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Re: What you Buy or DIY show off thread
« Reply #5840 on: July 02, 2018, 09:37:51 pm »
Cool tent!!  Where are you planning on going?

That tent is bigger than my pop-up!!!

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Re: What you Buy or DIY show off thread
« Reply #5841 on: July 02, 2018, 09:41:40 pm »
Cool tent!!  Where are you planning on going?

That tent is bigger than my pop-up!!!

That tent is bigger than my apartment!!!
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Re: What you Buy or DIY show off thread
« Reply #5842 on: July 02, 2018, 09:50:33 pm »
Cool tent!!  Where are you planning on going?

That tent is bigger than my pop-up!!!

So far we have weekend trips booked to Jellystone Park in Woodstock, Bar Harbor, Maine, Baxter State Park, Maine, and Oak Bay in St. Stephen.  Definitely want to do more as well. 
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Re: What you Buy or DIY show off thread
« Reply #5843 on: July 02, 2018, 10:08:19 pm »
Baxter State Park, Maine

Do they have sites big enough for that tent? Actually being serious.

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Re: What you Buy or DIY show off thread
« Reply #5844 on: July 02, 2018, 10:10:02 pm »
Cool tent!!  Where are you planning on going?

That tent is bigger than my pop-up!!!

So far we have weekend trips booked to Jellystone Park in Woodstock, Bar Harbor, Maine, Baxter State Park, Maine, and Oak Bay in St. Stephen.  Definitely want to do more as well.

There's only one Jellystone Park.

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Re: What you Buy or DIY show off thread
« Reply #5845 on: July 02, 2018, 10:12:22 pm »
Baxter State Park, Maine

Do they have sites big enough for that tent? Actually being serious.

I booked W/E sites, so I'm guessing if they are big enough for a trailer they will be for a tent.  :)

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Re: What you Buy or DIY show off thread
« Reply #5846 on: July 02, 2018, 10:52:40 pm »
Pretty much the opposite size of my recent tent purchase!

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Re: What you Buy or DIY show off thread
« Reply #5847 on: July 02, 2018, 10:59:58 pm »
Cool tent!!  Where are you planning on going?

That tent is bigger than my pop-up!!!

So far we have weekend trips booked to Jellystone Park in Woodstock, Bar Harbor, Maine, Baxter State Park, Maine, and Oak Bay in St. Stephen.  Definitely want to do more as well.

Cool.  My brother goes to some of those regularly with his pop-up trailer and kids.

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Re: What you Buy or DIY show off thread
« Reply #5848 on: July 02, 2018, 11:01:11 pm »
Pretty much the opposite size of my recent tent purchase!

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Re: What you Buy or DIY show off thread
« Reply #5849 on: July 07, 2018, 02:53:44 pm »
So, as I write in another thread, our 13 year old Kenmore Elite Dishwasher started giving us the dreaded 7 count clean warning LED. This  signifies either the heater element is toast or the control board is faulty. I measured the heating element resistance at 13 to 14 ohms so it fell within specs so it meant that the control board was likely the culprit. I sourced a new control board in Oakville at $299 so I looked around. I found one for $211 in Hamilton so I went an got it this morning. I did look at Amazon and ebay but I prefer to deal with actuaal stores when I can.
After installing the new board I found that the old board definitely over heated - see pic.
Interestingly, Whirlpool is the manufacturer and provides discount on your new washer if the control board overheats and you want to go the  new dishwasher route.
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Re: What you Buy or DIY show off thread
« Reply #5850 on: July 07, 2018, 03:03:56 pm »
WTF?  Is that not a fire hazard?

Good job on the DIY!

Edit:  Class action settlement!  https://www.dishwashersettlement.com/Home.aspx
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Re: What you Buy or DIY show off thread
« Reply #5851 on: July 07, 2018, 04:40:44 pm »
WTF?  Is that not a fire hazard?

Good job on the DIY!

Edit:  Class action settlement!  https://www.dishwashersettlement.com/Home.aspx
Yup, going to call the 1-800 number come Monday.
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Re: What you Buy or DIY show off thread
« Reply #5852 on: July 07, 2018, 05:39:53 pm »
With all the sunny and warm weather we've been having we were looking for a little more shade in the backyard. So we purchased a 12' x 12' sail at Lowes on line store the other day for mounting to the pergola.
I got around to installing it this afternoon. It works well providing nice shade, looks pretty good I think and the price was right at $80 delivered plus my time to install.
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Re: What you Buy or DIY show off thread
« Reply #5853 on: July 07, 2018, 05:41:00 pm »
With all the sunny and warm weather we've been having we were looking for a little more shade in the backyard. So we purchased a 12' x 12' sail at Lowes on line store the other day for mounting to the pergola.
I got around to installing it this afternoon. It works well providing nice shade, looks pretty good I think and the price was right at $80 delivered plus my time to install.
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Re: What you Buy or DIY show off thread
« Reply #5854 on: July 07, 2018, 05:50:43 pm »
With all the sunny and warm weather we've been having we were looking for a little more shade in the backyard. So we purchased a 12' x 12' sail at Lowes on line store the other day for mounting to the pergola.
I got around to installing it this afternoon. It works well providing nice shade, looks pretty good I think and the price was right at $80 delivered plus my time to install.
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Re: What you Buy or DIY show off thread
« Reply #5855 on: July 07, 2018, 06:24:36 pm »
That looks great !  :thumbup:
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Re: What you Buy or DIY show off thread
« Reply #5856 on: July 07, 2018, 06:28:44 pm »


Baxter State Park, Maine

Do they have sites big enough for that tent? Actually being serious.

I booked W/E sites, so I'm guessing if they are big enough for a trailer they will be for a tent.  :)

I thought Baxter had a vehicle length limit or maybe that was only certain areas. Where we were was talking to a guy in a pickup that had a small box attached to the back and was just inside the limit. Either way, still one of my favorite parks. Can't wait to go back and climb more peaks

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Re: What you Buy or DIY show off thread
« Reply #5857 on: July 07, 2018, 06:31:47 pm »


Dang! it looks blown up rather than just overheated  :o
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Re: What you Buy or DIY show off thread
« Reply #5858 on: July 07, 2018, 10:29:41 pm »


Dang! it looks blown up rather than just overheated  :o
Yup. What's crazy is that we usually put the dishwasher on before we leave the house in the morning.
Could have burnt the house down.
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Re: What you Buy or DIY show off thread
« Reply #5859 on: July 08, 2018, 10:17:08 pm »
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