While in San Angelo we modified our fourth of July plans and will now be in Albuquerque after the fourth instead of during it. We did this so we could see one of Sharon’s best friends who wouldn’t have been in town during the fourth. Therefore we added four more days to our stay at the San Angelo State Park.
It turns out it was a good thing we added days. Why? Because our rear A/C quit working. The night we rearranged our plans, we set the thermostat lower as we always do when preparing for bed when suddenly we heard a noise and smelled what seemed to be an electrical component burning. Not good with temperatures in San Angelo over 100 degrees during the day.
I immediately shut down the A/C and checked the rooftop unit to make sure nothing was burning. With no fire or smoke I went back in to get some sleep and would check it in the morning. The next morning I crawled back up on the roof and removed the A/C shroud to inspect what I suspected was a blown start capacitor as we had that problem once before on the front A/C.
I couldn’t find anything that appeared burnt on the start capacitor but there was a smaller black piece attached on top of it that obviously had burnt. We carried that part all around town trying to find a replacement Trying to find one that also had the PCTR, otherwise known as the motor start relay, proved difficult.
It began to look like we were going to have to order one when I finally located one a few days later near Abilene Texas. We drove over to Abilene and sure enough they had a replacement part. The people there were really nice so we want to give them a shout out to let others know this is a good place to get parts, Young’s RV Parts.Once the part was installed our A/C was functional again.
With the repair behind us we were able to get in another hike around the park and before leaving San Angelo we checked out the International Waterlily Collection in town. The collection is open to the public at no charge. It really is quite a fabulous display of different species of water lilies.
With our time finally up in San Angelo we moved a little further NW to Big Spring Texas to spend a few nights there.
NOTE: We are currently Bernalillo, New Mexico until July 12th…
Never a dull moment
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DeleteWhere was that beautiful sculpture? I'm usually less than awed by sculpture photos, but this one is very interesting. Was it at the waterlily garden? Thanks for the good photos, and glad you survived some Tx heat....and got your AC back.
ReplyDeleteNo actually it was on the Angelo State University - named “Evolving Helix,” a 20-foot tall stainless steel sculpture combining the simplicity of a ram’s horn with the complexity of the DNA helix. It is indeed very cool.
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