Sunday, March 16, 2025

computer is stopping

 My 10-year-old Windows 10 computer is stopping lately in the middle of use. The mouse just freezes. I am unable to get any response. ESC or cntr+alt+del have no effect. I can hold the power button for 10 seconds and it will shutdown. After the shutdown, the computer will power up and work for several hours. I did find plenty of dust under the processor fan and cleaned it off. I removed the fan for cleaning. The fan sits on top of the processor cooling fins. ???? Hopefully????


Dusty


Vacuumed




Saturday, February 1, 2025

2024 Electrical Power Cost

Jim and Linda's electrical power cost for 2024
With 6kw of solar power installed in Washington

12/13/2024   Bill due 01/06/25     $22.23 
11/13/2024   Bill due 12/05/24     $7.49 
10/15/2024  Bill due 11/04/24      $7.49 
9/13/2024   Bill due 10/03/24        $7.49 
8/14/2024   Bill due 09/04/24        $7.49 
7/15/2024   Bill due 08/02/24        $7.49 
6/13/2024   Bill due 07/05/24        $7.49 
5/14/2024   Bill due 06/04/24       $7.49 
4/12/2024   Bill due 05/02/24      $18.24 
3/13/2024   Bill due 04/02/24      $93.10 
2/12/2024   Bill due 03/04/24    $136.84 
1/12/2024   Bill due 02/02/24      $14.82 
Total charges                   $337.66 

10/30/2024   Payment Posted $1,427.40 

                                        $1,427.40 
                           minus        $337.66 
Used to pay for solar panels $1,089.74 

Solar panels were turned on Jan 30, 2019

Our solar generates over 8MWH
Where MWh = Mega Watt Hours, where mega = million

2024 pse billing and payment history.xls