Last Saturday as the cab pulled up to take us to the airport for a 10 day vacation, I hear Ethan's voice from under the 75g say,
"oh no." (Okay that is the polite rendition.)
Those are words you
don't want to hear with a cab waiting outside.
Turns out one of our
canisters had been leaking, probably for a couple days. We keep them in plastic
tubs in the cabinet, and there was a gallon or two in there by then from
whenever it had started.
Panic ensues.
We got it fixed within a
half hour or so, got another cab, and made our flight with plenty of time (no
pat-downs either!) -- but I realized a few things:
From now on I will
always check all the hardware underneath before leaving. Preferably a couple
hours before leaving.
Beware last-minute maintenance. We had changed
water both Thursday night and Saturday morning in preparation for going a little
longer between WCs. I'm not sure: this might have happened one way or the other,
but Saturday morning maintenance might not have given us time to fix if
something went wrong.
Looking at it today, it looks like the
seal went bad and we have a bad valve too. It's a Rena canister and actually is
probably still under warranty. We'll probably look into what it will take to fix
it and engage in a little bit of trial and error; hoping not to have to spring
for a new one but what price peace of mind.
Of course, everything turned
out fine, but it was not fun at all while we rushed to fix it and wondering for
10 days if we really had! Whew.
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