{"id":454,"date":"2012-03-09T21:36:54","date_gmt":"2012-03-10T01:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/chris-hostetter\/?p=454"},"modified":"2012-03-09T21:36:54","modified_gmt":"2012-03-10T01:36:54","slug":"the-trials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/chris-hostetter\/2012\/03\/09\/the-trials\/","title":{"rendered":"The Trials"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ready to go!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We faced quite a few trials during our 6 week stay in the bush.\u00a0 None of them were major issues but they were stress causers and annoyances.\u00a0 On the flip side, I learned many new things by working through some of these problems.<\/p>\n

Our first day there, I turned off our DC\/AC inverter (to conserve power at night).\u00a0 When I needed it back on, it would not turn on.\u00a0 Nothing we tried turned it back on and so we had to switch it out for another inverter.\u00a0 This inverter was a 24 volt inverter whereas the first was a 12 volt inverter.\u00a0 Therefore, we had to ascend to the roof and rewire the solar panels, and then drop from 3 batteries down to 2 and rewire them.\u00a0 With that completed, we thought everything was good to go.\u00a0 For the next 9 days our batteries kept dropping and dropping and I could not figure out why.\u00a0 The sun stayed hidden for most of those 9 days so I thought that was a main reason why they were not getting charged and we ran the generator here and there to charge them up.\u00a0 The batteries kept getting lower everyday and we rechecked our wiring and everything looked like it was hooked up right.\u00a0 Finally, we figured it out.\u00a0 We had not reprogrammed the Outback Controller for a 24 volt system.\u00a0 It was still programmed for 12 volts and the batteries had received zero charge from the solar panels for 9 days.\u00a0 After reprogramming, the batteries still were not working right and so I unhooked everything from them and tested them with a voltage meter.\u00a0 One was shot, so I switched it out with the spare and everything worked great from that moment on.\u00a0 And now I know so much more about solar powered electrical systems!<\/p>\n

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The Solar Panels<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As soon as our power issues were over gas and fridge issues arose.\u00a0 11 days in the bush and our first propane tank (hooked to our stove and fridge) was empty.\u00a0 Well, that’s way too fast for one to run out so I checked the line for a leak.\u00a0 I found a leak, we fixed it, and life moved on.\u00a0 14 days later our next propane tank was empty.\u00a0 Once again I checked the lines.\u00a0 I found another leak, fixed it, and we thought we were good to go.\u00a0 When I turned the fridge back on, it chose not to work.\u00a0 First, I tried cleaning the burner real good.\u00a0 That did not do the trick.\u00a0 Next we turned the fridge over on its head and let it sit for 24 hours.\u00a0 I banged on the pipes in the back with a rubber mallet too.\u00a0 I turned it back over and left it another 24 hours and then we turned it back on.\u00a0 It worked beautifully!<\/p>\n

I think, but am not sure, that the moment our fridge starting working again our water went out.\u00a0 When your daughter has lice, you tend to want to bathe her, daily.\u00a0 Anyways, water was off and on during our stay there but it was on more than it was off and I think it was never off for more than 24 hours.<\/p>\n

Our fourth and fifth week we all spent some time being sick.\u00a0 We had rain for much of the first half and sun for most of the second half of our 6 week stay.\u00a0 Well, I think that’s mostly it for the trials, other than mice in the house and noisy roosters right outside.\u00a0 Oh yeah, Maisie stepped in a fire too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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