ArdWrknTrk Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Still, I hate cold weather and this is as far north as I ever want to live! Feel for you guys up north. Ha! I've lived in Canada my whole life, and I still hate the cold. Luckily it's fairly mild where I live on the coast. We didn't have any snow until a week ago, and daytime temps were usually above freezing (32-40F). Last Sunday though, we got about 16" of snow in 12 hours, and it's been cold ever since (Daytime temps 19-20F). Last week my neighbors lawn was as green as it was in the summer. Summers are nice here though. 80F is hot for me, and 85F too hot lol. If the winters were a little milder here, I'd be happy. I lived where it hits -40F, and I've worked where it hits 125F, so I've experienced the full scale, and if there's a place that I could live where it was about 65-75F and dry all year round, that's where I'd like to be...lol. San Diego has a nice Pacific breeze and 360 days of sun most years..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpin Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 San Diego has a nice Pacific breeze and 360 days of sun most years..... And 1.5 million people! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salans7 Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 San Diego has a nice Pacific breeze and 360 days of sun most years..... And 1.5 million people! You guys need to quit with the winter talk, all these winter storms sweeping across the midwest and into the eastern states are bringing torrential rain and thunderstorms to Florida. Makes it kinda hard to enjoy the 60-90 degree temps each day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machspeed Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 You guys need to quit with the winter talk, all these winter storms sweeping across the midwest and into the eastern states are bringing torrential rain and thunderstorms to Florida. Makes it kinda hard to enjoy the 60-90 degree temps each day. What a sorry, no good, *&%..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 And 1.5 million people! L.A. has more people that the entire nation of Canada..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted February 15, 2021 Author Share Posted February 15, 2021 The lagoon is natural geothermal while the facilities around it are man made. That's what you mean, correct? It is an incredible experience and one I delved in many times while I was there. Can you believe I was sitting in that lagoon in temperatures below 32 degrees while it was snowing! I was totally warm too! Gary, were there trees there when you visited two years ago? When I was there back in 1988-89 there was not a single tree on the island, except for what was intentionally planted and cared for. What were you doing there? The airport that you landed in was built and paid for by the US government. It was a US Naval Air Station that had a USAF F-15 detachment for which I was a part of. Back in those days, the Russians used to like to send their Bear Bombers over into the Icelandic Airspace for which our F-15s would intercept and escort out. Man, it is quite a sight to see an F-15 take off near vertically in full after burner. The Icelandic's in Keflavic and Reykjavik didn't care for us much and we were very careful in our associations with them out in public. Issues with native Icelandic's could get an American airman or sailor into big trouble. The smaller communities welcomed us. From what I understand, we no longer have a presence there and it hurt them immensely economically when we left there. It was a wonderful experience to be there, but I longed to be back in America! John - Yes, the lagoon is natural geothermal. I'd forgotten that. We were there on our way to a cruise in the Baltic. We opted for a couple of days in Iceland, staying in Reykjavik but touring much of the island. And we don't remember any trees. In fact, if I remember correctly the Vikings that settled Iceland stripped the land of trees to build ships. As for the weather here in Okiehoma, we've been having a very mild winter with most storms going either north or, oddly enough, south of us. But this one isn't missing us. And its brother is coming in on Tuesday evening to bring more snow. Apparently it won't warm up until maybe the weekend. So I have plenty of time to get a few things done on BB. Gotta get the switches wired up, a couple more wires run out under the hood for the backup lights, and then wire up the radio when it gets in. Really looking forward to having all of that done. Then the next jobs are: Ox locker actuator: Need to install the electric motor that pulls the cable to lock the front diff. Fog lights: Need to add a relay to power the fog lights Backup lights: Need to tap into the backup light circuit behind the tranny switch, run that to a relay controlled by the switch in Mission Control, and then run that back to the trailer connector as well as the future aux backup lights. Air compressor: Then it is time to take the HF compressor apart and install the tank under the bed, the pump in the tool box, and plumb it up. After all that, about all I can think of that I need to do to have BB ready is to take him up to my nephew and have him make the A/C system work. (Hard to believe that at negative outside temps I'm thinking about A/C.