{"id":3727,"date":"2014-12-11T21:02:48","date_gmt":"2014-12-11T21:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/?p=3727"},"modified":"2017-07-06T21:03:26","modified_gmt":"2017-07-06T21:03:26","slug":"thursday-11th-december-2014-i-finally-bit-the-bullet-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/?p=3727","title":{"rendered":"Thursday 11th December 2014 – I FINALLY BIT THE BULLET TODAY."},"content":{"rendered":"

When the alarm went off this morning at 07:30, not only was I up and about already but I had even had my breakfast and drunk my coffee. Having had an early-ish night last night I was wide awake by 05:00 and by 06:30 I gave up on the idea and made my breakfast.<\/p>\n

I was outside by 10:00 and the first job was the check the tyres on Caliburn. The right-hand rear tyre looked distinctly low.<\/p>\n

\"solar<\/a>It wasn’t, as it happened. It must have been an optical illusion. But nevertheless it gave me the opportunity to try out the portable power board that I built the other day.<\/p>\n

Here it is wired up to the flying lead on the Kubota tractor and the air compressor ran quite nicely off that. All the four tyres are now at the correct pressure and I’ve even charged the tank on the air compressor. <\/p>\n

As I said before, the idea of fitting the flying lead on the Kubota was an impressive decision.
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After all of that, I fitted the inline fuse for the overcharge circuit on the power board in the barn – the fuse that I had forgotten and wbout which I spoke yesterday.<\/p>\n

I also fitted an LED striplight in the barn so that it illuminates the power board – whenever the power board might be finished.<\/p>\n

After lunch (and after a little snooze too) I fetched up a pile of wood for the fire for the next few days and then carried on with the front panel for the power board. Almost everything is now in place and I’ve even done some of the wiring on it. <\/p>\n

However, I did manage to shear off a screw on one of the connectors on one of the data loggers so I had to work out how to dismantle that, remove the broken screw and then find another screw to replace it. And that didn’t take only 5 minutes either.<\/p>\n

In other news, I had a friend from the North-East of England who mysteriously disappeared out of touch about three years or so ago, and I had no news at all. Anyway, all of a sudden, he’s reappeared, and that’s cheered me up.<\/p>\n

I’m resisting the temptation to ask him where he’s been – if he wants me to know, he will tell me. Usually with my friends and associates, it’s one of three reasons –
\n1) – they’ve shuffled off this mortal coil (clearly not the case here)
\n2) – they’ve been removed to a place of safety in accordance with the provisions of the Mental Health Acts
\n3) – they’ve been sent down and detained at Her Majesty’s Pleasure – the more usual fate of my friends, although what pleasure Her Majesty could possibly have from detaining any of my friends is very hard to understand.<\/p>\n

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