The contractor that is supposed to install the solar array came by today and marked the location of all forty holes required for installing the support poles.

The yellow dots on the dead grass indicate the location of each hole for the support poles for the solar array.  Unfortunately, they do not show up so well in the photo.  Isn’t it amazing how much better our eyes are at seeing things than a camera?!

As a carry over from yesterday, I continued to repair the second servo amplifier, which now had two bad boards.  I found a bad semiconductor device and replaced it — that board now worked.

After not finding anything obviously wrong on the second board using a meter, we decided to apply power to see if that might lead to a clue.  When placed in the transmitter, the amplifer worked fine.  What was wrong with it before?  Maybe, we’ll never know!

After this repair, I went back to trying to troubleshoot the dual 15 volt switching power supply from last week.  Found a bad power transistor, but replacing it did not fix the problem!

Refreshing Coconut Milk Drink

Virginia and Joanna went to the farmer’s market, which is held in Agat every Tuesday.  They each got a coconut for less than half the normal price.  The farmer opened it for them and even gave them a straw.  Virginia shared some with me when I got home from work.