A day struggling with difficult issues, when I eventually reached the Village Hall Chairman Alan Cromack to get him back involved and agreed a way forward. After my normal chores, some time for desk-work and de-humidifier repairs before I also telephoned Mum and Freda who are together at Redgrave and organised her new investment account for her and mused on the design of Heronshaw and its garage, following receipt of draft designs
I was struggling today to make progress on a number of difficult problems. The day started well enough, although I was late to breakfast. I tried to clear my desk and do a few things before my chores, but, what with telephone calls etc., I made little progress and in the end it was after lunch before I fed the doves and attended to other things. I was trying to contact the Village Hall Chairman to get him back into the committee's affairs and I could not do this until later on. Then I did not get a return call from Ebac about the de-humidifier and I had to make several calls myself to get the information and advice that I needed. The de-frost is triggered by a timing interval and delay so that there is a duty cycle of about 45mins and then a couple of minutes defrost etc. The timing printed circuit board is in control and, by shorting two pins on an integrated circuit and forcing the unit into a defrosting action, I managed to prove that it was this circuit that was faulty. I typed up a letter for action to replace the circuit and then sent it by fax which was a handy facility.
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When I found Alan Cromack, he explained that he had been busy with the sale of his company and had confused the meeting dates but was now able to contribute again. I agreed with him that we should hold a maintenance sub-committee meeting which, for once, I should attend to catch up on the outstanding matters urgent for action and pass them over to him. By the end of the day I had started to get somewhere but this left little time for clearing out my sheds and less time still for working on the alarm system. I did manage to make a couple of calls concerning winter work to The Paxton Princess which did not really leave me any the wiser. I also telephoned Mum and Freda who are together at Redgrave and organised her new investment account for her. Tea and then I wrote up these last couple of days journal and mused on the design of Heronshaw and its garage. We had received another architect's sketch for the bungalow today and it was an improvement but still not quite the final solution. I am still a little baffled about the new elevated floor design for the thatched garage, but I will work something out.