{"id":823,"date":"2016-07-06T17:27:39","date_gmt":"2016-07-06T15:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/la-darnoire.com\/blog\/?p=823"},"modified":"2016-07-06T17:27:39","modified_gmt":"2016-07-06T15:27:39","slug":"25062016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/la-darnoire.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/25062016.html","title":{"rendered":"25\/06\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are now independent of the electricity grid as far as our water supply is concerned. In other words the borehole pump is now running off the batteries. I worked out that an inverter should not be connected to the “Load” terminals of a solar controller; it simply can’t handle the current draw even though the controller has a 30A capacity. When I connected the inverter directly to the batteries, everything worked as it should. Celebrations are in order; so we’ll head off to Salbris this evening with Friend E. It’s the annual “Bandas” competition – these are small brass bands who normally play rousing music at rugby matches. This is to be followed by the customary fireworks display.<\/p>\n

The oldest broody hen has now decided broodiness is over, and has left the nest along with her 5 chicks. She had 6, but one seems to have gone missing. The youngest broody hen still has only 2 chicks. So that’s a total of 7 successes out of 20 eggs. I suppose a 35% success rate is not too bad for our first lot.
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\nOh, and we have now ordered a satellite dish for internet access, so I suspect one day next week will see me at the top of a ladder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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