Good morning daily

[supersparky]

Good morning Dot. Good morning everyone else too.
We had a pretty amazing day, saw lots of interesting wildlife and some stunning scenery.
We are heading out to Montgomery Reef now. Should be there by brekky time. The weather has been beautiful.

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If you were a bit hot and sticky, just stand at the front. They'll drive the boat right under the water. Couldn't go swimming there. The big lizards might have a chomp.
Safe travels everybody.

[BernieQ2]

Morning sparrow farters
I finished the strapping on the sides of the shed...now just the roof.
But not today we are off to Maryborough to shop...that time of the month again
Pesky birds are still happily feeding the young
Did everyone see how many words are in Terry's new phone...wow...I thought he had Cuppa's for a minute
Jump in Dave
Good to se you on the forum Bob.
Keep safe everyone.
Bernie.

[Peter and Sandra]

Deborah it's interesting that your LG battery was installed UNDER the house as when our Tesla Powerwall was installed it had to be outside the house and if mounted against any surface that surface had to be of metal or other fireproof material and there had to be a sunstantial clear area around it.
Until I read the rules regarding house battery installations I was going to ask them about installing it under the house.

[T1 Terry]

Did he see the shed?


Engine is out. Definitely something wrong. In neutral, turning the output shaft there is a scraping sound in the same spot on each revolution.
I feel better now.

Yes, I gave him a guided tour, showed him the remains of each chemistry cell and how to tell the difference between a cell that has exploded and a cell that has had the casing burnt off against a cell that has suffered a short circuit but not exploded (the 55Ah LTO cylindrical cells I'd build into a battery pack for the silver Prius) the cells from the battery tools that had the battery cases burnt away and how they were constructed with cells in parallel then the groups in series.
He looked over the remains of the building and unofficially agrees with the demolition bloke as to how it happened ..... just another reason why I am in no rush to start another business ....

T1 Terry

[T1 Terry]

Terry, thank you for that valuable information.

Our solar system has a lithium battery under the house. It is made by LG who are doing a lot of recalls at the moment...due to fires. Luckily ours is not part of that recall, but we are having a software update done on it as an extra safety precaution by LG. With your information, when we finally return home, I think it might be overkill, but a good precaution to have a bucket of sand near the battery. It wont hurt to be prepared, so thanks for making me think about the precautions.

Glad it was helpful for you and hopefully others, I hope it's surrounded with fire proof material if it's under the house .....

T1 Terry

[dream4red]

Terry, now I wish I was home to start on a plan to protect the house. The battery is built onto a brick wall in our basement with the timber floors about 8 feet above it. As soon as I get the guys from the company who are doing the software upgrades, I will have a million questions. They are a different company to the original installers, so will probably have no reason to tell me rubbish. I think that I may have trusted the original company way too much.
The original company have been doing solar for about twenty years and are highly respected in this area. I wonder if he is just getting lazy.

[BernieQ2]

Good morning.
Not much to report...just shopping
May get back to shed building today...once I see what's happening with the bird's.
I have a beer brew to put in the keg...plus I will put two more down.
The house's in your new village look ok Bob.
We have camped at the free camp at Theodore Deb...but not at the show grounds.
Was a few years back and the free camp was full of southerners.
Keep safe out there everyone.
Bernie.

[bob r]

Morning all
Bernie the houses here have a bit more room around them and more room inside ( ours is three bedroom plus a study)
It's certainly different coming from 1.000 plus acres down to 5 1/2 acres then down to this.
Gee that looks like a fabulous trip your doing Dave.

Bob

[jon_d]

Morning all.

Covers off the box, still attached to the motor. The rear nut removed; always a problem and has to be split to break the O ring seal.
Some movement in all the gears, little rubbing on 3/4 and the 3/4 selector is a just under spec. More strip down today.

[supersparky]

Good morning everyone. Its another cracker of a day up here in the Kimberley. You're right Bob, it is a fabulous trip.
We've just got back from going through the horizontal waterfalls. Amazing boat ride.
Hope your dismantling is going OK Jon.
Safe travels everybody, get well all those on the sick list.