Good morning!!!!

[ronjhall]

Ron, are those lanterns rechargeable? The Walmart description gives little information that I see?

I found these on Amazon. Same one? No clue.

Vont 2 Pack LED Camping Lantern, Super Bright Portable Lanterns, Must Have During Hurricanes, Emergencies, Storms, Outages, Original Patented Collapsible Camping Lights/Lamp (Includes Batteries) Robot Check

Not rechargeable. I use rechargeable batteries in the 2 I have. A charge last about 6 hours. Maybe more.

 

[Thomas]

31F light snow falling mid 30"s for high.

In the woods before daylight still looking for moose and her calf,fisher cat decided to check me out but no closer than 15 yards.
Plans for today...Town for critter food,putter,return to bog later this afternoon.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[LouNY]

made an appt for rv to get oil changed at 2300 miles, at local european car place. They didn't mind doing it outside if need be. No one has a door it will fit under.
This is just the break in oil, which they say of course doesn't need to be done until 10k miles, but I'm old school and I want all the metal out of there. MB only allows one specific version of Mobil 1, I think 11 or 12 quarts. Plus a cartridge filter which always gets me slimed, glad he is doing it. It's really not hard to do, rv sits up enough you can get in there.

Drew,
I guessing that it's the Mobile 1 ESP quite likely in 5W-30,
it was a bit difficult to find for a while that was the same oil that RAM spec'ed
for the 3.0L eco-diesel for a couple of years,
they then dropped that in favor of Shell Rotella T6 in 5w-40.

 

[jbrumberg]

The temperature was stuck on a drizzly rain showery 34ｺF all night; 35ｺF presently with similar conditions; and I anticipate this weather to continue with little change this PM with little change in the temperature. A good day to get my hairs cut while Wifey does the grocery shopping. We do not 菟lay well together grocery shopping.

套 Fortunately, that major ice storm didn't actually happen! ? Roy. The hype for conditions around here was short lived.

RNG & David- Thanks for sharing your multiple source power systems integration projects.

Eric- Good luck with the manufacture and installation of your tank cover.

Billy- Good luck starting your wood splitter.

Drew- Good luck with your eating across the USA logistical planning. When Wifey and I ate our way across Canada and during our eating our way down the USA coast trips we did it on the fly with the help of the locals input and internet searches. Thank you for the book reference.

Thomas- Good luck find Mama Moose and calf.

I hope that everyone has a decent day.

My + thoughts and prayers.

 

[PJSprog]

32°F and light fog this morning, going up to 60° today.

Got a whole lot of nothing done last night. I got home from work late, ate a small dinner, and The Wife suggested we sit down and finally watch the movie John Wick 3. I've been looking forward to this, as I thoroughly enjoyed the first two. This one ... I was a bit disappointed. They dragged out the fight scenes entirely too long, then left it hanging at the end, an obvious setup for installment #4 I guess.

That's a good-looking instrument, RNG. I hope they find it a new home. I am amused at the notion that it was just fine right where it sits for the last 30 years, but suddenly it's a safety hazard. Having worked in the pipe organ industry, I am fairly certain that there is more to this story that is not being publicly discussed.

New system is looking good so far, David.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Low of 40 last night and light rain overnight....rain, glorious rain! Forecast has off and on showers today, possibly changing to snow overnight tonight. North of here up high in the mountains could get up to 2 ft of snow.

This weather is a welcome relief, giving me a break from helping with the son's project.... It's been kicking my butt. I can't let him know that or else it will get dragged on for months.

Today will involve doing a bunch of errands that have been put off for the last week.

Having internet problems again....or so I thought... It's really my IPad. It's a 2nd gen mini, hasn't been supported with any OS updates for about 2 years. It doesn't like to interact with most of the servers or programs anymore. Very frustrating to say the least. I'll type something, the lag takes 3-4-5 seconds to "catch up", then will cause a "reload" of the site. Then I have to "refresh", "restore" what I have been typing, only to find half of it gone!

Being it has taken me over 20 minutes just to get this posted, I'm cutting it short.... I know what I want for Christmas for sure! (Maybe an early present)......

Everyone have a great "hump day"! Prayers sent for all as usual.

 

[hawkeye08]

30F this morning, heavy frost on grass.. Grand daughter is usually up by 6am, she slept in this morning until 7:30. She is recovering from the cold/congestion/double ear infection and needed the extra sleep.. I hear her singing in the other room, happy as can be. Nana takes her to school bus stop around 8:30 so she doesn't have as much time as she usually does, but is getting ready happy. I'm enjoying being Papa.

Stay safe, prayers for those in need.

 

[daugen]

Hawkeye, have fun with your granddaughter.
Lou, you are exactly right, Mobil 1 ESP
Ted, enjoy the rain, must be nice change
Jay, that's the book.

