Good Morning!!!! 75F @ 4:00AM. Sunny to partly cloudy. High 98F. Winds NNW at 5 to 10 mph.
The Red Flag Warning continues until 8PM; a wildfire in nearby Oroville yesterday burned three homes and damaged two others. It was a grass fire that was blown into a neighborhood by the wind. That same wind has been crashing and banging all night, not much sleep as a result. Gonna be a long day.
Looks delicious, Eric. I bet those strawberries taste especially good since they came from your own garden.
Sorry about the speaker and the false alarm, Drew, but at least it sounds like your day is off to a good start. Hope the chemo effects stay manageable.
Good luck at the specialist's with Coco, Billy.
Still sounds like a delicate operation, Bill. And a whole lot of momentum going down the road!
CV19 numbers continue to climb here, too, Bruce, but so do the numbers of the recovered. Something like 90 confirmed cases county wide. Could the vent into the fuel tank be blocked?
Your guess is only off by a factor of 15, Kyle, but I bet the inspector gives it a lick and a promise type look see.:confused2: Is the spike due to more cases or better testing?
Sometimes we all just need a day off, RS. Or two or three...
Here's a shot of the battery bank, David, with the cabinet door open. Still can't see much, but there are two bins full of the cells, and a battery management system in there, too. For some reason, the installer disconnected the local display, preferring instead to use the one on the Mate3. No mention was made that local Optic access was read only; sure hope I can find a way around that. Just don't trust the 'net.
Got a call back from the building department, along with a link where I could download the signed off copy of the building permit. Eighteen pages later, I have a printed copy for the inspector when he comes out next Tuesday. I've also been told that the login info for the Optics system has been emailed to me, but I've seen no sign of it. They said they'd try again, but the salesman/project manager's computer skills aren't the best.
Had a new error show up on the van last trip to town. For some reason, the Vehicle Speed Sensor stopped reporting, and the engine controller decided to limit RPMs to 4500 by retarding the ignition. Yesterday I verified that the VSS is working by disconnecting the speedo cable and spinning the speedo with a screwdriver, and the LED on the VSS flashed and the diagnostic software on the iPhone reported a speed, so it looks like it fixed itself. So I cleared the code, but I'm not confident it won't come back. While I had the instrument cluster apart, I did a better job of the mounts around the radio, and now the cover closes all the way. Was gonna try to hook up a magnet/relay based Neutral Position Switch, another attempt to get rid of that other persistent error code, but ran out of steam.
Remembered that the one sprinkler pipe that got cut off in the trench still needed capping, so got that done. Rigged two sprinkler circuits to one set of contacts in the controller, and it worked fine. I was worried that the valves would draw too much current. The controller can only run three valves at a time, and there are four in the whole house sprinkler system. Now it's wired with two valves on two circuits, and there seemed to be enough water pressure with all four valves open to keep everything nice and wet. The wind had a lot of fun blowing the mist around, though.
Came in and figured out what I needed for a hydraulic cylinder for the auger and put together an order for it and a couple hoses from
Surplus Center. Pretty sure I need to go pick up some steel for it, too, so might swing by the junk yard today to see if they'll let me wander around a bit. Then on into town for some groceries.
Hang in there, gang, Friday's comin'!
