[Today’s run:\u00a0 11 miles with BoardTown Running Club]<\/p>\n
Two items about the heat today:<\/p>\n
One:<\/p>\n
Slogging along, walking, toward the end of today’s run.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 More than once I have wished I could stand under that spout and pull the cord and get a blast of that cool water.\u00a0 Today, I was surprised to see water trickling from the spout in a steady stream.\u00a0 Glorious!\u00a0 I stood under the water for a few minutes and got well soaked.\u00a0 Then I was able to run most of the rest of the run.<\/p>\n
Two:<\/p>\n
Earlier this evening the house was starting to feel kind of warm.\u00a0 I think we usually have it set around 78 but it had snuck up to 83.\u00a0 I fiddled with the thermostat and that did nothing.\u00a0 The air was blowing but it was not very cold.\u00a0 I went outside and the compressor was not running.\u00a0 I wiggled the jumper bar in the cheap switchbox on the wall of the house and it came on.\u00a0 I then pulled out the jumper bar and tried to adjust the springy fingers so that they connect better.\u00a0 Since then I have not been able to get the compressor to run again.\u00a0 I wonder if I messed something up by fooling around with the jumper bar while the system was on.\u00a0\u00a0 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.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Opened the windows.\u00a0 Got fans running.\u00a0 I hope we can sleep tonight and who knows what tomorrow will bring.<\/p>\n
[One thing about living in the north:\u00a0 you can always start a fire on the living room floor.\u00a0 That kind of option doesn’t exist for dealing with the heat.]<\/p>\n
Later:<\/p>\n
Went out again with the multimeter and now I see 240VAC.\u00a0 I think I had been measuring on the compressor side of the jumper.\u00a0 Used wire-nuts to attach the wires and bypass the cheap jumper bar thingy.\u00a0 Now the compressor is running. We are hoping the indoor temp will start to come down soon.<\/p>\n
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