More adventures from the rally ! Well we are home and it's raining as "Bob" naps after his stent as "Dog Boss and chief ball holder along with Roxy. Thanks to Ted and Fishmore and those who guided and set up this rally, Marty and his crew who kept the retired crew and Craig in the middle camp in food and to Marc and his crew for the great Pig. It was sure nice to meet the people that went with the WTW posts. Where next time, the desert or maybe the King Range. Now on to another unplanned adventure. I had just installed a second solar panel, an additional battery and a new compression frig/freezer in my rig and this was a test run to see how it worked. I spent some time talking to Marty and others about it and it was acting up and having "teething" problems. Remember Ted this is your fault-you stopped by on pig night and infected my rig and my hot water heater went "Boom" and blew out-did relight it later.
As Russ (lawnmower man ) and me waved good by to Craig and Riley (the last to leave other than us) as they headed off for more adventures, I mentioned to Russ my comptroller was suddenly showing a charge of 11.4-7) and didn't seem to be charging even in the sun and i was worried, especially cause i was planning to go on some more adventures! Well in the best tradition of WTW, he volunteered to trouble shoot the problem(me i'm still learning how to spell solar) and we spent the next several hours rewiring the cables, panels, checking battery charges,etc! [anyone has question on what we did-send me a message on one of the solar threads] and in general putting my system into a series arrangement. By the end of the day and sun light, my batteries were starting to charge-up to 12.5-6 By the next morning and in sun light it seemed to be charging just quite nicely ! Sooo, off Russ (thanks again) headed toward Quincy and down the Feather River Canyon and me-off to Susanville to see if the fix worked or it was to the shop-it worked charging at 13.7 and after the rains stops it off again. So, mission completed and as we stress all the time on this site-"always be prepared" because you never know when Murphy" will strike and can ruin a great adventure. Again, thanks for the great time, neat people and I wonder what other adventures WTW folks got in to after the "meet".
Smoke and Bob.