{"id":3401,"date":"2014-04-22T09:57:08","date_gmt":"2014-04-22T17:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rknibbe.com\/Wordpress\/?p=3401"},"modified":"2014-04-22T10:06:14","modified_gmt":"2014-04-22T18:06:14","slug":"warning-will-robinson-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rknibbe.com\/Wordpress\/archives\/3401","title":{"rendered":"Warning Will Robinson, Warning!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Did an overnight at our Nest in Seward this weekend. Needed to empty and refill the hot tub. Something happens to a tub of water kept at 89 degrees or warmer for 4-5 months that I’m concerned may render it incompatible with human immersion. The water kinda smelled weird, too.<\/span><\/p>\n

First, I remembered to drop the power to the tub — don’t want the pump coming on when the tub is empty! That would be a very costly mistake. <\/span><\/p>\n

Next, hooked the garden hose to the drain plug and let her rip. Later, I hand bailed the remaining water best I could with a plastic trash can, then Happy Wife (HW) stepped into the tub in knee high pants and bare feet like she was fixin’ to mash grapes, wearing on one hand a terry cloth mitt impregnated with surface cleaner.\u00a0 First she sponged the last stubborn puddles of water then a wipin’ she went.<\/span><\/p>\n

Next, I refilled the tub with forty degree water direct from our well deep in Alaska ground.<\/span><\/p>\n

When you turn the power back on red warnings start flashing on the hot tub’s control panel. ICE ICE<\/strong><\/span> and then FL1 FL1<\/span>.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I pat the console reassuringly, <\/strong>“There there tub, you’re in Alaska, you’re not going to freeze, just the new water is a little cold is all.” <\/span><\/p>\n

FL1<\/strong><\/span> means the filter(s) are clogged. How can this be? They weren’t clogged before I emptied the tub, nor have they been moved. This is the nature of things generally, isn’t it? Make any change to a system and everyone’s upset.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Crap,” I said to HW, “now I have to reach into icy water and change the filters.” (We have several spares). <\/span><\/p>\n

“No worries, I’ll do it,” she said, “I’ve waded water that cold or worse in the back country.”<\/span><\/p>\n

“Okaaay.”<\/span><\/p>\n

“Holy crap you weren’t kidding that’s cold!” She exclaimed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Finally, the red light indicating that the heater is operating came on. This only happens if the filters are happy. In the meantime the ICE ICE<\/strong><\/span> warning keeps flashing and if the console had arms I imagine it would be like Robot in Lost In Space — “Warning Will Robinson! Warning!”<\/span><\/p>\n

And then the heater light went out again, and FL1 FL1<\/strong><\/span> reappeared.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dunked my hands in the icy water and partially unscrewed one filter. Heater light goes back on. Yeah!<\/span><\/p>\n

I go inside and begin to imbibe a Nestarita — 1 can frozen limeade, 1 can Tequila, 1 16 oz Pabst; stir ‘n serve over ice — which HW had prepared for us. I take a peek outside at the console:<\/span><\/p>\n

FL1 FL1<\/strong><\/span> … ICE ICE<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Crap.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dip hands back in icy water and further unscrew filter. Heater light comes back on.<\/span><\/p>\n

Two Nestaritas later, same thing, water had warmed eight degrees to just under 50 before the heater light went off again. This time I just remove the filter entirely from its base. Light comes back on.<\/span><\/p>\n

Much later, after dinner and a movie, I look again and the ICE ICE<\/strong><\/span> warning has disappeared, water temperature is over 65. Goal is 103. I daringly screw the filter I’d removed back into its base. Heater light stays on. I turn on one bank of jets. Pump works, jets work. I switch on the other bank of jets.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jets no work. I hear the pump laboring. Crap. Then the heater light goes out. Crap Crap<\/strong><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Unscrew filter, heater light comes on, puzzle over non-functional bank of jets.<\/span><\/p>\n

I see one of the jet nozzles in the tub is not completely submerged. Air in the line! <\/span><\/p>\n

Fill trash can with water from bathtub and decant into hot tub. Repeat 3 times. Jet is now completely submerged. Try again. Jets no work, at least not very well, although I see one or two sputter. Come on, you can do it. I cycle the pump by turning the switch on and off repeatedly.<\/span><\/p>\n

Success! Eventually all jets are functional, the temperature is by now close to 80, I screw the filter back in, the heater light stays on!<\/span><\/p>\n

Next day, mid morning, we both slide into a 103o<\/sup> tub, naked ‘n giddy.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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