Progress

I now have a bird feeder. They are fun to watch(the birds, not the feeder). I have mostly chick-a-dees and blue jays. I can see it is going to cost me a fair bit to feed them this winter as they go through about a bag a week! Oh well.
The backup generator is now up and running. It has been a tough week getting it going. After the propane was connected and the power lines run, we fired it up. It worked beautifully for 1/2 hour, then it died. After I found a service tech for Briggs and Stratton engines they came out and removed the engine. The next day it was back and running. It was a pinched wire that failed. Then, because the weather has been so cloudy lately, the generator was running every 2 hours for 15 minutes. It was driving me crazy. After a few phone calls I adjusted the setting and it now runs less frequently. The depth of knowledge in this field seems to be a little weak at times so it is a big investment in your own time to figure things out. I am getting close.



I built a room to house my solar components, namely the batteries since the temperature outside has been dropping. Batteries at 0 degress have 1/2 the capacity at room temperature so I need to keep them warm.


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They should be alot happier now.

I received my new appliances this week. With being off-grid I had to switch my stove and dryer from electric to gas (propane). The other appliances need to be energy star rated to save on power. Now I need to get a gas guy to run the propane lines. I am looking forward to having a stove most of all as it getting too cold to cook on the barbeque all the time.

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This weekend I started putting the clear coat over the inside of the logs. Two more coats to go. Tracy, Tim and Brian came down to lend a hand. Thanks!

It will look great when done. I need to get it done soon to reduce the amount of checking in the

logs as they dry out. The humidity in the house has dropped from 85% to 60% once I started heating the house.

Tim and I put drywall on the ceiling in the bathroom today. I am getting ready to install the bathtub.

I bought a nice tall soaker tub for those days when to just need to relax.

My cultured stone is supposed to arrive this week for behind the wood stove. I am anxious to get the wood stove in so I can save on propane, and I just love a wood fire.