Status: Sheltering in place, we have plenty of food and supplies. We’ve installed a new Air Conditioner and there is a terrible amount of work to be accomplished. The highest priority is insulate the ducts against moisture and clean up the living room.
“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-defense-of-white-people
- 07:00 Coffee and getting organized.
- 08:00 Walk around the block.
- 09:00 Put a fan on the thermostat, it’s not tracking the temp.
- 10:00 Morning worship meeting.
- 11:00 Nap
- 13:00 Vacuum da floors.
- 14:00 Blogging and lunch.
- 15:00 Documenting the thermostat
- 16:00 Dinner
- 18:00 Watching Trouble with the curve
- 20:00 Going to bed early.
Trane XL1050 Thermostat: We purchased a new air conditioner several days ago and it came with this “Smart” thermostat. The short version of these paragraphs is that the XL1050 is a very poor thermostat. (Which is its primary purpose by the way.) There is NO excuse for the temperature on the display to be six degrees off!
I spent days trying to figure out why the temperature on the thermostat always reads setpoint and it’s obviously WRONG.
The thermostat draws so much power that Trane had to program in a “Correction Factor” to compensate for the increased temperature of the thermostat. The problem with that method (Versus a tiny cooling fan) is that air movement severely affects the “Apparent” temperature that is being used to control the air conditioner. In my case I have a small home where the return is within 6 feet of thermostat and ceiling fans are often used. I ended up putting a small fan under the thermostat to pull the heat from the unit.
The thermostat is now much more responsive and predictable. The only trouble with this solution is the thermostat only has 5 degrees of correction and I needed six. I had to lower my setpoints one degree to account for not being able to enter a large enough correction factor.
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: Sunday
Retirement: We’ve spent 10K on an air conditioner, need to make that up.
Project Engineering:
Purchases: Conservation mode, we’re more than 3 paychecks in the hole.
Repairs:
Religion: We were called to read Luke and comment on the author.
Family News: Mom’s in the hospital again.
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:
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