Our warehouse email of the week is from Bob Layton who writes:
Hi Dick and Chad, this is Bob from Dover, NH. I had totally forgotten about this device until I heard a beeping in the middle of the night coming from the kitchen. When I located the sound coming from under my dishwasher I first thought that the dishwasher sprung a leak again. When I pulled the pan out from under the dishwasher it was bone dry so it hadn’t started leaking again, it was just the device letting me know the battery was getting low. So I replaced the battery in all the units since they are all about the same age. So I looked back to see when I ordered these and it was back in May 2014 this so it has lasted a good long time.
So here in my video: https://youtu.be/3GIB17dg0-o
Bob Layton
From the Giz Wiz. I had a few of these too years ago. I used them on my houseboat to put in various compartments in the floor. And people must like them because they’re still available on Amazon. https://amzn.to/3Gs0cAO
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See or hear this show: www.gizwiz.tv/episode/1861
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Email of the week!
Last week’s What The Heck Is It? Video had us all completely baffled. We found out what it was from the video, but now in a new email Michael Prine give us more details on the Solar Pathfinder. He writes:
Should have gotten a little closer to the grid in the video and explained how it worked. See attached photo. Around the outer edge are markings for the magnetic deflection for the location you are setting up so that when the compass says south the pathfinder is pointed solar south. The grid lines going from top to bottom give you the month of the year with the winter months at the top and the summer ones at the bottom. Finally, the lines from left to right give you the time of day.
Ideally you would setup your panels in a location that is not shaded by anything but sometimes you have limited choices for location and this tool lets you chose the best location. In my case I had trees to the east and west but would rather have the trees than worry about a few extra watts. And the tree to the east loses its leaves in the winter so I get more power when I need it most. Also by 9 Am the east tree is no longer shading the panels so I am not losing that much in any event.
Solar is a hobby of mine and I live in a house that gets all of its electricity from the sun and I use very little gas, for cooking, as the house is heated by solar too. I know I paid more for the system than I would have spent on utilities but it has been fun.
Michael Prine
Retired from the University of New Mexico
