Just before he left Wednesday morning, I asked Andy what he was going to do. He wasn’t sure but listed some possibilities, so I said whatever he chose just take a couple of pictures for a blog post. When he came back that afternoon he handed me the camera with a big grin, “As orders, I took some pictures. You don’t have to use them in a post, but you do have to look at them all…. and say, ‘Yay, Andy!’ ”
Sure no problem.
It took him more than an extra hour to get up there because he had to clear some trees off the road:
Tree 1
Tree 2 Before
Tree 2 After
Tree 3 Before
Tree 3 After
Tree 4 Before
Tree 4 After
When he got up there he compared the outside and inside temperatures — 40.3° outside, 74.7° inside). The solar heating panels are doing a great job.
He had lunch, then checked the rat zapper in the truck,
and did some maintenance on the electric power saw he had used on clearing the trees. He cleaned it off, recharged the battery, and gave it some oil.
Then he replaced the water he had used in the storage batteries
and used the hydrometer to check the state of the charge of the batteries.
When all that was done he worked on the calculations for the electronics to automatically control the temperature of the batteries. (He’s keeping the battery performance constant as the temperature of the battery house changes with the seasons.)
All in all a busy and well-documented day. Yay, Andy! Thank you!
November 6, 2015
Yay Andy indeed.
Yep. 🙂
i think he’s just amazing.
how in the world did i miss this post!
tell andy that someone on the prairie thinks he’s just amazing. 🙂 xo
Amazing, and danged cute too! 🙂
Thank Andy for letting us look in on his day. Are you going to have any trees left, with so many falling? Our community is sadly missing another 4,600 acres of trees after October’s wildfires, but at least it was less than 2011’s 34,000 acre-wildfires. Thinking of the families who were burned out helps keep the “juggling” aspect of your next post in perspective for me. I may be juggling more than I want, but I have a warm house, clothing to wear, and food to eat, which are all tough for some members of our community now.
We had one living tree left on our 80 acres after the 2011 Las Conchas fire. It burned 61,00 acres in a little over a day, over 150,000 acres in all, so all of the trees that are falling died four years ago. Fires are devastating.
oh wow! Such a happy day —for the right person. (I know you’re smiling, Andrew.)
Not my cup of tea either. I’m happy to be a cheerleader. 🙂
Yay Andy!
Although I wish he would have taken a photo in the middle of all those photos of something that would be a puzzle for you, a mystery, ya know what I mean?
Just a random photo where you would think, WTH is THAT?
LOL!
but, good job Andy!
The hydrometer would have been a mystery if he hadn’t explained it. I’m easily confused. 🙂
I guess his hourly rate is that he gets to keep the “firewood” 🙂 nice day Andy…
He doesn’t keep the wood unless it’s close to the house — finding dead wood is no problem up there. 🙂 And the reason for the solar heating panels on the roof is so he doesn’t have to use much firewood. His back is grateful.