Good morning!!!!

[Popgadget]

Paul, progress! The addition is really moving along! Great job on the boiler room. Looks plenty big for this angle....

Wide angle lens. It’s about 42”x42”. It was a balancing act between being functional and giving up garage space. Would have much easier to plumb with wider space, but I can still fit a car on that side of the garage now.

 

[Looking4new]

I'm back from the vampire. She took 2 vials of my blood.

On another note it is raining cats and dogs as my mother used to say. My firewood is getting washed.

I have a question for you electric wizards. Can I hook up a 48 Volt solar panel through a 250 Watt charge controller to recharge a 48V 350 watt battery? This: https://www.amazon.ca/Portable-Mono...=48+Volt+solar+charger&qid=1721833505&sr=8-10
I want to charge the battery while I am riding and let it charge fully on sunny days I am not riding.

 

[sodamo]

70°F and 1.27 inches rain.

Of course that messed with my plan for yesterday. Actually my poor execution of said plan. Had I been smarter I would have painted first thing in morning, but Nooooo. Opted to do the errand runs first then paint. Of course the skies opened up and almost immediately washed off the last painted surface before it could dry. Guess that will be my starting point today once it dries.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[RedNeckGeek]

RNG, have you got a portable generator there?

Yes I do, Bill. It's a Honda EU6500is.

It was a bear winching it up into the RAM van, and I'd just as soon leave it in there while I'm working up at the gate. Just need to turn it around so that the exhaust is pointed out the door.

 

[daugen]

we sure have some talented woodworkers here.

very gently raining, finally
picked another load of tomatoes, thankfully my friends in DE where I'm going tomorrow need some
so these tomaters will be traveling.

I did treat the whole garden to a good dose of Miracle Grow solution two days ago and that greened up the plants a lot.
water I use in garden is not treated, so very acidic high iron well water.
When it rains and "natural" water is provided, the plants always look greener.
But hasn't slowed down production

fridge is on in rv, sure wish I could turn on the a/c without turning on the generator.
surge current on 15amps pops the house breaker.

another reason I'd like to trench a 50am electric line out to the garage.
that's over my paygrade and local options are super expensive.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

Speaking of woodworking a few days ago we ate at Casey Jones Restaurant in Paradise, Pennsylvania. They converted lots of century old train cars into a restaurant and motel rooms. Look at this bar made just a few years ago by local Amish woodworkers. It was incredible to say the least.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Afternoon,

Scott, nice work. Love the wood flooring also

Dennis, that flooring is hard maple that I installed when I built the house in 1983. That maple was actually designed to stand edgewise on the floor and used in an industrial setting. I made up walnut plugs to cover the screw holes. It has held up quite well for over 40 years !

 

[scott_vt]

Good Afternoon Ted,
No sad to say no progress on the sculptured walnut rocking chairs for the grand daughters. Hopefully get back into that project at some point !

 

[scott_vt]

Good Afternoon Fuddy,
Yes indeed, that is some beautiful workmanship !

 

[RedNeckGeek]

I have a question for you electric wizards. Can I hook up a 48 Volt solar panel through a 250 Watt charge controller to recharge a 48V 350 watt battery? This: https://www.amazon.ca/Portable-Mono...=48+Volt+solar+charger&qid=1721833505&sr=8-10
I want to charge the battery while I am riding and let it charge fully on sunny days I am not riding.

From what little information is provided in the description, it looks like the charge controller will charge a 48 VDC battery. With 250 Watts of power coming in from the panel, it should put out a bit less than 5 amps of charging current, more than enough to trickle charge your three wheeler's 48 VDC battery. How long it would take to recharge a discharged battery depends on the capacity of the battery and to what level it was discharged. If you had a 350 Watt battery discharged to 50% State of Charge it would take:
((350 W/ 2) ) / 250 W = 0.7 hours

It would be nice to read the instructions for the unit before purchasing, so while I was there I asked the seller if a User Guide was available. But I wonder how they can sell a 250 Watt panel and charge controller for only $80 'merican when Renology, a well regarded solar supplier, would charge well north of that for the same capacity.

But for eighty bux you could try it, and if it doesn't work or fails within 90 days, you could probably get a refund from Amazon.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

9.5# to 11#

Pebbles got nails trimmed. She just sleeps in the carrier, no problem with her.

 

[Looking4new]

Yes I do, Bill. It's a Honda EU6500is.

It was a bear winching it up into the RAM van, and I'd just as soon leave it in there while I'm working up at the gate. Just need to turn it around so that the exhaust is pointed out the door.

There is the power for your hammer drill.

 

[Looking4new]

Thanks RNG.

 

[Looking4new]

BEF, Pebbles is more laid back than the other one.

 

[daugen]

might fine looking melons Dennis.

sun is back out, rain was again a bust.
just puttering inside

 

[Thomas]

70 cloudy light rain off to work out of town rest of week one hour and 20 minute travel time.

Prayers for all our Country

Hope your able reach your driveway early afternoon so you can put your feet up.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Well, finally done with enclosing the bottom of the shelf unit. Took me forever (in my mind) for such a small project.

Before:



And after:


Made a nice home for the fiber optic base and router. Now I won't have to be irritated by the glowing lights flickering while I'm trying to sleep.

Now just need to get all the stuff back on the shelves. ---- of course, wifey said we have to clean all that stuff FIRST!

The knee started acting up when I was at the grocery, kept complaining at the hardware store, then threw a fit when I was assembling the pieces.

Don't know why the knee was complaining.... no PT since last week, been 'babying' it too this week. Not a new type of pain, but haven't had this for about 6 months. Came back to visit with a vengeance!

Going to grill some burgers, beer battered fries, and some beer battered onion rings for dinner. Then camp out on the couch and get the knee elevated.

 

[txdon]

Ron do you have a filter with your pond pump. I think I will need one with my fountain.
The pump is 630 GPH.

 

[ronjhall]

Ron do you have a filter with your pond pump. I think I will need one with my fountain.
The pump is 630 GPH.

Yes, I have a pre filter that is 18” square. I need that for the 3000 gph pump. I get a lot of my supplies from The Pond Guy. The Pond Guy RapidFlo Asynchronous Waterfall Pump
They have lots of options for different sizes of pumps.

 

[m7040]

Wife have some unusual tomatoes that she ordered as tiny seedlings. They are old varieties and came sandwiched between two layers of plastic. This one is developing into black tomatoes. She does not remember what it was called.
Any one seen these before?

Cody is watching. He loves tomatoes