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In every sims house I always add a Thermostat and set it to auto. And then some solar panels on the roof. 699 for the Thermo, and 800-something for each panel.
Right now in real life some guys are in my backyard replacing my AC system. That would be a $20,000 job if I didn't have a warranty on the broken one. Instead it's 1/10th of that to cover permits and some off-warranty portions.
My home solar on the other hand was about $40,000, and just like those Sims houses, it lets me go off-grid. Sims is missing the battery backs I got from Tesla, but seems to have folded that feature into the panels themselves (without a battery, RL solar shuts off anytime there's a power outage to prevent your solar from sending juice up the line and shocking a tech working to fix an outage. With a battery, when the power goes out your solar and battery go into their own isolated loop. In Sims, you're in the isolated loop just by setting the 'off the grid' lot trait).
It just makes me think of these two things side by side. Some costs in the Sims seem to have been set at random, rather than any RL scale.
I wish I could just fork out 699 simoleans and be done with it in RL... but I'm also glad I don't have to find a spot behind every sim's house to fit an AC condenser... :smiley:
On the other hand, I never paid for my solar - the juice it generates above my needs is paying it off over time. But my Sims always have to pay for their panels upfront.
Now I guess I need to add grass straw wall paneling to my real life living room so I can watch the neighborhood magically turn greener. Or will that not work in real life? ;)
Right now in real life some guys are in my backyard replacing my AC system. That would be a $20,000 job if I didn't have a warranty on the broken one. Instead it's 1/10th of that to cover permits and some off-warranty portions.
My home solar on the other hand was about $40,000, and just like those Sims houses, it lets me go off-grid. Sims is missing the battery backs I got from Tesla, but seems to have folded that feature into the panels themselves (without a battery, RL solar shuts off anytime there's a power outage to prevent your solar from sending juice up the line and shocking a tech working to fix an outage. With a battery, when the power goes out your solar and battery go into their own isolated loop. In Sims, you're in the isolated loop just by setting the 'off the grid' lot trait).
It just makes me think of these two things side by side. Some costs in the Sims seem to have been set at random, rather than any RL scale.
I wish I could just fork out 699 simoleans and be done with it in RL... but I'm also glad I don't have to find a spot behind every sim's house to fit an AC condenser... :smiley:
On the other hand, I never paid for my solar - the juice it generates above my needs is paying it off over time. But my Sims always have to pay for their panels upfront.
Now I guess I need to add grass straw wall paneling to my real life living room so I can watch the neighborhood magically turn greener. Or will that not work in real life? ;)
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