Desert Home

I live in the Arizona Desert, Southwestern USA. It gets hot here, and my power bills got out of hand. This is a journal of my various efforts to bring this problem under control using the cheapest technology I could find. Saving money shouldn't cost a fortune.

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Thursday, March 29, 2012

Acid Pump - Running Again

Well, it's installed. I got the clamps in and tried them out. Everything was fine and I put it all together and installed it. Natural...

Saturday, March 24, 2012

Acid Pump - Getting There Slowly

I got the fittings I ordered and tried them out. They work very nicely and seem to be just the thing for this particular application. Here...

Monday, March 19, 2012

Acid Pump - Continuing Drama

I'm still working on the darn acid pump. I don't mess with this full time obviously, but I keep getting back to it. The latest is t...

Monday, March 5, 2012

Acid Pump - Replacement Arrived

I got my replacement acid pump a couple of days ago and just now got to testing my ideas for valves and fittings. I'm trying these: ...

Friday, March 2, 2012

Battery Charging Part 2 (Harbor Freight item 42292)

Part 1 of this project is here : I've worked out my modifications to the little charger. Here is the schematic I ended up with: ...

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

And Now For Something Completely Different

I guess you've all figured out that I live in the desert by now. Well, we have a lot of birds and other wildlife wandering around; part...

Battery Charging (Harbor Freight item 42292)

Part 2 of this project is here and part 3 is here . I have a tractor and two older quads in my barn. Yes, I have a barn. The problem i...

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