Small AZ Trip

Went on a small driving excursion last week, it's hotter than blazes in the West lately, and drove through a little bit of Southern Arizona.  Went to do a little trip to see what was going on at the River by Laughlin.  The river wasn't much to look at, but I scooted up the mountains a little and took an interesting looking dirt road and I found a friend wondering.

This guy was just walking along as if I wasn't there, he must see plenty of cars and people.

Also a storm was brewing ahead of me, looked to be fairly strong in some areas as I was driving on the paved road.

Not much else going on in this post, looking for relief from the heat gave me a minor out with a quick shower.

As you can see, several of these storms are very isolated.  While I was driving down the road this one was off to my left and it was drenching just a small area of the desert.

Solar Installation

I've been designing and working on a Solar install for a while now.  The install is really beginning to take shape.  Click THIS link or the link to the right side of the page to check out what I've been doing and how it's coming along.

Since solar is now so cheap, I picked up my panels for $170, it's well worth it to be almost completely free from the need to connect to shore power.  I will be able to stay out without any connections as long as I wish or until my tanks are full or I'm out of water.

By the way, my install will push my single 15k btu air conditioner.  I have already installed a power delay capacitor on the unit and tested it, the capacitor delays the startup for about five to six seconds and then away it goes, so it should be a smooth transition when kicking it on when on nothing but solar and battery power.

Basics of solar.