Battery maintenance

The batteries are stored in a separate room in the Energy Building. Once a week the 24 unsealed lead acid batteries require a top up with distilled water to insure the plates are fully covered.  We open the battery cap, use a dip tube to measure fluid levels and add water to achieve fluid depth of 10 – 15 mm above the plates. It is not a complicated task but vital for the long-term health of the batteries.

Facility work:

• cleaned solar panels
• topped up batteries
• cleaned house windows

Wildlife notes:

One Canada goose, a swallow and two Hermann’s gulls were sighted today.  Like the last few days, the male Elephant seal spent most of his day asleep in the grass. He moves to the side of the house in the late afternoon and often heads to the water via the boat ramp in the late evening.

The Elephant seal asleep on his back.

The Keeper’s House

Vessels:

14 Ecotourism boats of varying sizes

DND:

Several blasts were heard in the morning. The wildlife were undisturbed by all but the last and loudest blast which sent two sealions into the water.

Weather:

A pleasant windy day.