Cool, warm, hot, what does it matter? Well, I can plan for the heat and do stuff in the morning or evening… and I can chart the passage of time. We are definitely cooling overall, but still getting warm in the afternoon. It was in the 90sF yesterday, and still 80F at 8pm.<\/p>\n
I got some stuff done. The drywall mud was still wet in spots, so no more work on that but I painted a media storage tower to be used as a lego kit display. I couldn’t take the fake woodgrain so after a second coat, now it’s ready for use. I also sorted some cordsets and other bits for the generator connection project. For some reason, all the commercial cords have a 4 prong twistloc with a tit that points in, while my generators have a tit that points out. I do think I have all the parts now to do the connection, just waiting for a little bit cooler day.<\/p>\n
Oh, I did find my spare propane bottles. I filled three the other day, and I thought I should have more around, since W couldn’t find spares at the BOL. I figured the three were from the BOL, but didn’t see more here. WEEELLLL, they were in the driveway, in a corner, behind some stuff. Three more full bottles. I’m guessing that there are plenty of bottles still at the BOL, they’ll just be in the heaters, so three will go back to the BOL along with 20 or 25 gallons of gasoline on the next trip.<\/p>\n
Finally got a chance to pull the fake logs out of the fireplace and see what I need to do to put in a quick connect for a MrHeater. I was thinking about a valve so the fake logs would be usable, but I found a big vertical crack in the firebox. Until that gets fixed, no fire in the box. I’ll just disconnect the logs and attach the quick connect if needed. Of course, I have the hose here, but left the quick connects at the BOL. The actual heater is at my secondary location, but I’ll bring it here and put it in the attic soon. Then I’ll put it all together in one place so we can connect it if we have another cold snap that takes out the power too.<\/p>\n
Today I’ve got to do a service call at my client’s house. I’m guessing we’ve got another bad hdmi port on the Denon AVR. He says there hasn’t been any bad weather, so it’s probably not a surge, but we’ve already lost one port on that receiver. I think it’s time to start looking for a replacement for the Denon receivers. They’re too dang fragile anymore, and not cheap. Failing that, I might stick a cheap piece of gear between the endpoint and the Denon, like an audio extractor or a 2:1 splitter and hope it eats the surge. The system is pretty solid at this point, only having issues after bad electrical weather, at least typically. <\/p>\n
Then I’ll work on the list some more. Unfortunately, my voice was a bit husky last night and my throat glands are a little swollen and sore. D1 may have infected us all… If that’s the case, I’m not getting much done in the next week. <\/p>\n
Stack while you can, you never know what’s coming next.<\/p>\n
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Cool, warm, hot, what does it matter? Well, I can plan for the heat and do stuff in the morning or evening… and I can chart the passage of time. We are definitely cooling overall, but still getting warm in the afternoon. It was in the 90sF yesterday, and still 80F at 8pm.<\/p>\n
I got some stuff done. The drywall mud was still wet in spots, so no more work on that but I painted a media storage tower to be used as a lego kit display.<\/p>\n