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Ask HN: Does anyone here generate their own electricity?

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Re: Ask HN: Does anyone here generate their own electricity?

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Not personally, but my solar panels do.

That's nice ! . was it a diy installation at your home ? I am actually struggling to find some real life stories of people who have actually been successful enough at generating electricity by themselves for domestic purposes

Re: Ask HN: Does anyone here generate their own electricity?

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Interested to find out the same. I recently got thermal solar panels for heating and they're working great but coming into summer, I'm wondering if there's a way to convert the captured energy into electricity.

They generate 130C+ on clear days, which in my mind could be used to generate some sort of steam powered generator.

Has anyone ever done similar?

Re: Ask HN: Does anyone here generate their own electricity?

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Not personally, but my solar panels do.

That's nice ! . was it a diy installation at your home ? I am actually struggling to find some real life stories of people who have actually been successful enough at generating electricity by themselves for domestic purposes

No, I paid for them to be installed. 3kW system and it will halve my power bill for eternity.