Sunday, February 23, 2020
I've spent most of today working on getting my new backup camera installed on the truck. I've wanted one for a long time, but always assumed they were really expensive until I actually looked for one. It cost around $30. But I also read that the wired ones were better and more reliable than the wireless ones so that's where I went with it. However, running the wires is no easy task, either. It took 3 rolls of wire conduit and a bit of electrical tape and several zip-ties, but everything's working. I tapped into the reverse light on one side of the rear of the truck for power so the camera only comes on when I put it in reverse, which is also what I wanted, and crawled under the truck a lot to figure out how/where to run the wires; the hardest part was figuring out how/where to get the wire from the outside to the inside. But I was able to find a grommet and cut a little hole in it to pass the wire through, and tuck it in other wire clusters most of the way to the camera mount. It works!.....Yesterday we went out to FW again to pick up the now-framed Charleston cross-stitching. It looks great! And you can hardly see the stain on the fabric, maybe only I can see it.....Nat went to a baby shower for her sister Cara Saturday. We dropped her off before going to FW. She couldn't stay though, as it turned out there was too much noise and commotion and crowding so she got a ride to a friend's house before too long......Beth went to Medstat Friday evening because her back has been hurting from sciatica so much lately. She got some muscle relaxants, hope they help.....