LIVING OFF GRID

This blog is about our travels in our solar powered "Airstream" and living off grid, in our passive solar home, near Bancroft, Ontario, Canada.

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Tuesday 31 January 2012

Another Working Day

I'm sure everyone who reads this blog thinks we are on holidays 24/7; not so. Just like a house, a trailer needs attention and repair or upgrades from time to time. Yesterday was on of those working days where we tried to upgrade some of the systems in the trailer.


First order of business was to mount the TV and DVD player safely on a wall so we could once again use our counter for kitchen activities. By lunchtime we had successfully found a new home for both as you can see in the picture above. We were quite pleased with the way it all came together.


After lunch Phil came over and discovered a new problem .............. another melted fuse holder.  Since we had just replaced one last week we knew what was needed. Phil made sure it was done correctly and then he


attempted to install a program to monitor the solar charger's history through my laptop. He was able to download the program but the USB cable he was using wouldn't connect the computer and the solar charger. Tomorrow we will attempt to order the recommended cable and hopefully by next week have everything working properly. (just bought one on e-bay)

See, every day isn't a holiday, we do have to keep an eye on things and fix the problems when they do show up.

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1 comment:

  1. Hey, at least you don't have to shovel the driveway or mow the lawn!

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