Inverting......

 5:58 pm - Friday - September 16th - Likely, CA - 73° F, 19% humidity, wind - CALM.....partly cloudy today with a forecast high of 76° (come and gone).  On this day in  2014 TLE and I walked from our site at Cape Blanco to the mouth of the Sixes River......↴

On the first of four days off work we began our day with a 2 mile round trip walk out to Jess Valley Road and back.....

I can't believe I was wearing a vest, watch cap, and gloves for our morning walk.....it really feels like Fall has arrived!

....we broke the 34 minute mark for the first time, averaging about 3.6 mph.

As you will recall, about 10 days ago I attempted to install a 3,000 watt Renogy inverter to replace the old Heart Interface 2,000 watt inverter, but there was a short inside the unit, so I returned it, and once I received my refund, ordered a replacement, but this time I ordered their 2,000 watt Pure Sine Wave version.  Why?  Well, we had a 2,000 watt inverter before, and we're not planning on running the A/C, or electric heaters off of it so 2,000 watts is really enough.  The real reason, however, was the 2,000 watt version was a tad smaller than the 3,000 watt version, and really fits the space much better.  

It took me about 3 hours from beginning to end to properly install it. I first cut a couple of pieces of 1 x 3 wood to bolt to the floor, painted them black, and then mounted the inverter upon them to make sure there is air circulation beneath the inverter.....

.....the 2,000 watt unit was about 1" narrower, so it was easier to attach the positive, and negative cables from the batteries, and easier to install the cord on the 120 VAC side......

.....I used to leave the old Heart Interface inverter on all the time as I had to go outside to turn it on, and off, but the Renogy unit has a wired remote control, which I ran inside the coach, and installed it near my computer station.....

.....I finished the installation around 1 pm, and that was it for me for the day.  Time for some lunch, and a nap.

For the first time in a while we sat outside in the early evening listening to music, and enjoying the cool early evening air.  We were actually chased inside around 7:30 pm when it got a little too chilly for us....that is a nice change, right?

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