Good morning!!!!

[toppop52]

"Oh, I forgot to tell you...the keys are $1,200." :laughing:

I own a drill and hammer! LOL

 

[toppop52]

Hey Randy, who are the baseball heroes of today's 8 year olds...I remember worshiping Mickey Mantle, Sandy Kofax, etc.

Me too, I guess Aaron Judge, JA Happ and such.

 

[sodamo]

I think the contractor mentioned having issues with the FDNC on the other systems they've installed, and now just disconnect it/them. Something about causing too much confusion for their customers, and too many questions for them to answer...

Strange. As it has FLA roots vs Lithium, not the optimal battery monitor but still very useful and as far as I know the only one that integrates with rest of the system. Once dialed in a user would have almost no need to mess with the settings so it just provides data.

A lot of people use a Trimetric or similar, but they are standalone. I was very pleased when I 1st installed mine in old system as I finally got more usable info.

Here is a screenshot of day before yesterday (last full day due to network outage)

 

[buckeyefarmer]

ut I thought I would ask here if anyone knows what this stud is called and where to buy them. It is .245" diameter X 1" long, Threaded end is 10-24. Head diameter is .420".

Morning All.

Ron, I have a bunch of photo albums held together by those type of connectors.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

. We drove over to a county that includes part of Shenandoah NP as well as some beautiful rolling hills and farmland. They have a driving tour of homemade barn "quilts" which made for many miles on one lane winding dirt roads, and driving down private lanes (where permission has been granted). Drove up one lane to a house on a mountain with a beautiful viewshed that looked like it came out of the Friday "Wall Street Journal Mansion" section. While there, two paragliders came over us about 100 or so yards up in the air...amazing how long a glide they get with some up currents and ability to glide down into the piedmont farmland. Had a delicious picnic under a famers market shelter and bandstand at the county courthouse complex.

Enjoy your day!

Sounds like a nice drive. Quilt barns popular in Ohio also.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Hey Randy, who are the baseball heroes of today's 8 year olds...I remember worshiping Mickey Mantle, Sandy Kofax, etc.

Mine was Roberto Clemente and willie Stargell

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Another long day.
Supposed to have Dr appt tomorrow that I want to cancel. Can’t get them to answer phone. Just got put on hold forever. They send email and text reminders that you can’t answer. This particular Dr office has always been bad to get a hold of.
Eric, nice fish story. Our former scout master was on the cover of a fly fishing magazine once, he does a lot.
I like the jump starter I got at Costco years ago. It has air pump also.
My oldest son is talking of breaking lease and moving back home. I think he’s finding it lonely by himself. He says to save money to buy a place. He comes home every weekend now. Also he now works from home most days.

 

[Peter 315]

Poured first cup of coffee. 57 Fｰ with rain this morning. Heading to 63 Fｰ with continued rain. WF says 2" of rain. Did not much done in house yesterday. That's OK I can work on it today.
Different type of picture today. My DS shows his Mustang Shelby. He has a made a bunch of stamped door props for club members. His say Shelby Cobra, I offered to help him making part that goes on the door side of prop. I have made a couple bolts so far. But I thought I would ask here if anyone knows what this stud is called and where to buy them. It is .245" diameter X 1" long, Threaded end is 10-24. Head diameter is .420".

Eric, I tried fly fishing one time. I think the pole and line are still up in a tree some where in northern Canada. That fish would make good bait for perch fishing.

Looking, not sure about napping improving heart health. 78 and have not had a heart attack. I do rest in afternoon. But very seldom fall asleep.

Drew, great sky picture.

LS, talked to my GD yesterday who lives WA. They are having similar skies that she showed me on Facetime. Good picture.

David, tomatoes look good.

Everyone be healthy and safe.

Good Morning All.

Binder Posts | Barrel Nuts | Chicago Screws | Jay-Cee Sales & Rivet, Inc.

 

[rswyan]

77F and clear @ 21:00. High reached 88F today. Predicting 90F tomorrow ... which should dry things out a little ... :thumbsup:

Picked up order at TSC and Menards, also hauled a 16' garage door to Menards to return for a neighbor.

New seat looks decent ... if not entirely plush. Might require a couple of spacers under the front to get it to tip back enough so I'm not sliding forward. That will probably be "Job No. 1" in the morning. Still need to mow down here around the house.

