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Log Book for March 31, 2007
Engineering Report
Jonathan Murphy Reporting

Generator/Electricity:

Wendy: not used
Casper Hobbs Meter: 556.7 hrs (no change since yesterday)
Voltage: 0 VAC
Frequency: 0 Hz
Oil Level: 5/8
Oil Pressure: 0 PSI
Water Drained: no
Notes/Comments: Gas Generator - will run twice Morning - started at 10:53 with 4.5 gallons Evening - will start later, it's still running

Xantrex Inverter/Dynasty Batteries:

Time - Voltage (Temp Comp) - Load - Temp - Generator Running
10:50 - 21.3 - 6 - 8 - No
19:22 - 26.6 0 - 7 - 17 - Yes

Fuel Status (as of 19:15):

Diesel: Approximate Reading: 3/4
Propane Tank: Approximate Reading: 39% (390 gallons = 1476.3 L)
Gasoline Quantity Remaining: 22 gallons = 83.3 L (-5 gallons since yesterday)
Notes/Comments: Will drain another 4 to 5 gallons this evening.

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: 290 gallons = 1097.8 L
Trailer Potable Water Tank Level: 16 cm from the base
Potable Water Meter Reading: 22127.5 gallons = 83761.4 L (+9800048 gallons since yesterday)
Out to Toilet Meter Reading: 7093.5 gallons = 26851.7 L (+11.6 gallons since yesterday)
In to GreenHab Meter Reading: 7705.4 gallons = 29168.0 L (no change since yesterday)
Dishwasher Runs: 1
Notes/Comments: Error: Yesterday's Potable Water usage reading had an erroneous "2", and should have been 22079.5 rather than 222079.5. Siphoned water from the trailer tank to the stationary tank. I found that the only way I could get it to work was to completely submerge the water hose in the trailer tank before transferring it to the ground tank, because the hose has a large enough diameter that air can travel one way while water travels the other. Also, both ends must remain submerged.

GreenHab:

Status: Installed the relay to control the pump from the secondary graywater tank to trickle tank reservoir. The motor still needs to be repaired, but once it is the circuit is in place, though it has not yet been tested. Ran 6-gauge wire from the greenhab fuse box to the relay/motor. The 6-gauge was too big for any connector which will attach to the fuse box, so I dropped more than half of the strands on the connector end. Ran a new smurf pipe for the 6-gauge, since it wouldn't fit through existing in-use smurf pipe. The old current-carrying lines for the pump are now relay control lines.
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:

Upgrade Work: See GreenHab comment. Dean has been building an extra shelf for the greenhab, on the right as you walk in the door.

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