{"id":800,"date":"2010-07-16T22:15:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-16T22:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/?p=800"},"modified":"2016-06-27T17:04:51","modified_gmt":"2016-06-27T17:04:51","slug":"ive-made-a-couple-of-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/?p=800","title":{"rendered":"Friday 16th July 2010 – I’ve made a couple of changes …"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"dump<\/a>… to the automatic water heater. First thing was to fit the top of the element (where all of the wires are) into a watertight box so that the risk of them being splashed with water is minimised.<\/p>\n

There’s also a little LED warning light fitted to tell me when the diverter is working and current is reaching the element.<\/p>\n

I’ve added a double-keel to the pontoon as well. The element protrudes 19cms below the pontoon so I fitted a keel of 20cms, 1 each side of the element, so that if the water level drops the element won’t ground out and cause a short circuit.<\/p>\n

Finally, I’ve fitted a 50-amp fuse on the control board, just in case anything extraordinary happens.
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After that I cleared off some weeds and brambles from the side of the lean-to that faces down the garden. Once they had been cleared I laid down a few pallets and started bringing the cut wood out of the lean-to and stacking it on the pallets. I need to move this wood as I want to put the composting toilet there – I need the space where that currently is for other purposes.<\/p>\n

But I didn’t do that for long as Lieneke arrived and started to clear out her field that is next to mine. It’s been a bit of a mess for years but now she’s started on it and so I felt obliged to join in on my side of the fence.<\/p>\n

I’ve moved much of the wood from here and stacked it around the back of the barn. And then I pulled up the weeds nettles and brambles that were stuck in the wall. Lieneke needed a hand to move a huge load of barbed wire that she had found in her meadow and there was so much of that that it took quite a while.<\/p>\n

\"gate<\/a>But you’ll also notice that I’ve put the left-hand gate back on its hinges, and doing that was important. One of the side effects of clearing the weeds and brambles is that there is now a clear shot from the lane down to where I have my shower. And of course I don’t want to give any of the locals an inferiority complex<\/p>\n

So for that reason, until I can get a shower curtain I’ll be taking my solar showers behind the gate.<\/p>\n



\nBut I need to move the composting toilet tomorrow. I can’t now use it where it is at the moment.<\/p>\n

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