to the home network at all.
I received a text from Tesla this morning, telling me that our PowerWall will not be covered by warranty when Telstra kill 3G at the end of next month.
I then received an email from Tesla (that looked like Spam).
I then receive a phone call from Tesla.
I mentioned that I don’t have WiFi coverage in my garage and they told me to move my router. I told them that I instructed the technician to connect via Ethernet originally and they said that I would need to get the technician back out to connect it.
I am not allowed to plug Ethernet into it without voiding warranty and I need to plug Ethernet into it to prevent the warranty from being void.
kithrup,
Azuaron, @Salvo Oof. In the next couple of years I'll be getting solar and some kind of home battery. I've been vaguely considering Tesla on the idea that they couldn't possibly mess up a stationary battery in my home like they do their cars. Thanks for setting me straight.
Salvo, Don’t get me wrong, the PowerWall has been great for the last 4 years, It is just that the subcontracting technicians didn’t want to do any more work than the bare minimum, even though it was negligible extra effort.
That said, since Musk has severely gone off the rails and still has controlling interest in the Company, I would be hesitant to trust anything that comes out from the North American operations.
The problem is that all the other aftermarket battery backup technologies (that I know about from 3 year old research) are either inferior to the PowerWall in every way, or need to be manufactured bespoke for the Australian market.
LovesTha,
Cendana, I visited my wife’s old workplace.
They got new EFTPOS terminals some time in the last 6 months… running on 3G.
LovesTha, @Cendana that should be considered fraud.
Salvo, The local Tesla/Solar service provider is a subsidiary of the Sugar Refining Company (of Blue Sky Mine-Midnight Oil fame).
That probably explains a lot about the quality of service.
number137,
Salvo, Yeah, I saw that yesterday. I sent it to Tesla support by email ;)
dwillanski,
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Salvo, It is insane that the installing sparky ran three-phase power to the location but doesn’t bother running some twisted pair for Ethernet at the same time.
We had to fight with the installer to have our Solar Inverter connected to Ethernet, even though there was a cable already in place. Unfortunately we won the fight for the Inverter but lost the fight for the PowerWall.
I know that at least one Manufacturer who is deprioritising warranty claims on “smart” Car Charger wallboxes unless they were connected by Ethernet at the time of installation.
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Salvo, Yep. Our builder gave the electricians the incorrect plans.
They had to come back to run the electrical extra cables so we had some gaping holes in the plasterboard in the two master bedrooms. That was the least of our problems…
Salvo, Builders are incompetent.
tokensane,
Salvo, I do have A UniFi home network so all I need to do is add another access point, but that is beside the point.
I don’t want it using WiFi; it is a fitting that is part of the house, it should be wired, not wireless.
sibrosan, Dutch
Duenan, I think I’m peckish but no snack foods.
Seagoon_, I’m watching The Trojan Women, a 1971 movie from a Euripides play.
It’s full of great tragedy. It’s meant to be emotional, it was written to shame perpetrators of war. This is like Sophie’s Choice x 10.
I think I watch too many movies that require concentration and empathy as I find my reactions just too intellectual.
How many murders a day do I see on screen?
The other thing is i keep on asking myself how they did a shot or what dramatic device is this that makes me think a thing. I find myself changing focus from the story to the how.
Seagoon_, (edited ) These ancient places that have such a big place in our own society’s cultural identity, even if just in stories passed down onto us, these places were so small.
I have been to Troy, just drove past really, it’s just a small place. A city state that used to be on the coast but is now inland. It had only 10,000 people. Their men and children murdered and then the women forced into slavery. The movie is harrowing. ( In modern times this is what happened to the Yazidi women of Syria. Their men and children were murdered and then the women were forced into slavery. )
A suburb is like living in a town, I can’t help putting myself, my loved ones and my neighbours in the place of these characters. I suppose that’s what makes it a great play.
5 Hobbits.
Seagoon_, all the tapestries are washed, ironed and ready for patchwork making , I hope it looks good when done
RustyRaven, I have apparently had a suspicious transaction on my credit card, someone trying to buy gift cards. I do wonder how they got the card number, I barely use it. I think I’ve seen something about methods using random numbers so maybe they just guessed it. The transaction history on that card are all Paypal, Amazon and a couple of local stores in person so not really anything risky. Fortunately it’s not my main card so there are no automatic payments to be messed up.
