Warm Day

We've been seeing flags and blue tracks on the grass, so we've suspected that some special event is coming up. This morning on our walk we talked with some folks who were setting up for a 5K run sponsored by the local high school. They said students from 20 area high schools would participate in the run tomorrow morning. Later we saw a man adding water to a large tank on a cart. He had blue hands from handling the blue tracker dye he was laying down to mark the course.

Today was warm and sunny. We even ran the air conditioner for a while this afternoon. Later we opened the windows and turned on our exhaust fans. I made the mistake of standing with the remote control pointing towards a fan, but with the new fire and smoke alarm in between. The IR signal caused the alarm to go off, but fortunately only for a short while.

We worked on our water filters today. Our sediment filter is reusable, so we washed it out. We replaced the secondary carbon block filter. Then we experimented to see if we could determine what is causing our water flow to be so low. The filters are rated for 3-4 gallons per minute. The park has reasonable water pressure at around 45 psi. We measured the flow rate just after the filters and found 3 gpm. Inside at the kitchen sink, we found only 0.8 gpm and at the shower 1.1 gpm. This is discouraging. We must have some constriction in our system, but where? When we return to Junction City, we'll ask the service folks to see if they can locate the problem.


I had another problem to deal with today too. We got a letter in our last mail forwarding from the IRS asking for more documentation of the energy tax credit we took for our solar installation in 2009. I called and waited on hold for quite some time before finally getting to talk with an agent. He was very friendly and explained what we needed to send in. Unfortunately one of the things we need is a manufacturer's certification that the product qualifies for the tax credit, which we'll have to try to get from AM Solar. I sent them an email message, so now it's wait and see. Don't you just love to get letters from the IRS?