Feast or Famine, The off grid solar dilemma.

[timselectric]

I'll take some of that rain, please. No tornadoes, hurricanes, hail, etc., but some rain would be nice. Been cloudy in the morning for 3 days here and partly in the afternoon. Staying between the knees but just barely. Wife says just buy more batteries but I'm holding out for the inverters at the same time. But I'll have to reconfigure the panels when I do and I'm not getting on that metal roof with 116F heat index. So maybe this fall. But I still need the rain now, please. ?

It's been a steady soaking rain. Just what we needed.
No winds and no storm front. I'm still doing fine. I'm not even running 60 of my panels right now. ?

 

[EastTexCowboy]

It's been a steady soaking rain. Just what we needed.
No winds and no storm front. I'm still doing fine. I'm not even running 60 of my panels right now. ?

Yeah, I've been watching the weather across there and it looked like y'all were north of the bad stuff but still getting weather. My daughter in north central Arkansas and they've gotten good rains while missing the worst of the storms. But it definitely looks like more coming for a few days. I just don't want another drought here like last year. I started feeding hay in July instead of November last year. It sucked.

 

[timselectric]

Yeah, I've been watching the weather across there and it looked like y'all were north of the bad stuff but still getting weather. My daughter in north central Arkansas and they've gotten good rains while missing the worst of the storms. But it definitely looks like more coming for a few days. I just don't want another drought here like last year. I started feeding hay in July instead of November last year. It sucked.

Hopefully you get some, soon.

 

[EastTexCowboy]

Hopefully you get some, soon.

Just ordered a chargeverter. Now I have to start my 10 steps count again. It has been zero days since I bought something for solar. You're not much better though so I'm taking solace in that ...

 

[Zwy]

It's been raining here for 3 days. And another week of rain is expected. Glad I added capacity recently.

Sent it this way. I'm pumping water from the well to water trees using excess PV. And the garden needs watering.

It's getting almost as dry and hot as Texas.

 

[EastTexCowboy]

Sent it this way. I'm pumping water from the well to water trees using excess PV. And the garden needs watering.

It's getting almost as dry and hot as Texas.

Yeah I saw where y'all are having drought up in the frozen north. Doesn't seem fair, drought and frozen north both. Hope we both get some rain.

 

[Daddy Tanuki]

Fairly decent feast day for solar production even though the Summer solstice does cut into my production due to the high sun leaving shade on some of the panels up til 1pm. It is a hit for about 2 weeks I estimate.

With the extra production I heated up some water in my HWT to do a load of dishes in the dishwasher. I being a single old guy rarely use the automatic dishwasher but now and than it is handy when I gather up enough to run a cycle so I do. Boy I am surprised how much that dishwasher pulls in power when it is actively washing (it varies from wash to rinse to refill) the thing was using over 980w! (for a long time) Couple that with the water pump needing to run, as the water tank pressure drops, and there can be some serious startup load if both hit together. My system handles it, probably helped by the max solar production at this time of day, but it is eye opening.

Never thought that a dishwasher was all that much of a power hog. And that is with the High temp wash cycle turned off and air drying. I imagine leaving those on would be really hard to cover. While true my dishwasher is 25 years old it can not be all that different with a more modern one I would think.

i have two dishwashers... one is 11 years old the other is 13 years old.. the 13 year old one is starting to present issues and is becoming unreliable...

 

[timselectric]

i have two dishwashers... one is 11 years old the other is 13 years old.. the 13 year old one is starting to present issues and is becoming unreliable...

You should have considered a replacement strategy.
About 10 years and 9 months ago.

 

[Daddy Tanuki]

jokes aside, here everybody hand washes their dishes and then air drys them on the rack and nobody gets ill from it. here only large facilities like hospitals or restaurants/hotels needing large automated systems. with the exceptions of the local military bases nobody uses dishwashers. (there are some folks so rich they use them, but it is rare.)

 

[Daddy Tanuki]

You should have considered a replacement strategy.
About 10 years and 9 months ago.

i told my wife it was better to sell them when they were newish but she would not let me.

 

[SilverbackMP]

jokes aside, here everybody hand washes their dishes and then air drys them on the rack and nobody gets ill from it. here only large facilities like hospitals or restaurants/hotels needing large automated systems. with the exceptions of the local military bases nobody uses dishwashers. (there are some folks so rich they use them, but it is rare.)

Same same in Korea. We never had one growing up in the Midwest either. There are a few times they come in handy but when I’ve lived in a place with one, I hardly ever used it.

