Call me Mr. Fixit

I'm patting myself on the back today because I was able to fix our washing maching. We have two washing machines, and two dryers for 3 families. They pretty much run non-stop. One of them has been leaking and I thought that it was leaking from the drain, because I couldn't find any water coming from the machine. So I fixed the drain and over the weekend, water was still accumulating on the floor. So today I looked at it again and discovered that the pressure switch that keeps it from overflowing was bad. It only overflowed when it was filled full of clothes. So I found a used part here in town, and had it fixed by the end of the day. The first week that I was here I was able to fix the automatic gate opener, for our front security gate. I felt good about that too. Back in the states, as an electrician, our job was mainly to provide power to a device or appliance. If the appliance was bad, we called an expert. I never had to fix things like this before. It has been very satisfying to know that I can fix it myself, and save the shelter some money by not having to hire a specialist to come work on these things.