I knew as soon as I looked at my Bluetti App. Twice the power usauge as normal. That could only mean one thing. Snow.<\/p>\n
I went outside to see how it was. An inch of snow had fallen on the back deck. It was coming down lightly. I decided to run the gen just incase later wasn’t an option.<\/p>\n
After feeding and petting the cats. The litter boxes need doing. That would mean going out in the snow. No problem.<\/p>\n
Whether or not my back could hold up was a different problem. Coffee was poured, breakfast and vitamins soon. I think I would continue inside cleanup, as much as I could do.<\/p>\n
The boys room needed doing, my office, the kitchen, the battery room. A cat snuck in there and destroyed it. Shelve knocked over new package of toilet paper sghredded books knocked over. It looked like a grenade went off in a walmart.<\/p>\n
That was to be the location for the diesel heater. I had less than 10 days to get it installed and the chimney fixed. I didn’t have faith I would meet any of those deadlines.<\/p>\n
If I just accomplish one thing at a time I am satisfied with that. Today was the office. <\/p>\n
After breakfast. Oat bran flackes with banana and zero sugar oat milk. <\/p>\n
I strained my arm patting myself on the back for running the gen. I didn’t know how the ice melter worked on the Starlink dish. The only thing I knew was that it was a heating element.<\/p>\n
What I have learned today is that it stays on during snow. It uses a lot of power. With the router and dish about 100 watts per hour. Right now the solar panels are barely may 16 watts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I knew as soon as I looked at my Bluetti App. Twice the power usauge as normal. That could only mean one thing. Snow. I went outside to see how it was. An inch of snow had fallen on the back deck. It was coming down lightly. I decided to run the gen just incase… <\/p>\n