Off The Grid

It's been just just over a year and Bessie still fits in the back of the car.

If it's cold outside, bring them inside. lol.

You can download "ZIM" files that are compressed copies of various wikipedia sub sites. https://download.kiwix.org/zim/ . Download and install the kiwik app and point it to where you've stored the ZIM files.

Download wikipedia to your PC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv654yJVpQg

https://youtu.be/GqOqbNFWbxQ?si=yj3YnNnz5GS7Zmed

I cant say tgat i like tiltable ground mounted panels, but i might have to make an exception here

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Fun stuff... Chinese hydraulic parts seem to come with BSP (British Standard Pipe) straight threads. They seal with an oring. Yesterday I was trying to get my grapple's cylinder to fit my hoses because the shipping company broke one of the 90degree adapters. So what I found was BSP 1/4" is what was on the cylinder despite the OD of the thread being 0.52inches. I thought this was odd. So the more I checked in to it, the more convoluted it gets. It seems BSP is a pseudo metric fitting. Sure, you can get a BPS 1/4" but its actually the same as DIN8 (8mm thread). The thread diameter is 0.518" or 13.157mm . So the thread diameter is not a round number in english nor SI units. But the thread pitch is spec'ed in threads per inch. So they've managed to create a standard that doesn't clearly fit in either system. gaaaaaahhhhhhhh.... So because my local hydraulic shop didn't have an adapter to go from BSP 1/4 to DIN like my hose, we had to cut the end off and install a JIC 4 (American Joint Industry Council). At least the JIC connectors are clearly stamped JIC4.

In a recent video. I watched I saw a DIN rail transfer switch. Also turns up when you search for "changeover switch". Never knew these existed. For those of us in North America, if you get a 4 pole switch, you can switch leg 1, leg2, ground bond the neutral or not and have one pole left over to indicate to your inverter that you are on utility grid or generator. https://a.co/d/0iIT9VEb

Well just lost a goat. One of the tiny ones that is forever getting head caught in the fence decided to take a swim in the water trough.