Another 22 hosta sets planted. These were the bigger ones we dug out at a friend's a week ago. Required the use of an actual shovel (bigger holes) rather than just the drill and the auger. Lots of roots in the area, was tiring ...

Hope everyone had a great day ... :thumbsup:

 

[wngsprd]

Sounds like a nice drive. Quilt barns popular in Ohio also.

Yes, the trail map for the tour we did (only got about 25% complete) says the Barn Quilt concept started by a lady in Ohio in 2001 and has spread to 48 states.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Yes, the trail map for the tour we did (only got about 25% complete) says the Barn Quilt concept started by a lady in Ohio in 2001 and has spread to 48 states.

I think they have been around a lot longer. I know a barn painter that has painted some. I’ll have to check.

The tour concept started then, the barns were around before then.

The barn painter I know is mentioned by name on the Ohio quilt barn trail page. Lol

If you need a barn painted, he’s the guy.
Home - The Barn Artist - Scott Hagan

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

View attachment 669105View attachment 669106Good evening, the cold front came across this afternoon..... I was sweating in the shop around 11 am, Temp was 85. By 1:30, I was getting an occasional chill from the breeze. At 3 pm, the temp had dropped to 59. At 8pm it was down to 45.... total of 40 degree drop...brrrr... feels good for a change. The expected overnight temps should drop to 30.... earliest hard freeze on record. I guess the flowers are toast....

I was successful at modifying the neighbors BH thumb and getting it mostly installed. I had to cut it in half, bolt it on temporarily, and weld the sides to the dipper stick. Got it primered and painted. I will get it fully assembled tomorrow (if the weather permits) and post pics of the finished thumb.


Oh, he was able to use the fence unroller for the first time today.... worked like a charm! He got 200' pulled and installed in about 1 1/2 hours. I will get pics of them using it next time.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

View attachment 669105View attachment 669106Good evening, the cold front came across this afternoon..... I was sweating in the shop around 11 am, Temp was 85. By 1:30, I was getting an occasional chill from the breeze. At 3 pm, the temp had dropped to 59. At 8pm it was down to 45.... total of 40 degree drop...brrrr... feels good for a change. The expected overnight temps should drop to 30.... earliest hard freeze on record. I guess the flowers are toast....

I was successful at modifying the neighbors BH thumb and getting it mostly installed. I had to cut it in half, bolt it on temporarily, and weld the sides to the dipper stick. Got it primered and painted. I will get it fully assembled tomorrow (if the weather permits) and post pics of the finished thumb.
View attachment 669107View attachment 669108

Oh, he was able to use the fence unroller for the first time today.... worked like a charm! He got 200' pulled and installed in about 1 1/2 hours. I will get pics of them using it next time.

I keep wanting to press the Like button...
Nice job!!

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 74F for the start, mostly clear, light breeze. Light to moderate wind, sky clouded up, and had 2 cell rain on us for .2 inch in rain gauge. High temp 88F. Cold air not forecast to stay so long, still no 90's in 10 day forecast. Went biking first thing in morning, too hot for wife to walk after done riding, so finished mowing. Cleaned boat and put cover on, and yes a nap
Covid update: Cooke unchanged, Montague unchanged, Grayson unchanged.
Eric tha was supposed to be 29 mile in 2 hours.
Eric have used fly rod to catch bait fish for trot line not much bigger than that for years. Second largemouth on my lake was on a fly ro using a poping bug. 2 pound bass on a fly rod is FUN see attached.
Drew glad BBQ was good.
Ron not sure what proper name is
Billy fly fishing can be used to catch large blue gill, bass and anything else that feed on or near surface
RNG once you get the scope working for you sounds like you will track down the issues you have
Teorry about the lack of help, hope you get thumb mounted and get some rain!
PJ sun room looks nice, if not a bit crowded. Like your new hat, if you don't see your self you won't care how you look, at leat I don't. Sun protection and staying cool is the name of the game
RS was wondering what I was looking at. Also quite the trip
David glad to hear rest is working.
Randy alway nice when no starts are that simple. nice pic of GS
Ken glad b-day party went well, had a lot of prep work.
Jim lookes like an avatar to me
RS glad you got new seat on, 22 hostas is a lot of digging
prayers for all, especially Drew/move, Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter, Mike, David(moss)/move/sale
stay safe and healthy you all.

