And What A Drop We Had!

It began raining almost a week ago.  There was one or two 24 hour periods when we had a few mls and then there were other days when we had 2" of the stuff.  Mixed with the wet weather has been the heat and humidity from up to the north giving us ideal conditions for late afternoon thunderstorms. But hot and steamy conditions for everyday living!

And then around 9pm last night (Monday) a cooler southerly mass of air moved in over us, again with thunderstorms, but leaving us this morning with cooler weather.  After 7" of rain (our total for the last 7 days) it is still warm enough to begin to dry the moisture from the ground and recreate the similar humidity to last week.

So today is still a little on the humid side but there is cooler weather with lower humidity on the way.  Again the air con in the living area got a run on a day or two recently while the bed room unit did manage a few hours one especially steamy evening!

The photo is of ordinary quality but shows what the pool chlorinator is indicating.  It says that there is just a little chlorine production (only one light) and I need to check the salt in the pool.  But I only put 4 bags of salt in the pool a little over a week ago.

I checked the chlorinator a couple of hours later and all the lights (about 6 of them) were on and the chlorinator was working perfectly.

This morning the chlorinator is back to just one light.  After a trip to the Pool Shop the verdict is the element requires replacement and most likely a 'board' or two in the main chlorinator itself.  This is around $600 even before labour is included.

So we are up for a new and larger (and therefore more efficient) chlorinator.  This should happen later this week.

The new shutters have gone onto the backburner!

I managed just one bike ride during the last week but did get a bottling done.  So my supplies have been rejuvenated.

There were also several TV box setups to adjust as well.  I am trying to set up a system where people can do their own updating.  I supply the update and they download and install it themselves.  If successful this would make it much easier for me.

I have been getting great feedback on the Tea TV app especially for Windows or Mac.  It can be installed on android but it works brilliantly on Windows and Apple computers.  Do a Google Search for "Tea TV for Windows" or "Tea TV for Mac" and see what Mr Google throws up for you!