Author: Daniel

Yesterday, the replacement battery modules arrived by freight, in excellent shape and right on time, if by “on time” we mean “they sat for more than a week in the warehouse but once they got moving, they got here promptly, considering they’re heavy freight”. This time I remembered to use my hoist to get them … Continue reading Power Center Woes

It seems my replacement batteries are finally on the move from California. Today’s tracking report has them at a depot in Albuquerque. I do hope they don’t take a wrong turn from there. You know, I’ve known about the city of ABQ for many years but never really stopped to think about how to spell … Continue reading Albuqerque?

I did do some math and concluded that it was probably okay to use the “wrong” units but really, there was no pressing need to do so and I’d rather have the right ones. Without too much fuss I did get through to the battery manufacturer and they agreed that I had received the wrong … Continue reading Battery Safe Than Sorry

My mission for this next phase was to get the power system fully commissioned. This included buying another 3 of those battery modules (for a total of four; approximately one day’s worth of household electrical operations can be stored per each), wiring it all up, setting all the settings on all the equipment, and generally … Continue reading What’s 20 Amps Between Friends?

…which is not quite as good as hot and cold running water, but it’s a start! Strangely, before I can install the tub, I need to get the power system mostly online. Why? Because I need to test the water lines that run behind the tub before installing the tub. The electric is for the … Continue reading Cold and Cold Standing Water

As construction season winds down, I’m trying to reach completion on some of the multitudinous simultaneous subprojects in the HomeBox. Chief among these goals is I want to finish all the utilities in the T.H.R.O.N.E. Room, ideally to the point of being able to actually install that big, beautiful bathtub that I’ve actually had floating … Continue reading Pedestal, Photons, Electrons: T.H.R.O.N.E. Room Progress

This was a light work weekend, as such things go, but especially during this C19 madness, I make it a point to listen to my body and mind and when they say “dude, just chill”, I oblige. These days, I find I definitely need more relaxation time than I used to. There’s a lot to … Continue reading Painting and Pondering Plumbing and Propane

About a decade ago, I bought a sign-making kit which quietly sat on the shelf til very recently. At the time, I had thought I would make some cute signs for sale or as gifts, things like “GRANDMOTHER’S HOUSE” (to be placed by a river or woods…) or “MORDOR – NO PEDESTRIANS” (one does not … Continue reading Lights, Bathtub, Action!

First, a quick follow-up on the floor project. After all the planing, sanding, sweeping, vacuuming, and washing… I finally applied the flooring finish. I must say, it came out splendidly! Here’s a view into the doorway, while the finish was still curing (hence the slight blotchiness). When the finish is done doing what it’s doing … Continue reading Floor & Far Flung Forest

With all this sequential sibilance you start to seriously suspect a story in parseltongue, but that is not the case today 🙂 I did in fact see a cute little snek in the workshop yesterday, though. A garden variety garter snake, I believe, going about its ssserpentine businesss under a shelving unit. I thought I … Continue reading Storage Stairs, Sketches, Smoothing & Sneezing