The idiot who designed the controller for the RV HVAC system should be fired. In order to change the system from “heat” to “off”, the switch has to be moved through “cool”, which sends a brief surge of electricity to the forward A/C unit. When turning off the heat this morning that surge turned on the A/C unit (but not the fan), which then did NOT turn off when the switch was moved to “off”. The A/C motor, obviously in major distress, could only be put out of its misery by throwing the circuit breaker. Being somewhat clairvoyant, I see more Dolores repair $$$$ in my future. Spent most of the morning, chainsaw in hand, clearing spruce trees from the area that the walkway will pass through on its way to the waterfront. Cutting the trees down… easy; dragging all the debris to a spot where the tractor can get too it… brutal! By noon I was way past whipped. Got to thinking about the stringer height coming off landing #5 overnight, so checked and, sure enough, the stringer that starts the next section of walkway was installed ½″ too high. Fortunately there was JUST room under the landing for me to slither in to extract the bolts and lag screws holding that stringer in place. Put in the next two in-ground posts, which are right close to a huge hemlock tree that the walkway bends around. Was just congratulating myself for NOT having hit any major roots with the first hole (oh, foolish me!) when I hit a HUGE root about 8″ down with the second hole. Rather than cut such a major root for a great tree, that post isn’t buried any too deep… but don’t tell anybody I said so. Lake water temperature is up to 59° (2 feet below the surface). The water level is very low, 15″ below the top of the dock, which means there is only 33″ of water depth at the outboard dock face.
