Power Trip

La Paz, BCS, Mexico

The solar upgrade is almost done.  As expected, I had to steal the nylon rail clamps off of the old panels in order to get the new ones mounted.  We will try and pick up some more of these clamps when we are next in the USA or Canada; then I can mount both sets of panels at the same time.  This is where the solid rails we had installed in San Carlos start to pay off.

These new 135 watt panels are significantly larger than the old 85 watt units.  I used to think the old ones were large and unwieldy - now they seem downright dainty.  Here are some before and after pics of the mounted panels to give an idea of the relative sizes.

Once I have both sets of panels mounted, we should have power to burn!



Some of our neighbors in the marina.  We are feeling a little insignificant.

Other than that, we have not been up to much.  We made our first run to the big grocery store (Chedraui) yesterday, about a mile away, just picking up what we could conveniently carry without resorting to a taxi.  While there, we spotted the new Mega store a little further away, so we had to browse through their offerings as well.  Tomorrow we will probably trek down to the Mega and pick up a couple of goodies that Chedraui doesn't carry - mostly Costco brand gringo junk food.

Sunset from the Malecon

Oh yeah, the failure of the day.  The power supply for this netbook computer just packed it in - I don't think I have ever heard of one of these failing before but it is totally dead none-the-less.  Fortunately we have an identical backup netbook with an identical power supply, so we are still functional for now.

Can you find Waldo?
Believe it or not, Sine Timore is in there somewhere...

Overall, life is good!

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