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Log Book for March 29, 2007
Engineering Report
Jonathan Murphy Reporting

Generator/Electricity:

Wendy: not used
Casper Hobbs Meter: 539.1 hrs (+21.3 hrs since yesterday)
Voltage: 0 VAC
Frequency: 0 Hz
Oil Level: 5/8
Oil Pressure: 0 PSI
Water Drained: no
Notes/Comments:Gas Generator - ran twice. Morning - started at 9:00 with 5.0 gallons. Evening - started at 8:30 with 4.5? gallons

Xantrex Inverter/Dynasty Batteries:

Time - Voltage (Temp Comp) - Load - Temp - Generator Running
9:00 - 21.3 - 17 - 5 - Yes
20:30 - 22.6 - 9 - 8 - Yes

Fuel Status (as of 20:50):

Diesel: Approximate Reading: 3/4
Propane Tank: Approximate Reading: 41% (410 gallons = 1552.0 L)
Gasoline Quantity Remaining: 36 gallons = 136.3 L (-10 gallons since yesterday)

Oil Status:

GenSet Quantity: 19 quarts (no change since yesterday)
ATV Quantity: 8 quarts (no change since yesterday)
V'ger Quantity: 19 quarts (no change since yesterday)
Inventory: 5W-20: 1.5 quarts 10W-40: 3 quarts 20W-50: 11 quarts SAE 30: 4 quarts

Water Status:

Outside Potable Water Tank Level: 200 gallons = 757.1 L
Trailer Potable Water Tank Level: 75 cm from the base
Potable Water Meter Reading: 222034.1 gallons = 840487.9 L (+200034.4 gallons since yesterday)
Out to Toilet Meter Reading: 7066.3 gallons = 26748.8 L (+12 gallons since yesterday)
In to GreenHab Meter Reading: 7705.4 gallons = 29168.0 L (no change since yesterday)
Dishwasher Runs: 2
Notes/Comments: Used very little water today! It helped that lunch was served on aluminum foil, and only one shower was taken.

GreenHab:

Crops Watered: yes

Transportation:

V'ger Used: no
Oil Checked: no
Tire Status: good
Odometer: 184310 miles (no change since yesterday)

Kawasaki ATV-1 Used: no
Oil Checked: no
Tire Status: good

Kawasaki ATV-2 Used: no
Oil Checked: no
Tire Status: good

Kawasaki ATV-3 Used: no
Oil Checked: no
Tire Status: flat right front tire

Miscellaneous Infrastructure:

Mars Surface Suits: No EVAs today.

Upgrade Work: Emily: We continued work with the DC-to-DC conversion system - we've got a couple more wires to prepare and then we just need to warm the units up and adjust their outputs. I got the connectors from Brand today, so the upstairs water meter is now tied into the Power Meter. Tomorrow, we're going to try to get everything tied together out in the GreenHab through a Cat5 line. Paul is looking into what we need to do to set up a Telnet server to start publishing the data through an engineering team server.

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