Status: Sheltering in place, we have plenty of food and supplies.
“If we wish to establish racial equality or gender equality, or equality in any social structure — acknowledge that we can’t pick and choose who gets to be a part of the equality equation. As a humanitarian, before any label that I associate with myself; I hope we recognize that we can only resolve our issues through respect and humility. Through recognizing that it’s not okay to simply “demand” respect whilst belittling an entire culture.” medium.com/in-defence-of-white-people
POTUS has COVID-19, he’s 74 and overweight… Vulnerable!
Plans: Let the NodeMCU’s and the dehumidifier run until 13 October.
- 01:00 Blogging.
- 07:00 Modifying bedroom NodeMCU, reduce it’s “Equivalent” mass.
- 07:30 Breakfast
- 08:00 Researching connections to a modern thermostat
- 11:00 Lunch
- 12:00 Nap
- 14:00 Mow the back yard.
- 16:00 Dinner, STEAK! I love cow!
- 17:00 Catching up on the news.
Exercising our emergency generators is a must if you are going to call on them in an emergency. When I run them (about once a month) I use these 200W personal heaters that can be bought just about anywhere to put a load on them. A generator runs best with about a 50% load on them, okay there is a liberal amount of load for exercising them. When I exercise them they run start faster and run smoother than when I don’t. Also putting a load on them gets rid of the fuel standing around in the garage. These guys are supposedly rated for 860VA, which if you figure an 80% power factor is almost 700W. I have five of these LIFAN ESI860i generators and NONE of them can support a 500W resistive load at 1000Ft elevation. (Atlanta) It seems every description in the manual is an exaggeration to get us to buy them. Run time, power output and maintenance intervals are all garbage.
NodeMCU ESP8266 Wi-Fi SoC
NodeMCU Status: Our air conditioner is limping with a oil logged evaporator until we replace the unit on 13 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.
Feelings: As Christians we are compelled to look after the Widows and the poor. Just how we do that in this climate when there is so much energy fighting the democracy I don’t know.
Tomorrow: Tuesday
Retirement: Need to build a budget, are spending is too close to our income. Back to shopping for groceries in person, 800/Month is TOO much on a retired budget.
Project Engineering:
Purchases: Looked for plastic lawn chairs, insanely expensive $250 and up!
Repairs: Ran generators #2 and #3, generator #3 sounds like the gas tank is hitting the inverter board capacitor. (It falls because the weight of the gas tank is on the lid)
Religion: We were called to read Luke and comment on the author.
Family News: Mom’s in the hospital.
Arts:
- Health: 220Lbs, too heavy.
- Swollen feet have collapsed, no more potato chips!
Travel: Florida travel looks within reach.
Taxes: 2K tax bill that needs to be paid by Dec.
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