Status: Sheltering in place, we have plenty of food and supplies.
Plans: Keep an eye on the air conditioner and the NodeMCU’s
- 07:00 up eating eggs and sipp’n coffee while getting a plan together with the wife.
- 08:00 Checking air conditioner that froze up last night.
- 09:00 Sent some battery data to our son in Florida.
- 10:00 reading the news about the protests in Oregon.
- 11:00 Nap
- 13:00 Lunch and reading scripture about our role with BLM.
- 16:00 Dinner
- 17:00 Blogging and listening to a church class.
- 17:30 Turned off compressor to check evaporator if frozen.
- 18:00 Writing prayers and listening to a class.
- 19:00 Getting ready for church.
Narrative: I’ve added sections that a significant amount of resources are invested in almost every day.
NodeMCU Status: Temperature sensors are dropping out and I don’t know why. They’ve been working perfectly since I dropped the number of NodeMCU’s on Home Assistant to three.
Solar Assist Status: Two solar charge controllers are paralleled into the 300W inverter that runs the computers in my cave. (200W) One controller is a MPPT controller and the other is much smaller but doesn’t drop off completely when a cloud interrupts the sun. Today was a cloudy day, so they were not enabled and no data was collected.
Battery Bank Status: The two 35AH batteries on the primary UPS are getting too warm in the garage, I need to move them. The garage gets over 90 degrees and that’s too warm for active SLA batteries.
Homestead DC Power: The bottom section of the above picture is two 15A 24V power supplies that work alongside the solar panels and provide power for the 300W inverters on the right side. The idea is that during the day a relay connects my computers to the 300W inverter. I am having trouble with the solar charge controllers dropping the load completely when a cloud blocks the sun.
Homestead Air Conditioner: The air conditioner evaporator tubing is oil logged and preventing the four sections from cooling evenly. It doesn’t seem to be affecting the ability to cool our home in the middle of the summer months. The fix is to replace the coils at a cost of $1500 or the entire system for $8000. The current thought is to replace the entire system in September.
Last night: The evaporator froze up and had to be thawed by running the blower for about an hour. The air was cold enough to keep the house cool while the ice melted. The temperature rose pretty quickly once the ice had melted.
As you can see the NodeMCU’s are recording the temperature and the home assistant software is charting it for me. The thermostat may be sensitive to moisture since it over cooled the house this morning at 04:00. I raised the temperature one degree just before 05:00 because it was too cold, then I went back to bed. I had to change it back at 11:00 AM since it was getting a little warm in here. I left the fan on “Circulate” to help keep the evaporator from freezing. I checked the evaporator at 17:30 and it was not iced up, it quickly rose in temperature without the compressor running.
Protests of Racial Inequality: Portland protests are described differently by all parties. The Video’s tell a story that’s not in the newspapers. The Portland police needs to engage the agitators and damage caused after 11PM or the protestors will win the contest.
“The current riots across the country are American terrorism — violence for strictly political ends, aimed at frightening a nation into obedience.” Seattle Radio Host Gives Narrative-Busting Account of What’s Happening in City: ‘Evil People’
“Federal officers protecting federal property are now the targets of demonstrators, not the instigators of violence. The real blame lies with progressive city leaders, who have all but promised violent protesters that they can act with impunity.” [WSJ]
Feelings:
Tomorrow: Thursday and Instacart!
Retirement: 1st SS check in three weeks!
Project Engineering: Need shunt for solar panels.
Purchases: Buy some 32GB micro memory cards.
Repairs: Check for leaks in the air conditioning ducts.
Religion: Went over the “Discipleship” study to help with the Christian way to deal with the anger and frustration in the news.
Family News: Mom’s in the hospital, hopefully she’ll be home today.
Arts: Watched pandemic.
Health: Need dental cleaning.
Travel: Florida looks within reach.
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