Saturday, December 01, 2007
Oops, it's been over a month
Today Philip turned 18. He left this morning a few minutes after 7 AM and got home about 6 PM. He spent the day playing Ultimate in a tournament in Denton. He goes back tomorrow for a second day of fun (torture?). After Philip got home we ate dinner at Chili's for his birthday dinner. While he was out Joyce, Cara, and I (to varying degrees)
- cleaned the pool, including taking the solar cover off and gluing the various pieces together.
- trimmed the bushes in the front yard and raked up the leaves.
- put the cover on the retractable awning for the winter.
I also fiddled with the air-activated switch that turns the blower on for the hot tub. The relay tended to stick in one position, and I thought it was a mechanical problem and took the relay apart and filed down the edges to remove a couple sticking points. I thought I had solved the problem but when we were using it tonight the switch quit responding again. This time I decided the problem is the air in the tube is sealed in so well that when the hot tub gets warm and the air expands it has no place to go, so the air pressure in the tube activates the relay. I ended up drilling a hole in air tube so that the air pressure is only increased when you hold your thumb over hole and depress the switch. We will see if that has solved the problem long term or not. It seemed to work this evening. I also started the process of getting the old Honda gas tank replaced.
PS. Just looking at the post before this one I feel obliged to give an update. I probably spent 20 additional hours trying to get Windows loaded on that laptop. I finally gave up right before Thanksgiving so I could get all that junk out of our family room before the guests arrived.
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- cleaned the pool, including taking the solar cover off and gluing the various pieces together.
- trimmed the bushes in the front yard and raked up the leaves.
- put the cover on the retractable awning for the winter.
I also fiddled with the air-activated switch that turns the blower on for the hot tub. The relay tended to stick in one position, and I thought it was a mechanical problem and took the relay apart and filed down the edges to remove a couple sticking points. I thought I had solved the problem but when we were using it tonight the switch quit responding again. This time I decided the problem is the air in the tube is sealed in so well that when the hot tub gets warm and the air expands it has no place to go, so the air pressure in the tube activates the relay. I ended up drilling a hole in air tube so that the air pressure is only increased when you hold your thumb over hole and depress the switch. We will see if that has solved the problem long term or not. It seemed to work this evening. I also started the process of getting the old Honda gas tank replaced.
PS. Just looking at the post before this one I feel obliged to give an update. I probably spent 20 additional hours trying to get Windows loaded on that laptop. I finally gave up right before Thanksgiving so I could get all that junk out of our family room before the guests arrived.
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Well, drilling a hole in the top of the air tube switch was the long term solution. Switch works perfectly now. The only problem is we have to keep a lid over the switch or else when it rains the rain gets in the tube and clogs it and we have the same problem.
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