My shop will be getting two big assed sinks though…a two bay restaurant one with overhead sprayer in the kitchen area and a large plastic one in the utility room (fairly close to the “automotive” bay for greasy hands). Plus one in the restroom.

 

[Daddy Tanuki]

Same same in Korea. We never had one growing up in the Midwest either. There are a few times they come in handy but when I’ve lived in a place with one, I hardly ever used it.

My shop will be getting two big assed sinks though…a two bay restaurant one with overhead sprayer in the kitchen area and a large plastic one in the utility room (fairly close to the “automotive” bay for greasy hands). Plus one in the restroom.

you said early something about a meat processing and canning. you do your own butchering?

 

[Quattrohead]

Wife says just buy more batteries but I'm holding out

God damn it fool did you not hear her, buy more batteries ???

 

[SilverbackMP]

you said early something about a meat processing and canning. you do your own butchering?

Used to do deer (grew up doing it) and will do so again. Have helped with hogs and wouldn’t be afraid to tackle one. A steer/heifer might give me pause. We buy our beef (in the USA) a 1/2 at a time from a buddy and have a local place process it.

We also used to can deer back in the day. Tastes better than roast beef. I’ll get back into that along with some garden produce.

 

[Daddy Tanuki]

Used to do deer (grew up doing it) and will do so again. Have helped with hogs and wouldn’t be afraid to tackle one. A steer/heifer might give me pause. We buy our beef (in the USA) a 1/2 at a time from a buddy and have a local place process it.

We also used to can deer back in the day. Tastes better than roast beef. I’ll get back into that along with some garden produce.

when you say canned you mean like mason jars? we used to can veggies and fruit when I was younger, but we always froze the meat. i guess i never thought of canning the meat.

 

[SilverbackMP]

when you say canned you mean like mason jars? we used to can veggies and fruit when I was younger, but we always froze the meat. i guess i never thought of canning the meat.

Yep. Mason jars. Cold packed with beef bullion and left under pressure (I forget the lbs) for 90 minutes. There’s probably a dozen canners (at least 5 are All-Americans) around the home place and that’s not counting the half a dozen I pitched last summer.

 

[Daddy Tanuki]

Yep. Mason jars. Cold packed with beef bullion and left under pressure (I forget the lbs) for 90 minutes. There’s probably a dozen canners (at least 5 are All-Americans) around the home place and that’s not counting the half a dozen I pitched last summer.

interesting, and pressure cooking it with the beef bullion will make it more palatable to the wife and kids... me i got no issues with deer, my wife and kids do not like it as much as i do.

 

[SilverbackMP]

interesting, and pressure cooking it with the beef bullion will make it more palatable to the wife and kids... me i got no issues with deer, my wife and kids do not like it as much as i do.

Yeah…completely removes any wild taste.

You can get rid of wild taste too from fresh meat by getting all of the blood out. Salt and water and with water changes. For large quantities, add ice and use a cooler.

Can you hunt there? I assume you have the same type of deer as Korea? Water deer (aka vampire deer).

I think the only hunting done by non game warden types in Korea is water fowl - and that’s limited to rich guys. They could stand to thin out deer and wild boar in some areas.

 

[Daddy Tanuki]

Yeah…completely removes any wild taste.

You can get rid of wild taste too from fresh meat by getting all of the blood out. Salt and water and with water changes. For large quantities, add ice and use a cooler.

Can you hunt there? I assume you have the same type of deer as Korea? Water deer (aka vampire deer).

I think the only hunting done by non game warden types in Korea is water fowl - and that’s limited to rich guys. They could stand to thin out deer and wild boar in some areas.

i can neither confirm nor deny that some people might be taking deer and wild boar around me without licenses.... a simple cable snare placed strategically does wonders...

before somebody get their panties in a wad... i have a trapping license and am joking. but getting a gun license over here is damn near impossible for a foreigner

 

[SilverbackMP]

i can neither confirm nor deny that some people might be taking deer and wild boar around me without licenses.... a simple cable snare placed strategically does wonders...

before somebody get their panties in a wad... i have a trapping license and am joking. but getting a gun license over here is damn near impossible for a foreigner

Boar is a bit harder. Taste depends on genetics, age, and food source. Some genetics have the “taint” from scent glands and others don’t.

In Texas, they sometimes capture piglets and feed them out on corn a bit and even denut them.

I have no idea about truly wild, native boar though vs feral and domesticated hogs.