RedNeckGeek
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- Joined
- Jan 1, 2011
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- Location
- Butte County & Orcutt, California
- Tractor
- Kubota M62, Kubota L3240D HST (SOLD!), Kubota RTV900
Good Morning!!!! 78F @ 7:00AM. Sunny. High near 100F. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph.
Seems like you're better off than in the hospital, Drew, but you're still not a free man. But I can understand the CV19 precautions; just be glad you weren't in NYC when they brought CV19 patients into nursing homes. Could you order good food and have it delivered? Same with a grocery store, if you have a hot plate and a 'fridge. I admire your attitude, I'm not sure I'd be as tolerant of the restrictions, especially considering the high cost. FWIW, I'm still running my old iPhone SE, and have several banking apps on it, all of which I can use to deposit checks. Seeing that tiny screen and poking those tiny buttons is another matter, but I still managed to setup a new account at Bevmo with it yesterday. Last time I went there they were only fulfilling orders placed in advance. Wouldn't you know it, this time I had to walk inside the store to pickup my order.:confused2:
I keep hearing radio commercials for Dinovite on my way to and from town, Billy. Coco's symptoms sound pretty much like what they claim the stuff cures. Hope they can figure out what's wrong, and she's back to her old self in no time.
I've been OK with Messick's service, but I've never gotten a tracking number from them, in spite of asking for it every time. Delivery is usually less than a week, unless they don't have the part in stock, then it can take two full weeks before they even ship. Finding the parts ordering portion of their web site can be a bit of a challenge, too.
Nice back lighting on that hummer, Ron. You can even see the nectar drops on his bill! Right now, the old Kubota is sitting next to the last open trench with a bucket full of sifted dirt, just waiting for me to go out there and dump it. Got the parts I needed to cap off the unused 1" conduit in that trench, so that's probably how I'll start the day today.
I almost picked up one of those stump buckets on my last Oregon trip, Rick. I thought I could maybe get a deal on a used one, but they only had new and I wasn't sure it would work for me, so I passed. I was also a bit leery of how well the SSQA would hold up to what could be considered some pretty abusive treatment. Let us know how it goes with your stumps, OK?
Sorry to hear about not working from home, Rich, but glad the racing is back on. It will be interesting what in terms of social distancing will be in place at both locations.
I was very fortunate that Rebecca let me crash at their place back December before last, Kyle, but she's a bit of a psycho and married. Don't need that kind of trouble, eh?:laughing: I've slowly been accumulating the necessary tools and supplies so I can replace the A/C compressor in the van. Ended up with a set of these manifold gauges, but won't know how well they work for a while yet.
The battery bank is rated at 25kWhr or 505 Amp hours. Size was selected to be enough to power the well pumps for two hours at 100% duty cycle. Don't know how long they'll last running the home A/C, but once I have access to and understand the Mate3 better, I intend to find out. The project lead has talked to the owner of API, who pretty much dismissed my concerns over battery life vs. age. Left us with the impression that business is so good, and he thinks his product is so superior, that he really doesn't need my business. OTOH, the lead electrician seems to have a pretty deep understanding of the SOC vs voltage situation; just need to pry it out of him. And of course they're all busy, so it's likely to take some time. I set up an account on OpticsRE and have used it to look at their demos. Pretty impressed with the thoroughness of what I see up there. Now I just need to spend some time learning the Mate3 and thinking about my use cases (summer fire season vs winter low solar panel output) and how the configuration should be set for the two almost diametrically opposed priorities. I understand you've installed multiple utility type meters in your system; the only one here sits between me and the utility, and it's one of those "smart" meters. I don't know how it handles power being sold back to the utility, so there's more homework there, too. Now I'll have an excuse to stay inside during the next week of 100F+ temps in the afternoons.
Busted the Levolor vertical blind over the garage sliding door last week, so took it down yesterday with the thought of running it in to HD to order a replacement. Turns out it's the same size as the one in the master bedroom, and I've been thinking about motorizing that one. So, I found a Hunter dealer in town and dropped by yesterday to see if he could make a recommendation, and hope to hear back today. Once delivered, I'll move the one in the master bedroom out to the garage and use the fancy one from bed. The controls will be HomeKit compatible, and I'm hoping I'll be able to open and close them using the iPhone or MacBook Pros...
