When you wake up at the first hint of twilight and the number on the left side of the digital clock is a “4”, that’s not a good sign. Managed to stay abed until the “4” became a “5”, but then was levered upright by thinking about all the things that needed to get done before the outside air (according to the forecast) became water. Got the canoe and kayak down to the waterfront in one trip using the Kubota. A bit dicey, but… After calculating the voltage drops last night, determined that the two legs of the walkway lighting system need to be unequal in both length and number of lights. So “broke” the circuit this morning with 22 lights in the upper leg and (what will be) 17 lights in the lower leg, which takes into account the 200 foot wire run difference between the upper and lower transformers. Sort of started to rain just as that job was finished, so moved into the shed lower level to begin making the ceiling of the man cave more manly be removing the patina left by the plastic vapor barrier when we poured the concrete. The picture shows that we take our spelunking seriously here in Vermont! Used my newly acquired needle gun and trusty rock hammer to good effect. But after an hour and a half (with the sun shining brightly the whole time…) I’d gotten maybe 1/10th of the ceiling “fixed” and had had as much of that fun as I could stand for one day. Had to jump in the lake to get clean enough to take a shower. After lunch, went out to do errands and then up to Lowe’s to spend a few hundred more dollars on electrical odds and ends, including a second 600w transformer for the walkway lights. Arriving back in Leicester just before 6, saw a rainbow that seemed to have one end placed over Fern Lake. How womantic! Took Ohm’s Law, Electrical Math and Voltage Drop Calculations to bed with me. Alas, the plot was not too exciting, so too soon it was lights out.
