This is the last work day of 2012.
When I first entered the car, the inside was compeltely dry. Front office roof drain installed by Chuck Trabert working phenomenally.
I removed drain from Subcooler thinking water had gotten in this Summer when filling the kitchen water tanks. I reached my hand inside and it felt like water, however, it turned out to be an inch or so of pure silt. However, it was totally dry.
Taped up South facing side door with Guerilla tape to keep water/snow out since weatherstripping is not 100%.
Then I put the Enginator exhaust riser cover back on the outside of the car which we had taken off a year or so ago. Not nec. to be off until painting the sides.
More testing the Enginator. I hoooked up a night light as an indicator to the Oil-Heat thermal trip coil to see if it was being energized. I did not observe any power to light. Now it seems the control cable from the car to the unit under the car with the Ralco connector has shorted. When I moved it, the Oil-Heat tripped. Looking closer, I saw cracked insulation on the cable. Another hour or so of work.
I measured the door hardware, and light fixture outlines in hopes of finding replacements. So far we have not been able to locate replacement door hardware. Roger Kramer from the IRM Coach Dept does have some lighting fixtures that appear would work.
By the end of the day the batteries were totally dead – unable to start the Enginator. The 4 golf car batteries do not appear draw enough current when charging to hold in Low Current Relay (which shuts the Enginator off when the load decreases) enough to properly charge them. So at about 7:15pm when it’s dark I decided to disconnect them and bring them home since temp in the Midwest are starting to dip towards freezing. Hydrometer reading at home indicated they were completely dead.
Measured floor and ceiling board lengths and front office wall dimensions for purchasing new lumber.