Good morning!!!!

[Alien]

I was looking up your locale, and I saw that there is a "Texas" Queensland. Do you head to the beach/ocean much?

Google Maps

Haha, No. Texas is well out in the bush from here. No beaches there. One of the hottest places to live. I used to visit there occasionally when I was a fleet Manager for the Emergency Services in another life. It used to be a Tobacco growing area until they banned growing tobacco. Small hospital and Ambulance Service, Pub, Garage and a shop or two and nice genuine folk live out there. Closest larger town is Inglewood which is quite a few hours drive from here. Couple of large Dams not too far away. Glenlyon and Coolmunda which provide good fishing.

Woke up to a light shower this a.m. Thank heaven. Such a relief. Even the animals/birds were suffering from the relentless heat. Still very light shower at the moment and promise of more for the day but as the sun rises, that may end.

 

[toppop52]

It’s been a cold blustery day here, 35 now. Got one indoor tree up and decorations on, most other decorations are up, just have to do the big tree.
I have big pot of chili finishing up as I type this, and boy does it smell good. Ellen has been decorating and I’ve been cooking.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Got the geo flow center hooked up and running. Got it on a permanent electric connection, after running the old one 8 yrs on a temporary connection.

. Here’s the flow on my flow meter. This unit has 3 speed settings, the old didnt, so I can adjust it some. Running on medium, will have to look up what the old flow rate was.

Shutoff valve in bathroom still has a slow drip, about 1” of water in a sippy cup since yesterday. Gotta fix that, but not tonight.
It’s on the back side of the nut on the compression fitting.

 

[txdon]

Yeah, no ...

The total US deaths raw data lag time is about 18 months - that will be when the actual numbers (as opposed to projected numbers) are given.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

The total US deaths raw data lag time is about 18 months - that will be when the actual numbers (as opposed to projected numbers) are given.

You would think it would be much faster

 

[rswyan]

30F and cloudy @ 20:00, headed down to an overnight low of 27F.

New toilet and tile unloaded and moved back to the bedroom.

Taking a break while Wagner Power Steamer cools so it can be refilled.

Goof Proof Shower seat checked for fit, will have to be cut down from the 30" to the 24" version. Preliminary decision made, as to which wall it's getting mounted on ...

Also checked Redi Niches for fit and location.

Screwed in a 2 x 4 on top the ceiling joists for the stairs going into the basement so I can crawl up there and handle the insulation that has fallen down.

All towel rack, tp holder, and window covering hardware taken down and removed.

Last of the backsplash tile around sink removed.

36" x 42" wall mirror removed and stowed behind The Woman's armoire for safe keeping.

The Woman steamed off the wallpaper on the one wall the mirror was on.

Some scraping and removal done of the old mastic on the entry threshold into the shower.

Most of the mastic that was used to adhere the vinyl flooring removed:

Section on the upper middle left is after the first pass which removed the worst of it, it still needs hit again though to get the last of the adhesive.

That stuff (the adhesive) was near impossible to remove with a heat gun ... it was probably 1/32 to 1/16 thick, with the bottom layer of the linoleum still stuck to it.

It was apparently water-based ... so Wagner Power Steamer took care of it in short order ... thought it might ... turns out that was correct ... :thumbsup:

Progress ...

 

[rswyan]

Archway, there痴 a brand I haven稚 bought in ages that mom used to buy. I like the chocolate ones.

These ones ?:

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Taking a break while Wagner Power Steamer cools so it can be refilled.

The Woman steamed off the wallpaper on the one wall the mirror was on.

Some scraping and removal done of the old mastic on the entry threshold into the shower.

It was apparently water-based ... so Wagner Power Steamer took care of it in short order ... thought it might ... turns out that was correct ... :thumbsup:

Progress ...

Got a Wagner steamer. Thanks for suggestion it works to remove mastic. I need to redo my downstairs powder room flooring.

 

[rswyan]

Got a Wagner steamer. Thanks for suggestion it works to remove mastic. I need to redo my downstairs powder room flooring.

Worked slick as snot here ... hope it does for you as well ... :thumbsup:

Got my supply valve for the toilet freed up ... used a little WD-40.

I'll be pulling the toilet ... just as soon as The Woman finishes the deep cleaning/detailing on it ...

Ain't no reno debris getting out of the house here unless it's sparkling and shinin' ... :laughing:

:confused2:

 

[Jim Nelson]

OK, let me try to recreate my answer for Jim

My understanding is #2 must have ac power. Whether that can be be by passed with a generator I don稚 know for sure, but suspect a generator would be set up with a transfer switch to protect against backfeed. So I don稚 think you inverters would be powered unless wired for that case. I have gridtied neighbors that when grid goes down, no power. Upgrading to battery backup is often a challenge as the inverters are compatible. The Tesla Powerwall is AC based and the DC version never released last I checked.

RNG and I have basically the same system, except I don稚 have grid. Our PV charges batteries via charge controller which in turn power the inverters. Via software they can accept AC in or not. AC in either grid or generator powers the charger side of our inverters. Basically should the power company run a line I could simply make the connection and change my settings. Likewise, should RNG lose his grid, he would just adjust settings.

Good luck with yours and hope this helps.

Thanks to both of you,I knew from following your posts that either of you would have a good idea of what the truth is. My system,David, is grid tied with net metering but as yet no batteries or generator for back up. We only had one previous shut down by the power co. that was only a couple of hours several years ago. This last one was 18 hours and since I use oxygen 24 hours now
it was a problem. I have a new Baldor DG6E gen set that I am going to have wired in with the proper transfer switch. I realize this won't carry the whole house load but will carry the essentials.

Thank you both for your knowledge.