25 September 2011

Woke up this morning with this thought: The shed garage door opener is plugged into an outlet that is GFI “protected”, as it is supposed to be.  That protection was achieved by placing the garage door opener outlet (and the outlet on the shed upper level) in series with the GFI outlet in the shed lower level switch panel.  But what happens if the shed lower level GFI outlet trips when the garage door is down, which could easily happen if there is a ground fault while using the upper level outlet? The answer: it will take a small nuclear device to regain entry into the lower level.  Not the right answer!!!! Fortunately, there was enough slack wire in the garage door opener outlet box to rewire that outlet into the not-GFI-protected circuit that feeds the shed upper level light, so potential major problem averted.  In other news: moved all of Kate & Dan’s patio furniture back onto their porch, as they and their Ground Up Productions associates will be up t’ Fern Lake next weekend for their annual retreat.  Built, painted, and installed the block onto which the shed exterior light will be mounted.  Placement of that block was super critical because it has to align to within 1/16″ with the penultimate course of cedar shingles.  Ran PVC conduit until I reached the point where I need a fitting that I haven’t yet bought.  Took the kayak for a spin then went for a swim.  Lake temperature back UP to 71°.  RV water heater working perfectly normally this evening; guess Delores was just funning with me last night…  Har, har!!!!  As I was sitting in my favorite chair getting my daily fix of Diana Gabaldon (Voyager currently being consumed), the fattest mouse I have ever seen came strolling nonchalantly along the kitchen counter. When I got up to “encourage” him/her to visit one of the traps, he/she scurried back inside the burners, then down into the oven, and, assumedly, into the wall behind the stove.