Also picked up the Cat2 top link and draw pins I needed, but didn't make the junk yard. It was too late in the day and too hot by the time I got to that. In consolation, I did find a bottle of Laphroaig at Costco that had been triple aged in three different kinds of wood, and it was yummy!:cloud9:
TGIF gang!:drink:
Seems like you're better off than in the hospital, Drew, but you're still not a free man. But I can understand the CV19 precautions; just be glad you weren't in NYC when they brought CV19 patients into nursing homes. Could you order good food and have it delivered? Same with a grocery store, if you have a hot plate and a 'fridge. I admire your attitude, I'm not sure I'd be as tolerant of the restrictions, especially considering the high cost. FWIW, I'm still running my old iPhone SE, and have several banking apps on it, all of which I can use to deposit checks. Seeing that tiny screen and poking those tiny buttons is another matter, but I still managed to setup a new account at Bevmo with it yesterday. Last time I went there they were only fulfilling orders placed in advance. Wouldn't you know it, this time I had to walk inside the store to pickup my order.:confused2:
I keep hearing radio commercials for Dinovite on my way to and from town, Billy. Coco's symptoms sound pretty much like what they claim the stuff cures. Hope they can figure out what's wrong, and she's back to her old self in no time.
I've been OK with Messick's service, but I've never gotten a tracking number from them, in spite of asking for it every time. Delivery is usually less than a week, unless they don't have the part in stock, then it can take two full weeks before they even ship. Finding the parts ordering portion of their web site can be a bit of a challenge, too.
Nice back lighting on that hummer, Ron. You can even see the nectar drops on his bill! Right now, the old Kubota is sitting next to the last open trench with a bucket full of sifted dirt, just waiting for me to go out there and dump it. Got the parts I needed to cap off the unused 1" conduit in that trench, so that's probably how I'll start the day today.
I almost picked up one of those stump buckets on my last Oregon trip, Rick. I thought I could maybe get a deal on a used one, but they only had new and I wasn't sure it would work for me, so I passed. I was also a bit leery of how well the SSQA would hold up to what could be considered some pretty abusive treatment. Let us know how it goes with your stumps, OK?
Sorry to hear about not working from home, Rich, but glad the racing is back on. It will be interesting what in terms of social distancing will be in place at both locations.
I was very fortunate that Rebecca let me crash at their place back December before last, Kyle, but she's a bit of a psycho and married. Don't need that kind of trouble, eh?:laughing: I've slowly been accumulating the necessary tools and supplies so I can replace the A/C compressor in the van. Ended up with a set of these manifold gauges, but won't know how well they work for a while yet.
The battery bank is rated at 25kWhr or 505 Amp hours. Size was selected to be enough to power the well pumps for two hours at 100% duty cycle. Don't know how long they'll last running the home A/C, but once I have access to and understand the Mate3 better, I intend to find out. The project lead has talked to the owner of API, who pretty much dismissed my concerns over battery life vs. age. Left us with the impression that business is so good, and he thinks his product is so superior, that he really doesn't need my business. OTOH, the lead electrician seems to have a pretty deep understanding of the SOC vs voltage situation; just need to pry it out of him. And of course they're all busy, so it's likely to take some time. I set up an account on OpticsRE and have used it to look at their demos. Pretty impressed with the thoroughness of what I see up there. Now I just need to spend some time learning the Mate3 and thinking about my use cases (summer fire season vs winter low solar panel output) and how the configuration should be set for the two almost diametrically opposed priorities. I understand you've installed multiple utility type meters in your system; the only one here sits between me and the utility, and it's one of those "smart" meters. I don't know how it handles power being sold back to the utility, so there's more homework there, too. Now I'll have an excuse to stay inside during the next week of 100F+ temps in the afternoons.
Busted the Levolor vertical blind over the garage sliding door last week, so took it down yesterday with the thought of running it in to HD to order a replacement. Turns out it's the same size as the one in the master bedroom, and I've been thinking about motorizing that one. So, I found a Hunter dealer in town and dropped by yesterday to see if he could make a recommendation, and hope to hear back today. Once delivered, I'll move the one in the master bedroom out to the garage and use the fancy one from bed. The controls will be HomeKit compatible, and I'm hoping I'll be able to open and close them using the iPhone or MacBook Pros...
Also picked up the Cat2 top link and draw pins I needed, but didn't make the junk yard. It was too late in the day and too hot by the time I got to that. In consolation, I did find a bottle of Laphroaig at Costco that had been triple aged in three different kinds of wood, and it was yummy!:cloud9:
TGIF gang!:drink:
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