[Today’s run: 11 miles with BoardTown Running Club]
Two items about the heat today:
One:
Slogging along, walking, toward the end of today’s run. The route takes me past a large metal water tank up on a metal stand, part of the rural volunteer fire department operations around here. More than once I have wished I could stand under that spout and pull the cord and get a blast of that cool water. Today, I was surprised to see water trickling from the spout in a steady stream. Glorious! I stood under the water for a few minutes and got well soaked. Then I was able to run most of the rest of the run.
Two:
Earlier this evening the house was starting to feel kind of warm. I think we usually have it set around 78 but it had snuck up to 83. I fiddled with the thermostat and that did nothing. The air was blowing but it was not very cold. I went outside and the compressor was not running. I wiggled the jumper bar in the cheap switchbox on the wall of the house and it came on. I then pulled out the jumper bar and tried to adjust the springy fingers so that they connect better. Since then I have not been able to get the compressor to run again. I wonder if I messed something up by fooling around with the jumper bar while the system was on. Using the multimeter, I don’t see any voltage at the jumper bar box at all, so I think something is wrong with the control circuits. Opened the windows. Got fans running. I hope we can sleep tonight and who knows what tomorrow will bring.
[One thing about living in the north: you can always start a fire on the living room floor. That kind of option doesn’t exist for dealing with the heat.]
Later:
Went out again with the multimeter and now I see 240VAC. I think I had been measuring on the compressor side of the jumper. Used wire-nuts to attach the wires and bypass the cheap jumper bar thingy. Now the compressor is running. We are hoping the indoor temp will start to come down soon.