According to yesterday’s weather forecast the high temperatures will be with us for the rest of the week. It’s so hot the birds have stopped singing. Actually some are falling out of the trees. We’ve left some water out for them. Meanwhile I need to check the water level in the pool as it is rapidly going down. Hot water is running out of the garden taps.
Last night we went to bed leaving the air conditioner running. I felt slightly guilty (for a very brief period) as some suburbs have experienced power failures. I eased my conscious by reminding myself our solar array sends more power to the network than we take.
Today’s small maintenance task is to replace the European plug on Jan’s new slicer which arrived from Germany yesterday. She has had her old plastic slicer for many years and I think I’ve sharpened it’s blade on the oil stone several times. However the plastic body had started to distort with age and use. Actually it’s well used as Jan bakes all our bread before slicing it with the machine.
I suggested she replacement be made of metal and she couldn’t find one in Australia. Hence the overseas purchase.
Off with the old and on with the new!
Every three hours I’ve been dashing out to the workshop in the heat to continue my project of reconditioning the lithium 18650 battery cells salvaged from the e-scooter battery. A new cell has a rated capacity of 2400mah. The capacity of these cells is between 1950 – 2350mah. I’m considering using some of the cells to make a couple of additional batteries for my DeWalt power tools.
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