Author: Radar

Status: Sheltering in place, we have plenty of food and supplies..

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Plans: Let the NodeMCU’s and the dehumidifier run until September.

• 07:00 Charging my phone and Wife is making breakfast.
• 08:00 Walk around the block.
• 09:00 Catching up on the news.
• 10:00 Blogging
• 12:00 Nap, attic fan turns on at 103 degrees.
• 14:00 Checking the A/C and blogging.
• 15:00 Checking on adding a relay to A/C for High Cool.
• 16:00 Added a “High Cool” relay to the air conditioner.
• 17:00 Dinner, Salmon
• 18:00 Mowed the lawn, it is going to rain tomorrow.
• 19:00 Blogging and checking on the NodeMCU’s.
• 21:00 Bed Time

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NodeMCU ESP8266 Wi-Fi SoC

NodeMCU Status: Our air conditioner is limping with a oil logged evaporator until we replace the unit in October. The thermostat is also limping along because of leaking batteries. I’m using these NodeMCU’s to measure the temperature and humidity throughout the house and turn on / off the power to the thermostat.

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Feelings: As Christians we are compelled to look after the Widows and the poor. Just how we do that in this climate when there is so much energy fighting the democracy I don’t know.

Read something today: No matter how loud they shouted, many Soviet citizens thought such exercises absurd. But they hid their real thoughts because speaking honestly was dangerous. The Soviet dictatorship created a fear society that failed the “town square test”—can everyone express themselves freely, publicly, without fear of punishment? Can we speak freely without checking for a BLM protestor confronting us wherever we are? three-warning-signs-of-ideological-totalitarianism

Tomorrow: Wednesday

Retirement: Need to build a budget, are spending is too close to our income.

Project Engineering:

Purchases:

Repairs:

Religion: We were called to read Luke and comment on the author.

Family News: Mom’s in a rehab center, hopefully she’ll get home soon.

Arts:

• Health: 220Lbs, too heavy.
• Swollen feet have collapsed, no more potato chips!

Travel: Florida travel looks within reach.

Taxes: Mail Them!

Pi News: I’ve been working with “Home Assistant” software, the Pi’s themselves are in good shape.

Media: No Instagram posts today and we’re off Facebook.

Injuries: No injuries.

Accomplishments: None.

From the book “Triggers” by Marshall Goldsmith
Did I DMBT make my wife feel loved? Yes
Did I DMBT help my wife today? Yes
Did I DMBT be happy? Yes
*Did My Best To

Status: Sheltering in place, we have plenty of food and supplies..

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Plans: Let the NodeMCU’s and the dehumidifier run until September.

• 07:00 Charging my phone and Wife is making breakfast.
• 08:00 Eating breakfast with the wife.
• 09:00 Early Nap
• 10:00 Browsing the web.
• 11:00 putting out taxes in an envelope.
• 12:00 Nap 2
• 14:00 Wasting Time today.
• 16:00 Dinner
• 17:00 Listening to Melvin on YT.
• 18:00 Watching Robin Williams on the Tonight Show.
• 21:00 Headed to bed, what a waisted day.

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NodeMCU ESP8266 Wi-Fi SoC

NodeMCU Status: Our air conditioner is limping with a oil logged evaporator until we replace the unit in October. The thermostat is also limping along because of leaking batteries. I’m using these NodeMCU’s to measure the temperature and humidity throughout the house and turn on / off the power to the thermostat.

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Feelings: As Christians we are compelled to look after the Widows and the poor. Just how we do that in this climate when there is so much energy fighting the democracy I don’t know.

Tomorrow: Tuesday

Retirement: Need to build a budget, are spending is too close to our income.

Project Engineering:

Purchases:

Repairs:

Religion: We were called to be God’s people and do his will.

Family News: Mom’s in a rehab center, hopefully she’ll get home soon.

Arts:

• Health: 220Lbs, too heavy.
• Swollen feet have collapsed, no more potato chips!

Travel: Florida travel looks within reach.

Taxes: Mail Them!

Pi News: I’ve been working with “Home Assistant” software, the Pi’s themselves are in good shape.

Media: No Instagram posts today and we’re off Facebook.

Injuries: No injuries.

Accomplishments: None.

From the book “Triggers” by Marshall Goldsmith
Did I DMBT make my wife feel loved? Yes
Did I DMBT help my wife today? Yes
Did I DMBT be happy? Yes
*Did My Best To

Status: Sheltering in place, we have plenty of food and supplies..

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Plans: Let the NodeMCU’s and the dehumidifier run until September.

