Off-grid post, 4-13-22

When I left off last, only one panel had been tested. They're both working properly. Also, there is a deficiency in the stand that needed correction. Maybe that has been addressed, but I didn't seek an opinion. Come to think of it, I didn't the first time either. Not that I mind, don't you know.

The thing is, I wanted the stand to serve as a shade as well. The advice I am getting suggested leaning it at an angle. This doesn't work for me, so perhaps at the risk of being too stubborn, I'm going to stick with that part of the plan.

My solution is the simplest and easiest to implement. That too could be a fault. We'll have to see on that one.

As for the test, it seemed to bring forth some issues that I am going to have to address. There is always a way that I could be screwing up. If there isn't a way, I think I would invent one.

The issue is what happens with all that power if it isn't being used? The juice has to go somewhere. One thing that I'm a bit worried about is if that juice is being converted to heat somewhere. That wouldn't be good.

There's going to be 300 watts going into that battery. That could generate enough heat to cause a problem. There is a potential solution, which is an option that I haven't considered until just now. That is, attach a load directly to the controller. That controller has that as an optional connection. When there's more juice than the battery can handle, the juice has to go somewhere. Therefore, the extra juice just runs something. Meanwhile, it can charge the battery. The extra juice can run the inverter. Ha! Let's see how that one goes.

There's more to this project that I had bargained for. Seems like I've been wrestling with it for a while now. Eventually, I will get this done and begin to enjoy the benefits of it.

Off-grid post, 4-11-22

 

Busy day today. The 10 gauge wires came in, and I hooked them up promptly to the outside 12 volt RV battery. It seemed to go much better than before. In fact, I charged up the 24 volt battery using it, and as I type, the 24 volt battery is running the swamper. It is a warm day, and I needed to cool down. Checking the humidity shows that it is too high, meaning that I need to get some fresher, drier air into here, but that is for another time.

I have an excuse to run the a/c. I feel that I've earned it.

While I was doing all this, the solar panels arrived. Promptly, I opened that box, and began to test them out. By the way, my solar stand for holding these panels is said to be flawed in its design. So my design has to be modified. I wanted to lie them flat, but I am told that the weight cannot support it properly. Maybe it was the wood, or maybe it was the concept of lying them down. I need to get that clarified. If I were to change the wood to something more sturdy, maybe the concept could still be made to work.

Only one panel got tested. The sun was too much for me to test the other. I called it a day.

The test went well. Sometimes these things don't work, which makes a test necessary. It seems that something else didn't work with one of my orders. I thought I ordered a 15 foot extension line, but I got one for only 5 feet. Don't know if this was my fault or theirs. Later on that one.

All in all, I'm satisfied with things. Things didn't go 100% according to plan, what ever does? It's shaping up slowly. Glad I decided to "small-ball" this one. Going big too soon would have been a mistake.

The Charismatic Voice

She is a professional. I noted a few songs that she analyzed, but that is as far as it went. Finally, I wanted to know more about her. Here we are.

Unfortunately, the left is more into this kind of thing than the so-called conservatives. I note that a leftie is advertising on YouTube on her channel, and I realize that once again, we are being aced out.

Though what this girl says is true, it is also true that the left is abusing the living crap out of the situation in the country. What I'm getting at is that this skill she is trying to impart can be used for good AND evil. The left is well-practiced at their art. We, those on the conservative side, need to wise the hell up.

But too many don't recognize the significance of what she is saying here. As a consequence, we could all suffer for it.

Feds lose Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping case

The idea was to defeat Trump, so it doesn't matter that they lost they got what they wanted

It was a political prosecution. It took place during a campaign season, and it was designed to harm the candidacy of President Trump. Why is it that so many people don't seem to get this?

The same is true with everything that these people do. It always has a political angle.

There needs to be some accountability for things like this. Otherwise, they'll keep doing it because it works.

Off-grid post, 4-9-22

 

There are a lot of orders that are coming in for this latest step in the solar panel project. While I am waiting on those, the part that holds it up to the sun has got to be built. So that is what I am doing now.

Evidently, the carpentry skills still have a lot to be desired. I think I know what it takes to get a structure to stand up in the wind around here. Let us hope so, anyway. The structure in place has stood up for several years. There have been cases when I built something that did not hold up for long.

Part of that is that I go pretty cheap. Only what gets me by. To do this in a better way would take more materials, more machinery, and so forth. All of that costs money. Another reason is that I am not that careful. It usually looks like a "Mr. Haney" job ( Green Acres character on sixties sitcom).

At least I am not selling my services to anybody. I don't think they'd be happy. Somebody might not be happy, anyway. Number One would say that it looks "low rent". Okay. I can accept that. I'm not building it to sell it. Everything he makes is made for profit. Not me.

One of these days, he may tell me to take it down because it is so ugly. So far he has put up with it. He is very patient in that way. lol.

One thing that would not be good is if this thing fell down in the wind. So I need to get at least that much right.

I'm hoping to get this much done before the panels arrive. But if not, it is no big deal. It was a long time before I got this one up. Two more is going to give three times the number of watt hours per day potential. Plenty enough to run my swamper. There may be enough to try cooking with my egg cooker. It only takes 300 watts to operate. Given my way, I might be able to cook a lot of things with this little gizmo.

I really do "small-ball" everything. It is like the 1979-80 Houston Astros Baseball team. They won with "small ball". That team probably holds the record for the fewest home runs for a team in Major League history. Small ball is okay, you can win with that. I hope to. I like winning. I hate losing. It may seem otherwise, but I don't like to lose.

Coca cola bread

 Very interesting.

But it defeats the purpose. Isn't the idea to make your own stuff? Why use coca cola?

Too much sugar, too.

Don Surber: Buying Twitter would end its censorship

Don Surber: Buying Twitter would end its censorship: The buzz this morning is about Elon Musk buying 9.2% of Twitter, about a $2.89 billion investment.

   

Update:

Sorry about the sloppy appearance. I took it down briefly to clean it up a bit.

As for the Musk acquisition, Dan Bongino discussed it on his show yesterday. He

seems to think that it will make a big difference. Also, he feels that this

could be the bottoming out of all this swampiness that we've witnessed in the past several years. We'll see.

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comment:

What's the diff between Bezos buying WaPo and this? But Musk is only buy 9.2%. If he

went all out and bought a controlling stake, he could do whatever he wanted with them. ( or at least in theory)