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January 4th 2004

 

It's still really cold outside, but as you can see, some of the snow has melted away...  We drive by a snowman each day on the way to the bus and when it started to melt and fall backwards, Becky and I commented to each other that it would be funny if someone put a limbo bar in front of it.  Today we drove by and there it was.  Great minds think alike <grin>.

 

 

I had to do some work on the water tank to get it secured in place a bit better for our trip to Quartzsite.  I screwed some scrap pieces of 2x2 around the entire tank to keep it from sliding around and then strapped it to the 3/4 inch plywood piece.

The entire water tank/pump assembly can be pulled out from under the bus in a few minutes.  The plywood assembly will be bolted to the support beams under the bus before we leave.

 

 

Not a very good picture, but I did some testing using the water pump switch that we pulled from the trailer.

With the water tank partially filled up we disconnected the main water supply and sure enough, plenty of running water from the tank and pump assembly.

It is encouraging  to have this part of the bus system finally connected and tested...

 

Since the battery remote is not working I didn't feel comfortable leaving the electricity hooked up.  The charger defaults to expecting a 30A circuit.  Since I am hooked up to a 15A circuit and couldn't re-program the charger without a working remote, I ended up pulling the electrical cord.

I pointed one of my shop lights at the water pump under the bus.  Now that the tank has water in it and the pump is also filled, I have some fear that the cold weather will freeze the pipes and destroy the pump.  Hopefully the light will give off enough heat to keep the pump from freezing.


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