Status: Sheltering in place, we have plenty of food and supplies.
Plans: Spending a tremendous amount of money preparing mom for the next emergency power outage.
- 07:00 Up and sipp’n coffee.
- 08:00 Testing 48V battery banks. (I have at least six batteries that are bad.)
- 12:00 I think I need four new batteries to make this right,
- 13:00 nap time.
- 13:40 Up getting organized.
- 14:00 added small 4.5AH batteries in parallel to balance the 48V string.
- 17:00 Raining
- 18:00 Dinner
- 19:00 Scrabble with the wife.
Narrative: I have two strings of four Duracell batteries in series (48V) from Batteries and bulbs. Both strings are struggling to produce half their capacity and they are only a year old. (Replacement is called for at 50% capacity.) I have a new string from Interstate that does produce the power, but they’re only a week old. To extend the two Duracell strings I’ve paralleled a small 4.5AH battery with the weakest battery in the string. (I have 5 of these small batteries from UPS units.) I am letting the strings reach a full charge tonight and will do another load test on the Duracell strings tomorrow. Three of the batteries seem to be fairly matched and still had power left in them when the weak one reached 10.5 volts.
Feelings: We’ve got to lower the tempo on these BLM demonstrations, burning buildings is not a lawful protest. Apparently they are looking for a woman that torched the building with a molotov cocktail who was not part of the protest.
Tomorrow:
Injuries: Arguments: Exercise: Feeling words: Travel: Noteworthy: Accmplishments: Purchases: Project: Theme: Engineering: Repairs: Pi News:
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