Another damp and warmish day ahead. The heavy mist eventually cleared up, for some people in Houston. Some got rain. Even heavy rain. Nothing at the house, but several areas I drove through got pounded. I’m guessing today will be similar.
Did some errands in the morning including taking the White Elephant gift that D2 forgot at home to school. I wanted it off the countertop, and it ended up someone really liked it. So despite having to get dressed and drive to school, it turned out ok.
Did my pickups. Got cheated on a solar panel. Auction company was in the wrong but won’t admit it. Freaking amazon fraudulent products. The panel in question is marketed on amazon to intentionally fool people into a purchase and the description is a flat out lie. The auction company just repeated the original description and lies, but wouldn’t just refund me when I pointed out what was happening. I wasn’t the only one fooled, as someone bid me right up to fair market value for the panel, if it was as described.
I’ll get even some way, but in the mean time it reinforces that amazon has poisoned the well by allowing all the fraudulent chinese sellers and manufacturers to sell their cr@p alongside real products.
At a different auctioneer, I picked up another 2 panels, 100w each. Nothing wrong with them, and exactly what I was expecting. So it’s really time to start building at least a test or starter system. I have a bunch of panels, quite a few inverters and charge controllers, and not enough batteries… I’ll add it to the list.
Today is a half day for the spawn, so I might not get much done. I’ll try anyway. We’ll just see what actually gets accomplished.
Stack something. Ya know ya wanna…
nick
“Human sacrifice. Dogs and cats living together. Mass hysteria!”
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/12/17/nigel-farage-meets-elon-musk-trump-mar-a-lago-reform/
At Mar-A-Lago. Think about that.
The whole world is making that trip across the causeway from the airport.
It’s a huge shame, really. There are good Chinese companies, but so much crap is sold that you really can’t trust any products. My wife mentioned wanting us to get new desks (we’ve been making do with some old tables from our former whisky business). Younger son has a desk that he’s happy with, but a little research, and it’s re-sold by a local company, but actually comes from a Chinese company with horrible reviews.
We found a Polish company with really excellent ratings. Ordered yesterday, got the shipping notice today, with delivery planned for Monday. The catch, of course, is that the price is a lot higher. OTOH, I’ve had great experience with Polish companies in the past, and this one also received top marks in a major, independent review. Tip: If you want a nice computer desk, look at “gaming desks”. Generally better cable management, better accessories, etc. Apparently gamers are willing to spend more for better, whereas most computer desks are aimed at cost-cutting companies equipping their cube farms.
Remember when the State of New York decided that Mar-A-Lago was worth, at best, $12 million.
The real problem is that Americans want those $20 Reeboks.
We have several IKEA Kallax shelf units which were Hecho en Poland.