Status: Sheltering in place, we have plenty of food and supplies.
Plans: Let the NodeMCU’s and the dehumidifier run until September.
- 07:00 Up Sipp’n on coffee and talking with the wife.
- 08:00 Walking around the block
- 09:00 building decisions for the relays attached to the air conditioner.
- 10:00 Met up with the guys from our worship team on Zoom.
- 11:00 still building decisions for the relays.
- 12:00 Lunch
- 13:00 Nap
- 15:00 Checking on the air conditioner
- 16:00 Blogging.
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.
I am still having issues with the evaporator freezing today. Even after running the heat pump without the fan didn’t clean out the oil in the evaporator. (Boo!)
It has been a LONG couple days. The evaporator gains ice while the compressor is running on 1/4th of the tubing. Eventually it reduces the air flow sufficiently to prevent effective cooling of the house. I can manually turn off the compressor and the air blowing across the coils will thaw it over about 30 minutes to an hour.
DC Power generating and Inverter
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 and run them on the solar power. The system doesn’t make as much power on a partly cloudy day, much less in fact. Today I made 300WH more power than I consumed. (like 4 cents)
Articles about our current racial climate
A medic, who gave the name Phoenix, confronted an officer she said had maced her and beaten her. She and a friend criticized the police for dispersing the entire crowd when only a few people had broken into PPA. “You are taking the actions of one person and you are punishing a movement,” Phoenix said. “One person did a fire and you think it’s OK to attack everybody here?”
“You’re all practicing group punishment,” the officer replied. “Because a few cops have done wrong things and you think we all need to suffer and be out here 69 days straight.” https://www.opb.org/article/2020/08/05/portland-oregon-protests-police/
Finally, let’s note that protests at private homes are strategically misguided. Such protests tend to turn off potential sympathizers. The goal of political protest should be to generate outrage and empathy among possible supporters. But a protest at a home or at a restaurant defeats that purpose by making the protestors appear to be vindictive bullies. Public protests and civil disobedience are more effective at persuading others to see the justice of one’s cause.
Peeved protesters may get a thrill from demonstrating at a politician’ domicile. But their anger is misdirected. The official at home is not the problem. Rather the problem is what happens when the official is at work. These protesters would be more effective if they were informed by the history civil disobedience and by a more systematic conception of political power. The Problem of Protesting at People’s Homes
Feelings:
Tomorrow: Sunday
Retirement: Need to build a budget, are spending is too close to our income.
Project Engineering: Need to test mom’s golf cart solar charger.
Purchases: 48V boost power supply.
Repairs: None.
Religion: We were called to look in our dark corners and bring them into the light on Sunday.
Family News: Mom’s in a rehab center, hopefully she’ll get home soon.
Arts: Watched a movie about finding “radium” and the radioactive measurement curie.
- Health: 220Lbs, too heavy.
Travel: Florida travel looks within reach.
Taxes:
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