Hello Everyone

[rodrick]

I think someone needs to explain this Thread to me like I was 5.

Your right it got bizarre quickly I’m still trying to figure it out ?

 

[timselectric]

I can't believe that I haven't ignored this thread, yet.
I'll fix that, now. lol

 

[Checkthisout]

I think someone needs to explain this Thread to me like I was 5.

It was someone's first day on the internet and they got their feelings hurt even though no malice is intended.

In his defense I think he's British and they are extremely polite vs Americans like us who are sort of blunt and judgemental but not because we are trying to hurt feelings.?

 

[Danke]

I can't believe that I haven't ignored this thread, yet.
I'll fix that, now. lol

 

[PotusGobbleBottom]

What did I miss lol

 

[JRH]

I didn't ask you to explain anything to me let alone treat me like an idiot.

I was just introducing myself to a forum that I thought might be a friendly one.

I lived off grid for three years, using solar and a small wind turbine, I'm no stranger to using solar electrics.

Thank you for "trying to help" but you've put me right off the place. I'll go back to my other forum where I've happily been a moderator for 10 years.

Good luck with making any more friends...

Awww,, sounds like someone got offended … awful situation… life will never be the same….!

 

[JRH]

I think someone needs to explain this Thread to me like I was 5.

I wish I were 5 …..I would do somthings differently in life…

 

[PotusGobbleBottom]

I wish I were 5 …..I would do somthings differently in life…

What would you do differently?

 

[JRH]

What would you do differently?

Or lord… so many things in life… it’s been fun , but most fun comes at a high price…?

 

[Bob B]

I predict this thread will be moved to chit chat or closed to comments.

I feel a little sad for the OP .... He proudly posted pictures of his setup and quickly found out it wasn't as great as he thought it was .... Hopefully he got enough of a wake-up call to modify some of it ..... as for the other who was also enraged, that is more difficult to understand.

 

[PotusGobbleBottom]

I predict this thread will be moved to chit chat or closed to comments.

I feel a little sad for the OP .... He proudly posted pictures of his setup and quickly found out it wasn't as great as he thought it was .... Hopefully he got enough of a wake-up call to modify some of it ..... as for the other who was also enraged, that is more difficult to understand.

I am certainly confused as to how that all happened.

I like the way you put that tho . "

He proudly posted pictures of his setup and quickly found out it wasn't as great as he thought it was"

That being true, Who over the age of 15 hasnt been told how to do something better? I think OP was very proud of what he had accomplished (strange to us) but that is the only reason I can think of for such defensiveness IMO.

 

[PotusGobbleBottom]

The key to communication is communicate on their level not yours.

This is a profound statement that everyone should hear. Good job on the clarity of that!

 

[Hedges]

I think someone needs to explain this Thread to me like I was 5.

As the one who posted some matter-of-fact comments, I'm a socially inept geek/nerd who has never spoken to a girl and lives in his mother's basement trolling message boards. Therefore I have no understanding of social etiquette.

Due to differing personality type of OP, the comments went over like a lead balloon.



It was a little like "When Parry met Eliza"

 

[gotbeans]

I can't believe that I haven't ignored this thread, yet.
I'll fix that, now. lol

come back

 

[rodrick]

As the one who posted some matter-of-fact comments, I'm a socially inept geek/nerd who has never spoken to a girl and lives in his mother's basement trolling message boards. Therefore I have no understanding of social etiquette.

I for one could give a rip about your political correctness or social skills the information that you and Will, sunshine, Tim’s, john, filter guy, sea gal and so many more is so valuable to all of us and I truly appreciated the sharing of your knowledge to get upset over being corrected on how to do it right is stupidity in action.
I see you and some of the others like Joe Friday ( just the facts mam )

Now sometimes when you all start into theory and advanced calculations I do find myself staring at my iPad drooling like a mental patient on high doses of thorazine but that’s on me not you I still have a lot to learn

I truly feel blessed to have this resource available to help guide me through my solar journey
thank you all!

 

[SeaGal]

In his defense I think he's British and they are extremely polite vs Americans like us who are sort of blunt and judgemental but not because we are trying to hurt feelings

LOL... don't believe everything you read on the internet ?

the information that you and Will, sunshine, Tim’s, john, filter guy, sea gal and so many more is so valuable to all of us and I truly appreciated the sharing of your knowledge

I feel unjustly flattered... but thank you anyway

 

[Crowz]

Wow by the time I find this one its over with

 

[Hedges]

Now sometimes when you all start into theory and advanced calculations I do find myself staring at my iPad drooling like a mental patient on high doses of thorazine but that’s on me not you I still have a lot to learn

Trust me, my eyes glaze over when I see math too.

But I know ohms law, and if you can solve that with complex numbers and non-linear values, that covers most of what I can do.
The stuff gets way deeper than that; all I can do imagine things being swept along like a sail in the wind, and just need a relatively simply model I can apply.

If you know the structure and internal components of a PV panel vs. a thermal panel you can estimate how an array behaves.

 

[Mattb4]

As the one who posted some matter-of-fact comments, I'm a socially inept geek/nerd who has never spoken to a girl and lives in his mother's basement trolling message boards. Therefore I have no understanding of social etiquette.

Due to differing personality type of OP, the comments went over like a lead balloon.

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It was a little like "When Parry met Eliza"

I understood the frustration coming through when you made the "explain it like 5". It was in response the affronted (I am leaving) previous post of the OP to your attempt to help and educate. Easy enough to allow it to creep into your post since it was a surprising turn of events. I got taken to task for doing something similar several months back by the Forum powers that be.

However that comment did escalate the OP into anger and for some odd reason cause a different poster to really be judgmental and rude. The genesis of that might have roots in a completely different event but seizing on this to allow venting.

My posting about it was a form of humor since it seems a lot of folks missed the byplay.

 

[Hedges]

Exactly. I realized I didn't need to use that expression that others usually volunteer regarding themselves. I'll remember to leave out that dig next time.

Among friends, we can get in a little jab and they know to laugh it off.

But when a guy with some years of experience in solar electric doesn't understand shading I have a little trouble holding my tongue (fingers.)

I know people do have decades of experience driving cars without understanding Carnot cycle, timing, clutches, sprag clutches, gear reduction etc. I disassembled and reassembled vehicles and engines before driving, so I treat cars differently. I was fascinated by those things and poured over books including encyclopedias my mother bought (they are just down the hall from me right now.) Electricity is more esoteric, and I work somewhat closer to the edge of my comfort zone.