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Do you do any simple experiments? Or track things and analyse them? (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 18 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) by Achyu@lemmy.sdf.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Recently downloaded the phyphox from F-Droid and thought about this while thinking about what all stuff I could do with it.

Are there any online resources about such stuff?

What all things have you(or people you know, in your locality etc) done along that line?
And not only big thigs, if you're tracking other stuff, please do share your experience on that too.

Edit:
Sharing the github page of the app too:
https://github.com/phyphox/phyphox-android

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[–] random_character_a@lemmy.world 5 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

I build an off-grid solar power set on my back yard and tracked it's results for two years. It was only 500W in 3 directions (east, south and west)

It first charged the batteries and then used the rest to heat water if no direct use was present.

Learned a lot and noticed that many ideas and mental images about it were bullshit. Still usefull if applied to right applications.

Not gonna buy a bigger set and will use the existing ones to just heat water till they give up.

[–] evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world 1 points 43 minutes ago

What kind of heating element did you use for the water? What type of control system to send power to it?

[–] Achyu@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 12 hours ago

Thank you.

Learned a lot and noticed that many ideas and mental images about it were bullshit.

What were the main ones?

Some relatives of mine have been thinking about rooftop solar and had talked about it to me too. Didn't comment much, other than generic talking points of warranty, on whether is on or off-grid etc.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 8 points 15 hours ago

Care to elaborate on the bullshit?