Seagoon_, it pays to keep a close eye on account activity 👍
RustyRaven, This one was stopped before it even made it to transaction history.
Seagoon_, that’s really good
fullkitwanker, Travelling to the UK next month. What card should I take? Is there a 101 on this somewhere? I’m with CommBank.
tone212_, If you use your regular bank card, very likely you will be charged currency conversion fees for every transaction you make overseas. I’m with CBA and they charge these fees for my everyday account.
What you need is an account that doesn’t charge currency conversion or ATM withdrawal. Look at Bankwest for debit or Latitude for credit.
ajsadauskas, @fullkitwanker @Seagoon_ I got one of these the last time I travelled: https://www.cashpassport.com.au/
As long as your card is a Visa or MasterCard, it should work over there in most cases. However, I would check the fees before using it overseas.
just_kitten, First day at second job was really awesome. Feels like I’m working with real people! And so much respect and warmth! Plus some very compatible interests/tastes/politics. Cozy, comfy office and such a short commute… I couldn’t ask for more??!
I think I have a random crush developing on a colleague however, which needs to be viciously stepped on and killed with a flamethrower immediately. Please let them have a partner. Haven’t heard one mentioned so far… if they don’t say anything I’m going to ask (obliquely).
Gibsonisafluffybutt, Hell yeah! Glad it’s working out well ❤️
just_kitten, I definitely had a couple of poignant moments of “wow I can’t believe what I put up with at my old place”.
But it’s like with love and relationships, sometimes the best healing from an old job isn’t just time off, but a new and better environment to rewire the brain 😊
We’ll see how this goes over the next few weeks. Never managed two jobs like this before
Gibsonisafluffybutt, I totally agree with you. Time off is nice, but getting back onto the proverbial horse makes a hell of a difference.
Duenan, Sounds awesome, so happy for you.
In regard to your work colleague though there are some people who never talk or mentions their other half or partner, even with people who I’ve worked with for over a decade, some of them rarely talk about their other half though they do talk about other aspects of their lives including their kids.
Just a friendly little heads up about it.
just_kitten, Oh for sure. Most people I’ve worked with have the age and circumstances to be partnered even if without kids, so I generally assume that unless said otherwise.
Not that I care 99% of the time; this is just an incredibly stupid crush that will go away soon enough… but it’ll go away faster if I know there’s a partner for sure!
Duenan, But at the same time who knows what could happen!
Especially if this person isn’t with or seeing someone.
New beginnings and all.
Seagoon_, (edited ) I have been listening to a book about scientific intuition, what it is and why people believe incorrect theories and facts.
Answer, we are born as babies who know nothing, cognitive limitation as adults and the way we live and experience the world around us frames the questions we ask.
I was really surprised at the cognitive limitations data, even graduates of physics degrees might not know or understand basic principles because they are unable to have the mental imagery required for understanding. ie, unable to use visualisation
I suppose that explains why some students can pass exams but can’t explain what they learnt or remember it years later or integrate the knowledge into their world view
imoldgreeeg, What’s it called? That sounds fascinating
Seagoon_, Scienceblind: Why Our Intuitive Theories About the World Are So Often Wrong By: Andrew Shtulman
“In Scienceblind, cognitive and developmental psychologist Andrew Shtulman shows that the root of our misconceptions lies in the theories about the world we develop as children. They’re not only wrong, they close our minds to ideas inconsistent with them, making us unable to learn science later in life. So how do we get the world right? We must dismantle our intuitive theories and rebuild our knowledge from its foundations. The reward won’t just be a truer picture of the world, but clearer solutions to many controversies - around vaccines, climate change, or evolution - that plague our politics today.”
imoldgreeeg, Thanks!
Seagoon_, This book has really made me think about what I thought of the world when I was a little child and then an older child.
Here’s the thing, no adult ever asked me anything about my beliefs so any thoughts I had weren’t put into speech or writing. And because of that I have to try to remember original thoughts rather than recall an action. It’s not easy.
I expect like most people I like to think I was smart and didn’t have silly ideas. But that’s not true, I was a kid , I didn’t have theories, for example the ground was the ground and I thought no more about it.
imoldgreeeg, Thanks for unpacking that. That’s fascinating because I think I had the opposite experience. We were taught to question/argue/think about how things worked (one parent in particular was very big on science and science thinking)…so on one hand I find it hard when people can’t logic themselves out of conspiracies and such…on the other hand I have spent a LOT of time reprogramming the ‘thoughts first, feelings second’ approach to life. And I know from depression that logic can take you to a Baaad place when it’s built on a faulty core belief. Only in the last few years have I been able to experience the ground as just the ground.
