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I've only gone out riding 3 times. It's been to cold. Finally getting some warm weather today. And off I go.

I'm just glad I made it out alive. This was actually a good day.

Betcha TR had to save up for a box of ammo to lock & load in the "terminator" in order to combat another fictitious spy drone. Maybe one of those unsafe rusty vehicles broke down up at preacher of preparedness Bible camp & the cleansing light of day got too hot 🔥. Recall TR's life long avoidance of physical labor, calluses on those dainty hands & propensity to overheat easily from the mildest exertion. Imagine Bible camp had a fainting couch in the shade just for him.

I think his fence blew over and un-alived him.

I found what I need on Amazon. Very nice setup I have got going now. Will upload a follow up vidja.

I had to take him to work. He had separation anxiety. Did that for a whole year then adopted Shakira and he was fine to leave at home with her companionship.

@@timcat1004 Agree a companion canine is essential.

@@quietkate I'm down to one dog now. The best part is I'm retired and we spend a lot of time together. Took her for a car ride today. That cheers both of us up.

My condolences.

Use your heart. If you wait to long you will feel guilt. If you do it too soon you will feel guilt. Look into it's eye's and ask. Your pet will tell you when it's time. Your pet will tell you when it's time. It's one of the hardest things and the most selfless things you can do. God Speed brother.

I'm fine. What do you want?

It's been four days. I've gone through multiple stages of emotion. Yesterday was the anger stage. I took a long bike ride and I'm sore today. I pumped most of my anger into the pedals. Today I started cleaning up the house. Wrangler was an indoor pisser. He had three favourite spots. Years ago I moved furniture and a camera tripod in front of those spots to deter from pizzing there. I removed those barricades today. Another one was the chicken wire around the bottom of my back deck. He was pooping under there where I had a hard time getting to it. Over the years I just kind of got used to it and how he held me hostage in my home. As much as I miss him I'm actually feeling some relief. I do believe he was sent to me as a challenge from above. Spell Dog backwards with a Capital G. I'd do it again and I might just do that. I loved that Dog.

I measured and thought about it. It's pretty close to being divided into thirds. The rack is also adjustable. In the winter time the panels will be closer to vertical. Heavy snow will slide off just like it did last winter.

2S2P 100 volts.

@@timcat1004 what were you seeing with two of them in series vs. two in series and parallel? I'm asking because I have the Renogy 550w bifacial -- LOVE THEM! But have 4 of them ... 2 for each DP i have and maybe I should reconsider and just put all four of them in 2s2p configuration like you have. What kind of wattage are you seeing with them? Have you seen it max out at 1600w?

@@tlteal It maxes out at 1,350watts in partial cloud and full Sun. Turns on earlier and shuts down later (15.9 amps) at 10 C. I expect the wattage to hit a little higher in the winter when the voltage climbs. You are saying you have two DP's and two arrays. Leave it like that. If you make the four panels into one array you can only charge one DP at a time.

@@timcat1004 yes I have 3 arrays. Each array is for each DP and the other array is for my 48v battery.

@@timcat1004 get yourself a Bluetti Pv Step down module, it works for ecoflow. It will step down the voltage under 150 so you can put a bunch of panels in series

I will be hacking the fans if the noise gets to me.

@@timcat1004 you should get a delta pro ultra, I sleep next to mine :-)

The old ones are in the garage. I'm thinking of buying a garden shed. Put the old panels on there and connect them to a resistive heater in the garage. I will make up my mind after a couple more double cheeseburgers.

The built in charge controller won't let it get over 15.9 amps. That is why over-panelling on the Delta Pro is easy.

@@timcat1004 But you can't go over 150v, right? Those panels are 46.68 V VOC x 4 = 186.72 which is over voltage, and I heard that the Delta Pro would not charge at all? I'm trying to figure out for myself, as I just bought two Delta Pros and two extra batteries. Thanks

Actually, the website that I went to said 46.68 V, but yours is even higher at 49.65 and that is 198.6

@@jglayden Dude...they are 2 in series and those 2 are in parallel for a total voltage of 100 VDC. You need to relax man.

@@timcat1004 okay, yeah just trying to decide how to do it. Thanks and great video!

That's more than what we consume per person here. We are three adults in this house. In the spring summer and fall we use on average 10 kWh a day. In the winter that jumps to >20 kWh a day. Most of that is directly off of the grid tied solar though. Around 2.8 MWh per year.

@@timcat1004 I average about half that. 1.4 - 1.5 MWh

@@sarkybugger5009 The minus 40 C here does have an effect...

@@timcat1004 It's not that often we see minus anything. It's the damp that chills you to the bone. I have Scandinavian friends who all say it feels colder here than at home. Also, I have gas fired central heating, not electric, thank fuck.

The sound of money

I always go one size bigger than code.

@@timcat1004 Show off.

@@yooper4life628 I bet Troy did the hiltler rant when he saw this video.

@@timcat1004 Or any of your videos.

Not at all. It will get shade all summer while in cooling mode and some Sun while in heating mode. It was planned that way.

I got it from Facebook Market place. From Red Deer Alberta. He's got four more systems with panels. Want his info?

@@timcat1004 That would be great or a link to the FB market place ad.

Really hard to tell witch one it was though. The factory ones have three legs plus a common. None read as shorted. But two read a plus bias from the tab too all three legs and one reads a short to the tab from the center pin. So did two blow and short or did the one open. Replacing them all fixed the issue. I was impressed at how many watts I pulled in after replacing and temp wiring it all back up. Having 4 tabs means the cells themselves are three strings in series. By the time you chissel out the silicone and isolate the cells witch are diodes too, you are f'ckd. So I just changed em all with the old fashioned round diodes. This is the first time I had one blow out of the 41 panels I own. I bought a 30 pack...so there is that. And they were cheap from Amazon.

@@timcat1004 I had a _full bridge rectifier_ blow in my meat mincer, and the difference in price between buying 1 or buying 10 was pennies. I bought 10, and still have 9...

No sir.

It's a shear pin incase the bearing fails.

@@timcat1004 you would need to look at that particular bolt that was installed during manufacturing. If it’s a Grade 2 steel then it will shear, if it’s a Grade 4 or 5 then the Auger shear bolt is the only shear protection from having the gear box melt. In my unit it is a bolt, but many are different of course.

My guess is that 20-25% is lost just having the inverter on. I'm okay with that.

My ladders are all fiber glass. No point in smelting them.

It is what it is.

What is the typical temps there? Normally we have double minus digits here. I'm pretty sure we broke a record today. There isn't even any frost in the ground. You saw that video I uploaded on the 15th called baby steps? We were 68C warmer than two weeks ago.

@@timcat1004 January average high 7, Low 1. Average high in July is 19C. Lucky guess, but I've been to Scotland quite a few times, and it's never what I would class as hot. (30+) Edit: Those temps are for Inverness, the northernmost large town. (It's not very large.) My Nan used to have friends in Strathpeffer, not far from there, and we visited a couple of times when I was a kid. Her friend married a German POW. Lovely scenery in the highlands.