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October 6, 2025 3:34 pm

A story of a solar customer... I have this customer who has faith in ChatGPT. She insists that it's the oracle and should be bowed down to for all of its wisdom in solar configuration. Only, it's ro... View MoreA story of a solar customer... I have this customer who has faith in ChatGPT. She insists that it's the oracle and should be bowed down to for all of its wisdom in solar configuration. Only, it's routinely wrong. Me: "I need to call my representative to remind me what the admin password is for this..." Her: "No, we'll ask ChatGPT" ChatGPT: "It's 000000." (It's not.) ChatGPT: "It's 1234." (It's not.) (Finally) ChatGPT: "It's ZZZ." Bingo. Her: "ChatGPT says to set everything like the following..." Me: "Some of those numbers are off by a factor of 100. I don't trust it." Her: "Just set it." [Fast-forward one hour] Her: "The batteries aren't charging past 25.8V!" Me: "Have you this morning been cooking on the stovetop or charging your other battery box or running the water heater?" Her: "NO!" Me: "How did you make me that tea when I was there?" Her: "But that was earlier." :facepalm: Her: "Are you jealous of ChatGPT?" Me: "No, I know how it works, that's why I don't trust it." Keep in mind that ChatGPT told her what to buy, she bought it and has no Bluetooth access to two of the Victron boxes as a result. And when I say, "no access" I mean not even to configure them. (I had to remove equipment from my own install so that we could get some settings done this morning.) I gave her a shopping list of parts to buy that ChatGPT omitted. In theory, they'll come in the mail later and she can get some insight into her system after that. And she even says things like "well, at least you learned something today..." Really? Now that's annoying. I'm not a disembodied artificial intelligence program running in a datacenter somewhere. I've been trained in this. I wasn't the one apologizing multiple times (ChatGPT) when it provided the wrong answer today. I wasn't the one who omitted essential parts. I'm not the one who suggested two inline MC4 fuses (ChatGPT) instead of an inline fuse for the inverter or a DC disconnect for the batteries and the solar, etc. Sorry for ranting but please don't employ ChatGPT or similar to pretend to be an expert in something when AI isn't in the first place.

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