AVSA, batteries, disaster
Tuesday, October 28, 2008, 06:00 PM
Got a call from Anne that the office needs the CO and MN DVD's because there's is corrupt. Went over to the greenhouse after the Tuesday grocery run and diagnosed the controller which had a loud buzz when we called it overnight. Found that the battery was toast. Got a new one at Walmart for the replacement warranty cost, about $28 instead of $50 for a new battery. Unfortunately when hooking up the new battery I hooked it up backwards and blew up the controller. Not sure how much damage I caused. Hopefully it's just the regulators on the circuit boards. Dinner was fresh pasta.
At home I replaced the regulators and we drove back out there at 8 PM. The wind was howling and it was cold. The Fred monitor worked like a charm. The generator controller had no power from the 5 volt regulator. I took it home again. In addition, the heater in house 4 will not come on. Libbie uses this heater for keeping the back house above freezing. When we got home we found Aunt Helen was taken to the hospital. she has pneumonia and a fever. Watched Dancing with the Stars tonight and saw Cloris Leachman get eliminated. I chose not to work on the regulator anymore today.
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