Status: Sheltering in place, we have plenty of food and supplies.
Plans:
- 08:00 Up eating cereal for breakfast and a good cup of coffee.
- 09:00 Planning and going for a walk.
- 10:00 Switch computers to solar power and do some research.
- 11:00 Writing in my blog
- 12:00 Updated my planning chart and blogging.
- 13:00 Cleaning and blogging.
- 14:00 Down for a nap
- 16:00 Getting organized writing in my blog.
- 17:00 Dinner, large salad
- 18:00 Watching “That Girl”
- 19:00 Playing scrabble, I lost
- 21:30 Went to bed.
Accomplishments: Looks like my efforts to FB, Bing and the FTC have paid off. The fake power saving products are not being sold on any public platform I looked at today. (Except Amazon LOL)
Narrative: I realized last night there is a shortfall in my design for mom’s solar. If lightning hit nearby it could possibly travel into their home from the surface of the ground. With 400 feet of distance and insulated wiring we need to ground the golf cart if she is running the inverter AND charging with solar. The current plan is to put an inductor on the solar wires and ground the inverter with a power strip that has two plugs.
Repairs: One of my battery banks has a weak battery. The trouble with having four batteries in series is that the strong ones will kill the weak one over a short amount of time by over discharging it. (Below 10V) Especially in high voltage strings where a 2 volt voltage drop in a single battery will not be noticed. Short term I’ve paralleled a very small battery that will plus-up the capacity to protect the remaining life of the weak battery.
Long term I’m going to build a circuit that will notice when any battery in the string is almost two volts different than the adjacent battery. (maybe less.) I was hoping the battery management device would prevent this from happening, especially when the current draw is only 2-4 amps.
Feelings: We are drowning in all the amplified protesting, time for some serious social media distancing.
Tomorrow: Saturday, huge Amazon shipment day.
Injuries: Arguments: Exercise: Feeling words: Travel: Noteworthy: Purchases: Project: Theme: Engineering: 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