About a year or so ago, we replaced the water heater in our camper. The previous heater froze up and burst after we loaned it to friends building a house,
When you put a new water heater in an old camper, of course, there are always complications. In this case, it was that the old one had a pilot light one lit from the outside of the camper, while the new one has an electronic ignition system. That's all and good -- an electronic system that you start with the flick of a switch is a heck of a lot handier. But that meant installing a new electric system to go with it.
Now, I am fairly handy at some things. Electrics, however, are not within my realm. But thankfully we know some people who tinker, and they got the water heater working this weekend at Island Park Scout Camp, where Michelle is for the summer. I spent a good portion of my day yesterday gathering the parts they requested -- in fact, gathered quite a few parts they ended up not using, but at least they were there if needed. I'm just happy the thing is working.
Part of getting it working was interpreting the instructions provided with the unit, which weren't all that great. First of all, it's a set of instructions for several models -- never a good situation to be in-- because which model are we dealing with? Then there are the little things. in the operations section, the user is directed to "turn the switch" to turn the heater on. None of the switches involve turn. Turning implies a specific action that can't be accomplished with the tools provided.
Then there's the tools provided: Those handy supply chain issues meant the standard switch called for indirectly in the instructions (and it does not turn either) was not available, so I had to guess at what was needed.
I'm just glad it's working.
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