Rickb RV Chronicles

OK, THIS IS WHY we’re here!!

The temps are getting back in the seventies, after a long-ish interlude of them being down in the 50’s and 60’s. Some of the evenings have been particularly chilly, dropping down to 38F/3C. Last night didn’t get below 50F/10C, I don’t think, and the high is expected around 72F/22C (I’m relating all temps in F/C notation because I have a lot of European contacts. They don’t grok ‘F’s.)

We still have some cool days ahead of us (this is January, after all) – have to wait for the real warming trend.

THE CHECK VALVE FIX is holding – I jammed another washer into the check valve fitting, put a small section of hose on it, and then plugged the hose with a small, aluminum pill container I’d picked up in Quartzite, last year – the latter super-glued into the hose. Not exactly the expected application for the pill container, but I got it for something.

After a few days of gingerly testing it – so as not to wake up to an empty freshwater tank, again – I can pronounce the fix good. It’s holding, no drips.

I’m actually thinking this is a better situation, even over the long term. I don’t mind pulling the plugged hose off when I need to hook up to city water. Less things to go wrong, one less mechanical thingy to break.