I my hasty post last night, I forgot to say... Thank you Isabella for your comment two or three years or so ago that set me on the path to this green shed! It might not be the outcome you intended, but it's how it ened up being expressed after a couple of years of mulling it over in the context of what I'm trying to achieve in the garden. We think the green shed is a big improvement, so thank you. I suspect I confused Isabella, and others, when I noted on my drawing that there is a chokecherry tree (red fruit) near the shed, but did not include the chokeberry (black fruit) on the list. So I suspect that there may have been confusion on what tree we moved to the bed in front of the shed. I had forgotten about the 'Autumn Magic' chokeberry until I was looking around at what I could move to that spot and walked past the poor thing under the edge of the pine by the shed and had an Aha! moment :-) The red chokecherry is about 8-10 to the right of the shed but closer to the back fence. It is planted in a small area that gets some sun - a pine on the neighbour behind us' property came down two years ago, so there is a bit more sun back there than there used to be. I don't think the chokecherry fruit will show in the same 'frame' as the shed but the autumn color should be visible in a few years when the tree gets bigger. My tree list also omitted a witchhazel we planted this spring in the bed along the back fence, near the back of the shed on the left side.

Does anyone have Vista and are able to use Firefox and Ad Block, too? All I could find (previous to beginning this thread) is Ad Block for I.E. 7 & 8, which I don't use! I've avoided downloading I.E. 8 because I've heard folks generally don't like it! The option to download it is constantly in my face, too, because it came with my computer! If I want to see shades of 'red, 'Green' or even 'Orange', I just look out back! Just trying to add some relevance to the 'Hosta' forum with my O.T.! :o) And, btw--I don't even KNOW what the ad is about, or who it's promoting because I am SO annoyed, I just keep clicking back and forth to get rid of the red that keeps me from being able to read the page I'm on! Somehow--I think *whoever* is behind that idea/advertisement, has shot themselves in the foot! Sorry, GW, I'm such a fan of your forums, (and tolerant of you making a buck to keep us going) but NOT this particular ad campaign! My intention in starting this thread, was to see if it were just me and my computer with the problem, not to trash GW in any way!

akshars-love those pics. What kind of flooring are you doing-have you already chosen it? I have read also about good quality and bad quality in both particle board and plywood. There is so much information out there that you don't even know exists until you have to start shopping for it. So - I can related to the can't really talk to my friends comment as well. All of my friends that have built somewhat recently went the custom route so yet again all pywood...I didn't have anyone's to look at to compare. A catalog and pictures just aren't enough to go from and many of the displays I saw were you guessed it - upgraded to plywood or the lower end that weren't great quality anyhow. It's frustrating and overwhelming. My mind tells me MDF would be okay but there is the nag of well what if it isn't and you spent all of this money on an unknown because we have no personal experience with it. Not helpful but that was my thought process. Good luck.

Yes, the motor board can fail in a way that keeps the diverter powered continuously (whenever the machine is connected to power). Unfortunately, the board probably has gone bad again for some reason. From where did you source the new board? Display boards can go bad but less common than motor boards. Did you remove the display board from the console during your investigations? Is it perhaps askew such that the far-left buttons are misaligned from the overlay? There's no way to access diagnostic mode or any other set-up mode (such as machine size) if the machine is non-responsive. Fault codes are viewed by pressing Spin Speed (up or down) until both Slow and Hold are lit. You did that procedure correctly when checking? Machine Size is set (with power off) by pressing/holding Water Temp Up (instead of Temp Down for Diagnostics), then Power. The selected size is indicated by Cold (small tub), Low (medium tub), or Hold (large tub). Press the the appropriate Temp, Level, or Spin Up button to select, then Power to exit. All US machines are large tub. You can try swapping-in the old board if you still have it to see what happens. It works other than the diverter problem? The various wire connectors are different sizes so should only fit to the correct locations (other than a smaller connector possibly into a wrong larger socket).