Today the electrical people came and did the work like ninjas. I left the house open and also closed off part of the house so the cat wouldn’t get out. I got no phone calls of any kind, and came back to an invoice taped to the electric panel and new stuff on my back wall.
Two things I was disappointed to see were that the timer wasn’t changed and the flex conduit to the pump wasn’t repaired. Both were just mentioned in passing, so I don’t really fault them for not doing it. It was something I was willing and able to do myself. It’d be good for me to have a hand in this remodeling, lest I just end up like any of the worthless dudes on any HGTV house flipper show – the kind whose wives do all the design and they agree. But I guess they do make some observations, so they kind of earn their keep.
Anyway, I disconnected the power and removed the timer box from the wall. I went inside and got my replacement timer and prepared to mount it. It wasn’t the same size as the old one. And then it struck me. The replacement wasn’t anything like the original. The fact that the replacement was an indoor-only timer, with no weatherproofing at all should have been just a little obvious to me. God, I am an idiot sometimes.
So I checked Lowes to see if they had the real timer I needed in stock, which they did. Then I disconnected the flex conduit from the pump and took it with me. At Lowe’s I easily found the conduit and the timer, but was unable to find the type of conduit connectors I needed. Oh well, I’ll have to use the old ones.
The installation was uneventful and only slightly painful. In the end, everything worked the first time, with no explosions.
Good bye, old timer.
Welcome, new timer.
Welcome to the family.
