{"id":46072576,"user":"toomuchtodo","time":1764272402,"time_ago":"4 months ago","type":"comment","content":"

Rough location (if you feel comfortable sharing ground truth)?","comments":[{"id":46072899,"user":"phreeza","time":1764274771,"time_ago":"4 months ago","type":"comment","content":"

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43622584","comments":[],"comments_count":0,"level":0,"url":"item?id=46072899"},{"id":46072785,"user":"tibbydudeza","time":1764273804,"time_ago":"4 months ago","type":"comment","content":"

South Africa - load shedding is a curse word here :).","comments":[{"id":46072817,"user":"toomuchtodo","time":1764274065,"time_ago":"4 months ago","type":"comment","content":"

Great to hear about the fast payback period, wishing you reliable power :)","comments":[{"id":46072831,"user":"kragen","time":1764274251,"time_ago":"4 months ago","type":"comment","content":"

tibbydudeza didn't post about a fast payback period. Maybe neebz is his wife?","comments":[{"id":46077025,"user":"tibbydudeza","time":1764321632,"time_ago":"4 months ago","type":"comment","content":"

Payback - I never factored that in or even thought about that.

I was more concerned about having reliable power and reducing my electricity bill.

The daily 2-hour power cuts were getting out of hand, and I was running my business from my home office, so the tax incentives helped slightly.

The grid is more stable now as new power units became available but a big chunk of middle-class consumers using solar are using way less power now, so the local town councils are having problems balancing their books (town councils re-sells electricity from the national operator).","comments":[],"comments_count":0,"level":3,"url":"item?id=46077025"},{"id":46073309,"user":"toomuchtodo","time":1764278287,"time_ago":"4 months ago","type":"comment","content":"

Broadly speaking, payback period in South Africa is very fast due to similar grid economics to Pakistan.","comments":[{"id":46073491,"user":"kragen","time":1764279743,"time_ago":"4 months ago","type":"comment","content":"

But neebz may not be in Pakistan either. Oh, they are: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43622584","comments":[],"comments_count":0,"level":4,"url":"item?id=46073491"}],"comments_count":1,"level":3,"url":"item?id=46073309"}],"comments_count":3,"level":2,"url":"item?id=46072831"}],"comments_count":4,"level":1,"url":"item?id=46072817"}],"comments_count":5,"level":0,"url":"item?id=46072785"}],"comments_count":7,"url":"item?id=46072576"}

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