 

[sodamo]

70°f and 1.4 inches rain, a wet night.

Honda 7000 running like a champ. It will make my coffee this morning. Then back out to the tractorshed. I’ll get some clean up and reorganize a bit before the crew arrives.

Very pleased how well put together these units are. Choosing the factory prewired was a good decision.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[toppop52]

Doctors appointment this afternoon, yearly exam. Not my favorite but had to be done. I might not have time to do much today depending on how long that takes.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

70°f and 1.4 inches rain, a wet night.

Honda 7000 running like a champ. It will make my coffee this morning. Then back out to the tractorshed. I’ll get some clean up and reorganize a bit before the crew arrives.

Very pleased how well put together these units are. Choosing the factory prewired was a good decision.

Glad to hear the positive report, David. This new company is also specifying Radians, and I've been very happy with the Honda 6500is generator as well. Thanks for blazing the trail!:laughing:

 

[sodamo]

40 going to 54.

Sodamo, sounds like BEF is ready for a trip to the Big Island to make an electrical diagram for you.

Don, Meyer lemon, yum...so many cedars.

Pulled 170 times and the log splitter wouldn't start...I must be getting old...seems like last year or the year before I pulled 220 or more to get it started, and this year I just ran out of gas (my own, not the splitter). I'll get back to it as soon as I get back from an appointment. Plus it seems to start in warmer air better.

And he would be very welcome

 

[sodamo]

Good morning! A warm 63˚F heading to 75˚F, cloudy, SE wind, 10% chance of rain. Rain expected tomorrow, so a good morning to fuel up the tractor and move some gravel.
Rick, only age will soften those chickens - a few hundred years.
David are those lead acid batteries? How long would they last in a golf cart?

Nope, lithium.
Would be an interesting application. 3.8 kw each, but I don’t know what a GC requires.

 

[sodamo]

David that is a impressive off-grid system! Makes our 4kW grid tied affair seem puny. Good job . Frank

Thanks, Frank

 

[sodamo]

Glad to hear the positive report, David. This new company is also specifying Radians, and I've been very happy with the Honda 6500is generator as well. Thanks for blazing the trail!:laughing:

We all hope YOUR trail will NOT be blazing.

The Radians have been around a few years now, kinks worked out according to my installer. They would be a good fit for your hybrid system.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Sounds like a challenge some existing Wiring Diagrams - OutBack Power Inc

Yes, in parallel. each CC has own battery connection via breaker, pV connection via breaker and GFCI breaker. CCc are common tied to shunt. Radians also share a shunt.

The diesel generator will connect to the ACIn of the two black units behind the pole on right. They are FX3048T inverter/chargers. I will operate in Charger mode only. The FXs will get their POS 48vdc from the combiner box below via 2 breakers. Their NEG connection will be via shunt on the 8048. Control will be via the Mate3s to their left, which will set the parameters for the FX to trigger a 12 vdc relay via its AUX connection.

The Radian generator will feed to one of the meters then to Radian ACin. It will be controlled by own Mate3s, not shown, in same manner but to own relay.

Distribution panel gets 240vac feed from Radians AC Out. Not clear on this yet as a bit different from my old system as to breakers and bypass.

Well, the original system was permitted.

It’s hard to follow which breakers are included in radians, etc or if you have to add external ones. Like for the shunts, etc.

On one of the radian dawgs in the link you provided, looks like the input and output of FM80 uses breakers in the radian.

Post some pics before you put covers back on.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Speaking of blazing, this story came out yesterday, with photos showing even more heavily damaged power tower rings and hanger hooks than the photos I showed previously here. One ring is worn through entirely, and another hook is just barely intact. Hard to imagine how this could have been missed in even the most cursory inspection, unless it wasn't inspected at all. And inspected it should have been, as the towers this happened on are over a hundred years old!

In other Camp Fire news, one Paradise man is now claiming he lost a giant 500 pound emerald worth $280 million in the fire. It will be interesting indeed to see how far that claim gets, as the same couple registered other claims multiple times.

 

[sodamo]

It’s hard to follow which breakers are included in radians, etc or if you have to add external ones. Like for the shunts, etc.

On one of the radian dawgs in the link you provided, looks like the input and output of FM80 uses breakers in the radian.

Post some pics before you put covers back on.

I believe the FM80 breakers are in the Load center. That is part of today, adding the 2nd CC and appropriate breakers to the 4048 system.

System will only use 3 shunts.
A - all the Radian inverters
B - all the FM80 CC
C - my FX external chargers.

I’ll get an as is pic after coffee, then update after all together.

 

[sodamo]

Load centers
Notice breakers in lower left for FM80 CCs

4048


8048

 

[buckeyefarmer]

This is classed as 'repairs' to the original system and no permit needed?

He’s just swapping out inverters.