Rave On!
20 February 2011 | Falmouth
skip rain arriving, downpours expected
Well here ends a successful week. Yesterday Nichola and I went for a walk across a little bit of the South west coast path, on a glorious day. So glorious an ice cream didn't seem out of place, and after all that strenuous exercise several pints of local Skinners brew were consumed in the Chain Locker on the way home. It was a great day and good to take a break away from the winter job list.
So how is the list, well the battery box is complete and the safety fuses all installed and working. Really pleased with this outcome as it will help us monitor our power usage and help us live the green lifestyle we aspire to.
On power consumption our increased insulation on the freezer is working however now that we've spotted and solved the refrigerant gas leak, trying to get the compressor to work correctly is proving more difficult.
We 'think' currently we've either got too much gas in the system or some air. Presently the expansion valve is icing up at around 10deg f so that the box heats up to about 35 deg f before cooling down again for the cycle to repeat. We've been letting a little gas out each time and have got this cycle down to 7 deg f with another attempt today, we'll see how low it goes.
The photo is of my lovely wife looking like she is attending an early 1990's rave but is actually stripping and sanding the bottom half of our new hatch. A plan is sloooowly coming together about how to install it.
Nichola has also been busy soldering a protection circuit into our LED lights (eight of them) to cut out RF noise given by the bulbs and also to protect the expensive bulbs from power spike damage (such as when starting up the diesel engine.)
I've managed to complete all the woodwork for the galley which now has to be stained and varnished and another part painted. Next week's job I think, as well as a few other indoor things. (as always ;-) )
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