#garfield Logs

May 05 2018

01:16 AM rue_mohr: 00100101010100010100110....
01:19 AM rue_mohr: I dont know what bit to start
01:19 AM zhanx1: Hi
01:19 AM rue_mohr: lowhihihilowhilowhilowlowlowhi
01:19 AM zhanx1: 75.2 mph winds was the record today
01:19 AM rue_mohr: ok, what... where are you at?
01:19 AM katsmeow: it's sudo random ?
01:19 AM rue_mohr: it might be
01:19 AM rue_mohr: it could be a subconcious compressed message
01:19 AM zhanx1: My greenhouse is gone
01:19 AM rue_mohr: :/
01:19 AM zhanx1: No sudo is root command
01:19 AM rue_mohr: wait, it was pretty solid wan't it?
01:19 AM katsmeow: for which definitions of "gone" ?
01:20 AM katsmeow: and uphill too
01:20 AM zhanx: It was a localize storm ish
01:21 AM rue_mohr: zhanx, so, have an idea for a half-underground greenhouse?
01:21 AM zhanx: Yep
01:21 AM zhanx: And as new car maybe
01:21 AM rue_mohr: :S
01:21 AM zhanx: A
01:21 AM rue_mohr: did a greenhouse drive thru your car?
01:21 AM katsmeow: i think some company or otehr makes garage doors that fit outside greenouses to put various protections into place
01:22 AM zhanx: Well it hit it that's for sure
01:22 AM rue_mohr: your it jobs are gonna go balaistic
01:22 AM * katsmeow recommends screw-in soil anchors
01:22 AM zhanx: The wood frame on was top of it and yep
01:23 AM zhanx: Kat winds that high. Maybe
01:23 AM * rue_mohr tries to boot his brain again
01:23 AM katsmeow: got a 75mph cat 1 hurricane here 2x
01:23 AM rue_mohr: 0000011111111000001111110000000
01:23 AM zhanx: K
01:24 AM zhanx: Running my cell off double a
01:24 AM katsmeow: that's dedication
01:24 AM rue_mohr: the network is up tho, thats good
01:24 AM zhanx: Least Canada has power. I am on Rogers
01:25 AM rue_mohr: providers here insist on overhead cables
01:25 AM rue_mohr: so windstorms are service outages
01:25 AM rue_mohr: do you have the kid peddling a generator?
01:25 AM zhanx: Nope
01:25 AM rue_mohr: steppers are good for low rpm power
01:25 AM zhanx: My battery backups are about done
01:26 AM rue_mohr: k, hopefully hear back from ya soon
01:26 AM rue_mohr: 'power to ya'
01:26 AM zhanx: I planned for 8 hours of backup
01:26 AM rue_mohr: mAY THE 4TH BE WITH YOU
01:26 AM zhanx: Lol
01:26 AM zhanx: If needed I can hook the exploded to house
01:26 AM rue_mohr: I have a spare bedroom
01:26 AM zhanx: The tank is full
01:27 AM katsmeow: 250 LP tank hooked to genny for heat and power, for the win!
01:27 AM rue_mohr: (parity error)
01:27 AM katsmeow: but no, i don;t
01:29 AM zhanx1: Sadly my fish tank backup failed and I was gone
01:30 AM rue_mohr: ? your fish died?
01:30 AM zhanx1: Yeo
01:30 AM katsmeow: tank drained?
01:30 AM zhanx1: Yep
01:30 AM rue_mohr: mine can go a long time with no bubbler
01:30 AM katsmeow: that was damned fast
01:30 AM zhanx1: Large fish
01:30 AM rue_mohr: oh yea, they need water
01:30 AM rue_mohr: damn
01:31 AM zhanx1: The sump failed
01:31 AM zhanx1: 4 years I had that tank and fish
01:31 AM rue_mohr: :S sounds like there is a gioing to be a lot to put back togethor :(
01:32 AM rue_mohr: the fish weren't recoverable?
01:32 AM rue_mohr: the pleco I had would panic when taken out of the water, but when out was kinda ok with it
01:33 AM rue_mohr: ... is the house in one peice?
01:33 AM zhanx1: My pleco is still alive
01:33 AM zhanx1: Porch roof
01:33 AM zhanx1: No
01:33 AM rue_mohr: 8-|
01:33 AM zhanx1: 2 broken windows
01:34 AM rue_mohr: ok, still upright tho...
