Good morning!!!!

[daugen]

RNG, are you affected by California's rolling blackouts?

I highly recommend this gizmo, cheap and works great.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06W9KMSVH/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_image?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Brownouts are worse, very hard on compressors.
Learned about this after paying for new a/c unit in my boat, which overheated/compressor seized due to crappy shore power at old marina with
inadequate juice during hot summer afternoons. When I finally metered the receptacle, 108 volts, not good at all. Lowest utility readings I've seen at 5pm during summer
was 113 volts. I think at 110 volts might consider shutting off any compressors.

while there's no direct cost to low voltage (watts equals volts times amps) indirect cost can be huge.

 

[Thomas]

55F partly cloudy upper 70's for high.

Outside chores done E muffin time. :licking:
Today looks like fluff off day just doing little things here and there...good day for some early evening outside grilling.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking first cup of coffee. 69° with thunderstorms this morning. Heading to 79° with clearing skies in afternoon. Most of the rain has missed us. So far. .03". Weather map looks like may get a direct hit soon. Sure do need some rain. No plans for today.
Clouds yesterday evening. Looking east.

Drew, I have one of those in my shop. Kept it when I sold motorhome. I highly recommenced a surge guard of some sort for surge protection for a RV or boat. The better ones monitor high, low voltage and proper polarity.

RNG, good collection of bikes. Good luck with van project.

Kyle, I still have one of those wrenches from a 049 engine I put in a boat I built many years ago. Finding it could be a problem if I needed it.

Randy, you may need a nap today.

Prayers and best wishes for everyone.

Good Morning All.

 

[wngsprd]

You guys remember Sugar Foot and Bronco Lane, as well as Colt .45 and Cheyenne? How about Ringo, the Durango Kid, The Bounty Hunter, The Texan, etc...?

Don't forget...Wanted: Dead or Alive with Steve McQueen.

 

[toppop52]

Drinking first cup of coffee. 69° with thunderstorms this morning. Heading to 79° with clearing skies in afternoon. Most of the rain has missed us. So far. .03". Weather map looks like may get a direct hit soon. Sure do need some rain. No plans for today.
Clouds yesterday evening. Looking east.

Drew, I have one of those in my shop. Kept it when I sold motorhome. I highly recommenced a surge guard of some sort for surge protection for a RV or boat. The better ones monitor high, low voltage and proper polarity.

RNG, good collection of bikes. Good luck with van project.

Kyle, I still have one of those wrenches from a 049 engine I put in a boat I built many years ago. Finding it could be a problem if I needed it.

Randy, you may need a nap today.

Prayers and best wishes for everyone.

Good Morning All.

I need a nap every day, but when nature calls, one must obey.
Great cloud shot!

 

[wngsprd]

66 and drizzle shizzle, going to 74. Rained all day and night.

Ron, beautiful photo again. We've been living inside that thing most of the month...over 13.5 inches of rain so far...one spot on the other side of the area got 8.68 inches just over the last 24 hours.

I'm putting pontoons on my zero turn and swimmies on the chipmunks. Funny how the cool rain has made the hummingbirds eat in a frenzy, more than when in the 90s.

Ted, nice looking pies (woops, I mean cabinet).

Kyle, expect to see some RC pix.

 

[Bird]

A cool front has arrived. Only 79 degrees this morning going for 101; yep, about 3 to 5 degrees cooler than it has been lately. And we even have a 30%l chance of rain today and 50% tomorrow. The lawns around here, including mine, are showing the effects of a lack of rain, even if they're getting watered some. We've had no rain, so far, this month.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

RNG, are you affected by California's rolling blackouts?

I highly recommend this gizmo, cheap and works great.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06W9KMSVH/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_image?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Brownouts are worse, very hard on compressors.
Learned about this after paying for new a/c unit in my boat, which overheated/compressor seized due to crappy shore power at old marina with
inadequate juice during hot summer afternoons. When I finally metered the receptacle, 108 volts, not good at all. Lowest utility readings I've seen at 5pm during summer
was 113 volts. I think at 110 volts might consider shutting off any compressors.

while there's no direct cost to low voltage (watts equals volts times amps) indirect cost can be huge.

Good question, Drew. The inverters monitor incoming AC power, and will disconnect if it falls below 108 VAC or goes above 132 VAC. If that happens, the battery will support household loads until its voltage falls to 50.8 VDC, which is supposed to be where it still retains 80% of its charge. At that point, the system will automatically start the generator. During all of these modes, the inverters are aiming for about 244 VAC output. By that I mean that all of the household loads are now powered by the inverters, so a brownout on the grid would have no effect on any of the household loads. All incoming AC power from the grid goes to the charge controllers to charge the battery, unless I deliberately bypass the system, but that would require me to flip four breakers out in the garage.

