tripping breakers, 8.3.23

i woke up at 5:30am, got to work sometime in the 6’s, and have been carrying out an experiment since then. 10 minutes ago, my whole set up shut down due to a breaker tripping. the breaker was reset and i was able to continue, but the weights were off because the scales had reset themselves. the weight is of extreme importance due to the calculations the software makes based on what the scales read. i had to either empty and reload my material on to the apparatus or tare the scale and find things that weigh what my material does in order to ‘trick’ the software into continuing where it left off. my retentate scale weight was 1165.3. through the use of a couple of c-weights, some tri-clamps, and a roll of green tape, i was able to get my weight back to 1164.6. close enough. i’m ready to get this over with and head on home back to bagel.

it’s already been a day and it’s only 12:24pm.

-ratha, 12:24pm, 8.3.23