Good morning!!!!

[toppop52]

I need to contact Dish to replace a receiver. It released some smoke yesterday.

Once released, it痴 extremely difficult to put back.

 

[sodamo]

Once released, it痴 extremely difficult to put back.

About impossible.

 

[sodamo]

So, quite a day !!!

Thad brought the new Ridgeline, left with the Tundra




Electric system complete (except cleanup and some things I have to do)


In need of a mental health day, maybe Saturday.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 63F for the start, cloudy, light wind. Wind was moderate, Some rain showers, high temp was 67F, low temp will be about 47F at midnight. Front came through this evening, 30F cooler behind the front. Slow start again today, bike maintenance and prep for Saturday, need new front brake cable, old one is breaking, cut down one trunk of a 3 trunk tree, filled pickup bed, clean up weekend here so POA employees unloaded it and disposed of it . Fish club meeting ended the day.
David and DABSGT very nice trucks!!
Scrambler nice update. Congrats on convincing Costco to restock your item.
David, looks likw a very productive day, I presume solar charging is back on line, are the generators set up to auto start yet?
prayers for all

 

[sodamo]

Mostly,
Very productive.
Brought solar charging back online first.
Both generators set to autostart as designed (likely will have to tweak settings)
System is operating 100% of design, only 3 minor connection tweaks during commissioning.

 

[sodamo]

BEF

My installer was very favorably impressed with your line diagram.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

BEF

My installer was very favorably impressed with your line diagram.

Thanks

The solar side I thought was spot on, based on your descriptions and pictures. I guessed a little concerning breakers for the 2 generator charging systems.

I don’t think solar is viable for my existing house, but when I downsize in retirement I’m thinking of the ability to go off grid.

Everyone here does grid tie solar, and you are down when the grid is down. I like your setup, even with 1 gen charging via the radians.

 

[sodamo]

Thanks

The solar side I thought was spot on, based on your descriptions and pictures. I guessed a little concerning breakers for the 2 generator charging systems.

I don’t think solar is viable for my existing house, but when I downsize in retirement I’m thinking of the ability to go off grid.

Everyone here does grid tie solar, and you are down when the grid is down. I like your setup, even with 1 gen charging via the radians.

I’m not up on the breakers either. I did look ( 50, 80, 175 amp)

Personally, grid tied solar makes little sense without battery back up unless prime motivation is saving money (increasingly harder to do as the rules change)

Voluntary off grid is rarely justifiable solely on economics. What you see on the walls in my last pic is in excess of $50K (70% batteries)

 

[RoyJackson]

2019-11-22, 0328

35 right now...high in the low 40's today...

 

[Eric Salop]

Good morning, thankfully no snow here and unlike bunyip, zero chance of dogs or people getting sun burnt on this dull and damp typical November day. Nice and cosy inside though, thanks to a chunk of oak that has been burning bright for 12 hours, still giving off enough heat at dawn to prevent the poor Caframo fan from taking even a minutes rest.

David, great install, now you really must put up danger signs before your next guests arrive. They could get a severe electrically induced shock - just by asking how much it all cost.