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Joined: 26/09/2020
Location: AustraliaPosts: 657
| Posted: 08:24am 10 May 2026 |
I am not sure why the rules changed other than the fact that Standards Australia are a for profit mob who have to keep making rules to sell books.
But it used to be that fridges and freezers were on their own circuit without an RCD.
The reason was that any nuisance tripping of the RCD would not do what happened to you KeepIS.
I have been off grid now since the mid 1970s. I have a much bigger system now than then, and also have plenty of backups.
No generator but I do have around 5 inverters all up.
I use one inverter for our small house, another one for the shed supply, plus a spare that can be switched to either building.
Having backups ready to swap takes a lot of the fear out of being totally off grid.
I too wonder if some wonder kid economist in the government will think it is a good idea to charge us for the sunlight we use.
Apparently in the good old USA some states do not allow you to collect rainwater.
So one would think that banning the collection of sunshine may be on the cards.
Especially with the nutjob that is running the place now.
pete