Did you bother checking the city side before you swapped out the whole unit, or was that just the last thing you tried? Curious if your city utility was any help or if they just blew you off like they do around here. Seems like that kind of data logging would have caught the pattern way sooner.

I’m right there with you on the "money's tight" thing, man. That’s a hard call to make when snow's coming and you just need it to work. Honestly, 5 days and holding steady at 14.2 volts sounds pretty solid so far, so let's hope it keeps treating you right.

Exactly, I hit the same wall with a chunky 500 pager. Linen kept breaking on me too, so I switched to a bonded nylon thread and never looked back. It's slicker and just glides through those fat signatures without fighting me.