Jonas, Lionel and I were the only ones at the site for devotions.\u00a0 Benny is off for two weeks vacation, so attendance is down a lot from last week!<\/p>\n
This morning I spent most of my time in the air conditioned 100kw transmitter hall. \u00a0 I emailed Jim\u00a0to have him verify what he needs to complete the rest of the air conditioner installation for the 400kw transmitter hall and phasor room.<\/p>\n
The list of things to order, for the shipment from Niles, MI, was revised based on stock-on-hand and additional items that seem to be added each day.<\/p>\n
Research was then done for sources, and prices, of the relays and contactors that Jonas specified for the tower lighting and antenna tuning unit cooling fans.\u00a0 We plan to order these items tomorrow once the financial arrangements are in order.<\/p>\n
I drove back to the duplex for lunch and a short 15 minute nap with my feet raised.\u00a0 This, and spending more time in air conditioned rooms, seems to be helping the swelling in my feet and ankles.<\/p>\n
Virginia informed me that the internet was not working.\u00a0 When I checked, there were no lights on the router.\u00a0 If fact, there was no electricity at all in the other half of our duplex where the router is located.\u00a0 The main breaker had tripped.\u00a0 Just a few minutes after resetting this breaker, it tripped again.\u00a0 Virginia had been cleaning windows and washing their screens back of the duplex.\u00a0 There is an outlet near the outside faucet and some\u00a0water spray had apparently gotten into the outlet’s box, as it is not weatherproof.\u00a0 The main breaker, which is also an earth leakage (ground fault) device to protect the whole house, was sensing the electrical ‘leakage’ in that outside box.\u00a0 After the second reset of the breaker, it remained ‘on’.\u00a0 Apparently, the outlet had dried out, but there was still no internet connection.<\/p>\n
On the way back to the site, I noticed that the ship that was at the salt pier this morning was now being loaded.\u00a0 The ‘harvesting’ of salt that was being done yesterday was halted to do the loading.<\/p>\n
Upon driving into the site, I noticed a 40 foot container on a trailer was parked next to the building.\u00a0 This container contains the 600kw dummy load for the new transmitter.\u00a0 Another truck followed me into the site.\u00a0 It is specially equipped to load, or unload, containers.\u00a0 After telling the driver where the container needed to be placed, so that the dummy load could be easily lifted by a large crane into its final position, he transferred the container onto his truck, then moved the container to where it needed to be set onto the ground.\u00a0 This was all done within a period of less than 30 minutes.\u00a0 The container is still sealed, as it has not cleared customs yet.\u00a0 Hopefully, customs officials will come before the upcoming four-day Easter weekend!<\/p>\n\n\t\t