I shall call it Disaster Battery Box
Ok guys, here it is. You are not gonna run the AC and the shop tools with it, but that it is not its purpose.
The battery is from the Walmart brand and under $50 (comes with warranty). The battery box I got it at Auto Zone for $14.99.
The terminals literally arrived an hour ago and they suck. Cheap metal, screws won’t turn and the negative is oversized so I had to add a metal shimmy. I plan to make my own if I can’t find good stuff.
And next is the top of the box with the Heavy Duty DC Power Outlet Extension Triple Socket Cigarette Lighter Plug Switch Box. ($12)
Three holes, a couple of screws and nuts, threaded the wires inside and I was done. The USB transformer is the flush mount type and a pain in the as to pull out. and next, Ta Da!
I just grabbed stuff I had with a cigarette light plug and the USB charger for the phone for the picture. On the left is a battery charger that will be used when I am running the generator to bring the battery to full charge. The wife has one of those foldable dollies which I will have to appropriate (with her permission) to make this gadget mobile
I think I may add another bank of plugs on the other side or at least a voltmeter yo keep an eye on the battery status.
I hope I don’t have to use it, but if I do, I will give you an after action report.
PS: Disaster Battery Box? If you have a better name, go ahead.
Dorian: People are getting ready.
Latest projection/prediction/guess:
A slight improvement, but I won’t be happy till the eye is way past 27N and -78W.
Say what you want about South Floridians, they do not wait to the last second to get started with hurricane preparations. Dorian is still 4 days away to reach landmass, but people were getting their prescriptions filled:
After getting mom’s script, I went hunting for gas:
My first choice was my regular station which was packed. In their defense, it is a shopping club that sells for 25 cents/gallon less than everybody else. Took a hard pass.
I went to the neighborhood station who has been dutifully dispensing gas needs during hurricanes since we moved in the area a couple of decades ago. Busy, but not crazy busy yet. Only had to wait for Junior to get his ass going.
The only hard thing to do yet is to install the hurricane panels and I have a trustworthy guy who will come Sunday if needed to put them up. I can do it, but I know I will be chugging pain killers after that and I rather pay somebody to do the hard labor. I tell you this: next house is gonna get accordion shutters and screw how expensive they are and that if we buy a new house, more than likely it will be in Tennessee .
OK, that’s it for now. I still have one more item to get which is not urgent and the get lunch.
Mexican Police clash with African migrants
What is one thing you do not see in Mexican movies, telenovelas or documentaries on TV? Yup, Black people. Percentually, Mexico probably has less black population than Martha’s Vineyard in the summer and Mexicans are as considerate as the Klan for shit like this. Unless they have Cartel protection (which I doubt) these Africans may end up planted somewhere in a Mexican field of feeding sharks.
IÂ don’t think Latin America has seen this influx of Africans since the importation of slaves was forbidden.
Effing Dorian
We are back inside the cone of uncertainty. If the 11 pm advisory does not improve, hurricane panels start to come off hibernation tomorrow. My propane is topped and I just need gas for the generator and give it a test run.
And prayer. It can’t hurt. I won’t be happy till the eye is past 27 latitude on a northerly motion