Monthly Archives: July 2016
There’s Always One Left Over . . .
Either that, or I have a screw loose. (Shut up, Nick)
I was up on the roof by about 9am this morning, a little later than I had hoped, but it was still only 76 degrees out, so not bad.
You can see how dirty the coil is before I started.
After I got both the cover and the sheet metal off, I first taped over the hole that drops down into the bedroom with Gorilla Tape.
Then I used a legal-size clipboard to cover over that to provide a firm base.
After that I used more Gorilla Tape to seal that off.
Next came a garbage bag and more Gorilla Tape to top it all and make it as waterproof as possible.
Now I sprayed the coil with 409, let it soak for a while, and then sprayed it again.
Then using a soft brush I started brushing upwards, pulling as much gunk as possible out the top of the coil.
Then I used my hose spray nozzle to flush as much stuff out as I could.
Then I started by over with the 409 soak/spray nozzle until I could see daylight through the coil itself.
Finally I was ready to start putting the sheet metal coli enclosure back together. It’s important to get this done right and tightly sealed so the unit is not is not pulling in hot outside air along with the cooler air that is being recirculated through the coach.
So I took my time to be sure that I was getting every screw (there are over 20) back in place. I also sealed all the corners and edges with Gorilla Tape to make sure it was as airtight as possible.
And of course, after all that attention to detail, I had one screw left over.
From where I don’t know. There weren’t any empty screw holes left. So maybe they were breeding down in the bottom of the bag?
Then I put the cover back on and I was done, the job only taking me about an hour.
By now it was starting to get hot, especially since the last 15 minutes or so were in the direct sun. So getting down from the roof, Jan and I sat outside in the shade with a nice breeze.
While we were there, Rick and Janet O’Connor stopped by to get acquainted, since they had seen me up on the roof.
Finally coming back inside about 10:45, I took a shower and then a nap for about an hour, since I really was even supposed to be up yet.
The only other big project on my schedule before we leave on the 31st is to get out the pressure washer to wash and wax the rig.
Tomorrow is definitely a ‘rest up’ day.
On another front, Landon is Cool!
Thought for the Day:
“. . . you have no longer any cause to fear danger from abroad. . . . It is from within, among yourselves, from cupidity, from corruption, from disappointed ambition, and inordinate thirst for power, that factions will be formed and liberty endangered. It is against such designs, whatever disguise the actors may assume, that you have especially to guard yourselves. . . .” – Andrew Jackson
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Well, Maybe Tomorrow . . .
My back wasn’t up to it this morning.
Well, I did intend to get up on the roof and do the AC coil cleaning this morning, I really did. But yesterday, after I finished prepping the AC cover, I got down on my stomach to clean some debris on the top of the slide and clear out the drain channels for the front AC.
That wasn’t the problem. Getting up was the problem. And as I did, I felt something twist in my lower back. Not a hurt, but just a ‘pull’.
But even after taking a couple of Advil before bed, the ‘pull’ translated into a ‘knife’ when I got up this morning, or tried to, anyway. But as the day wore on, the ‘pull/knife’ eased up to just some stiffness. So hopefully the job is back on for tomorrow.
I wanted to everyone a warning about ‘bogus’ Friend Requests. I’m not talking about ones where you get a new Friend Request from someone you’re already friends with.
No, this is where you get a request from someone you never heard of, and here’s the real kicker, you have no mutual friends in common, I’m getting 3 or 4 of these a week now with no let up it seems.
The final way I check them out is to click on the name and and look at their Timeline. What I always find is a few pictures, probably stolen, and not other information. In fact usually the page was only created a few days ago.
So I just Delete Request and then mark as Spam.
When I posted the photo of the Falcon 9 launch and 1st Stage return a couple of days ago,
I questioned what the larger flash was at the top of the streak. Blog reader John Brown suggested that it might be a reflection of the light as the Falcon entered the clouds.
I checked with SpaceX ( turns out that I know a guy who knows a guy at SpaceX) and he confirmed that John was correct. That also explains why it wasn’t visible from other directions.
In case you haven’t noticed, Nick Russell’s latest book is out.
Big Lake Abduction is the 10th book in the Big Lake series and already selling like hotcakes.
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So get your copy before Amazon runs out of electrons.
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Thought for the Day:
Apparently this is true, except maybe for the ‘blueberry’ part. That may have actally been a discolored ‘dead’ tooth.
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