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The cabin remodel
- Thread starter m1west
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I finished the first wall on Saturday, lots of notching and mitering to get it to fit right, it was a learning curve. But I got a system after a while and got faster, but me and dads level kept things straight and the trusty nail gun shooting brads at a 45 degree angle thru the tongue keeps the nails hidden.
Took a small refrigerator I had in the garage to see if it would work out, first night the batteries went low and didn’t have enough juice to make coffee in the morning and the inverter turned off, the second day I ran it on high all day then turned it down at about 4:30 pm to a medium setting and in the morning that saved enough electricity to run the coffee maker, I plan to add another battery pack or two for a buffer, when the furniture goes in it will include a 110v washer/dryer and a full sized refrigerator, had some good meals on the treager, it was cold most of the trip with a couple days of severe storms and wind, mostly at night, was surprised that the solar kept up, but it did. In all I feel like I got a lot done and it feels good to be finally doing the finish work. Next trip I think I can finish the walls. But there is still trim, painting the ceiling boards white, then staining the walls and 3 coats of varnish to make it pop and easy to keep clean, when all the boards are on. Next trip in two weeks.
Getting ready today for another cabin trip tomorrow, did truck maintenance and fabricated this support for a 500 watt wind generator that just showed up, when I built the solar container I made a spot for one with a flange to bolt to. I’m hoping that it mitigates the night time losses from the inverter, microwave, lights and refrigerator. The top of the container is about 15’ and the pole is 6’ so that gets it up there over 20’ and I can still reach it. Most reports say you get a couple hundred watts from a 500 watt generator on average with 20-30 mph winds, your only going to get the full 500 watts in a hurricane, but that’s ok. The system works flawlessly during the day and you can run anything you want just like home, about 5 pm is when you have to start conserving a little by turning the refrigerator down and I have just enough juice left for the coffeemaker in the morning. The wind blows every night up there, so it’s got a good chance of working. The other goal for this trip is to get the walls done and ready for stain and varnish. Pictures on my return.