Hot hot hot. Humid. So humid.
Saturday was both kinds of miserable, hot and humid. So of course I had outdoor work to do. I picked up the pecans in the back yard- all waste from the squirrels eating them before they’re ready. And the dog bombs. Then cut the grass. With breaks, that took a couple of hours.
I hung a new solar motion light on the back of the garage. LED and lithium batteries are huge improvements over the one it replaces. The old one will get a new battery and be redeployed somewhere else, even though it’s lead acid an incandescent light bulbs. This will be the second battery replacement.
I also made ready a new motion LED light to replace my current incandescent floods in the back yard. They’re about to fail, and I don’t see the benefit of putting two new incan lamps in them. I did have to cut out the motion sensor, as I just want these lights to be switched. Since I got them super cheap at auction, there’s just a bit more work to do. It’s a simple matter of clipping 2 wires, and it’s done now. Unless they aren’t bright enough, or cause flickering in the cams, or noise in the RF band, I’ll put them up soon. Maybe today. I’ll save the incans for a bit until I’m sure I like them. They’ll be a bit cheaper to run at 40 watts total, instead of 200w, which was down from the 600w the fixtures came with.
Speaking of auctions, I won a couple of big batteries for my solar system last night. They are 12v 65AH SLA batteries and I got 2. They are supposed to be new, sitting on the shelf. Before fees I paid $40 each. They should be a good match for my big inverter, and will motivate me to get some panels up, and a charge controller for them. I missed a bunch more because I was eating dinner and not watching the bids. (4, NIB, at 12v and 55AH went for $35 each. I was crying when I realized I didn’t get to raise my bids.)
I also got some really heavy wire that should be good for battery connections, and some other industrial stuff like a lifetime supply of wire wheels for the benchtop grinder. I clean up a lot of rust, so I use up a lot of wheels. I should be good for a long time now.
Today I’m hoping to get a few more things knocked out around the house and garage. I’m sure it will be hot, so I’ll need breaks indoors to cool off.
The insurgents in Portland, Chicago, Atlanta, and elsewhere aren’t cooling off, in fact the conflicts are heating up with some people starting to push back. CWII could be about to go hot. What do you think the elections will look like if there is martial law in a dozen cities?
Keep stacking. Keep training. Keep your head on a swivel.
nick