PONDS
- Large waterfall plugs into outlet on the post with green cap. Breaker panel for this power is in the shed, “The Heidi Hut”. We call that patio “The Bedrock Bar”.
- Dining room water feature – cord is by the rock that looks like the Matterhorn. We use an extension cord to the outlet near the front door.
- Pool with fountain in the raised bed garden area – flip the white switch on the power strip under the lower deck. It is just inside the door to the right.
HOT TUB
- There is dedicated power to the lower deck if you want a hot tub. See the large grey line above your head when you are underneath. Breaker box is on steps leading down to that deck.
GAS RANGE
- This stove and the gas oven (left) must be physically lit. There is no electronic -ignition nor standing pilot light. Lighters are in the drawer to the right of the stove.
ARCADE (FORMERLY WINE CELLAR)
- This is a split system consisting of a fan in the cellar and a compressor in the “inner” outdoor storeroom. The fan can be run independently to just circulate air, but if you turn on the compressor which controls the temperature, the fan MUST be on. The compressor is unplugged right now. It plugs into the ceiling outlet.
IRRIGATION
- Main irrigation cutoff is behind the pressure tank in the mechanical room.
- Winter blow out is done from the hose bib by the steps leading from the driveway to the deck.
- Irrigation controllers are in the garage near the back door.
GENERATOR & EMERGENCY PANEL “C”
- Generator runs on regular unleaded gasoline.
- Once started, move main breaker bar on bottom of the “C” panel from right to left to switch essential loads to the generator. This transfers power from PUD source to generator source.
- When power is restored, flip it back to PUD and turn off the generator.
- Essential loads are: Well pump, septic pump, hot water heater, main refrigerator/freezer, kitchen lights, microwave and refrigerator in master bedroom wet bar, master bedroom TV and loft office. With the gas stove in the kitchen you can cook without power. Gas stove in MBR will heat the MBR quite nicely in the event of a power loss.
WATER PH CONTROL
- Water pH at Lake Wenatchee tends to be low. We correct this by treating water entering domestic use. The tank should last around 1 year depending on water usage.
- Tumwater Drilling & Pump installed all equipment in the utility room. We’ve used an annual plan so they come out and keep an eye on the pump (and we added on refreshing the filter material while they were here – that ends up being cheaper).
- When the filter line is down near Fill (you can hold a flashlight up to the filter to more clearly see the level), Tumwater needs to come out to refresh it.
- This system uses a dry brine tank. Don’t add water to it; the softener automatically adds water when it needs to.
- The dry brine tank should always be at least 1/3 full of salt.
- Any water softener salt will do, but we were advised to avoid hardware store salt (anything that has a gray look to it and/or contains a lot of silt).
