Home Repair Progress!
Jul. 8th, 2010 04:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
csberryThe oven is fixed. Turns out that the baking element was fine. When I pulled it out to test, I noticed that there was only a wire attached to one of the two end terminals. Upon opening the back cover on the range, I saw a black mark and an orange wire dangling with a blackened and bubbled end. I'll skip all the details, but while this proved to be a very inexpensive repair, the process of trying to find all the wire and connectors was very frustrating since the grade of wire and connectors differed from what HD/Lowe's (the connections were 5/16" instead of the 1/4" that everywhere stocked). In the end, A-1 Appliance Parts saved the day for me again. They had a little baggy with the right sized connector and 3" of the right size wire. All I had to do was cut off the scorched portion of the original wire and splice on the replacement end. All is running fine now.
As for the plumbing...I was able to talk to someone from Huntsville Utilities' water department. He said there should be a valve I could close at the meter. After a couple of minutes of digging, I found it. I cleared all the dirt from around it and decided to give it a quick try. With a little tap from the handle of my shovel, the valve easily shifted a little bit of a turn. Using this valve is definitely now my plan of attack. Fixing the valve that is next to the house can now wait.
As for the plumbing...I was able to talk to someone from Huntsville Utilities' water department. He said there should be a valve I could close at the meter. After a couple of minutes of digging, I found it. I cleared all the dirt from around it and decided to give it a quick try. With a little tap from the handle of my shovel, the valve easily shifted a little bit of a turn. Using this valve is definitely now my plan of attack. Fixing the valve that is next to the house can now wait.