 

[lostcreekranch]

This is similar to the "Barn Artist".

Artist: Ray "Bubba" Sorensen II - The Freedom Rock(R)

Here's the "Freedom Rock" that lies within 100 yards of where my Mother (US Navy) and my Dad (US Army) are interred.

 

[sodamo]

Good job on the thumb, Ted.

 

[sodamo]

Wx never cooperated for any mowing this morning, but afternoon proved perfect to pick up newest family member.

Meet Makani, 7 week old boxer. Same breeder but different parents as Kekoa. He arrived about 3:30 this afternoon after short hop from Oahu. Did well at initial vet check, got shots. 5.7 lbs.



Most animated I’ve seen Kekoa since Kalani passed. His little nub has barely stopped. Good to see. Simba, the cat, still processing, keeping his distance.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Strange. As it has FLA roots vs Lithium, not the optimal battery monitor but still very useful and as far as I know the only one that integrates with rest of the system. Once dialed in a user would have almost no need to mess with the settings so it just provides data.

A lot of people use a Trimetric or similar, but they are standalone. I was very pleased when I 1st installed mine in old system as I finally got more usable info.

Here is a screenshot of day before yesterday (last full day due to network outage)
View attachment 669079

They were supposed to supply a Trimetric, but now they're saying the've been discontinued and they're having trouble finding one.

Without the shunts, Optics can't calculate SOC, so I get voltage readings instead. I have a table from the owner of the battery company that relates battery voltage to SOC, and today I spent some time going through the MATE3S settings to see how they relate to the SOC. I was somewhat alarmed that the generator won't come on until SOC drops to 30%, especially since I told them I didn't want it dropping to less than 80% in fire season, which is hitting its peak now.

Here's today's chart, looking a lot like yours, now that the grid is down:

I'm very happy to report that I was able to run the A/C setting it at 73F all the way up until 4PM, when production fell off a cliff as it usually does. Probably need to hose off the panels. Battery's not big enough to run the A/C at night, but I can get by with a ceiling fan since the house isn't all heated up.

 

[sodamo]

They were supposed to supply a Trimetric, but now they're saying the've been discontinued and they're having trouble finding one.

Without the shunts, Optics can't calculate SOC, so I get voltage readings instead. I have a table from the owner of the battery company that relates battery voltage to SOC, and today I spent some time going through the MATE3S settings to see how they relate to the SOC. I was somewhat alarmed that the generator won't come on until SOC drops to 30%, especially since I told them I didn't want it dropping to less than 80% in fire season, which is hitting its peak now.

Here's today's chart, looking a lot like yours, now that the grid is down:
View attachment 669118
I'm very happy to report that I was able to run the A/C setting it at 73F all the way up until 4PM, when production fell off a cliff as it usually does. Probably need to hose off the panels. Battery's not big enough to run the A/C at night, but I can get by with a ceiling fan since the house isn't all heated up.

Looks to be producing well

A Trimetric control your generator? Maybe, but not that I’m familiar with.

I believe you have 2 sets of shunts in your GSLCs. Me, I would insist they be hooked up (properly) so YOU can make decision if appropriate. Just out of curiousity you might want to research how many hundreds of dollars you have going to waste. My understanding is you want to have remote control/access - again I don’t think there is a main stream solution other than FNDC.

As for your generator run. You have lithium batteries. Your 80% requirement is overkill, more in line with FLA maybe, the 30% more reasonable. Sure you could tweak it up to 35 or 40%. You might want to ask battery manufacturer for their recommendations as there might be the possibility to damage them if not allowed to fall below 80%.

I rarely count on production after 3pm.

 

[RoyJackson]

Wx never cooperated for any mowing this morning, but afternoon proved perfect to pick up newest family member.

Meet Makani, 7 week old boxer. Same breeder but different parents as Kekoa. He arrived about 3:30 this afternoon after short hop from Oahu. Did well at initial vet check, got shots. 5.7 lbs.
View attachment 669115
View attachment 669117

Most animated I’ve seen Kekoa since Kalani passed. His little nub has barely stopped. Good to see. Simba, the cat, still processing, keeping his distance.

What a sweetie!!!!