• 07:00 Charging my phone and Wife is making breakfast.
• 08:00 Eating breakfast and getting ready for church.
• 09:00 Preparing for church.
• 10:00 Service started.
• 11:00 Ice cream sandwich for lunch
• 12:00 Nap
• 14:00 Scoping out a relay for the attic fan.
• 15:00 Reading the news.
• 16:00 Dinner
• 17:00 Post Office run.
• 18:00 Watched Star Trek Wrath of Kahn.
• 21:00 Bed Time

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NodeMCU ESP8266 Wi-Fi SoC

NodeMCU Status: Our air conditioner is limping with a oil logged evaporator until we replace the unit in October. The thermostat is also limping along because of leaking batteries. I’m using these NodeMCU’s to measure the temperature and humidity throughout the house and turn on / off the power to the thermostat.

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Feelings: As Christians we are compelled to look after the Widows and the poor. Just how we do that in this climate when there is so much energy fighting the democracy I don’t know. I sent this month’s $250 to a Baton Rouge church to help with the hurricane Laura victims.

Tomorrow: Sunday

Retirement: Need to build a budget, are spending is too close to our income.

Project Engineering:

Purchases:

Repairs:

Religion: We were called to be God’s people and do his will.

Family News: Mom’s in a rehab center, hopefully she’ll get home soon.

Arts:

• Health: 220Lbs, too heavy.
• Swollen feet have collapsed, no more potato chips!

Travel: Florida travel looks within reach.

Taxes: Mail Them!

Pi News: I’ve been working with “Home Assistant” software, the Pi’s themselves are in good shape.

Media: No Instagram posts today and we’re off Facebook.

Injuries: No injuries.

Accomplishments: None.

From the book “Triggers” by Marshall Goldsmith
Did I DMBT make my wife feel loved? Yes
Did I DMBT help my wife today? Yes
Did I DMBT be happy? Yes
*Did My Best To

Status: Sheltering in place, we have plenty of food and supplies..

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Plans: Let the NodeMCU’s and the dehumidifier run until September.

• 07:00 Making plans with the sweetie
• 08:00 Take a walk around the block
• 09:00 Attic trip, pull the Ethernet cable through the soffet.
• 09:30 Driveway camera back online, not sure what failed yet.
  • Ethernet cable to soffit, Ethernet jack, Patch cable?
• 10:00 Join the music ministry
• 11:00 Reprogram the garage NodeMCU and enable a reboot and DHT power pin.
• 12:00 Nap
• 14:00 Check cameras and label wires.
• 15:00 Tidy up the wires on the cameras.
• 16:00 Get the two old cameras back online until i can replace them.
• 17:00 watched a made for TV movie about acid rain.
• 21:00 bed

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NodeMCU ESP8266 Wi-Fi SoC

NodeMCU Status: Our air conditioner is limping with a oil logged evaporator until we replace the unit in October. The thermostat is also limping along because of leaking batteries. I’m using these NodeMCU’s to measure the temperature and humidity throughout the house and turn on / off the power to the thermostat.

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Feelings: As Christians we are compelled to look after the Widows and the poor. Just how we do that in this climate when there is so much energy fighting the democracy I don’t know. I sent this month’s $250 to a Baton Rouge church to help with the hurricane Laura victims.

Tomorrow: Sunday

Retirement: Need to build a budget, are spending is too close to our income.

Project Engineering:

Purchases:

Repairs: Repaired driveway camera and DHT-22 problems with NodeMCU.

Religion: We were called to be God’s people and do his will.

Family News: Mom’s in a rehab center, hopefully she’ll get home soon.

Arts:

• Health: 220Lbs, too heavy.
• Swollen feet have collapsed, no more potato chips!

Travel: Florida travel looks within reach.

Taxes: Mail Them!

Pi News: I’ve been working with “Home Assistant” software, the Pi’s themselves are in good shape.

Media: No Instagram posts today and we’re off Facebook.

Injuries: No injuries.

Accomplishments: None.

From the book “Triggers” by Marshall Goldsmith
Did I DMBT make my wife feel loved? Yes
Did I DMBT help my wife today? Yes
Did I DMBT be happy? Yes
*Did My Best To

Status: Sheltering in place, we have plenty of food and supplies..

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Plans: Let the NodeMCU’s and the dehumidifier run until September.

