Recently, we hit a milestone of sorts in our power generation: for the first time in a year and a half, our battery bank fell below 80%. The situation appeared even more dire by our Trimetric’s read out, which indicated we had fallen to 78%.
We had a period of heavy overcast (often with rain and down-to-the-water ceiling) and no wind. This came on after a movie night, which dropped our power into the mid-90%s, and it decayed from there.
Back in December 2008 I replaced the roof of our main outhouse. To finished the job, I built a gutter for the front “porch,” above the door.
I used a scrap piece of vinyl gutter, which I cut in half to span the length of the roofline. I backed off the screws holding down the metal roof, wedged the flat edge of each piece underneath, and retightened the screws, pinning them in place.
This worked fairly well for years. Occasionally, a high wind would pop one or both of the pieces out of place, requiring reinstalling.
Recently, after yet another unscheduled removal, I got tired of it, and decided to do it right, finally.
A new rain gutter over the outhouse door (Photo: Mark A. Zeiger).
