January 5, 2009. No heat yet.
The heaters were delayed in Portland's Blizzard '08 and we finally got them about a week ago. I've been busy with end of year stuff at work and we also had to do a complete inventory for the Feds so much of our winery time was spent doing paperwork. Also, the state had a paperwork snafu and did not give us notice that we had to fill out more paperwork for them (and pay the annual fee for 2009) by 12/31/08. So, I took a few hours off work, met Jill and Bob at the winery (who were doing the end of year inventory) and went down to the state office to pay the fee on time. The good news is that we're still in compliance with all the proper agencies - federal, state, and local.
The bad news is that it took away time from getting the heaters installed.
Bob got everything installed and wired this past weekend, by himself because I wasn't feeling well. On Saturday night he called me (sick on the couch) to help him track down the correct breaker that supplies the winery sub-panel.
I helped him locate the correct one, and he double-checked that all his wiring was correct and that all the breakers were off. This was the first time we were energizing the sub-panel from the main panel. He then slid the switch to ON...
ZAP! POP! SPARKS A'FLYIN' EVERYWHERE!!!
Yes, our luck continues into 2009! The main wires from the main power feed to the breaker have a short in them, and, when Bob energized the breaker, he got a bonus free spark show!
Bob was spent so he just left everything off and went home. I went over the next day with a meter and determined that one of the hot 240 volt wires is connected to ground somewhere, and that we'll have to have someone pull new lines for us.
I don't really have the heart to write about the 3000 gallon lake that appeared in our pit Thursday night into Friday morning. It has been raining here like it's Portland and our outside pit drain was clogged. The upside is that we have an increadible friend who happens to be our landlord who helped us unclog the drains and pump out the water. Dan has reached superstar status in our book.
If it continues like this, 2009 is going to be an exciting year for us!
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Pretty Cool, the "valve incident" from Dec sounds too close to home. Let me know when the first vintage is available for sale, count us in for a couple of cases. We have a teenager also you know.
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