Sunday, November 30, 2008

Success

If things had gone like I'd planned, we'd be moved in by now...but you know what they say about the best laid plans! However, we need the extra time, there are a few things that are unfinished. Not many, but a few important parts.
I burned the midnite oil for 9 days, and yesterday, I got the electricity going! It turns out that the inverter wasn't activating when I connected it to the panel. There is a tiny little plastic jumper on the back and when I flipped it over, the inverter suddenly turned on! I walked around the house, replacing all of the incandescent bulbs with CFL's.
Then, I couldn't get the furnace running for some reason. The glowbar would turn on, but there was no flame. The propane wasn't flowing, but all of the valves were turned on. I didn't figure it out until I looked at the furnace, and saw two little wires dangling. I thought "I wonder if these go here?", and "whoosh"! We have heat!
I also managed to tie down most of the anchors that will hold our house down in the wind. Then I placed our bladder tank where it was to go, and put the pipes through the floor to where the pump was, and hooked it into that. I just need a few more parts and then wire the pump to an outlet, fill the tank with water, and voila, water!

I just found a truck mounted tank for $200, which is half of what I figured it would be, and larger capacity as well!

Well, I'm back to work again tommorow...

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