Back on track.....

8:44 am - Saturday - July 23rd - Likely, CA - 64° F, humidity 26%, wind - CALM.....crystal clear, blue, sunny skies today with a forecast high of 93° F.  On this date in 2013 TLE and I were visiting the Columbia Icefields near Jasper, Alberta, Canada......one of my favorite pictures.....↴

Friday we had just one thing to accomplish....pull the Splendid Splendide out of its cubbyhole, and find out why we were getting error messages in the form of multiple blinking lights at the end of the 'Dry' cycle about a week ago.  The manual indicated that the sequence of blinking lights indicated possible blockage in the dryer vent hose.  I had checked that from the outside of the coach where the dryer vents, but couldn't see any blockage, so the next step was to pull it out, disconnect the vent hose, and see what was what.  It is not an easy thing to remove the Splendide from its cubbyhole.  It takes close to an hour getting it out, and another hour putting it back in.  We have to remove everything from the two shelves directly above the Splendide, which holds all of our pantry items.  Next we must remove the doors on the right side of the pantry, then extraction can begin.  There are a lot of screws to be removed, and then snaking the washer/dryer out is a whole new adventure.....

There is a lot of 'stuff' to remove from above the Spendide before it can be extracted!

.....having a working washer/dryer in our coach is an important part of our lifestyle.  We hate sitting in laundromats washing and drying our clothes....it is very unproductive time.  Being able to do our clothes in our home allows us to do other things while our clothes are being washed.

I retrieved our ShopVac from the trailer for TLE to vacuum out the dryer vent hose, and into the dryer vent itself.  We also checked the filter to be sure nothing was clogging it.  In the end we could find nothing obvious after about 20 minutes so we decided to run it empty through the rinse/spin/dry cycles to see if the error lights returned.  It takes about 70 minutes to do that, and at the end when it shut off all was normal again.  We had tried this several times a week ago, and kept getting the blinking lights, so this was a good change.  Next, before pushing the Splendide back into its cubbyhole, we decided to run a complete wash/rinse/spin/dry cycle which takes about one hour and forty-five minutes.  All went well, and at the end, again no blinking lights.....wonderful!

I, at once, began the hour long process (includes putting all the pantry items away) of pushing the Splendide back into it cubbyhole, reinstalling the pantry doors, and shelves, at which time TLE took over putting all the pantry items away.  We ran two more loads of wash and got the same good results.....no blinking lights....yay for our team!

It only got to 91° F Friday, and it was cool enough outside at 7 pm for us to spend a couple of hours on our cherished 'lido deck' listening to music, and enjoying the cooling evening zephyrs.....

......we didn't do much else Friday, but getting the Splendide sorted out, and working again properly was perfect.  I wasn't looking forward to the task, especially since I wasn't sure anything we did would fix the problem, and I cannot really tell you today that I know what was wrong, but all that counts is it is working once again, and there will be no visits to the LPG&RVR laundromat in our near future.

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