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It's 55 degrees in my house. My furnace is not exactly broken, but it's not working quite right - I've cranked the thermostat up to 88 in an effort to get it warmer in here but it keeps shutting off. I think the root pf the problem is that when I changed the filter instead of wedging in a 14x24 filter that is too big for the space, I balanced a 12x24 that is too small but not so small that it falls through (I think I'm supposed to use a 13x24 but I don' want to order a peculiarly-sized filter until I find the owner's manual that I KNOW I have around here somewhere and see exactly what size I need in case it is 13.25x23.5 or something) so as the air comes rushing through the filter sometimes floats a little and probably knocks some of the wiring into the access door just enough so the switch that keeps the thing off when the access door is open thinks it is protecting me. I have tried weighing down the filter with a brick and now I am using that brick to wedge the access door shut. Because when you have a brick all problems look like . . . things you can solve with a brick somehow? I don't know. I'm cold, my brain isn't as sharp as it might be.
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Mar. 3rd, 2009 06:30 amWhat was happening with me yesterday? Oh, right:
So, we discovered last summer that if we turned on the electric kettle while it was plugged into the most convenient outlet in the kitchen while also running the swamp cooler in the living room, the circuit would blow, and this circuit also includes the lamp that is on a timer to turn on at dusk, the dvr/cable box and media computer and Tivo, and some things in the office (it's weird to me that the circuit spans three rooms like that, but there it is). So, that was bad. We tried just remembering to turn off the swamp cooler when we went to boil water, but we are not reliable at remembering tuff like that, so I found a less convenient but usable outlet in the kitchen that seems to be on a different circuit. Now the only thing on the same circuit is (I think) the dishwasher. So if I run the dishwasher and boil water at the same time, the circuit breaks. it doesn't happen often enough for me to remember that that's how it works, though, so when it happened yesterday I was throughly confused, not only by the circuit breaker flipping, but also by the entertainment center NOT getting all screwed up. That was the plan, self, that's why you put the kettle there!
Our drawers are put together with staples. It's sad, really. But I put some new hardware (hardware made of plastic, seems like that should be called something else) on the one that was completely unusable and was able to clear off a whole corner of the counter. I may do some more rerranging today since I have a vision of how I want the kitchen to be and all. OTOH, I really need to do some office stuff and I really really need to buy some bird seed and suet to appease the feathered locusts, but it is raining pretty hard so I might just hide out inside all day. We shall see.
- 07:14 My circuit breakers are confusing me
- 14:57 Finally fixed the drawer in the kitchen that has been broken since the last owners. Yay?
So, we discovered last summer that if we turned on the electric kettle while it was plugged into the most convenient outlet in the kitchen while also running the swamp cooler in the living room, the circuit would blow, and this circuit also includes the lamp that is on a timer to turn on at dusk, the dvr/cable box and media computer and Tivo, and some things in the office (it's weird to me that the circuit spans three rooms like that, but there it is). So, that was bad. We tried just remembering to turn off the swamp cooler when we went to boil water, but we are not reliable at remembering tuff like that, so I found a less convenient but usable outlet in the kitchen that seems to be on a different circuit. Now the only thing on the same circuit is (I think) the dishwasher. So if I run the dishwasher and boil water at the same time, the circuit breaks. it doesn't happen often enough for me to remember that that's how it works, though, so when it happened yesterday I was throughly confused, not only by the circuit breaker flipping, but also by the entertainment center NOT getting all screwed up. That was the plan, self, that's why you put the kettle there!
Our drawers are put together with staples. It's sad, really. But I put some new hardware (hardware made of plastic, seems like that should be called something else) on the one that was completely unusable and was able to clear off a whole corner of the counter. I may do some more rerranging today since I have a vision of how I want the kitchen to be and all. OTOH, I really need to do some office stuff and I really really need to buy some bird seed and suet to appease the feathered locusts, but it is raining pretty hard so I might just hide out inside all day. We shall see.
