the weekend’s doings - only got rained out for part of saturday so we ended up having a mostly productive weekend

urethaned the trough - two coats over two days. no pix. looks the same. just darker

the solar distribution panel is mostly done (story still to come). and we already buried the new feed wire from the barn to the sub panel.

so i started cleaning up the wiring at the sub panel that’s behind the filter at the pond - 40 feet from the barn. in a week or so, i’ll rewire the panel with heavier busses and circuit breakers for each pump. then we can connect the new feed wire and see if we’ve cut the voltage drop.

six months ago our waterfall pump died. couldnt figure out why. ended up having to replace the wire from the subpanel to the waterfall. but i didnt bury it as this was the ‘old’ style probably too thin wire.

yesterday i found the break in the original wire. now there are two feeds to the falls. this might come in handy. instead of running a new beefy wire we can use both of the old feeds, one for pos, one for neg, and double the gauge. a quick test will tell.

recently found out about Chip Drop. today we’re getting our first delivery

“ChipDrop finds local tree companies working in your area and notifies them that you would like some wood chips or logs (or both). The next time their truck is full they can pull up your information through our service and deliver the wood chips straight to your driveway, even if you’re at work”

what a great idea. they dont have to pay to dump the stuff and we get free stuff. win /win.