• 07:00 Making plans with the sweetie
• 08:00 Checking the main “Flooded” batteries water level. (old ones low, new ok)
• 09:00 adding water to old flooded batteries.
• 10:00 Eating Brunch, pro biotic and Klondike bar.
• 11:00 blogging.
• 12:00 Nap
• 13:00 Working on the cameras
• 16:00 Dinner
• 17:00 Blogging

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NodeMCU ESP8266 Wi-Fi SoC

NodeMCU Status: Our air conditioner is limping with a oil logged evaporator until we replace the unit in October. The thermostat is also limping along because of leaking batteries. I’m using these NodeMCU’s to measure the temperature and humidity throughout the house and turn on / off the power to the thermostat.

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Feelings: As Christians we are compelled to look after the Widows and the poor. Just how we do that in this climate when there is so much energy fighting the democracy I don’t know. I sent this month’s $250 to a Baton Rouge church to help with the hurricane Laura victims.

Tomorrow: Saturday

Retirement: Need to build a budget, are spending is too close to our income.

Project Engineering:

Purchases:

Repairs:

Religion: We were called to be God’s people and do his will.

Family News: Mom’s in a rehab center, hopefully she’ll get home soon.

Arts:

• Health: 220Lbs, too heavy.
• Swollen feet have collapsed, no more potato chips!

Travel: Florida travel looks within reach.

Taxes: Mail Them!

Pi News: I’ve been working with “Home Assistant” software, the Pi’s themselves are in good shape.

Media: No Instagram posts today and we’re off Facebook.

Injuries: No injuries.

Accomplishments: None.

From the book “Triggers” by Marshall Goldsmith
Did I DMBT make my wife feel loved? Yes
Did I DMBT help my wife today? Yes
Did I DMBT be happy? Yes
*Did My Best To

Status: Sheltering in place, we have plenty of food and supplies..

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Plans: Let the NodeMCU’s and the dehumidifier run until September.

• 01:00 Monday Blogging
• 02:00 Making adjustments to the software running the air conditioner.
• 06:00 Turned on the coffee, going back to Sunday and update that page.
• 07:00 Making plans with the sweetie
• 08:00 Walked around the block.
• 09:00 Talked with family and blogging.
• 10:00 Documenting NodeMCU programming and eating lunch.
• 11:00 Nap
• 12:00 Troubleshooting Driveway camera
• 14:00 Chatt’n with the wife.
• 17:00 Scrabble.
• 21:00 Bed

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NodeMCU ESP8266 Wi-Fi SoC

NodeMCU Status: Our air conditioner is limping with a oil logged evaporator until we replace the unit in October. The thermostat is also limping along because of leaking batteries. I’m using these NodeMCU’s to measure the temperature and humidity throughout the house and turn on / off the power to the thermostat.

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Feelings: As Christians we are compelled to look after the Widows and the poor. Just how we do that in this climate when there is so much energy fighting the democracy I don’t know. I sent this month’s $250 to a Baton Rouge church to help with the hurricane Laura victims.

Tomorrow: Friday

Retirement: Need to build a budget, are spending is too close to our income.

Project Engineering:

Purchases: 3.3V regulators to allow remote reset of DHT-22

Repairs:

Religion: We were called to be God’s people and do his will.

Family News: Mom’s in a rehab center, hopefully she’ll get home soon.

Arts:

• Health: 220Lbs, too heavy.
• Swollen feet have collapsed, no more potato chips!

Travel: Florida travel looks within reach.

Taxes: Mail Them!

Pi News: I’ve been working with “Home Assistant” software, the Pi’s themselves are in good shape.

Media: No Instagram posts today and we’re off Facebook.

Injuries: No injuries.

Accomplishments: None.

From the book “Triggers” by Marshall Goldsmith
Did I DMBT make my wife feel loved? Yes
Did I DMBT help my wife today? Yes
Did I DMBT be happy? Yes
*Did My Best To

Status: Sheltering in place, we have plenty of food and supplies..

Plans: Let the NodeMCU’s and the dehumidifier run until September.

• 01:00 Monday Blogging
• 02:00 Making adjustments to the software running the air conditioner.
• 06:00 Turned on the coffee, going back to Sunday and update that page.
• 07:00 Making plans with the sweetie
• 08:00 Run generators #4 and #5, i now know that Gen #1 and #2 are damaged.
  • I powered two PFC power supplies and their large peak currents broke something.
• 09:00 Checked the oil and stowed them.
• 09:30 Reading the news while I cool off from the humidity, sheesh it is high today.
• 10:00 Lunch, tuna salad sandwich.
• 11:00 Had to take a LONG nap, i was Tuckerd
• 15:00 Air conditioner jumped to high cool, thermistor is 110 attic and 94 outside.
• 16:00 News check…
• 17:00 Dinner
• 18:00 Getting ready for church, air conditioner still on high cool (Thermostat)
• 21:00 Blogging and getting ready for bed.

