… I did a very silly thing. Or rather, I forgot to undo something rather silly, and that was despite my best intentions too. <\/p>\n
Before I set out for North America I had every intention of disconnecting the fridge and wiring it into the overload circuit. That way, if we were to have a long spell of heavily overcast weather, it wouldn’t run down the batteries. <\/p>\n
But guess what? I totally forgot to do it and we have indeed had a long spell of heavily overcast weather. Consequently, I’m struggling for electricity.<\/p>\n
That was what I found this morning when I returned home. I had the best night’s sleep for absolutely ages round at Liz and Terry’s, and after a breakfast of coffee and toast I hit the road for Pooh Corner, stopping at the Intermarch\u00e9 at Pionsat along the way.<\/p>\n
Back here though, having seen what I forgot to do, I’ve gone into emergency mode. Everything is disconnected except, as I write, a 1-watt LED light and if that fades out I have a Ryobi lantern standing by. There’s one battery that is fully-charged (I keep that on a separate circuit) and that I put for a top-up via the solar panels in the barn and later in the night I’ll drag it across here. I can wire that into the circuit and disconnect the main battery bank quite easily so there will be some power, and then in the morning it can go back into the barn to be charged up while the battery bank in here is reconnected.<\/p>\n
Apart from that, I’ve spent most of the day on the sofa crashed out. The after-effects of my marathon voyage. I’ll have a good rest and then tomorrow I have a radio programme to write. <\/p>\n
That is, of course, if I have any electricity. What a silly thing to do. <\/p>\n
