Good Morning!!!! 51F @ 4:45AM. A mix of clouds and sun. High near 65F. Winds light and variable.
Your story about the propane leak got me wondering about automatic shutoffs. The propane stove has one here, which is something of a problem during power outages because the stove and burners won't come on unless the stove gets 120VAC. But it prevents the house filling up with propane if the power goes off and the burner or stove goes out for some reason. I would have thought there would be some sort of thermal switch on the heaters that would stop the flow of propane if the reactor cooled off. Is that not the case?
It also makes me wonder, Drew, if your propane generator has a shutoff valve so that if/when the generator stops making electricity, the propane flowing to it is stopped. There is one on the big Cummins I installed this year, but that thing is run by a little computer that does all sorts of things as well. I got a pretty good start on installing a propane conversion kit on the Honda generator yesterday, and there was no provision for a cutoff solenoid. Now I'm thinking I'll install one, but not quite sure how it would work. If I get a 12V solenoid and wire it to the starter battery on the generator, the valve would be open all the time as long as there's power from the battery. If I get a 120VAC one and plug it into one of the receptacles, propane would flow as long as the generator was running, but I'd have to start it on gasoline and then switch over. I just drained the gas out of it, and hope not to put any back in it again. Time for more googling I guess.
And speaking of generators, have you actually fired yours up and switched the household loads onto it to make sure everything works as expected?
I have one of those HF magnetic sweeps I would have loaned you if you lived closer, Don.:laughing: But recent experience loaning tools that come back broken or not at all have me thinking I'll stop doing it. Yesterday, a neighbor wanted to borrow the hydraulic lift dollies, but I think I'll just go over there with them and help him use them instead.
Gravity seems to be getting stronger out here as well, Ron.
Some days I have a really hard time even getting up out of bed!:laughing:
Good to know Tank Utility stands behind its products, Paul. I installed one on the tank here this year. Got a flyer from my propane company saying they're automatically installing one on any tank that supplies a generator so they can better schedule automatic refills. They haven't said anything to me about accessing my monitor, but I don't plan to let them. I want to buy propane when the prices are low, not when the outfit selling it decides it's time for a fill up.
Sounds like quite a ride, Lou. Don't miss snow driving at all, especially on hills and in the mountains.
No wonder Amazon is building a delivery network. Deliveries here are already slowing down, and it won't be long before UPS and FedEx start losing things...
Don't think I've ever had squirrel. The ones out here eat pine cones, and I'm told they don't taste very good.
Not sure I'd have gone with the red, RS, but some color would be a relief in a stark black'n'white layout. Then again, happy wife, happy life.
Not much luck getting through to the decoupler guy yesterday, as only had an email address for him. Finally got the return instructions and shipping label to return the T-Mobile modem, so I'll do that while I'm in town for groceries today. Also have a couple Black Friday things to pick up at Tractor Supply. They had a nice rolling stool I can use at the welding table. Wrote that one off as a safety item since I almost busted my keester when the top milk crate I was sitting on last time decided to part company with it's bottom brother, leaving me grabbing for the table to stay on my feet.:laughing:
Hang in there, gang, Friday's comin'!
