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Dryer Outage Postmortem
Seattle, Washington. Tuesday, December 10th, 2019 the Collins household discovered the control panel of the LG DLE2516W did not respond to button pushes.
DuckDuckGo was consulted. LG support provides troubleshooting steps.
- Unplug unit.
- Press & hold power button for 5 seconds.
- Press & hold start button for 5 seconds.
- Plug in unit.
Instructions were followed with no change in behavior. Unit still unresponsive.
Household administrator researches potential fixes. Likely culprits:
- Circuit tripped at circuit breaker.
- Faulty door switch.
- Blown high temperature fuse in heater.
Multimeter is not on premises. Multimeter, door switch, and high temperature fuse purchased from Amazon.com.
Thursday, December 12th, 2019. Door switch arrives. Replaced on unit. No change. Collins leave on trip to Portland, Oregon.
Tuesday, December 17th, 2019. Multimeter and fuse arrive. High voltage outlet and unit power supply measure 240v.
To access high temperature fuse entire unit must be disassembled.
Unit disassembled. Multimeter finds fuse to be in working order. Replaced anyway. Ducts inspected and reveal no blockage.
Unit reassembled. Control board lights up when power button pressed. When start is pressed a relay clicks but motor does not engage (queue Picard).
Unit disassembled. Previous reassembly found to be performed by incompetent technician. Assembler received cursing. Curser and cursee roles were fulfilled by the same person.
Unit reassembled. Powers on. Motor starts.
There was much rejoicing.
Steps to prevent future outages: clean the lint from the filter.
Dead Calm on the Strait
Sunrise at Lopez Island
Getting up early to prepare to cross the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
Guérilla Marketing
Time to try Pho Tran on The Ave.
Poulsbo Viking Fest
After some back and forth about the weather we decided to shove off and sail to Poulsbo for the Viking Fest.
Ballard does its own festival but we thought we’d up the ante by sailing from one Norwegian festival to another.
We left the dock just before noon and arrived in Poulsbo at 14:05.
To guarantee we’d arrive for the festivities we motored the whole way there. In the channels Nirvana goes just over 6 knots with the 9.9hp motor opened up. We had the current at our stern as we entered Agate Pass and reached 10.2 knots over ground.
We all watched the parade as it marched through the main street of Poulsbo. From what I can tell it’s a town proud if its Viking heritage, outdoors kids clubs, high school marching bands, and beauty pageant winners.
On the return trip I hoisted the sails at Point Bolin and got a couple tacks in before motoring back through Agate pass. We were leaving Madison Bay as the sun was setting so we dropped the sails and motored back to help keep the passengers from being out in too cold of an evening.
The winds really picked up as we crossed the Puget Sound and would have made for a fun crossing under sail.
Well over 4 hours on the water to log towards the captain’s license!
Harmony Amphitheater with Finn.
Screen Time
I am living proof that a childhood filled with hours in front of a screen can still lead to being a successful adult.
The last doctor visit I went to with my then 4 year-old child one of the important medical advices she bestowed to me was to limit screen time. Ideally to zero.
I bet she could feel the shockwaves of my imaginary eye-roll.
I think my only concern is that if my kid is in front of a screen I’d rather they were playing a video game and not watching a TV show.
The only thing better than letting your kid play video games is to play video games with them.
At the Kid’s Junior High School
Oh you sweet summer child.
| Date | 2018-12-27 |
| Departure Time | 12:15 |
| Location | Shilshole Bay |
| Crew | David, Markus, Oliver and Beau |
Oliver and I arrived early to prep the boat. The deck and hardware had gotten a bit green so we did a bit of scrubbing.
When David and Mark arrived we dropped the outboard in and warmed it up. Took two starts to idle from cold.
Once out in Shilshole Bay we started hunting for some wind but there wasn’t much to be found at first. A boat off West Point had full sail up as well as another off of Bainbridge directly across so we motored west to get out of Magnolia’s wind shadow.
There was some weather coming in from the north around the convergent zone and once it arrived we were off.
Mark was on the tiller and I was trimming the sails. We made a few tacks and made our way windward until the winds finally passed. The knot meters were still not functioning so no info on speed in the water. My guess is close to four knots.
We ended up on a beam reach heading south with a gentle wind coming from the east. David set up the stove and boiled some water while I cut up some bread and cheese and we all enjoyed a warm lunch in the middle of the bay.
After bobbing around a bit more we motored back in just before 15:00.
David and Mark left, Oliver and I spent some more time scrubbing. Then we buttoned Nirvana up and headed home.