So far, there haven't been any power interruptions here, but then again, the generator is so quiet I might not have noticed if there were. And that's the whole reason the system was built. To heck with PG&E!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Nice cloud shot.

Was overcast yesterday with a few drops of rain every so often, just enough to wet the grass and keep it damp. We are at western edge of the big rainstorm on the coast.
Amazon delivered my can of spray sea foam, might try that later.
Our hair cut lady came to house and cut our hair out on the front porch.
Yesterday was a sit around and do paperwork and pay bills day. Felt like I wasted the day. I still track all spending in quicken.
Had 1 amazon item I can’t account for, but think it is the difference in a shirt I exchanged and never got the original back to them because of Covid. It’s still in my car, a way oversized carhartt shirt. Guess I bought a rag.
Need to check brake pads on Subaru, thought I heard some squeal in them Friday. Original tires and brakes at 74k miles.
A year ago today I walked for 1st time with a walker since GBS. We were also planning my helicopter escape this time last year.

My feet and toes been having lot more tingling lately.

I lead singing at worship today, gotta get moving.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Don't forget...Wanted: Dead or Alive with Steve McQueen.

Finally, an old western TV series I've heard of. Got all those episodes stashed away on the NAS.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 85F @ 5:15AM. Chance of a shower or two during the morning, followed by partly cloudy skies this afternoon. High 107F. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30%.
We're also under a Red Flag Warning due to lightning accompanying the showers. A new fire start Friday on Highway 70 northeast of Reno went from zero to several thousand acres in less than an hour, causing a firenado and closing the highway and US 395 north of Reno. It's now grown to more than 20,000 acres with very little containment.

Traced out the evaporative emissions hoses on both vans yesterday, and removed the charcoal canister from the parts van. I'm making a list of parts I'll need to install it on the Syncro. A fellow that used the same engine swap kit I did sent me a diagram of how it's supposed to be connected, something I should have gotten from the ex-mechanic, but didn't.:muttering: Heck, the idiot should have installed an evap system, but he didn't.:irked: I don't know how he got the van past smog testing last time, but I'd sure like to know.

Got the old gun safe unbolted from the floor and up on the hydraulic dollies yesterday, with the new lever bar on wheels making the job a lot easier. Neighbor should be here around 9 o'clock to help load it on the trailer.

Spent some time trying to get three WiFi cameras back on the network yesterday, but only one of them would cooperate. None of them is compatible with the new security cam software, but one of them will keep its job as weather cam for Weather Underground. Still haven't figured out how to get the three Ethernet cams on the network, as the Chenglish instructions I've been able to find are quite impenetrable.:mur: It's OK, as they were all inexpensive cameras, and I can probably get close to what they cost on ebay if I want to fool with that.

It was 106F on the patio yesterday evening, 116F on the front porch. Perfect time for running shorts, flip flops, and margaritas! The outside showerhead got a workout, too, but there was no cold water to be found. The walls and attic that the pipes run through were so hot they acted as water heaters.

Not sure what's on the agenda after the safe move, but it's an opportunity rich environment.

Hope everyone enjoys the rest of the weekend!

 

[daugen]

RNG, that's a marvelous electrical system.
Ron, I agree on surge protectors. RV has one built in, which I don't trust, plus I put an inline surge arrestor at utility plug in, and then my pc is hooked up to
its own Tripplite surge arrestor. 3 ups, no hits...
Buckeye, I would sure like a haircut lady to come visit me. That's amazing mileage on tires.
Roy, good luck with generator

picked up "magic mouthwash" at Walgreens, first they couldn't find it. I suggested they
look in the refrigerator...big aha moment and out it came.

 

[ronjhall]

Sad morning. My Muffin passed.

 

[txdon]

Ron so sorry to hear you lost your Muffin this morning. Muffin was the perfect Travel companion.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Good morning. It's 76° / 97% humidity and high is forecast to be 101°. Maybe well get a break in high temps and some rain tonight / tomorrow. We've got six good sized burn piles but until we get some rain they won't get lit.

Only plan, for today, is to cleanup a few shop projects .. including starting final assembly of the much delayed rolling ladder.

Hope everyone has a pleasant Sunday.

Prayers to all.

 

[wngsprd]

Ron, so very sorry. Always sounded like such a special dog. Prayers for your pain.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Ron .. sorry for your loss.

 

[RoyJackson]

Sad morning. My Muffin passed.
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I'm so very sorry for your loss...

 

[newbury]

Condolences for Muffin, just tears my heart and tears my eyes.

 

[Buppies]

Ron so sorry about the passing of Muffin prayers sent