01:34 AM rue_mohr: can you find water for the pleco to hang out in?
01:34 AM zhanx1: Far as I can tell
01:35 AM rue_mohr: I presume the wind is back to 'normal' levels?
01:35 AM katsmeow: lucky no fallen tree damage too
01:35 AM zhanx1: Yeo. I got the oxygen I use for my brewing on .5 psi in a 3 gl
01:35 AM zhanx1: Gallon jug
01:35 AM zhanx1: Now it is . Kat have to wait till Tomorrow for that
01:36 AM rue_mohr: will insurance cover much?
01:36 AM rue_mohr: so, with global warming, this will happen there next year, ideas?
01:36 AM zhanx1: I know the Apple tree is done and broke 2 windows that is all
01:37 AM zhanx1: This happens once every 20 years here
01:37 AM rue_mohr: more often now I think you will find
01:37 AM zhanx1: Can't call it that till it happened more often out of the cycle
01:37 AM katsmeow: yeas, let us kow in two cycles, zhanx,,, 40 yrs from now
01:38 AM zhanx1: Lol Will we be here ?
01:39 AM zhanx1: Well maybe rue
01:39 AM katsmeow: may be less chatty, or slower
01:39 AM katsmeow: rue will be ok, as a robot
01:39 AM rue_mohr: the moderate peace and quiet of floating aimlessly in space
01:39 AM katsmeow: dodging meteror traveling at near-light speeds
01:39 AM zhanx1: 300,000 ish without power
01:40 AM rue_mohr: good time to take up utility job
01:40 AM zhanx1: I got 5 hours still on the lights according to the meter
01:41 AM zhanx1: Wife loves the fact I got a solar panel and 4 batteries as back up
01:41 AM rue_mohr: good thing the cells are ok
01:41 AM katsmeow: for sure now
01:42 AM katsmeow: good dtime to discuss addingmore panels
01:42 AM zhanx1: Good thing I forgot to test the system this year
01:43 AM zhanx1: Kat i want double the system I got now
01:43 AM zhanx1: Mainly the solar panel
01:43 AM * katsmeow nods
01:44 AM zhanx1: After the power is back on I will have to hook the tender backup
01:44 AM katsmeow: what kinda batteries?
01:44 AM zhanx1: Car batteries
01:44 AM zhanx1: Used
01:44 AM zhanx1: Aka lead acid
01:44 AM rue_mohr: just watch the leakage current
01:44 AM katsmeow: yipes, get better batteries
01:45 AM zhanx1: They were free
01:45 AM zhanx1: Also need to change the leds
01:46 AM rue_mohr: if the self-discharge rates are not getting unreasaonable, no reason to not make a large bank
01:46 AM katsmeow: ymmv, but i find lead acids charge 0 to 70% pretty fast at high current, but take a day to charge 70% - 100% and takes little current
01:46 AM katsmeow: but it's thet 70% - 100% you need
01:46 AM rue_mohr: that said, the two gel 75Ah batteries that run my room-ups keep the computer going for over 12 hours
01:46 AM zhanx1: I got a nice truxkle
01:46 AM zhanx1: Trickle charger
01:47 AM zhanx1: Large fingers small phone
01:47 AM rue_mohr: yea, your doin good
01:47 AM katsmeow: i beenusing oneof those chinese 12v 30 amp bricks (led transformers) adjusted to 13.6v to charge
01:48 AM katsmeow: marine battery
01:48 AM katsmeow: got the same battery in the car, actually
01:49 AM zhanx1: Nice
01:49 AM zhanx1: Rue either way this test of my system is a fail
01:50 AM zhanx1: If it was cold out it would be done
01:50 AM zhanx1: Heck I need to see if I even have a solar panel left
01:51 AM katsmeow: point: you need to have 100 fully charged computer UPS to sell by sunup
01:52 AM zhanx1: I also need to wire some cellphone chargers
01:53 AM zhanx1: And crap
01:53 AM katsmeow: even a heft marine batery and a lil 100w invertor, to power a laptop and a cfl, and recharge cell phones, keep a wifi router on
01:54 AM zhanx1: You realize my entire garden was in the greenhouse
01:54 AM katsmeow: no i did not
01:54 AM rue_mohr: I thought you had a lot already planted!?
