Well, summer is finally here, according to the calendar anyhow. The weather and fishing would have us believe otherwise...
I arrived at our trailer yesterday morning to start our summer vacation, only to find that Wendy has had trouble with the fridge for the past three days. We're not sure what's wrong - it lights but won't stay lit. Yesterday I checked all the connections at the power board and DSI board, and they seem to be good. This morning I found a good Norcold refrigerator troubleshooting website(we have internet at the trailer this summer!) and I thought I had the problem diagnosed. When we turned on the fridge, the ignitor would light the burner, the flame would burn for a few seconds, then the ignitor control would shut it off. I was pretty sure that the flame sensor electrode was not in the path of the flame so it wasn't able to properly measure the presence of the flame. Thinking there was no flame the DSI would shut off the gas and ignition. I bent the electrode a bit so that it is definitely enveloped by flame, and when we tried the fridge again it came on instantly and stayed on. We thought we had solved the problem. Sadly, when we came in from fishing a few minutes ago we discovered that the fridge was off again and the trouble light was lit. Dang! Back to more troubleshooting...
Fishing is slow at Tunkwa right now. We suspect the unsettled weather is a big factor. Hatches and fish activity are intermittent and sparse. Some guys are getting a few fish on mayfly nymphs in the afternoon, but not many fish are being caught. Apparently Logan Lake is very slow right now, too. I haven't heard any recent reports from Leighton. With luck we'll get some good, consistent weather soon, the fishing will pick up, and it'll feel like it really is summer!
That's it for my first blog post from Tunkwa Heights!
Cheers! KW
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