We were able to hit the road a little after 7am, hoping to beat the heat as much as possible. And, for a while, we did. When it came time to turn the air conditioning on, I hit the button and ... nothing. Only hot air.
A taste of authentic Kentucky. Perfect.
We’ve found that some of the best souvenirs come from the local grocery store.
While Deb was in the store, I set about trying to get the A/C working. I carry a code reader along and the code was “Component A9y1 (Refrigerant compressor control valve) or line to component has short circuit to ground”. Sounds serious. I tried resetting the codes, shutting off and restarting the engine, but failed to make a difference. So we relegated ourselves to sweltering in the heat with the windows open for the remainder of the trip.
And for the next few hours, we did just that: swelter in the growing heat with the windows open and the 65-mile-per-hour air buffeting us and blowing our hats off.
We stopped in a park just north of Indianapolis to make lunch, eating some of the leftovers in the fridge. On a whim and an inspiration, I disconnected the battery, left it set while we were having lunch, and reconnected it when we were ready to roll. The air conditioning began to work just like it always had and the rest of the trip was done in blissful coolness.
As always, we build a list of things that need to be fixed and our refrigerator is now on that list. Three times during this trip it randomly turned itself off. Some aging plumbing needs to be replaced, and the A/C problem appears to have healed itself. I guess that’s what happens when you put a house on wheels and drive it down the road. It is subjected to a continual earthquake. Something’s gonna give.
We covered 512 miles today. Quite a feat for us. 1447 miles covered total. The travel map looks like this. One segment from West Virginia to Kentucky is missing as I turned off the GPS tracker and forgot to turn it back on.
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