Paradise ponders... My neighbor Tim, with the water leak I described yesterday, got a plumber over for inspection and advice. The results were pretty much what we expected: he needs to replace that entire piece of pipe betwixt his well and his house. That means ... today is “trenching day”. I'll be over there this morning with my tractor, and we're really going to mess up his yard :) I'm really happy to have an opportunity to repay the extensive help Tim gave me last year. Hopefully we can avoid breaking any more pipes or electrical wires, but both are unfortunately quite possible. Something underground would have to be mighty tough to survive an encounter with my backhoe...
Yesterday was a cold, drizzly day; unpleasant to be outside in. Today should be clear, sunny, and dry – a good day for trenching. Tim has visitors over the weekend, so we can't continue the work until Monday – and the forecast for Monday is for temperatures in the low 40s, and lots of rain. Actually, it's about the same for Monday through Wednesday, except that on Wednesday the forecast is for snow. After today, it looks like almost a week before we can continue the trenching work! I'm guessing two to three days to complete the trench, but it could be more if we hit unanticipated obstacles. Our experience so far makes me think that's likely :)
Today the solar panel installers are scheduled to put up our installation: about 20 panels on the shed's upper roof, a high-voltage DC cable between the shed and the house, the inverter and controller in our house's garage, and the connection between the inverter and the circuit breaker panel. There's also a new electrical meter going in. They're telling me that they can do it all in a single day, as they'll have a “full crew” (whatever that means!) here, but I'm a bit skeptical of that. Part of the job includes some horizontal boring under our paved driveway, and I'd really like to watch that take place. Unfortunately, I'm almost certain to be trenching at the moment they do that. Dang it! On the other hand, maybe they won't actually finish the job today, in which case I most likely can watch them...
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