Hot hot hot.\u00a0 Humid.\u00a0 So humid.<\/p>\n
Saturday was both kinds of miserable, hot and humid.\u00a0 So of course I had outdoor work to do.\u00a0 I picked up the pecans in the back yard- all waste from the squirrels eating them before they’re ready.\u00a0 And the dog bombs.\u00a0 Then cut the grass.\u00a0\u00a0 With breaks, that took a couple of hours.<\/p>\n
I hung a new solar motion light on the back of the garage.\u00a0 LED and lithium batteries are huge improvements over the one it replaces.\u00a0 The old one will get a new battery and be redeployed somewhere else, even though it’s lead acid an incandescent light bulbs.\u00a0 This will be the second battery replacement.<\/p>\n
I also made ready a new motion LED light to replace my current incandescent floods in the back yard.\u00a0 They’re about to fail, and I don’t see the benefit of putting two new incan lamps in them.\u00a0 I did have to cut out the motion sensor, as I just want these lights to be switched.\u00a0 Since I got them super cheap at auction, there’s just a bit more work to do.\u00a0 It’s a simple matter of clipping 2 wires, and it’s done now.\u00a0\u00a0 Unless they aren’t bright enough, or cause flickering in the cams, or noise in the RF band, I’ll put them up soon.\u00a0 Maybe today.\u00a0 I’ll save the incans for a bit until I’m sure I like them.\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n
Speaking of auctions, I won a couple of big batteries for my solar system last night.\u00a0 They are 12v 65AH SLA batteries and I got 2.\u00a0 They are supposed to be new, sitting on the shelf.\u00a0 Before fees I paid $40 each.\u00a0 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.\u00a0\u00a0 I missed a bunch more because I was eating dinner and not watching the bids.\u00a0 (4, NIB, at 12v and 55AH went for $35 each.\u00a0 I was crying when I realized I didn’t get to raise my bids.)<\/p>\n
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.\u00a0\u00a0 I clean up a lot of rust, so I use up a lot of wheels.\u00a0 I should be good for a long time now.<\/p>\n
Today I’m hoping to get a few more things knocked out around the house and garage.\u00a0 I’m sure it will be hot, so I’ll need breaks indoors to cool off.<\/p>\n
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.\u00a0 CWII could be about to go hot.\u00a0 What do you think the elections will look like if there is martial law in a dozen cities?<\/p>\n
Keep stacking.\u00a0 Keep training.\u00a0 Keep your head on a swivel.<\/p>\n
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Hot hot hot.\u00a0 Humid.\u00a0 So humid.<\/p>\n
Saturday was both kinds of miserable, hot and humid.\u00a0 So of course I had outdoor work to do.\u00a0 I picked up the pecans in the back yard- all waste from the squirrels eating them before they’re ready.\u00a0 And the dog bombs.\u00a0 Then cut the grass.\u00a0\u00a0 With breaks, that took a couple of hours.<\/p>\n
I hung a new solar motion light on the back of the garage.\u00a0<\/p>\n