4.26.2014

Because it's Camelot here and only rains at night, Jim debated about going to the land today.  But after all the crazy work he did yesterday, I really wanted him to give his leg a bit of a rest.  So he did schoolwork in the morning and then worked on the pump wiring this afternoon.

One of the big issues we have now is having our stuff spread all over the place.  Jim has always had a ton of tools and parts but always knew where they were and had things organized.  Now, things are spread over 2 storage units (plus things still in Ohio) and not easily accessible.  He spent a long time and took a couple of trips to the barn trying to find his crimper for electric wiring.  He hated it, but finally had to break down and buy another one to use to wire up the pump.

But the pump is now connected to the giant spool of wire that we've had in the apartment hallway forever.  He's just making sure all the connections are completely waterproof since it's going to be underwater for a very long time!  So after crimping all the connections, then it was 2 layers of heat shrink tubing, then rubber tape and then plastic tape - all this on each of the 3 wires inside that big insulated wire (the thick blue wire above).