Wiring solutions.....

7:46 am - Sunday - January 5th - TWW - 28° F, humidity 43%, wind 6 mph out of the east by northeast......partly cloudy today with a forecast high of 53° F.  On this date in 2013 TLE and I were kayaking in our new Sea Eagle inflatable kayak at Cedar Key, FL......

The predicted high for Saturday was 52° F, and I believe it got there....barely.  Nevertheless, with mostly sunny skies it felt warmer than that most of the time, that is until the winds freshened. Then it got quite chilly.  While we awaited the arrival of Charles and Phyllis for an overnight stay I busied myself with completing the rewiring of the wind turbine.  There are three wires which come out of the base of the wind turbine motor, which connect to a single wire that runs down the inside of the pole to the controller where it connects to three heavier gauge wires.  Any power being generated enters the controller through these green wires, and then is sent via two (+ and -) 10 gauge wires to the batteries being charged.  The three green wires to which the single red wire connects are around 12-14 gauge, and trying to join them together using a traditional, heavy gauge yellow 12 volt connector/coupler is not possible, so I came up with another way to connect them, and I believe it turned out pretty well.....

.....about the time I finished connecting all three green wires to the red wire Charles and Phyllis arrived.  They came up this weekend mainly to deliver their new propane water heater (to be installed by Matt at a later date), and to get a load of water from the water station.  We tried to get water last week when they were here, but there had been a break in the water line, so there was no water to be had.  We called ahead this time to be sure everything was operational, and were assured that it was, so we headed over with the water trailer sometime between 12 and 1 pm.  It's only about 8 miles from TWW to the water station, so it doesn't take long to get there, and, fortunately, the water station was operational, however, the price for 1800 gallons has gone from $7.50 to around $15.....still incredibly inexpensive, but more evidence of the inflation which grips this nation.

By the time we returned with the 1800 gallons of water we loaded it was almost 2 pm.  I puttered around in the trailer for over an hour when I got a text from TLE that sinner was being served.  She had prepared spaghetti with toasted garlic bread, and a side salad.  While we ate we watched another couple episodes of 'Silent Witness on BritBox.  

We all sat there in the living room eating, drinking some vino, and watching 'Silent Witness' until around 5:30 pm, when we bid our adieus and headed back to the warm confines of our Newell Classic.  There was an NFL game that began around 6 pm pitting the Pittsburgh Steelers against the Cincinnati Bengals that ended up being an interesting game.  The Bengals held the lead for the entire game, but due to the inclement conditions (snow flurries, and freezing temps) they never got very far ahead. In the end the final score was 19-17 in favor of the Bengals.

As I sit here typing the final words to this day's missive I was able to watch as the 'EcoWorthy Dual Axis Solar Tracker' tilted to the rising sun around 8:35 am.  There are clouds on the horizon, otherwise I think it would have tilted around 8:15 am like it did the other day when there were ZERO clouds the entire day.  It got down to 27° F last night, and we will see a number of lows in that range, and lower over the next two weeks, but with our blanket, and mattress heaters we remain nice and cozy all night long, every night.  Even with the electric warmers running all night the Bluetti AC200MAX doesn't seem to get any lower than 72% overnight.  The same for our house batteries which are charged by the four rooftop solar panels.....this morning they were at 74%.  As long as both sets of batteries don't get lower than 70% we know we'll get them back to 100% the next day.....usually by 12 pm.  The sun is now streaming through the driver side salon windows....time to get dressed, and do some work!

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