Today’s Notes
General: Still sleeping in several 2 hour stretches and waking with a sore shoulder. Family sends it’s greetings and we’ll likely be on the road Monday. Coffee was excellent this morning even though it was a little strong. It’s a cloudy day, so I won’t be cutting power to the refrigerator UPS as I have all week. The results have been positive, two 100W solar panels are able to keep a standard refrigerator running during a sunny day. (The two panels are pushing about 160W which is slightly less than the 170W drawn from the refrigerator. However when the refrigerator is coasting. The solar panels are pumping a significant charge into the batteries.) The trick is to balance the four banks of batteries and the one source of power that cannot supply enough power to run all of them. One bank of batteries runs the critical infrastructure of the house, network, Internet and cameras. The second bank runs the refrigerator itself. The third bank is on heavy duty 2500VA modified square wave inverter charger which Trip Lite calls a “Powerverter”, although this is a large bank of batteries it is intended to last less than two hours. The items plugged into this inverter are chosen to reduce the rate of depletion on the critical infrastructure battery. There is one last bank of batteries that power the DC buss which supplies 12/24VDC power to the alarm system, emergency lights and the 10W ice maker waterline heater. I could use a Raspberry Pi to make the decisions, but it draws 5W all by itself. 120WH is a significant chunk of winter time power of maybe 500WH. The original Raspberry Pi draws less power, but it is difficult remote into because of the small memory size. (I love a challenge though.) I mowed the front lawn today before it started raining. I also built a adapter cable for my solar panels so I can use a standard extension cord if I need more length.
Establish a VPN between Ricky’s Fortigate and home.
Talk to the neighbor about his offer.
Card for the drama department.
Lighting support for the Christmas play.
Eyedrops
process recordings
Build two long run UPS units that have external connections for a solar panel charge.
Get two teeth pulled and one post put in.
Plan a trip to Florida week of the 29th.
replace two of my outside cameras.
Mow the rest of the lawn.
Need referral for surgery on Jan 3rd at 8:30.
Call the doctor about the anti inflammatory that I seem to be allergic to.
Call Fl Blue, Lisa Rhodes 352-854-2100 about part D.
Call Mutual of Omaha (Ricky’s Insurance)
Find out about Dental coverage for Mom, Medicare “G”?
Find out about Eye coverage for mom.
Tomorrow:
Injuries: Arguments: Exercise: Feelings: Travel: Noteworthy: Accomplishments: Purchases: Engineering:
From the book “Triggers” by Marshall Goldsmith
Did I DMBT set clear goals for the day? No
Did I DMBT make progress to those goals? No
Did I DMBT make my wife feel loved? Yes
Did I DMBT help my wife today? Yes
Did I DMBT fix something today? Yes
Did I DMBT improve something today? Yes
Did I DMBT be happy? Yes
Did I DMBT be fully engaged? Yes
*Did My Best ToTDL,