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted February 15, 2021 Author Share Posted February 15, 2021 John - Yes, the lagoon is natural geothermal. I'd forgotten that. We were there on our way to a cruise in the Baltic. We opted for a couple of days in Iceland, staying in Reykjavik but touring much of the island. And we don't remember any trees. In fact, if I remember correctly the Vikings that settled Iceland stripped the land of trees to build ships. As for the weather here in Okiehoma, we've been having a very mild winter with most storms going either north or, oddly enough, south of us. But this one isn't missing us. And its brother is coming in on Tuesday evening to bring more snow. Apparently it won't warm up until maybe the weekend. So I have plenty of time to get a few things done on BB. Gotta get the switches wired up, a couple more wires run out under the hood for the backup lights, and then wire up the radio when it gets in. Really looking forward to having all of that done. Then the next jobs are: Ox locker actuator: Need to install the electric motor that pulls the cable to lock the front diff. Fog lights: Need to add a relay to power the fog lights Backup lights: Need to tap into the backup light circuit behind the tranny switch, run that to a relay controlled by the switch in Mission Control, and then run that back to the trailer connector as well as the future aux backup lights. Air compressor: Then it is time to take the HF compressor apart and install the tank under the bed, the pump in the tool box, and plumb it up. After all that, about all I can think of that I need to do to have BB ready is to take him up to my nephew and have him make the A/C system work. (Hard to believe that at negative outside temps I'm thinking about A/C.) Didn't get a lot done on Big Blue today, and certainly very little that can be seen. But I started by going through the switches in Mission Control and checking their connections against my schematic. Boy, am I glad that I did, for two reasons. First, because I discovered that the switch for the OX locker works backwards from the convention I'm using, which is that pressed in/forward at the top is "on". As it turns out the switch I have, which is the 2nd switch I got, is backwards, and pressing in at the top would unlock the locker. So I called OTRATTW and ordered another switch. Fortunately he had a DPDT switch in stock that will work fine, so it will be on its way tomorrow. Second, because I discovered that there are several different pin-outs on the switches, depending on the style of switch. So I mapped each one of them on my schematic, and now know where all of the wires are to go. Then I started to make the harness using a plug that I had laying around instead of cutting up the nice pigtail that Scott sent. Then I had a thought - is this the correct side of that connector? Sure enough, I was getting ready to wire it up using the male connector, which wouldn't plug into the male connector already on Big Blue. After a lot of searching I came to the realization that the only female connectors I have that will plug into that male one are on the two clocks I have. So, I did what some will think of as sacrilege and cut the connector off one of the clocks. (Anyone want a clock w/o a connector? Free to a good home.) And here's the start of my harness, plugged into Scott's pigtail, which I shall return. Maybe tomorrow I can get started on the wiring to the switches themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kramttocs Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Didn't get a lot done on Big Blue today, and certainly very little that can be seen. But I started by going through the switches in Mission Control and checking their connections against my schematic. Boy, am I glad that I did, for two reasons. First, because I discovered that the switch for the OX locker works backwards from the convention I'm using, which is that pressed in/forward at the top is "on". As it turns out the switch I have, which is the 2nd switch I got, is backwards, and pressing in at the top would unlock the locker. So I called OTRATTW and ordered another switch. Fortunately he had a DPDT switch in stock that will work fine, so it will be on its way tomorrow. Second, because I discovered that there are several different pin-outs on the switches, depending on the style of switch. So I mapped each one of them on my schematic, and now know where all of the wires are to go. Then I started to make the harness using a plug that I had laying around instead of cutting up the nice pigtail that Scott sent. Then I had a thought - is this the correct side of that connector? Sure enough, I was getting ready to wire it up using the male connector, which wouldn't plug into the male connector already on Big Blue. After a lot of searching I came to the realization that the only female connectors I have that will plug into that male one are on the two clocks I have. So, I did what some will think of as sacrilege and cut the connector off one of the clocks. (Anyone want a clock w/o a connector? Free to a good home.) And here's the start of my harness, plugged into Scott's pigtail, which I shall return. Maybe tomorrow I can get started on the wiring to the switches themselves. I pictured removing the terminals from the 8 pin and adding your own wedgelocks but you found another way to skin that cat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted February 15, 2021 Author Share Posted February 15, 2021 I pictured removing the terminals from the 8 pin and adding your own wedgelocks but you found another way to skin that cat Yep! And, following your lead, I can go back to a clock later if desired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rembrant Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 L.A. has more people that the entire nation of Canada..... Haha, I don't know about L.A. Jim, but the entire state of California does. As for the weather here in Okiehoma, we've been having a very mild winter with most storms going either north or, oddly enough, south of us. But this one isn't missing us. And its brother is coming in on Tuesday evening to bring more snow. Apparently it won't warm up until maybe the weekend. Gary, I've been really amazed seeing people posting about how far south the cold weather and snow is this year. It's really something to see (scenes have been popping up on all the truck and dog pages I follow lol). The good news is that the bad weather makes for good garage days;). Ask me how I know;). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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