A Day At The Off Grid Homestead And Tiny House

I have been a bit under the weather so to say so Monday and Tuesday videos are combined. I actually did not do too much on these days outside of the normal shoveling snow, feeding and caring for animals and splitting fire wood every day as usual.

My forklift battery is still always showing a resting voltage of 12.2 volts since the day I got it home. I fear it may have something wrong with it. I have pumped a lot of current into these batteries every day but still they are not holding any usable energy it seems. I have not yet pulled anything out of them after the sun goes down. I use all the solar energy I can during the day but nothing at all at night even now.

I will do some more hydrometer readings in the next days and share with you my results.

I connected my new wind turbine blocking diode into my system so I can produce some power from the wind. This was simple because I already had the wires in place. I just cut the leads off the dead diode and crimped them into place on the new wind turbine blocking diode.

This new blocking diode is rated at 1,000 volts and 25 amps. I will put a heat sink on it soon as well for proper thermal protection. But for now with the wind turbine at its present elevation, there is not really much power being produced at all.

Baby cat is enjoying cat TV every day at the window. The little birds are here eating worms that fall out of the wood I split every day. This makes for great entertainment for her. I sometimes let her out the door for a while and then she cries to be let back in when she is ready. Right now it is relatively safe to let her out on her own because the snow on the ground keeps her on the paths that I have shoveled out. She keeps to the trenches in the snow. This keeps her close to home and away from hawks and other predators. Another good thing is that there are no ticks right now due to the snow on the ground so she can be safely let out unprotected.

Soon, after the snow melts off the ground, I can no longer just let her wander on her own.

I have been cooking on top of the wood stove all the time now. My wood stove is the primary cooking surface now. No matter if it is hot water for tea or coffee, water for bathing, baking or steaming vegetables. The wood stove is perfect for cooking all the time now.

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