Makes me fascinated by this psychology.
Gibsonisafluffybutt, (edited ) Ok. Groceries purchased. Cat fed and brushed. Dinner in the oven.
I really hope this cold doesn’t last much longer. I live alone and am single so being sick brings my life to a standstill.
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Gibson is concerned also.
tone212_, My gas usage (excluding supply) for 2.5 months was $90. The only gas appliance I have is ducted heating which hasn’t been switched on at all this year. That seems high, right? The heater system has an always-on pilot light but $90 for just that seems very steep.
The heater system is about 30 years old, might be on the fritz - but turned on this morning and it was working fine.
LovesTha,
tone212_, Sorry I stuffed this, it’s $71 usage after adjustment. Gas bills are so confusing to decipher because of this estimating and adjusting that happens. Still seems high for a pilot light to stay on for one unused appliance.
RustyRaven, That does seem high. My only gas appliance is hot water, and my total gas bill for the last three months was just under $90, with $25 of that being usage.
LovesTha, @tone212_ very high, if that is from two actual reads I'd be talking to a plumber about your gas leak.
Duenan, Hot water system is electrical?
tone212_, Yeah, I got a heat pump unit installed when my old gas system died. So much cheaper to run!
SituationCake, Is your gas meter accessible? Check the reading, then check a few days or a week later again, and you’ll know how much gas is getting used per day/week. Then you can multiply by the cost on your gas plan, and see what the cost is. There will likely be some other set charges in the bill, not counting the usage.
useless_modern_god, We were shopping for our first home many years ago. It was on a hill. As we were stepping out to leave, the agent says “hey is that your car?”
I look over across the street, and my car had started rolling down the hill!! I bolted over the fence, quickly zapped the alarm button and dove inside to stop it just in time before crashing into another car.!
We ended up buying the house.
The End
Seagoon_, That was some movie level dare devilling there 🫨
useless_modern_god, I felt like Tom Cruise
Seagoon_, You had a tether and did it in very very slow motion?
Duenan, Got a similar story with a trolley.
Was loading groceries and stuff into my car and put down something to stop the trolley from rolling downhill.
Come back from one load and trolley is missing and I see it slowly rolling down picking up momentum in the car park, at the end one incline are more cars parked.
Bolted after the trolley and thankfully no cars were coming up or down the laneway at the time and after 100 metres I manage to catch the trolley without hitting a car or being hit by one.
That scared the bejubus out of me that day. Never parked there ever again.
calhoon2005, Does anyone know if there’s a Canning’s equivalent butcher in the inner North/outer North? Free range, low salt, sausages, etc?
Duenan, My song for today. Journey - Seperate Ways
Used in the Tron movies, such an awesome song even if the music video is a little bit comical.
DolphinLundgrin, I love this video. Especially the part where the camera is dollying past the band (from 3:00) and the keyboardist whacks the camera 😁
Duenan, Argh!!!
Installation of split system delayed again!
Well I guess on the bright side I managed to do a couple of hours of more decluttering and cleaning.
I half moved some stuff already. Wondering I should just make the moving of furniture within the next day so I don’t have to do it in 2 weeks time.
Still though so frustrating with the constantly delaying. 4th time now I think
Seagoon_, omg, who knew that chili bread made with lots of hot chilies would be hot 😤
CEOofmyhouse56, Shocking
ajsadauskas, @CEOofmyhouse56 @Seagoon_ How many chillies did you use?
Seagoon_, 8 big ones in a loaf
LovesTha, @Seagoon_ @ajsadauskas That could be way too much or nearly nothing, all depends on the chillis used :)
ajsadauskas,
Seagoon_, manzano chillies
LovesTha, @Seagoon_ @ajsadauskas so 8 is a moderate heat. Sounds tasty
ajsadauskas,
LovesTha, @ajsadauskas @Seagoon_ pity that those images don't federate :(
ajsadauskas, @Seagoon_ Sounds like the right amount 😋
Seagoon_, And I grew the chilies myself.
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ajsadauskas, @Seagoon_ They look so delicious 😋
I love chilli.
Growing up, every time I cooked, I'd promise mum that whatever I was making was "not that spicy".
She eventually learnt that my idea of not too spicy and hers were two very, very different things.
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