Sunday, April 29, 2012

bad to my batteries

Been putting off cleaning up my batteries since next on the list is moving them and the panels to a new spot by the SW container.  As usual, the positive sides build up the corrosion over time and I decided I'd better do a pre scrub just to keep things running smoothly till their next home and brand new connections.  Cleaned and soaked all the positive ends with baking soda and water (works like a charm)then sanded them back to bare copper.  Bolted it all back down with a healthy portion of dielectric grease at each connection.

Lopped off another squash today - just shy of a full pound.  452g = .996489lb  This one I am going to coat with wax and drive it 1,000 miles so it will taste like what's in the grocery store...

Used my two cutouts from the containers for a heavy duty coop roof and additional shade on the pen.  81,97,59,0,B .99
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13 comments:

  1. D. B. Day IVApril 29, 2012 at 10:08 PM

    Any thought on rattler protection for the chicken coop?

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  2. D. B. Day IVApril 29, 2012 at 10:15 PM

    Are you planning on preserving your soon to be abundant yields?

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  3. MontelloOffGridApril 29, 2012 at 11:29 PM

    that's a fine looking coop!

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  4. jmickApril 30, 2012 at 12:35 AM

    Some folks say that rattlers won’t eat eggs. But roadrunners WILL eat rattlers, and since roadrunners are birds they must lay eggs. Seems like you need a roadrunner coop. of course catching them for frying might be a trick. (smiles)

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  5. HerbApril 30, 2012 at 9:23 AM

    If you put some grease (or Vaseline) on all the exposed metal parts of the battery it won't corrode.

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  6. AnonymousApril 30, 2012 at 10:58 AM

    Better make sure things can't dig under the chicken pen, too.

    http://www.offgridintexas.com/allenergies/blog/2012/04/the-great-chicken-massacre.html

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  7. D. B. Day IVApril 30, 2012 at 1:17 PM

    New technology to create drinking water from air with turbine. Appears to use wind as substitute for electricity in Pepino in order to harvest water and not temp change!

    http://edition.cnn.com/2012/04/29/world/eole-water-turbine/index.html?hpt=hp_c2

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  8. nate.mckenzie.aoucApril 30, 2012 at 2:05 PM

    Gonna put a head high fence over the top of this? Looks great 2 me!

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  9. nate.mckenzie.aoucApril 30, 2012 at 2:08 PM

    What are the dimensions of your chicken pen?

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  10. Allen HareApril 30, 2012 at 6:51 PM

    Useful, but non-glamorous work there on the batteries. Glad you got that done. It's pretty important.

    That's quite a squash. Did you have it for dinner?

    Nice recycle use of the container cut-outs. The coop is evolving well.

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  11. DarinApril 30, 2012 at 7:30 PM

    Question about the batteries... wouldn't it be better to have several inches of gap between each battery so they can better dissipate heat while charging or discharging?

    Darin

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  12. PhilipApril 30, 2012 at 7:52 PM

    KY works great on those battery terminals as well (jk)

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  13. Jim RMay 13, 2012 at 8:28 PM

    Suggestion:
    Nickel
    Iron
    KOH
    water and electrodes ...

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