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NodeMCU ESP8266 Wi-Fi SoC

NodeMCU Status: Our air conditioner is limping with a oil logged evaporator until we replace the unit in October. The thermostat is also limping along because of leaking batteries. I’m using these NodeMCU’s to measure the temperature and humidity throughout the house and turn on / off the power to the thermostat.

Earlier this month I moved the two DHT-22 thermometers to the end of the breadboard to get it away from the small amount of heat the NodeMCU releases. Today I ended up extending the wires moving the thermometer off of the breadboard completely because the heat of the NodeMCU raises the temperature reported by the thermometer more than a degree especially if the air is still.

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Feelings: As Christians we are compelled to look after the Widows and the poor. Just how we do that in this climate when there is so much energy fighting the democracy I don’t know. I sent this month’s $250 to a Baton Rouge church to help with the hurricane Laura victims.

Tomorrow: Thursday

Retirement: Need to build a budget, are spending is too close to our income.

Project Engineering:

Purchases:

Repairs:

Religion: We were called to be God’s people and do his will.

Family News: Mom’s in a rehab center, hopefully she’ll get home soon.

Arts:

• Health: 220Lbs, too heavy.
• Swollen feet have collapsed, no more potato chips!

Travel: Florida travel looks within reach.

Taxes: Mail Them!

Pi News: I’ve been working with “Home Assistant” software, the Pi’s themselves are in good shape.

Media: No Instagram posts today and we’re off Facebook.

Injuries: No injuries.

Accomplishments: None.

From the book “Triggers” by Marshall Goldsmith
Did I DMBT make my wife feel loved? Yes
Did I DMBT help my wife today? Yes
Did I DMBT be happy? Yes
*Did My Best To

Status: Sheltering in place, we have plenty of food and supplies..

Plans: Let the NodeMCU’s and the dehumidifier run until September.

• 01:00 Monday Blogging
• 02:00 Making adjustments to the software running the air conditioner.
• 06:00 Turned on the coffee, going back to Sunday and update that page.
• 08:00 Walk around the block.
• 09:00 Blogging.
• 09:30 Pulled thermostat wire from attic wires.
• 10:00 Lunch and called mom.
• 10:30 Looking for 24V exhaust fans.
• 11:00 Attic fan is ok, thermostat was misadjusted (Still want an efficient DC fan)
• 12:00 Nap, Checking my space
• 14:00 Monitor air conditioning, cameras and attic fan.
• 17:00 Dinner was left overs.
• 21:00 Bedtime

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NodeMCU ESP8266 Wi-Fi SoC

NodeMCU Status: Our air conditioner is limping with a oil logged evaporator until we replace the unit in October. The thermostat is also limping along because of leaking batteries. I’m using these NodeMCU’s to measure the temperature and humidity throughout the house and turn on / off the power to the thermostat.

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Feelings: As Christians we are compelled to look after the Widows and the poor. Just how we do that in this climate when there is so much energy fighting the democracy I don’t know. I sent this month’s $250 to a Baton Rouge church to help with the hurricane Laura victims.

Tomorrow: Wednesday

Retirement: Need to build a budget, are spending is too close to our income.

Project Engineering:

Purchases:

Repairs:

Religion: We were called to be God’s people and do his will.

Family News: Mom’s in a rehab center, hopefully she’ll get home soon.

Arts:

• Health: 220Lbs, too heavy.
• Swollen feet have collapsed, no more potato chips!

Travel: Florida travel looks within reach.

Taxes: Mail Them!

Pi News: I’ve been working with “Home Assistant” software, the Pi’s themselves are in good shape.

Media: No Instagram posts today and we’re off Facebook.

Injuries: No injuries.

Accomplishments: None.

From the book “Triggers” by Marshall Goldsmith
Did I DMBT make my wife feel loved? Yes
Did I DMBT help my wife today? Yes
Did I DMBT be happy? Yes
*Did My Best To

Status: Sheltering in place, we have plenty of food and supplies..

Plans: Let the NodeMCU’s and the dehumidifier run until September.

• 01:00 Monday Blogging
• 04:00 Making adjustments to the software running the air conditioner.
• 05:00 Moved the temp sensor closer to the evaporator, it was responding to the pipe.
• 06:00 Turned on the coffee, going back to Sunday and update that page.
• 07:00 Chatting with the wife enjoying our coffee.
• 08:00 Nap time,
• 09:35 Up, calling mom, checking the news.
• 10:00 Cleaning up the livingroom.
• 11:00 Nap
• 12:30 Blogging and check’n the news.
• 13:00 camera went offline, looks like it is getting overheated.
• 14:00 revisiting the sermon from Sunday.
• 15:00 helping with dinner
• 16:00 Looking for an attic fan
• 17:00 Dinner
• 18:00 Looking at solar attic fans
• 21:00 Headed for bed.

