rzbill
Well Known Member
I'm startin' to get the shakes because I have not been in the shop significantly in a month. Lots of work travel that ended last week. That was OK because I had enough vacation to have a big "session" over the holidays and I had finally figured out a couple of panel wiring thingys that had me stuck.
WELL....... There was this snow storm in the southeast y'see.
It's been 3 days without power for me in western NC. I'm getting better at managing the house with a small generator (that I had to rebuild on Day 2 to get it to start up in the first place). Today I added telecomunications to the loading (heat and freezers were first). Can't run the well pump cause its 220V. but I have 300 gallons of fresh water available and plenty of camping gear that is well practiced from scouting and flyins and other. We would be a lot more comfortable if I could get my main source of heat to work (propane water boiler) but for some reason it gives the error code for bad AC frequency. I put a scope on the generator and adjusted the generator speed to give exactly 60hz but no luck with the boiler. Gas fireplace is doing the duty, barely. Power company is predicting 2 more days.
Anyway, even with this AND not working on the RV, I AM A HAPPY GUY BECAUSE IT"S DECEMBER 21st and SUMMER IS FINALLY ON THE WAY!!
I LOVE THE WINTER SOLSTICE. I hate winter and I break out a drink on this day because the northern hemisphere has made the turn! YEE HAA!
Hand me that scotch....
WELL....... There was this snow storm in the southeast y'see.
It's been 3 days without power for me in western NC. I'm getting better at managing the house with a small generator (that I had to rebuild on Day 2 to get it to start up in the first place). Today I added telecomunications to the loading (heat and freezers were first). Can't run the well pump cause its 220V. but I have 300 gallons of fresh water available and plenty of camping gear that is well practiced from scouting and flyins and other. We would be a lot more comfortable if I could get my main source of heat to work (propane water boiler) but for some reason it gives the error code for bad AC frequency. I put a scope on the generator and adjusted the generator speed to give exactly 60hz but no luck with the boiler. Gas fireplace is doing the duty, barely. Power company is predicting 2 more days.
Anyway, even with this AND not working on the RV, I AM A HAPPY GUY BECAUSE IT"S DECEMBER 21st and SUMMER IS FINALLY ON THE WAY!!
I LOVE THE WINTER SOLSTICE. I hate winter and I break out a drink on this day because the northern hemisphere has made the turn! YEE HAA!
Hand me that scotch....
