I found one of the problems with the wiper motor. Poor ground. I’ve installed a new ground wire. Not sure if this was causing the blown fuse but at least I found something!
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Monthly Archives: March 2004
Major downtime
Last night my webhosting provider moved services from one data center to another during a scheduled downtime. All went well until a DOS attack that took out the connections in the new data center. 9 hours latter things came back up. Glad I wasn’t involved in the downtime! The entire incident reminds me of the time I was the crisis manager when the VAXes crashed and it took about 12 hours to get then...
Wiper motor
As you may recall, I’ve been having problems with a blown fuse. Well, I think I found the culprit. While checking to make sure all the electrical stuff was working, I blew another fuse. I replaced, the fuse and noticed the wiper motor was on. Since the arms aren’t on it is not obvious when the wipers are on. I turned them off and then back on. This time the wipers didn’t work. I...
Windows
It was time to install the windshield and the rear window. I searched the mailing list archives, read everything I could and chickened out. Instead of installing the window myself, I called a local window outfit and arranged for installation. Two guys came out to the house and an hour later both windows were in. Much easier than doing it myself.
Strange use of a penny
While getting ready to install the new window glass, I was cleaning the old hardware and found….