August 4th

I got a reply from the OpenEVSE people, and they said the connector was fine, I just need to use the screw in blocks for them.  Their instructions aren't up to date.

Randy texted me to say that the family were playing in Chris' swimmy pool, and it would be cool if I could fly over them.  So, after work, I went over to the airport and dragged the plane out.  I flew over to Chris', and spent a short while finding the house, then did a couple of laps - there was nobody in the pool, so I headed back.

I texted Randy when I'd landed, and they left Chris' shortly before I got there :o(

On the way home I stopped and picked up some switch plate blanks for the car charger project, then got a text message from Gwen - their laptop's died, so could I take a look at it.  I stopped in there on the way home and picked it, and a desktop that's not working, up.  I'll try and look at them tomorrow :o)

August 3rd

My OpenEVSE finally arrived, and I made a start on building it.  I got stuck by a connector that's missing a couple of pins, so I'll have to log a support ticket with them in the morning.

August 2nd

After tidying up work, I went and met Randy so we could fly to Auburn for breakfast.

After breakfast we flew back again.

We tinkered with Randy's plane a little before heading home so I could catch up with work.

In the evening, we watched "Birds of Prey".  It was not a good movie, IMHO.

August 1st

It's a new month, so here are the stats:

Power billed

Power generated

I started the day working, as I was on call, then went to the airfield, doing my biennial flight review with Ken.  It was pretty quiet at the airfield, so we managed to do everything pretty close in :o)

Once that was all over and done with, Randy had shown up with a couple of people he was taking for a flight, so I took one of them, Laurel, and we flew around Beale Air Force Base.

Chris showed up (in the car - he wasn't feeling well) just as we were done, so we met Vic at the Spitfire Cafe for lunch.  Afterwards, we tinkered around with Randy's plane for a little bit, then headed home so I could catch up on work again.

July 31st

I got up early and went to the airport.  I got to take a look at a Bristell that Ken was working on, then took the gyro out for a flight to practice some maneuvres.

July 30th

I started the day cutting the grass.  I think I should start doing this more often, as it seems to be growing faster these days :o(

I've had a few mechanical problems to look at recently - the driver's side electric window in the van has been causing a weird buzzing noise in the speaker at a certain point, and that's causing the speaker to then cut out.  I took the door apart, and all the connections looked OK, but on winding the window up and down, I found that the geared cable had pushed out of its guide, meaning it could flail around inside the door and (probably) short the speaker to ground.  I got the guide all back in place and put in a couple of zip ties to hold it there, and I'm calling that fixed.

Next up was the fuel tap on the DRZ, which started running like crap the last time I had it out.  I've decided that it's a fuelling problem, so I drained the tank and took the tap out.  It's behaving really strangely, for example pulsing rather than just letting fuel flow, so I've decided to just replace the damn thing.  Rather than get another Suzuki vacuum switched copy, I've just ordered a Yamaha part that Thumpertalk recommends - it cuts out the vacuum circuit and just has on, off and reserve.  I'll cap the vacuum line and things'll be that little bit simpler, and hopefully an OEM part will last longer.

July 29th

In the late afternoon, I went to the airport via the gas station.  I'd planned to fly with Todd, and I was going to text him from the gas station before I headed out (to limit the time he'd have to stand around waiting for me), but the attendant started talking about the van and I got distracted, so I didn't text Todd until I was at the airport.  I got to clean the propeller and rotors while I waited for him, then I flew him over to his house, where we did a quick circle before heading back to the airport.