Simple Aqua-Hot Repair

Odie's Big Birthday Reuben
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Beech Creek Assembly

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Praise God for an easy repair to a long term problem.

I mentioned the other day that Rudy the Aquahot guy gave me some good information/diagnosis that I had been seeking for quite some time. He gave me some insight into a problem with the electric heating element in the Aquahot. The unit is diesel fired but it has a supplemental electric heating element. Ours has never worked correctly for us and started kicking the breaker shortly after we bought the BoggsMobile.

I have checked everything I could see, traced every wire I could get too and could not solve the problem. Rudy told me there was an access panel that was inaccessible on my bus. My auxiliary air compressor is mounted in the same bay and it has a box mounted around it. I did not realized that box was blocking access to another panel with electrical connections.

He was sure there was a loose or broken connection in that hidden panel. He was correct!

The front of the box came off with 6-8 screws. I have had that off before just to see what was in there. The box was mounted to the coach with four mounting brackets and two of them were unreachable by a screw driver. I purchased a 12 inch extension for my drill and linked it up with another extension so I could reach the back of the box and remove the mounting screws. Four screws in the back, four screws in the front and the box was out. With the right tools I had it removed in about 3 minutes.

Here it is with the box removed and the electrical access panel removed.

The original electrical connections were made with butt connectors. The black (Hot) wire was broken completely and the white (Neutral) had been hot as well. It was blackened and brittle. I am pretty sure those connections were made over 18 years ago. They had loosened through the years and loose electrical connections get hot and do bad things.

The wire was no doubt loose when we bought the BoggsMobile. That's why the electric element was undependable. It finally broke and would not work at all.

I trimmed both wires back and made good connections with wire nuts and now the element is heating. 

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It took more time to take everything out of the bay and put it back in than it did to actually remove the box and fix the electrical connection.

Thanks for the information, Rudy.

Davy

The Big Reuben at Katz Deli

Beech Creek Assembly

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Katz Deli - Houston, Texas

We have been eyeing this place and their monster Reuben sandwiches for a long time. When Bro. Goodwin asked me to come for revival I instantly decided it was the right thing to do since it was close to this heavenly Reuben.

We decided to try for Odie's early Birthday celebration Tuesday evening after our day long visit to the Prevost shop. Wow! What a sandwich! What a great way to cap off a stressful day! They have about 10 more sandwiches that I would like to try but I do not know if I could ever pass up the Reuben.

Yes, it was that good. We like our sauerkraut without sugar and this Reuben was great even though the sauerkraut was slightly sweet. A person should not do that to good kraut but Reuben was awesome any way. You can order it with a combination of four different meats but the pastrami was the best hands down in my opinion.

Kelly Jo and I love horseradish on our Reuben so she took a little bottle of chopped horseradish to spice things up. It was the perfect compliment to a near perfect sandwich.

This is a monster Reuben!

Odie is giving her approval on a great birthday meal!

Kelly Jo and Odie ordered the mid-sized Reuben and I ordered the New Your size. That is the big one. It was definitely big but it was no kind of step for a stepper like me. It was pretty pricey but it was Odie's birthday so it was absolutely worth it.

If you ever get near Houston, Texas you should try it.

Davy

Beech Creek Assembly Near Livingston, Texas

This is our first visit to Beech Creek Assembly in Livingston, Texas and we are enjoying every minute of it. We have had two services so far and both have been good. We had a really good prayer line tonight and I believe that folks were touched by the power of God. We are expecting even better things the next four services.

We are really enjoying getting acquainted with Pastor Don Goodwin and his family. We preached several revivals for his Dad, Bro. Bob Goodwin when he was Pastor in Neosho, Missouri and it was always a blessing for us to be with him. He is a super great man and great friend as well. It is a pleasure to now preach for his son.

Pastor Don Goodwin and his wife have three grown children and all three of them are active in the church here. That is a blessing in any pastor's family. Their grand babies are beautiful and a lot of fun too. They have worked their way right into our hearts along with several other of the church kids.

We have taken a few pictures these first two nights but we will try to snap a bunch more before we are through. God bless you all.

Davy