Saturday, Saturday July 26
It was a lovely and not rainy morning on the Isles of Shoals Dock. We were ready to get the touch tank going and then Cassie says" the touch tank is not on." Well, that began an hour in a half of trying to figure out why it wouldn't turn on, because everything was turned on and yet the touch tank was not. We called tech support that is only open from 9-5 Monday through Friday (because apparently that is the only time touch tanks break), and got lucky because the plant supervisor was there to answer. We ran through a few scenarios and found that the problem was with the extension cord. The rain storms in the past week were pretty severe and had shorted out tripping the reset button on the outlet, which is fantastic or we could have caused a fire because there was exposed wire. Reset buttons are awesome. We bought a new extension cord and everything was wonderful. We a good number of people show for the touch tank and besides the morning hiccup everything turned out fantastic. Always check your extension cords for exposed wires, especially old ones. The tank was saved and smiling faces were had by all!
By Rachel Neild, Blue Ocean Society educator
It was a lovely and not rainy morning on the Isles of Shoals Dock. We were ready to get the touch tank going and then Cassie says" the touch tank is not on." Well, that began an hour in a half of trying to figure out why it wouldn't turn on, because everything was turned on and yet the touch tank was not. We called tech support that is only open from 9-5 Monday through Friday (because apparently that is the only time touch tanks break), and got lucky because the plant supervisor was there to answer. We ran through a few scenarios and found that the problem was with the extension cord. The rain storms in the past week were pretty severe and had shorted out tripping the reset button on the outlet, which is fantastic or we could have caused a fire because there was exposed wire. Reset buttons are awesome. We bought a new extension cord and everything was wonderful. We a good number of people show for the touch tank and besides the morning hiccup everything turned out fantastic. Always check your extension cords for exposed wires, especially old ones. The tank was saved and smiling faces were had by all!
By Rachel Neild, Blue Ocean Society educator
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