My prototype is in the swimming pool being tested.
If the valve works and cuts off the water I’ll adjust the height of the aluminium mounting bracket. The plan is to slip the horizontal flat section under the coping paver.
Gosh it’s been hot. I went for another bike ride returning home around midday very dehydrated. The air was so hot and dry it felt like I was riding in a blast furnace. The forecast is for more hot weather with the temperature possibly exceeding 40. Jan reads narrowboat blog and wishes she was back in an English winter!
Roll the clock forward one day and I’ve made a second attempt with the pool float valve mount. I couldn’t fit the aluminium plate under the coping paver as it was particularly well glued to the lip of the fibreglass pool. My new strategy is to drill the vertical face of the cement paver and secure the modified mounting plate with screws and plastic rawl plugs.
It works but the height of the float valve needs to be adjusted.
Meanwhile Jan informs me the pool water is too cold. Last year she found the sun too hot whilst in the pool which is why we had a new patio installed over the pool.
Obviously the additional shade has been effective.
I needed to check the DIY pool water heating system. The panels are on the workshop roof.
I can hear the sound of water dripping down the shed drainpipe. The left panel has sprung a small leak. However the system is doing its job with the brass fittings on the outlet side if the system too hot to grip. We’ll be losing a small amount of water but the new float valve should regularly replace it.
A not so successful project is the trailer rear camera.
I have power to it and the camera is broadcasting a wifi signal which I can connect to with both my mobile phone and tablet. However when I load the App the message ‘No Device’ is displayed on the screen. I’ve written to the seller but have yet to receive a reply. I’ll wait two more days and then leave a negative review to see if this initiates some correspondence to resolve the issue.
