The outside temperature moderated late last night, dropping down to around 25°C by 11 PM. We decided to switch off the A/C and open up all the windows. This worked well, and by wake up time the trailer was at 20°C. With the trailer nice and cool we closed all the windows up, pulled down the blinds and switched the A/C back on. With the temperature forecast to go up to the high 30’s again I figured it would be best to start cooling early, rather than trying to play catch-up later on. Again the plan worked and despite the outside air climbing to 36°C, the inside stayed down around 27°C. Not overly cool, but comfortable. One of the downsides of the trailer is that we chose one with plenty of windows, which is great for the view, but lousy for insulation as it is only single glazing.
Talking of views, this is what we can see from the trailer.
As we usually do, the first (and usually last) day at a site is a stay local day. After breakfast I did a little maintenance around the trailer, the smoke detector had parted company with the ceiling after all the shaking the trailer went through with the deformed tyre. I also had to replace a switch at the hot water tank that had burnt out a couple of weeks ago. I had a replacement sent here, so it was time to install it. For the last two weeks the switch wires had just been twisted together (i.e. switched on all the time), today’s job was simple, untwist the wires, crimp on a couple of connectors and connect to the switch. Simple…… wrong!
Got it all connected up, switched it on and no voltage to the heating element. What could I have done wrong, by anyone’s standard it was a simple job. Long story short, after half an hour of trouble shooting the light came on, metaphorically speaking. The tank was full of hot water, hot water doesn’t need heating therefore the thermostat switches off power to the element. I ran off some of the hot water to allow cold water into the tank, put it all back together and now it worked!
After lunch we headed into the city (everything’s a city around here) of Moab. This is very much a tourist area at the gateway to the Arches National Park, nonetheless Lyn managed to find a yarn store.
Tomorrow we’re of to the Arches, the locals recommend that we be there at 6 AM to beat the heat. That won’t be happening! we’ll be there about 10 AM and will beat the heat with the trucks A/C and plenty of cold water!