louco73
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My wife and I flew to Sydney for some Chinese New Year celebrations with her family and for me to attend the show. We are going through the process of building a new home (we did the last one in 2020-2021), so I was hoping for more exhibitors that were in the battery, hot water, AC, home automation areas. I agree with Vostok that it was less than last year, with the majority focused on cars, car charging, and electricity plan deals (Amber, Origin, AGL, etc.).
I still managed to have some good conversations and learned a few new things. E.g. I spoke to Richard Ings, who's an Amber customer with a use case story available at the stand outlining his 10 kW solar and Tesla Powerwall system. He provided useful insight on his choices for 3 phase power and the importance of putting the garage door on the protected circuit!
The AGL people explained that their $5 a night plan for electricity charging is poorly marketed and it's actually a flat rate for any use during those hours. After discussing this with the product folks on the stand, I decided to record a video for them help give feedback to their marketing department.
The Clipsal Wiser platform seems to be heading in the right direction and shows some promise for home automation, power optimization, etc. They are still going to be releasing features to fill gaps for a couple of years though. They have no plans for home security integration at this time.
By the time the next show comes around, we will be well into our house build, so unless I need to be in Sydney for work (how I attended last year), I can't see myself attending.
On a positive note, the wife was engaged in the conversations and not too bored .
I still managed to have some good conversations and learned a few new things. E.g. I spoke to Richard Ings, who's an Amber customer with a use case story available at the stand outlining his 10 kW solar and Tesla Powerwall system. He provided useful insight on his choices for 3 phase power and the importance of putting the garage door on the protected circuit!
The AGL people explained that their $5 a night plan for electricity charging is poorly marketed and it's actually a flat rate for any use during those hours. After discussing this with the product folks on the stand, I decided to record a video for them help give feedback to their marketing department.
The Clipsal Wiser platform seems to be heading in the right direction and shows some promise for home automation, power optimization, etc. They are still going to be releasing features to fill gaps for a couple of years though. They have no plans for home security integration at this time.
By the time the next show comes around, we will be well into our house build, so unless I need to be in Sydney for work (how I attended last year), I can't see myself attending.
On a positive note, the wife was engaged in the conversations and not too bored .