The finale to this must be "Then I woke up." Jan > > On 31 July 2016 at 19:34 Judy Glattstein <jgglatt@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Excitement in the greenhouse! > > I stepped inside my glass-to-ground lean-to greenhouse and it was hot! > Intake fan not running, vent louvers not open. Went to check the > thermostat for the system, which has a small cover over the top of the > coil to protect it from the sun. And an agitated wasp flew out. My quick > glimpse showed me a couple more crawling over a nest. Yikes! > > Back away. Discuss with Mr Jam Lord. Flip switch inside greenhouse to > off. Get the can of wasp and hornet spray, edge into the greenhouse - > and a wasp lands on the can. Reflexively slap the lid over the top, thus > trapping wasp. Now what? > > Exit to driveway. Shake can repeatedly, hoping to dizzy the wasp, then > squash it. Remove cover and it flew off. Sigh. > > Into greenhouse, tap spray nest, stunning both wasps which I squashed. > Remove cover. Back outside to driveway. Shake nest loose and step all > over that. > > Back into greenhouse and see there is a mud dauber wasp nest attached to > coil, filling all the space to wall. Break that loose, remove dust, turn > switch to on. Nothing happens. Lights in greenhouse do not turn on either. > > Trudge over to circuit breaker box. Figure out which circuit is for > greenhouse. Reset. Eureka! Fans run, louvers open. > > And now I don't even remember why I went in there to begin with. But I'm > sure glad I did. Also glad there are two roof vents that operate on > expansion of wax cylinder. Imagine how hot it could have gotten without > them. > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >