New thermostat for solar hotwater heater found. This is one rated for 120vac or 169vdc. Connect up 3 or 4 250w solar panels in series to a 120v water heater element and enjoy the hot water. use this thermostat and the existing pop-off safety thermostat in series. Do NOT use the adjustable thermostat that comes with the water heater. https://senasys.com/product/2570f444-34-epoxy-sealed-thermostat/

The above thermostat is available in many lower temperature setpoints... it occurs to me you could clip it on the hotwater line to a shower and turn the vent fan on and off as well.

Also useful for cattle trough de-icing.

Does anyone know what bird this is? Rather large wingspan.

A friend is mounting his panels and trying to carefully align them. So he uses a small C clamp to hold them on top of unistrut and small wooden wedges to fine tune their placement.

Seen last night

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y2pmyxlRaYw&ra=m

So here’s a video on making apple pectin. I haven’t tried making it myself but this seems pretty informative and hopefully I can try it out later on this year. If I do I’ll try to remember to show you guys the result.

Had a quick test with one of the off gridders today.... he flew a heltec T114 with a stubby antenna up 400ft in his drone 25miles 40km away.

Pole shed done.

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