mystang52
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
OP here with an update: Spoiler alert, happy ending. I ordered replacement sensors, they came this morning. Good news, I successfully installed them.
I also needed to replace a bad wire leading to one of the sensors - all 28 feet.
I wasn't going to try to find the bad spot in the old wire.
Not quite good news: this damned project took a full 4 hours start to finish. Granted that included diagnosing that wire, a trip to Home Depot for new wire, doing some tests before final install, and a couple of breaks. Still, now that it's done, I'm thinking "why the f&*@ didn't I just hire someone to do it?" It sure would have been worth the $150 estimate I was given - I'm genuinely very tired now.
Since I started this thread I guess I'm allowed to do thread creep. I can afford to hire someone, no doubt it would have been finished faster, my neck wouldn't be hurting, I wouldn't have been monitoring myself for any heart symptoms (thankfully there were none), and I wouldn't have a clean-up to do tomorrow.
Yeah, I have a small sense of accomplishment but in hindsight I would trade that for $150. This might very well be my last DIY.
ETA: Thanks again for everyone's advice.
I also needed to replace a bad wire leading to one of the sensors - all 28 feet.
I wasn't going to try to find the bad spot in the old wire.
Not quite good news: this damned project took a full 4 hours start to finish. Granted that included diagnosing that wire, a trip to Home Depot for new wire, doing some tests before final install, and a couple of breaks. Still, now that it's done, I'm thinking "why the f&*@ didn't I just hire someone to do it?" It sure would have been worth the $150 estimate I was given - I'm genuinely very tired now.
Since I started this thread I guess I'm allowed to do thread creep. I can afford to hire someone, no doubt it would have been finished faster, my neck wouldn't be hurting, I wouldn't have been monitoring myself for any heart symptoms (thankfully there were none), and I wouldn't have a clean-up to do tomorrow.
Yeah, I have a small sense of accomplishment but in hindsight I would trade that for $150. This might very well be my last DIY.
ETA: Thanks again for everyone's advice.
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