All Sights on Mexico as it Discovers World’s Largest Lithium Deposit

All Sights on Mexico as it Discovers World’s Largest Lithium Deposit

The report indicates that the lithium mine located in Sonora is the largest deposit with proven and probable reserves of 243.8 million tons, containing 4.5 million tonnes of lithium-carbonate equivalent.

Construction of the mine was first announced by Sonora Governor Claudia Pavlovich in May 2018 and is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2020.

Production capacity in its first stage of operations is expected to be 15,500 tonnes per year of lithium carbonate, Mining Technology said, while capacity will double to 35,000 tonnes per year in a second stage.

The mine is being developed by Canada’s Bacanora Minerals and China’s Ganfeng Lithium.

Dumping Excess Power Into Starting Battery

Often when I am camping or when I leave my truck parked for a long period of time at home, I think it would be it would be nice to have the solar panel dump excess, unused power into the starting battery.

 New Battery

This means I would always have a very happy starting battery, ready to give maximum spin to the engine even in cold winter weather. The way to do this would be to have a voltage monitoring switch, like this $7 dollarΒ XY-CD60 voltage-monitoring switch I got from AliExpress. For about twice as much, you can get also get it on Amazon. It came in the mail, and it looks just like below — I haven’t had a chance to test it, but it looks like it will work perfectly for my situation.

My plan is to use this “voltage switch” to connect the relay between the starting battery and other batteries charged by the solar to dump the excess charge into the starting battery. I will probably set the unit into out mode (discharge protection mode), with an activation voltage at around 14.0 volts, with a delay of maybe 120 seconds, so that the relay isn’t activated until I know I have a sufficient charge to keep the voltage from dipping back below the threshold when the starting battery connects. It will take a while to figure out what settings works well for me — I don’t want to connect the starting battery too soon and have the voltage drop have it shut off the relay prematurely.

The product didn’t come with any documentation but the AliExpress website has some decent documentation in somewhat broken English, but I think I’ll be able to get it working fine. I’ll let you know how it works out.

Next Time – Tuesday December 17

Today’s sunrise was at 7:19 am. The next time the sun will rise earlier then today πŸŒ„ is in 36 days on Wednesday, January 22, 2020.

The average high for today is 35 degrees. 🌑 The next time it will be on average warmer then today is in 64 days on Wednesday, February 19, 2020 when the average temperature will be 36 degrees.

Today’s sunset will be at 4:23 pm. The next time the sun will set earlier then today πŸŒ† is in 350 days on Tuesday, December 1, 2020.

The average low for today is 21 degrees. 🌑 The next night it will be on average warmer then tonight is in 78 days on Wednesday, March 4, 2020 when the average temperature will be 22 degrees.

Monument to the Civilian Conservation Corp Worker

Alaska students butcher moose carcass to learn life skills | CBC News

Alaska students butcher moose carcass to learn life skills | CBC News

Students at an Alaska high school have received lessons in anatomy, life skills and Alaska cultural traditions through an unusual study source: a moose carcass.

About 30 Chugiak High School students de-boned, separated, ground and packaged the animal during a recent World Discovery Seminar class, The Anchorage Daily News reported Sunday.

Teacher Brian Mason provided an interactive lesson on moose anatomy that produced some squeamish moments. The students processed about 91 kilograms of moose meat. They plan to cook and eat some of the meat at a dinner and donate the rest to charity.