Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Day 322 Fix the stove, etc.

The "sparker" on our new stove started malfunctioning shortly after it arrived last June.  On our stove, when you turn the knob to ignite one of the burners, it "sparks"to ignite the propane, much like a barbecue grill.  One of our burners(front left) had finally stopped "sparking" when the knob was turned on.  It had worked intermittently but was now officially dead.  I'd talked to the folks at Sure Marine(sold it to us).  They had encouraged us to contact Force 10 (manufacturer) about the matter.  After several emails back and forth, they sent us a new wiring harness to replace the defective one.  The harness connects every burner--even the oven--to a battery.  Push the knob in and turn it on and the battery makes it spark and bingo, you have flame.  I took off the front panel of the stove, removed the old harness and installed the new one.  It now works fine.  I took the old harness switches apart to try and fix the defective one.  I'll keep it in a plastic bag just incase I need another one later on.

We went to the storage shed in the afternoon to pick up the new refrigerator for Zephyr.  Now that the opening in the counter top is done, we can start the install. 

The wind just kept on blowing yesterday.  Gusts up in the high 20s again.  Cloudy with more showers.  I guess the forecast is for more of the same for the rest of the week.  Time will tell.  At least it wasn't snow.  

Spring is coming!!

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