A new light in the house.
July 5, 2006 (6:12pm)
62º F, Sunshine, SSW wind 7 mph.
Good evening,
Another beautiful day today. Seems like it is too nice to last for long. We really like this kind of weather.
Today was the day to get a new light bulb for the oven. Here is the one we bought. At the moment it is not totally hooked up, but does heat and we managed to eat dinner cooked on it to night. As you can see it is not the top of the line. Rather a "plain Jane" model. We have found that there really is very little we need other than 4 burners and an oven with a light in it. Oh yes the door needs a window in it too. We settled on a Whirlpool, since I have a lot of confidence in the company, having sold their products for about a decade.
The range comes set for natural gas operation and we use LP. So I needed to change the operation of the pressure regulator and change the jets. I found the procedure written in the installation booklet was incorrect. Apparently this has a different regulator than was used when the booklet was printed. If I had not had the service experience I do, I don’t think the average "Joe" would be able to figure it out. The adjustment of the burners needs yet to be done. It is FAST - faster it seems than the microwave. At the moment they are wild and really put out too much heat. Can’t let the pan get any closer than seven feet from the flame! Never had a meal prepared so quickly than supper tonight. It really caught Margriet by surprise.
I have not forgotten all of the skills I acquired while operating the store. I was able to unload and bring the range in without any help - in spite of a kink in my back. Did a lot of "walking" the box up the ramp and into the house. One thing about the new range is that there is a lot less to assemble. If it were operating on natural gas rather than LP, it would be a matter of piping in the fuel and plugging it in. Leveling is a lot easier now too, as it can be accomplished from inside of the oven. I really like that and wish it would have been on the ranges I sold and installed in the past. The range was also built in Mexico which was a bit of a surprise to me. They used to be made in Benton Harbor, Michigan. Maybe it will cook Mexican food better than the old one!
I had to get a different gas line fitting (of course) than the old range had, so drove to Algoma to get one. About three miles south of Algoma there was fog developing on the highway, just above the blacktop to a depth of about three feet. The breeze was coming in off the lake and the sun was heating the black top considerably. Since the breeze was cool and the pavement hot, condensation occurred. It really surprised me. Normally I have seen that only in the winter when snow was on the ground. It was really cool, but also made the pavement very wet.
Suspect we will be staying pretty close to home until church time on Sunday. Nothing we need to leave for at the moment that I know of. As soon as we are finished with church on Sunday we plan to head north and west. Hope the weather cooperates a bit.
Time to get a-going.
In Christ My Saviour,
Chris <><
62º F, Sunshine, SSW wind 7 mph.
Good evening,
Another beautiful day today. Seems like it is too nice to last for long. We really like this kind of weather.
Today was the day to get a new light bulb for the oven. Here is the one we bought. At the moment it is not totally hooked up, but does heat and we managed to eat dinner cooked on it to night. As you can see it is not the top of the line. Rather a "plain Jane" model. We have found that there really is very little we need other than 4 burners and an oven with a light in it. Oh yes the door needs a window in it too. We settled on a Whirlpool, since I have a lot of confidence in the company, having sold their products for about a decade.
The range comes set for natural gas operation and we use LP. So I needed to change the operation of the pressure regulator and change the jets. I found the procedure written in the installation booklet was incorrect. Apparently this has a different regulator than was used when the booklet was printed. If I had not had the service experience I do, I don’t think the average "Joe" would be able to figure it out. The adjustment of the burners needs yet to be done. It is FAST - faster it seems than the microwave. At the moment they are wild and really put out too much heat. Can’t let the pan get any closer than seven feet from the flame! Never had a meal prepared so quickly than supper tonight. It really caught Margriet by surprise.
I have not forgotten all of the skills I acquired while operating the store. I was able to unload and bring the range in without any help - in spite of a kink in my back. Did a lot of "walking" the box up the ramp and into the house. One thing about the new range is that there is a lot less to assemble. If it were operating on natural gas rather than LP, it would be a matter of piping in the fuel and plugging it in. Leveling is a lot easier now too, as it can be accomplished from inside of the oven. I really like that and wish it would have been on the ranges I sold and installed in the past. The range was also built in Mexico which was a bit of a surprise to me. They used to be made in Benton Harbor, Michigan. Maybe it will cook Mexican food better than the old one!
I had to get a different gas line fitting (of course) than the old range had, so drove to Algoma to get one. About three miles south of Algoma there was fog developing on the highway, just above the blacktop to a depth of about three feet. The breeze was coming in off the lake and the sun was heating the black top considerably. Since the breeze was cool and the pavement hot, condensation occurred. It really surprised me. Normally I have seen that only in the winter when snow was on the ground. It was really cool, but also made the pavement very wet.
Suspect we will be staying pretty close to home until church time on Sunday. Nothing we need to leave for at the moment that I know of. As soon as we are finished with church on Sunday we plan to head north and west. Hope the weather cooperates a bit.
Time to get a-going.
In Christ My Saviour,
Chris <><
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