Ginormous.....

6:53 am - Tuesday - November 12th - TWW - 38° F, humidity 54%, wind 9 mph out of the southwest......crystal clear, blue, sunny skies today with a forecast high of 54° F.  On this date in 2015 TLE and I had arrived at our all time favorite boondock site....Rincon Parkway, just north of Ventura, CA.....first sunset.....

It's interesting how even very local weather forecasts can be so inaccurate.  The forecast wind speeds for Monday varied between 11 mph and 17 mph, so I was hoping to see my new wind generator produce some power, but it was not to be.  I'm pretty sure the wind, on rare occasions hit 11-12 mph, but for only short durations of 1 minute here and there, so the wind generator, while it began to turn, did not spin fast enough to produce any measurable power.  On a positive note the little green LED light on the controller box did light up for brief moments indicating some power was being generated.

A week, or so ago we ordered a new SeaFlo house water pump (6 GPM, 60 PSI) to replace our old, worn out SHURflo water pump which was rated, 14 years ago, at 5.5 GPM (40 PSI), but it was no longer capable of those numbers.  Our Gerard tankless water heater did not like the lower pressure, whatever it was, and would keep shutting down when it would barely hit 102° F, which, while mildly warm/hot, was not hot enough for a shower of any duration.  At any rate, Charles and Phyllis brought the new pump with them from Phoenix Monday morning, so my goal was to have it installed before days end....

The old, tired SHURflo water pump....RIP

....and I succeeded!  The removal and replacement was actually easier than I thought it would be, and nothing had to be done more than once.  I had to make a few adjustments to the fittings for the water inlet, and outflow, but in the end it all came out well, and we love the massive increase in water pressure!

On the home front, the new water pump I wrote about yesterday was installed, however, after several attempts to prime the pump, it was discovered there is a leak somewhere under the house, and that leak will have to be found, and fixed on another day.  Phyllis and Charles were only up for the day with their handyman, Matt, and had to leave by 2 pm, so still no water pressure in the house, and the proverbial dominos have not yet begun to tumble....oh well.  

They did, however, bring up a new refrigerator, which is so big we had to take the front door of the house off its hinges to get it through... 

.....it is ginormous!  It took Charles, Matt and I to get it off the trailer, up the stairs to the deck, and through the front door.  How we got it through the front door without damaging it I cannot say.  The clearances were about 1/2" in each side.  The space where it now sits is just barely wide enough for it to slide in....about 1/16" on each side.

By the time I finished helping with fridge, and installing the water pump it was around 2 pm, so we said our 'until next times to Charles, Phyllis and Matt, and I went inside to take a shower, and a long nap!  It was breezy at 5 pm, so we opted out of a sunset fire.

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