Woke up to an overcast sky this morning, but the temperature wasn’t too bad; we made it up to 66°F by mid morning and stayed there for most of the day. We started off expecting 13mm of rain, so far at 19:30 we have had a couple of quick sprinkles. The forecast has been revised to 6mm for today and 25mm for tomorrow.
This morning I decided to go out and finish off the brake adjustment while the weather was good. Well that plan didn’t get too far as the hydraulic jack decided not to lift the axle. Must make a note to make sure I do the job before we head out next year otherwise we’ll go around in circles as soon as I hit the brakes.
After lunch we decided to head down to the beach as there is a strong South Easterly wind which should create a bit of wave activity. At the beach there was a tent set up and a number of chairs in it, someone had chosen the wrong day for a beach wedding. There was quite a bit of wave activity, which we were hoping for; this is not normal on this beach. We had our afternoon walk along the beach, making sure we kept a good eye on the waves to avoid getting wet feet.
On the way home we dropped into Lowes to pick up a new thermostat for the trailer. Recently the evenings have been cool and the current thermostat works fine, but it is located in the wrong position; it is halfway up the stairs at the front of the trailer, and the living area is at the back. I had originally planned to move the current thermostat to a new position in the living area, but the wiring was a problem as some went from the thermostat up into the ceiling on its way to the air conditioner on the roof, and the rest went down into the floor on its way to the furnace.
The easiest answer was to put a second thermostat in and connect it directly to the furnace, the original thermostat will stay where it is as that is a good position to control the A/C from. Finally it all got connected up and it worked….. sort of. Every time I connected the thermostat into the wiring the heating came on…… regardless of the temperature! Unfortunately RV wiring and house wiring for thermostats is different so a little more investigation was required. Finally the problem was resolved, and the heating is working much better now.