Good Morning!!!! 69F @ 7:15AM. Plenty of sunshine. High near 95F. Winds SSW at 10 to 15 mph.
More broken record weather, but it's actually been nice, with a good breeze and low humidity. Supposed to be HOT for the weekend, though.
Hopefully things turn around soon, Paul. There's lots of pent up demand out there, but it's gonna take a while for the pause to work its way through the system.
Nice big doe, Ron. She got any fawns?
As if you don't already have enough to do, Mike. Glad nobody was hurt, and there wasn't more damage than there was.
Sounds like a happy windfall on the Speedaire, Kyle. Baldor makes the best motors you can buy, and as long as the unloader is working on the compressor, it sounds like you're good to go. Could be any number of things on the old motor, from something as simple as a broken wire or a piece of mud stuck where it shouldn't be, to a bad start capacitor, maybe a bad over temperature switch or ???. Is there a sticker on the motor showing a schematic? Or can you get one from the Grainger site? Then start checking, carefully, with a VOM and see where that leads you. Gonna be a hard pill to swallow at work to purchase a new compressor when work is slow. At least they can depreciate it on their taxes.
I think I could use something of a vacation from new challenges, at least for a while.
I learned late Tuesday night that PG&E had rejected the connection request because the description on the building inspection card didn't mention anything about there being a storage battery in the solar power system. Had to call the county and get them to modify the inspection card and then resubmit it. PG&E should have also gotten a copy of the Generator Plan, which contains a detailed description of the whole system, including data sheets on each component including the battery. But like the contractor always sez: Give 'em what they want because it's easier than arguing with 'em.
Picture of a rusty, draggin' butt, hot, dirty, old man. At times the dust was so thick, it was sliding down the insides of the safety glasses like snow in a blizzard, and the N95 mask I was wearing was totally trashed. The tank still looks rusty, both of us do, but it's just dust laying on an otherwise solid surface. The wire brush went through in a couple places where the side and bottom of the tank meet, but I think some fiberglass resin and mat will be an OK fix, once the rust is converted. The stuff to do that should be here tomorrow. Still have the underside of the lid to clean up, but I've gotta flip it over first. It's on a pallet, and I think that'll make it easier to get it parked on a pair of saw horses so I don't have to work stooped over.
But that's a job for tomorrow. Gonna take a little break today, get the instruments put together and into the van, and see if the repair made any difference on the way into town for groceries.
Hang in there, gang, Friday's comin'!
