Good Morning!!!! 69F @ 6:30AM. Sunny. Hot. High 104F. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph.
Glad you're nearing the end of the mud fest, Eric. Will that area ever dry out enough to have grass on it so as to be walkable?
Good luck finding Nadia a forever home, Paul. The ex had a deaf Australian cattle dog that was very aggressive toward strangers, especially men. Lots of other problems, too. Takes a special owner to buy into that...
You're gonna have to stop calling that mini mansion a shack or shed, Ted!
CV19 cases increasing rapidly here, seven new cases yesterday, eleven the day before. I'm stickin' with my mask, and minimizing my time away from home (as usual).
It sounded to me that the real problem with your coming and going, Drew, was bringing CV19 back with you. Hope you get the no driving issue cleared up pronto. It's not unusual for inappropriate things to somehow creep their way into your medical record, so you have to stay on top of it. Hope this is a good hospital visit and you get good answers to all your questions.
Don't remember spaghetti Wednesday, but I did have spaghetti for dinner last night, and will again for lunch today.:licking:
Sorry to hear of the violence in your small community, Kyle. Seems to be everywhere today. Drive by shootings in what used to be sleepy little Chico the past two days, the last one a running gun fight between two cars, probably gang related. Sounds like you almost need a greenhouse for your veggies, one with big screened windows you can open on hot days. Hopefully you took lots of photos when the lathe came apart?
Long day yesterday. We don't find out when the building inspector is going to show up until the day of, and first word we got from their website was 8AM. Poor contractor had a two hour drive to get here, so he was on the road before 6AM. At 7:30, they postponed the time to 10:30, then the guy was an hour and a half late to boot. But I made good use of the time, going over unresolved issues like when will I receive all the paper manuals for the installed equipment, several "is it normal for the system to do such and such", and more. We got the owner on the phone and he suggested that the current dropouts might be caused by failing capacitors on the A/C system motors, so I'll be up in the attic this morning getting the info needed to replace them. The contractor also gave me a copy of an email from the battery company owner that contained the results of load tests where he recorded battery voltage vs. amp hour capacity for the battery they supplied. Those numbers were used to set when the generator automatically activates (80% SOC, 50 VDC).
The inspection went well, it turned out that the inspector was two weeks new in the job, and the contractor worked with him before so already had a good relationship with him. No problems found with the system except we were missing several safety placards, so we failed the inspection. Our approved "package" had a whole page illustrating the placards that would be installed, and it was approved by both the fire department and the building department, and all of them were on proud display. Not good enough apparently, and I think it's one of the situations where the guy is being extra thorough to look good for his new boss.:irked:
Once the dust cleared, I ate lunch then took a nap. Took another stab at accessing the monitoring software and got through using another email address for the sign in, only to find out I only had very limited read only access. So I'll be working to clear that up today.
After the inspector left I also disconnected grid power from the system, with the idea of testing the automatic generator trigger. This with the A/C turned on. Turns out that during the day, there's more than enough power coming in from the solar panels to keep up with the electrical demand, even if I run an air compressor or other power tools. That starts to fall off as the sun sets, and by 5PM it was down to break even, and by 7 it was almost all on battery power alone. Still no noise from the generator by 9:30 when I hit the sack, but I was awakened at around midnight from a singing sound coming from the ceiling fan, and could hear the genny going. The battery was already back up to 51 something volts, so I'll have to go back and look at the data to see when the transition took place, but it's nice to know it works.
I mentioned power tools, and after three days of soaking with penetrating oil, I had yet to be able to get the old chuck loose from the hammer drill. Found a 5/16" hex bit, then dug through my drawer of old sockets and found a 5/16" socket. Put one end of the hex bit in the drill chuck and the socket over the other end, then built up a series of adapters so I could use the rattle gun on it. That's where the compressor came in, and it only took one short burst on the trigger to get the chuck off. Put the new one on, and that's when I learned that the left handed fastening screw had also stripped, so I couldn't finish the repair. A new one was supposed to be included with the chuck, but wasn't, so I'll be on the phone about that today after I go exploring in the attic.
Hump Day already again. Enjoy!
Glad BH fix worked.
