In August of last year, I wrote about a resistor going bad in the electronic board for the pool salt chlorinator. A less than $3 part went bad on a nearly $700 board! I was able to take out the old one resistor, solder in a new one, and all was good. Well dang if it didn't happen again this year - the resistor stopped working. Me, being the smart guy that I am, bought TWO resistors last year. Installed one and put one in a safe place. So this year I went to go to that safe place but could NOT find it! I tore the house apart but couldn't find it. So I ordered 3 more. They came pretty quickly and I installed one (and put one spare in the control panel and the other spare taped to the owner's manual). It's been a little tricky - I am not the best solderer and it is intricate work. But so far so good. I did learn a shocking lesson today that pulling a fuse on the board is NOT the same as shutting the power off at the fuse box...
Lucie had a good week at camp but her shoulder/rotator cuff pain is getting worse. Going for an MRI next Friday.
I've spent a lot of time floating in the pool lately. The water temp is in the upper 80's every day so I am making the most of it while I can. When we first put the pool in, we had tree people come and cut the over-hanging limbs back. They have grown back so we get a lot of stuff dropping in the water from the trees (and the critters that live in them). Pretty much every day is a vacuuming day.
Hard to believe tomorrow is August 1...
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