Hot and humid, seriously. Why would I lie? It was certainly humid yesterday. Even just sitting outside while working on my gennie I was soaked to the skin. Today should be the same, with the BOL due to get T storms and heavy rain, but Houston just sweltering…
Did some inside desk stuff to start the day, but finally decide it was time to get the gennie running. The kit went in and the directions were pretty clear and straightforward. The longest time was taken up putting stuff back together before I could take it apart and add the propane conversion.
There is one thing that doesn’t make sense, so I’m going to take the advice in the instructions and call them today. If it needs fixing, a simple drilled hole should solve the issue. It took more adjustment than I expected to get it running and the idle circuit seems to have an issue. Since the missing hole is part of the idle, it all makes sense… sorta. It does run, and I can run with it how it is. Still, I think it can be better. I still have to figure out a good mounting solution for the regulator and drill a big hole to pass the hose through. My drill and step bit are at the BOL though, so that detail will have to wait. With a couple of minor tweaks it should be great.
I also cut the grass and did some weeding. Ants. Freaking ants. Raised bed is full of them. I hate ant bites, I’ve got 3 new ones on my hands from the BOL, and another from my garden here. I’m going to have to look at the poison to see if I can use it in the raised bed and still plant veggies later this fall.
In other pest news, whatever has been moving around in my garage and knocking stuff off my shelves found the rat trap bait yesterday. Stupid thing ate its way into the box and snacked on the bait. I’m hoping it doesn’t die in the garage walls or soffits, but I’m hoping it does die. Drought is causing stress for the wildlife and vermin too. One of my buddies reports coyotes moving around his property, eyeballing his chickens. His dogs aren’t up to fighting coyotes, and he has reasons why he can’t be armed properly. I think he’s gonna be feeding coyotes.
Pickups and driving around today. And maybe some prepping for my sale/show this weekend. But certainly lots of stuff to do. (ha, fragments, and style violations! I’m feeling saucy.) I was still pretty sore and stiff yesterday from the sledgehammering and breaking rocks in the hot sun, I’m hoping to be back to normal today. Say it with me — “we’ll see.”
Time to stack some things.
nick