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Niall Ginsbourg @niallginsbourg.bsky.social · 3h

Wtf is “Pro-Israel Activist” ? That’s an oxymoron not a thing ..
#auspol #ThisIsNotJournalism

Niall Ginsbourg @niallginsbourg.bsky.social · 5h

Not at all confusing or contradictory speed limit signage en route to Melbourne Airport - brought to you by the brains trust at vic gov/vic roads.
This wasn’t just in one place - similarly mis-signed in about 5 other locations.
#springst

Niall Ginsbourg @niallginsbourg.bsky.social · 23h

Doing a half arsed Halloween this year.. For past 10+ yrs I have been assigned the door duties / given out large amounts of good quality chocolate & missed out on seeing the other cool stuff. This year will finally get out and about - hope the local kids behave themselves with this paltry offering.

Niall Ginsbourg @niallginsbourg.bsky.social · 1d

Crazy as it is, you can kind of understand why LNP are going full nuclear cooker. ALP are so right wing these days most of their actions on climate/immigration/Israel/etc are indistinguishable from that of previous LNP govs. SSSsusan needs to stand out somehow if they want any votes at all.
#auspol

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Niall Ginsbourg @niallginsbourg.bsky.social · 1d

The tragedy here is the vast majority of ultra Orthodox Jews are not actually protesting against the war or anything Israel is doing in Gaza/OPT - they just want others to do the killing for them. A large number of the them also live in settlements too. And they wonder why there will never be peace.

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 1d

Approximately 200,000 people took part in the protest, bringing West Jerusalem to a standstill, local media reported.

Israeli ultra-Orthodox Jews rally in Jerusalem against military service

Approximately 200,000 people took part in the protest, bringing West Jerusalem to a standstill, local media reported.

bit.ly

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Niall Ginsbourg @niallginsbourg.bsky.social · 1d

32kWh?

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Niall Ginsbourg @niallginsbourg.bsky.social · 2d

Infographic/stats above is from The Guardian :

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Israel strikes Gaza again after overnight bombardment that killed at least 104

Attacks shatter Palestinians’ short-lived relief since start of ceasefire that now looks increasingly fragile

www.theguardian.com

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Niall Ginsbourg @niallginsbourg.bsky.social · 2d

Since the 'Ceasefire' began - Israel has now killed 203 Palestinians in Gaza & violated the ceasefire over 80 times. Last night's mass murder by Israel (of 104 people) included 46 children + 20 women, and included another journalist (taking total # of journalists killed to 259).

#auspol #crickets

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Niall Ginsbourg @niallginsbourg.bsky.social · 2d

This tool is handy if you want to verify that the Modbus stuff is properly enabled while the installers are still on site. If it's like VIC - they will need to switch it off when they are done/and it won't be re-enabled again until the inspector comes out days later.

sourceforge.net/projects/qmo...

QModMaster

Download QModMaster for free. Modbus TCP,RTU Master Software. QModMaster is a free Qt-based implementation of a ModBus master application. A graphical user interface allows easy communication with Mod...

sourceforge.net

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Niall Ginsbourg @niallginsbourg.bsky.social · 2d

yep - and their cust support staff didn't seem to know what we were asking about re modbus/ip addresses etc, probably outsourced & scripted support.

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Niall Ginsbourg @niallginsbourg.bsky.social · 2d

The modbus settings are only exposed in the installer app.

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Niall Ginsbourg @niallginsbourg.bsky.social · 2d

Like with the Enphase stuff - they have a 'installer' version of the app which has all the functionality enabled - the regular customer one is heavily locked down. The Sigen customer support isn't great - even they were on hold 45 mins waiting for support so you want to avoid having to use that.

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Niall Ginsbourg @niallginsbourg.bsky.social · 2d

I switched back to single rate a while ago - that works out better and with the battery/increased solar it's better for me to charge the EV during the day now too.

Niall Ginsbourg @niallginsbourg.bsky.social · 2d

oh that's crazy pricey - I guess it's down to whatever bulk advance purchase they have done with the supplier in your area.

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Niall Ginsbourg @niallginsbourg.bsky.social · 2d

You may want to consider setting a static IP on the unit instead. The issue is system/inverter fires up when power is switched on (and at that point your switch/DHCP server has not yet booted up) & then it sometimes just ignores the reassignment of IP Addresses.

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Niall Ginsbourg @niallginsbourg.bsky.social · 2d

Yep - make sure the installers do that during the install/commissioning as the client App doesn't let you do anything (heavily locked down). The TCP/IP stack on the inverter is also buggy - was very hard to lock in the static IP Address too via my switch (even with Manual Binding against MAC).

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Niall Ginsbourg @niallginsbourg.bsky.social · 2d

Was thinking about Amber but they seem to be really cagey about what the actual purchase price is (and their site is half broken) - sort a lot of bad reviews too. OVO is expensive again right now & pretty much no-one is locking in rates for 12 months anymore either like they used to.

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Niall Ginsbourg @niallginsbourg.bsky.social · 2d

btw - have got everything working with HA. It's not quite as accurate as the Envoy (which we can still use to monitor total solar) - and readings are delayed a bit - but pretty useable still.

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Niall Ginsbourg @niallginsbourg.bsky.social · 2d

We have switched to Globird now - we are exporting basically nothing now (and FiT is nearly 0 in VIC), so it's all about cheapest daily/per kW charges. They have a plan with 22c/kW for first 250kW per month and then 25c after that so works out well with the battery so far.

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Niall Ginsbourg @niallginsbourg.bsky.social · 2d

Additional solar has worked out well too - even though most were placed in spots where they are either optimized for morning or afternoon, overall production is up by around 50% which is better than I'd expected. Seen peak generation of around 11.1kW so far with much wider curve.

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Niall Ginsbourg @niallginsbourg.bsky.social · 2d

Not a bad start, but Melbourne has delivered a whole month of mostly overcast days so haven't been able to test it to max capacity as yet (best has been 80%/40Kwh). Had a good run a couple of weeks back where we had no grid imports for 5 days in a row. Should be great in summer though.

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Niall Ginsbourg @niallginsbourg.bsky.social · 2d

Smallest violins playing for those "unfortunate" LNP voters (trying really hard not to say Right Wing Racist f-wits - oh whoops). Such a poor range of choices, none are popular - it's like being forced to choose between being poked in the eyes, kicked in the teeth or punched in the nose.
#auspol

6 News Australia @6newsau.bsky.social · 3d

🚨 NEW: Just 13% of Australians think Sussan Ley is the best person to lead the Liberal Party, according to new Essential polling

Among Coalition voters, 22% think she is the best to lead, while 20% think Andrew Hastie would be better

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Niall Ginsbourg @niallginsbourg.bsky.social · 3d

Can anyone else here see the irony that a person whose *entire business model* is based around "not leaving people alone" wants to be "left alone". What's next, complaints from the paparazzi that people keep invading their privacy? 🤔

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Niall Ginsbourg @niallginsbourg.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING: The Liberal Party of Australia has entered a (dead) horse called "Nuclear Power" in next Tuesday's Melbourne Cup. Despite bookmakers setting the odds at 1 gazillon:1, jockey Jane Hume is confident that it will win if she keeps flogging it. More to come...

#auspol #ClimateEmergency

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Niall Ginsbourg @niallginsbourg.bsky.social · 5d

Quick "Barnaby Joyce is currently ..." Poll :

Like : really badly sunburnt
Repost : three sheets to the wind

#auspol

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