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BYD doesn't currently sell ANY hybrid in Australia, or indeed anywhere else but China AFAIK, although that is about to change this year with them bringing out the 'ute' to Australia The BYD Shark, the first BYD ute, is supposed to be on sale in early 2025, there are at least one and maybe two...

You REALLY need to vet your sources more carefully- I didn't even need to watch it to know immediately that was a video by a utuber named Sepentza- a notorious antiChina (and rabid anti EV) utuber with a long history of 'distorting the truth' aka lying... (he is a far rightwing supporter, born...

And to address the 'lack of red tape'- a gridtie or hybrid system in Australia requires installation of one of the 'Australian Standards Tested and Approved' inverters only (which can cost between $50k to half a million to get an approval per model, no approval, no install it)- to install the...

LOL- you yanks get much larger rebates than we do- in my state (Qld) there is no state rebate at all for a gridtie solar, and the federal government rebate is $400 Au (some states do provide a small rebate as well- two match the federal rebate $ for $)- that $8000 rebate was when the scheme was...

Yes- thats how tariffs work... If a particular item costs $100, and a 100% tariff is put on it- then the total tariff is also $100... Making the total price $200 (doubling the price) That's the way tariffs have been calculated since I was a kid... (and thats just when i became aware of how they...

That does seem a little dumb doesn't it... It wasn't the US consumers that brought in the tariffs, it wasn't the Chinese manufacturers that brought in the tariffs, it wasn't 'little green from Mars' or the Galactic Federation.... Guess who it was????

As for Aussie solar prices- well a 6.6kw gridtie is just over $2000 US.. Thats from picking up the phone or dropping an email, to sitting back and watching it power your house... (and that is literally the only thing you have to do- no 'permits' or negotiating with electric companies trying to...

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There is a small LFP production line being touted, but it would be a flea in comparison to the big existing manufacturers... Sadly, Australia's governments have since the 1970's, run Australian manufacturing into the ground, and at this point little to none is being 'made in Australia'...

That's less than half the size of the deposit being mined in the Northern Territory here, and the NT mine is only one of 9 currently in operation in Australia, with all the rest currently in Western Australia (most of which are bigger than the new NT mine, which has only been in operation a few...

The US already pretty much has the highest solar prices in the world by a considerable margin, all this will do is slow its uptake further (and increase greenhouse gases- not a good thing for the future generations) All because the US has trained its population over generations that they 'need'...

Personally I would use a 500A fuse, as that covers both the connection surge and also any peaks and still gives an adequate safety margin if you short a mosfet or similar (although the inverters internal fuse should cover that)- itsjust that running a fuse too low a value can result in 'nuisance...

Check the panels for their recommended fuse rating for that '10A' fuse (most 190w panels have a 15A or higher recommended fuse, depending on the exact panel specs (Isc etc)- its usually written on the label on the back of the panel The panels breaker would be that fuse rating x2 (and located at...

With a Victron 150/70 With a 3S array configuration, as long as the individual panel Voc's are under 50v Voc each, then a 3S string is fine... on a 12v battery bank voltage however, the Victron at 70A can only handle up approximately 900w of panels however (so yes you are over paneled with...