As im looking at the outside temp at 6 pm being 11*f , I really push the wood stove to get a good bed of coals before bedtime then add a couple big sticks of dry red oak to go as long as it can into the night. Every winter here in Maine we have lots of house fires. I assume most all are from a heat source of some kind. This winter as odd as it sounds we have one house fire a day here in Maine. Of course were a big state from north to south. But still it seems very excessive the amount of house fires we have.
And minutes ago the waterfront in Portland has several buildings on fire tonight.
We come close to going up in flames last week. We're in our camper on our property until we can build.
Last Monday night, the electricity flickered and then smoke filled the bunk room in the middle of the camper
The 50amp service shorted between the 2 hot pins in the quick connect where the power cable connects to the camper.
Instead of tripping a breaker, it sent 240 volts to one half of the breaker panel.
Burned up the power converter and the fridge. We spent 4 days running the 12 volt side of the camper (lights, heats, and hot water) using a battery charger powered off an outlet on the temporary power pole with the 110 power shut down.
Repairman couldn't figure out what was going on, so I had a friend come out and help me figure out what was going on. Had it traced to that power plug where the main power cable ties to the camper. Then I had to run to town for a new cable and plug.
Got the fridge replaced today. That was interesting, but went way easier then any of us expected. The fridge eouldn't fit through the camper door. It's 28" wide and 26" deep. The door is 24"
We went out the back window/ fire exit. That was 27" wide by 30" tall.
Parked the tractor under the window with a pallet on the forks. Took 4 men to get it out and the new one in. Two men outside, two inside. We slid it out the window and onto the pallet. Then moved it with the tractor.
Then layed the new fridge on the pallet, picked it up with the tractor and slid it through the window.
Fridge is running off the inverter for now. The breaker burned up when the fridge got fried. I figured that out when I turned the breaker on to power up the fridge outlet. So tomorrow I gotta pull the breaker and run into town to find a match.
