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Hey Doug,

Been a while since I checked on your progress with the Volt. We still have both of ours now for over 5 years. Cheapest car to run I ever own.

Doug have you figured out a way to pre heat it in the winter months?

I can relate t the getting old, just had my left ankle operated on again, plate removed and ligaments fix and a bunch of scar tissue removed, hurts like hell hope it is better than before. I hate those damn opiate pain killers.

Doug from what I have read those are notorious for being full of trash from the factory. Change the oil and run it for another few hours to see what happens. If the trash persists of course then something is definitely wrong.

That's pretty cool Doug! I have been thinking more about the automation of the homestead here. There are lots of opportunities for improvements in this operation.

Now tell us about the png in the lower left corner!

SO you are just going to sample at some frequency and load a DB accordingly.

Doug when you daemonize the code will you just let it listen to a port and when "tickled" with a connection it will then return the data you desire?

The current system has a controller on it, a Goldline GL30 and it works correctly I think. It has temp sensors, one in the collector and one near the bottom of the tank on an outlet pipe. None are wet. I would like to get the tank temp near the top where it draws off the "preheat" water for the gas ...

Doug I want to do and inexpensive data acquisition for my solar hot water system, I know you did some alarm stuff around your place. I think 4 channels of input would be plenty. I think I prefer WiFi for transmission medium.

You know Doug we are loving the 3+ years on both our Volts, virtual maintenance free. Only oil changes and tire rotations here with one trip to the dealer for the low coolant issue on early Volts. I think mine has just short of 30K miles on it and only 75 gallons of fuel for long distance treks ...

Looks like t-minus 2 years and counting!