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NodeMCU ESP8266 Wi-Fi SoC

NodeMCU Status: Our air conditioner is limping with a oil logged evaporator until we replace the unit in October. The thermostat is also limping along because of leaking batteries. I’m using these NodeMCU’s to measure the temperature and humidity throughout the house and turn on / off the power to the thermostat.

Looks like another perfect day for the air conditioner, no ice.

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Feelings: As Christians we are compelled to look after the Widows and the poor. Just how we do that in this climate when there is so much energy fighting the democracy I don’t know. I sent this month’s $250 to a Baton Rouge church to help with the hurricane Laura victims.

Tomorrow: Tuesday

Retirement: Need to build a budget, are spending is too close to our income.

Project Engineering:

Purchases:

Repairs:

Religion: We were called to be God’s people and do his will.

Family News: Mom’s in a rehab center, hopefully she’ll get home soon.

Arts:

• Health: 220Lbs, too heavy.
• Swollen feet have collapsed, no more potato chips!

Travel: Florida travel looks within reach.

Taxes: I need to look into increasing my tax payments to State of Georgia.

Pi News: I’ve been working with “Home Assistant” software, the Pi’s themselves are in good shape.

Media: No Instagram posts today and we’re off Facebook.

Injuries: No injuries.

Accomplishments: None.

From the book “Triggers” by Marshall Goldsmith
Did I DMBT make my wife feel loved? Yes
Did I DMBT help my wife today? Yes
Did I DMBT be happy? Yes
*Did My Best To

Status: Sheltering in place, we have plenty of food and supplies..

Plans: Let the NodeMCU’s and the dehumidifier run until September.

• 01:00 Sunday
• Blogging
• 07:00 Up, sipp’n coffee and eating breakfast.
• 08:00 Writing prayers for service. (Forgot people….)
• 09:00 Getting ready for church
• 10:00 Service
• 11:00 Lunch and a nap
• 13:00 Disabled deice routine in the air conditioner programming.
• 14:00 Vacuumed the floors.
• 16:00 Ran generators and Mowed the lawn
• 17:00 Recovered Generators and ate Dinner
• 18:00 Storms, shut off external power. (Run on battery)
• 20:00 returned everything to Grid power and wen to bed.

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NodeMCU ESP8266 Wi-Fi SoC

NodeMCU Status: Our air conditioner is limping with a oil logged evaporator until we replace the unit in October. The thermostat is also limping along because of leaking batteries. I’m using these NodeMCU’s to measure the temperature and humidity throughout the house and turn on / off the power to the thermostat.

An oddity that I’ve not solved is that the air conditioning ran for seven hours today with no signs of icing! I disabled the forced switch to the thermostat at 13:30 that is normally used during the heat of the day to gain access to high cool. Even without high cool we were comfortable using low cool during the heat of the day! We had planned on replacing the air conditioner in October because the evaporator was oil logged. Reversing the compressor to de-ice the evaporator may have pushed the oil out of the capillary tubes back towards the compressor in the much smaller high pressure tubes.

Another think I noticed was that the Dehumidifier didn’t run either. Meaning that the air conditioner was sufficiently removing the moisture.

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Feelings: As Christians we are compelled to look after the Widows and the poor. Just how we do that in this climate when there is so much energy fighting the democracy I don’t know. We’ve resorted to giving money to the Atlanta Community Food Bank https://acfb.org/ until I can come up with something better.

Tomorrow: Monday

Retirement: Need to build a budget, are spending is too close to our income.

Project Engineering:

Purchases: Another Dremel tool for mom.

Repairs:

Religion: We were called to be God’s people and do his will.

Family News: Mom’s in a rehab center, hopefully she’ll get home soon.

Arts: Watched 2nd half “Contagion”

• Health: 220Lbs, too heavy.
• Swollen feet have collapsed, no more potato chips!

Travel: Florida travel looks within reach.

Taxes: Mail Them

Pi News: I’ve been working with “Home Assistant” software, the Pi’s themselves are in good shape.

Media: No Instagram posts today and we’re off Facebook.

Injuries: No injuries.

Accomplishments: None.

From the book “Triggers” by Marshall Goldsmith
Did I DMBT make my wife feel loved? Yes
Did I DMBT help my wife today? Yes
Did I DMBT be happy? Yes
*Did My Best To