Flu blogging- finale
Actually a cold, not the flu but one of the worst I have had in a good five years or more.
Fever broke yesterday evening so on the mend.
Spent a couple hours underneath the house fixing a water leak -- the plumber had used galvanized wire to support the copper pipe and this caused electrolysis. In addition, the installer for an earlier WildBlue satellite dish system had fastened the co-ax ground lug right near one of the plumbing couplers (despite the fact that the house's water system came in from plastic pipe and only transitioned to copper several feet into the structure. Needless to say, even in my diminished state, I had the presence of mind to bring a camera down to take a few photos before I went to work; saved the few feet of pipe in question as well).
That was weak link #1
Weak link #2 happened when the pressure switch that controls the pump motor failed and caused the pressure of the water pipe to spike to over 100 PSI.
Trying to fix this while doped up on decongestants was a lot of fun and repeated trips to the shop and pump-house to get or put a forgotten item...
Posted by DaveH at November 10, 2011 5:38 PM