AC went out at the House

[ursus]

Just my luck, it is 99 degrees out and the AC at the house up and dies. Probably won't be able to get ahold of anyone to come look at it till monday. Just what I needed was to put about a few hundred/thousand bucks into repairing or replacing that. So looks like I will be propped in front of a fan the next couple days dripping in sweat.

[nev]

Come Down Under my we are in the middle of winter here
Its Freeezzeing

[The German Shepherd]

Not sure where you are, Ursus, but here in NE Pennsylvania we will hit the hundreds a few days this coming week, it would appear. Can't stand the heat.....

Jay


Just my luck, it is 99 degrees out and the AC at the house up and dies. Probably won't be able to get ahold of anyone to come look at it till monday. Just what I needed was to put about a few hundred/thousand bucks into repairing or replacing that. So looks like I will be propped in front of a fan the next couple days dripping in sweat.

[billf]

Sounds like central air. Have you checked the fuses outside on for the unit? Most areas have codes requiring redundancy faults meaning fuses outside and circuit breaker(s) inside. They usually have two fuses outside about 1/4" in diameter and 2" long or so. If you don't have an ohmmeter most home improvement places will check the fuses if you ask.

[ursus]

It was making noise but the compressor wasn't turning so I just shut it off. If it was a fuse I don't think it would probably be making any noise like that.

[billf]

No it wouldn't. I was hoping it would be a cheap, easy fix for you. Sorry.

[MICHAEL]

I know you mentioned that you live close to the ICEMAN,,, I could come down to your place and stand in front of a fan, and cool your place off,,,, lol! I know it’s a Bear to be without Air at the present time here in Kansas City!! It you need to cool off, come on up to my place! If you need help, let me know! Stay as cool as possible! Iceman!

[ursus]

I know you mentioned that you live close to the ICEMAN,,, I could come down to your place and stand in front of a fan, and cool your place off,,,, lol! I know it’s a Bear to be without Air at the present time here in Kansas City!! It you need to cool off, come on up to my place! If you need help, let me know! Stay as cool as possible! Iceman!

Some Ice would be great about now, the thermostat in my house reads 92 degrees right now. Hopefully I can get someone out first thing in the morning get the icy coldness back

[ursus]

Turns out the capaciter went bad. They patched it up so it is cooling a little but said that it put a lot of stress on the motor and that it probably wouldn't last a week. So taking the big hit and getting a new system installed tomorrow (OUCH!!!!). Got 22 years out of the old one so I knew the day was coming but it is still a big hit to the wallet that I didn't need.

[got_a_300]

Ouch indeed if you have to have a complete new system installed
luckily so far I've got 24 years out of this system here. The only
things that I've had to have fixed on it is the blower motor replaced
and the little fan motor the one on top replaced and I've had to have
it charged up 3 times with freon. The only reason it had to be charged
up two times before was when they installed it they didn't check to make
sure all of the caps were on and that all the sharader(sp)? valves were on
tight.

It had one valve that was leaking very, very, very, slowly and when they guy
came out the third time several years later he found it and replace the valve
and put a cap on it and it has been working great ever since then and that has
been well over 2 years ago.

OH Noooooooooo I guess I just jinxed myself by saying that. LOL!!!!

[Florida Bowler]

That's one good thing about apartment living, at least if you have a good manager and maintenance man. "Hello? Hi, our AC went out today. This afternoon will be perfect. Thank you!"

[got_a_300]

That's one good thing about apartment living, at least if you have a good manager and maintenance man. "Hello? Hi, our AC went out today. This afternoon will be perfect. Thank you!"

Yep I know what you mean I'm very seriously thinking of selling this house that seems
like it always needs a little something done to it and getting myself an apartment and
let someone else worry about the upkeep and maintenance.

[ursus]

Always seems like there is something to put you back, car, house, medical. My roof is on its last leg. Just hoping we get a big hail storm so i can get the insurance company to pick up most of that one.

[billf]

Sorry to hear that. I was really hoping it would be something cheap for you.

[ursus]

So much for the temporary fix. It already quit working and it is back up to 90 in the house. Tomorrow morning can't come soon enough. Went with a slightly larger unit to replace it with so it won't have to work as hard to keep up on these hot days.