Today the mercury has exceeded 40C. When we woke at 6:30 Jan immediately closed all the window covers and turned on two air conditioners . The house is cool, but it’s a scorcher outside.
I checked the output from the solar array on the roof. We are producing more solar than we consume.
Dark green is solar production and light green consumption
I made a couple of brief trips outside to work on projects. Every day I managed to calculate the capacity of one cell from the salvaged e-scooter battery. Using the battery conditioner I fully charge the cell. Then it’s fully discharged to calculate its capacity. I write this on the cell before fully charging it again. The process is repeated with a new cell every day.
Waiting for processing
Processed
A new 18650 lithium cell should have a capacity of 2400mA. Thus far mine range between 2247 and 1067mA.
Earlier this year my brother gave us a sucker from his passionfruit vine. I built a trellis and planted the vine. It’s gone berserk and is producing fruit. Jan is so impressed she bought a second vine. A different variety. The free vine is supposed to produce a yellow fruit whilst her new vine is named Black Nugget. No prize for correctly guessing it’s colour. Of course that meant I needed to make a second trellis.
Black Nugget
Whilst buying the vine Jan decided to buy a Loquat tree. We decide the only suitable location was the front lawn. I didn’t want to damaged the buried water reticulation pipes and carefully examined the lawn before deciding on a suitable spot. Yes…my first spade blow cut a pipe!
The last outdoor project was to work on a camera mounting system for the bike.
After looking at the 360 video recordings from my Europe cycling holiday several things are apparent. I didn’t take enough footage. There are probably two reasons for this. First, I was too focussed on riding and physically seeing everything (ie; I forgot to record). Second, it was too much effort to stop and move the camera around on the bike along with turning it on and off. I need to learn how to secure the camera in multiple positions before my next cycling trip. Remote control of the camera would be a major advantage.
Another issue is the quality of the recordings. Whilst I managed to polish out the scratch on the camera lens this must have resulted in it being slightly distorted. At certain angles in bright sunlight there is a halo in the recorded image.
On a more positive note I’m slowly learning how to edit 360 video recordings.
We are three days from Christmas 2024. It will be another quiet day for us. I suggested to Jan we go for a drive and find a quiet shady spot where we can eat marmalade sandwiches for lunch.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you. Stay safe over the festive holiday season!
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