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[253.40 --> 254.80] It would, and that would probably go around here.
[255.16 --> 257.42] This thing is a Wi-Fi bridge.
[257.54 --> 260.48] I used to have a Zigbee bridge, but it kept dropping out for some reason.
[260.48 --> 263.08] And the repeater was in the bonus room just up there.
[263.58 --> 267.18] But this one now is into the basement, into the server area.
[267.86 --> 270.32] And it's just based on just 2.4 gig Wi-Fi.
[270.62 --> 270.70] Yeah.
[270.74 --> 270.96] Wow.
[271.32 --> 272.50] It has its own SSID.
[273.24 --> 275.90] Just for some reason talks that way.
[276.02 --> 281.92] And then I plug in an Ethernet cable into their little SolarEdge little white box receiver thing.
[282.18 --> 284.34] And then it connects out through the Internet that way.
[284.50 --> 286.78] And then they have a web portal for all the deets.
[286.90 --> 287.80] And that's how they can monitor.
[288.14 --> 288.34] Yeah.
[288.60 --> 288.90] Wow.
[288.90 --> 290.64] And they have an app, of course.
[290.66 --> 291.26] Do they have an API?
[291.48 --> 292.10] That's the question.
[292.30 --> 293.88] Yes, that's how Home Assistant gets it.
[294.08 --> 294.66] Oh, yeah.
[295.14 --> 295.80] That's great.
[296.70 --> 296.86] Yeah.
[297.02 --> 302.74] I mean, I was actually looking at a Kickstarter the other day where they do smart breaker panels.
[302.76 --> 303.10] Yeah, yeah.
[303.22 --> 307.18] And each breaker has the smarts built into it to read.
[307.22 --> 308.48] Why are we not having this already?
[308.68 --> 312.86] There's also a group that will analyze just your house power using machine learning
[312.86 --> 317.92] and try to give a best guess of what appliances are running and then assign the individual usage to those.
[317.92 --> 318.48] Yeah.
[318.68 --> 320.56] Just by looking at the load, the average load.
[320.76 --> 320.92] Yeah.
[321.20 --> 323.98] How do you tell between, well, I was going to say a fridge and a server.
[324.08 --> 326.18] Or how do you tell between a hairdryer and a toaster?
[326.26 --> 326.68] I don't know.
[326.80 --> 328.24] But maybe they have ways.
[328.90 --> 330.84] Subtle signs in the data they think they found.
[331.08 --> 331.24] Yeah.
[332.10 --> 332.52] Well, great.
[332.66 --> 333.54] Thank you for showing this to us.
[333.54 --> 338.66] I'm just waiting for that episode where we get connected and you're like, okay, I'm ready to build the battery wall.
[339.02 --> 340.32] I do want to do that.
[340.44 --> 341.44] And as you've seen.
[341.58 --> 341.90] I think we could cuss.
[341.96 --> 344.88] I know you're going to do something fancy and nice, but I'm telling you we could DIY that thing.
[344.94 --> 345.32] We could.
[345.44 --> 345.58] Yeah.
[345.58 --> 351.40] I mean, as you've seen just before we were going to record, we get some lightning and some pretty big storms blow through here.
[351.48 --> 356.82] And sometimes they knock down trees and the power goes out for four or five hours just on a random Tuesday.
[357.28 --> 358.30] And that can be quite annoying.
[358.70 --> 360.64] So there's two options for me for a power wall.
[360.74 --> 366.48] Number one is to build a dedicated UPS for my house, which sounds awesome.
[366.48 --> 372.08] Because, I mean, just in this room, I think I have four UPSs just to make sure everything stays on during those little brownouts.
[372.08 --> 372.58] I mean, what have I?
[372.64 --> 373.36] I've probably counted.
[373.92 --> 374.52] Yeah, at least.
[374.76 --> 376.10] Have I counted six UPSs?
[376.10 --> 377.78] Well, there's one for my desktop right there.
[377.88 --> 379.94] There's another one over there for like my 3D printer.
[380.42 --> 383.28] And then there's another one over there for all my guitar amp equipment and stuff like that.
[383.30 --> 385.32] And there's stuff where the servers are, taco stuff and some of the other stuff.
[385.32 --> 388.26] There's another one in that closet, the backup closet, which we'll get to in a minute.
[388.92 --> 389.82] There's another one in.
[390.12 --> 390.98] It's ridiculous.
[391.80 --> 392.98] Screw the whole house vacuum.
[393.10 --> 393.22] Yeah.
[393.26 --> 394.06] Whole house UPS.
[394.30 --> 394.90] That sounds great.
[394.90 --> 396.66] I just got fed up of brownouts.
[397.16 --> 402.98] Yeah, I guess the goal should be is like, as these UPSs get to the point where the batteries are aging out, that's when it's time to do the power wall.
[403.38 --> 403.70] Right?
[403.78 --> 404.78] That's when you do the power wall.
[405.10 --> 405.34] Yeah.
[405.46 --> 405.78] True.
[405.90 --> 406.36] True enough.
[406.70 --> 406.84] Yeah.
[407.28 --> 409.22] So we also got to see the server basement.
[409.52 --> 411.38] I've been wanting to see this set up for a while.
[415.96 --> 416.32] Nice.
[416.64 --> 417.20] That's it, really.
[417.34 --> 418.12] I'm loving it.
[418.44 --> 419.80] So let's walk us through what we got here.
[419.84 --> 422.22] We've got a nice wood built rack.
[422.22 --> 424.96] I mean, maybe not as nice as the one brand built.
[425.62 --> 425.98] Maybe.
[426.22 --> 426.82] Maybe it is.
[426.84 --> 427.54] That's custom order.
[428.08 --> 429.08] Maybe, maybe it isn't.
[429.32 --> 429.90] Can't say.
[431.16 --> 432.52] Well, tell me what you think we've got.
[433.24 --> 438.00] Well, I'm seeing a couple of APC UPSs.
[438.16 --> 442.26] I'm seeing your carrier's modem or whatever it is over there.
[442.48 --> 443.40] Just in modem mode.
[443.40 --> 448.02] Of course, we've got this big rack here that's a system with how many disks?
[448.24 --> 448.68] I forget.
[448.80 --> 449.96] I know you've told me, but I forget.
[450.94 --> 452.68] And then what is this guy down here?
[452.94 --> 454.30] This little itty bitty machine.
[454.70 --> 455.98] That's OpenSense.
[456.22 --> 456.68] Oh, okay.