01:55 AM zhanx1: Crapola. I planted 25% ish
01:55 AM zhanx1: Potatoes, garlic onion
01:55 AM rue_mohr: hmm
01:56 AM zhanx1: Stuff like that. Rest was still in the greenhouse till next week
01:56 AM rue_mohr: damn what else did you have in there?
01:56 AM zhanx1: Lettuce Peppers cabbage egg plant watermelon
01:57 AM zhanx1: Flowers for the bees
01:57 AM zhanx1: I had 100 pots of flowers
01:58 AM zhanx1: Oh crap. My lemon trees
01:58 AM katsmeow: :-(
01:59 AM zhanx1: A greenhouse was a bad idea
02:00 AM katsmeow: well, lackofprotection was a bad idea
02:00 AM rue_mohr: not if its a 1/20yr storm
02:00 AM rue_mohr: if it was a 1/2year storm, yea
02:02 AM * katsmeow needs to goto bed, gnites
02:02 AM rue_mohr: zhanx1, if I send your parts now, they might make it there by the time you can start thinking about using them
02:03 AM rue_mohr: send ya a wind up li-ion charger too?
02:03 AM rue_mohr: actaully, if you can find one of those steppers, jab a crank on it and rectify -> regulate the output
02:03 AM zhanx: And bacj
02:04 AM rue_mohr: actaully, if you can find one of those steppers, jab a crank on it and rectify -> regulate the output
02:04 AM rue_mohr: 5V charger
02:04 AM zhanx: Last I saw 1/2 year storm
02:04 AM rue_mohr: then youonly missed
02:04 AM rue_mohr: zhanx1, if I send your parts now, they might make it there by the time you can start thinking about using them
02:05 AM zhanx: Rue tread mil
02:05 AM zhanx: Well bike really
02:05 AM rue_mohr: I was thinking horse, which might have a few other advantages, but not in a 130km/hr storm
02:06 AM zhanx: Is that the conversion rate for it?
02:06 AM rue_mohr: conversion rate?
02:07 AM rue_mohr: srry, I'm having context fails
02:07 AM zhanx: From mph to km
02:07 AM rue_mohr: yea
02:07 AM rue_mohr: 80km/hr is freaky out here
02:07 AM zhanx: Sounds worse in metric
02:07 AM rue_mohr: 80 is 'trees are definitly comming down'
02:07 AM rue_mohr: 60 is the start of probability
02:08 AM zhanx: They did here for sure
02:08 AM zhanx: Mostly pines
02:08 AM rue_mohr: you gonna go out buy gas tommorow? oh I guess they ahve no power to sell it to anyone, how ironic
02:09 AM rue_mohr: do you have a genny?
02:10 AM rue_mohr: regulating a nuclear power network must be a sh** job when you drop 300,000 loads
02:10 AM zhanx: I live remote I have fuel
02:10 AM zhanx: I rotate it also
02:10 AM zhanx: I have 500 lbs of propane
02:10 AM zhanx: 290 gallons of of gas
02:11 AM rue_mohr: k
02:11 AM rue_mohr: keep an eye on it!
02:11 AM zhanx: No genny but my exploded is parked next to the house
02:11 AM rue_mohr: explorer
02:11 AM rue_mohr: PTO generator?
02:11 AM zhanx: It's got a exploded
02:12 AM zhanx: It has a few extras in it but not a pto
02:12 AM rue_mohr: cant imagine a 16kw head is much load for a car engine
02:12 AM zhanx: 5000w ac/dc supply that makes it scream
02:13 AM rue_mohr: ah
02:13 AM zhanx: The alt hates it
02:13 AM zhanx: But i burnt out the clutch on it so.....
02:13 AM rue_mohr: zippo:/tmp/selection# ohm -v 14 -p 5000
02:13 AM rue_mohr: Wattage is: 5000.000000
02:13 AM rue_mohr: Current is: 357.142853
02:13 AM rue_mohr: Voltage is: 14.000000
02:13 AM rue_mohr: Resistance is : 0.039200
02:15 AM rue_mohr: \\robot squints at person trying to take away solar cell, ' that my FOOD your trying to make off with...' \
02:17 AM rue_mohr: I have vaccation comming up, I need to work out self support
02:19 AM zhanx2: And back
02:19 AM rue_mohr: oh I got a glimse of being a machine
02:19 AM rue_mohr: zhanx2, nothing important lost
02:20 AM rue_mohr: I'm going idle