Practically No Air Conditioning: Day Four
On Tuesday afternoon, when I came home from school, the house was 84 degrees. The blower was going, and the Outside Thing was going, but there was no cool air coming from the vents. I made a couple of phone calls, and within a couple of hours, Major Appliance was on site. The condensor? inside the Outside Thing was frozen over, so Air Conditioning Dude turned it off, and said he'd be back in an hour and a half, after it melted, to see what the problem was. He said it could be ten or eleven different things, and he didn't even want to guess which things it might be.
Exactly as he said he would, he came back an hour and a half later. The news was bad. Very bad. We would need a new outside thing, as ours had seized/burnt up. $1200. He would be back to install it the next day.
Day two: Even with many windows open and all the fans going, the house was 90 degrees by the time Air Conditioning Due returned the following afternoon. But within an hour and a half of his arrival, cool air was blowing out of the vents. By bedtime, the temperature was 80 degrees. We were glad to have the house bearable again for sleeping; even though it was kind of on the warm side, it was way better than it had been several hours early, and the trend was good.
Day three: In the morning, it was 74, right where the thermostat was set. But when we got home from school/work mid-afternoon, it felt a little warm. Around dinner time, I checked the thermostat, and temperature was 80 degrees, even though the thermostat was set at 74. Not Good. We called Major Appliance, and they told us they would send someone first thing in the morning. It got as warm as 82, but fell during the night and was down to 74 again in the morning.
Day four: Air Conditioning Dude came. The freon levels were not correct and he fixed them. He said that this was sometimes a problem when a house was as hot as ours had been on Day Two. He was confident that this would fix the problem. When we got home from school/work mid-afternoon, it was 80 again. We called, and Air Conditioning Dude's boss came out near the end of the day. Our coils are messed up (inside the house) and this is what probably caused our original Outside Thing to fry.
It's now 83 in here, so we just opened the windows and shut off the A/C. Fortunately, our vendor has, from the very first, treated "no air conditioning" as an emergency. Considering that we live in Southeast Louisiana, and our daytime highs have been in the low 90's for the last few days, with 80-85% humidity, I'm glad they're taking our problem seriously.
Tomorrow will be Day five; and they are supposed to come clean off the coil things, to restore air movement in the Inside Thing, so the Outside Thing can do it's job and not burn out.
Exactly as he said he would, he came back an hour and a half later. The news was bad. Very bad. We would need a new outside thing, as ours had seized/burnt up. $1200. He would be back to install it the next day.
Day two: Even with many windows open and all the fans going, the house was 90 degrees by the time Air Conditioning Due returned the following afternoon. But within an hour and a half of his arrival, cool air was blowing out of the vents. By bedtime, the temperature was 80 degrees. We were glad to have the house bearable again for sleeping; even though it was kind of on the warm side, it was way better than it had been several hours early, and the trend was good.
Day three: In the morning, it was 74, right where the thermostat was set. But when we got home from school/work mid-afternoon, it felt a little warm. Around dinner time, I checked the thermostat, and temperature was 80 degrees, even though the thermostat was set at 74. Not Good. We called Major Appliance, and they told us they would send someone first thing in the morning. It got as warm as 82, but fell during the night and was down to 74 again in the morning.
Day four: Air Conditioning Dude came. The freon levels were not correct and he fixed them. He said that this was sometimes a problem when a house was as hot as ours had been on Day Two. He was confident that this would fix the problem. When we got home from school/work mid-afternoon, it was 80 again. We called, and Air Conditioning Dude's boss came out near the end of the day. Our coils are messed up (inside the house) and this is what probably caused our original Outside Thing to fry.
It's now 83 in here, so we just opened the windows and shut off the A/C. Fortunately, our vendor has, from the very first, treated "no air conditioning" as an emergency. Considering that we live in Southeast Louisiana, and our daytime highs have been in the low 90's for the last few days, with 80-85% humidity, I'm glad they're taking our problem seriously.
Tomorrow will be Day five; and they are supposed to come clean off the coil things, to restore air movement in the Inside Thing, so the Outside Thing can do it's job and not burn out.
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It's just money money money money money money money money money money money money money money money money money money money money money money money money money money money money money money money money money money money money money money but at least the house is cool again.
The Inside Thing is almost cleaned out. Air Conditioner Dude's boss (the owner) said it's the worst he's ever seen, and he was tempted to just tell us we need a new Inside Thing. But they finished the job, and I just heard the Inside Thing go on, so maybe we'll be able get by for a few months before we replace it, which will cost us $1500.
There is a smell of burning hair. Probably just stuff frying up on the coils that was dislodged during cleaning.
Gosh, Ann, the smell of burning hair was a reference on the Sopranos this year, but not in regard to A/C.
Back in law school, we used to go the movies or just hang at the mall when it got too hot in the apartment. I hope it all works out. It's dang hot out this weekend.
It's down to 82 degrees; of course, the sun has gone down. But it's bearable, finally. It got up to 90 in here at one point. I went out and got my hair cut, just so's I could have a reason to sit in some air-conditioned space.
Tomorrow will be the real test; once the house cools down, will it stay cool during the heat of the day?
By the way, the Outside Thing is called the Condensor, and it has a Compressor inside. I feel all technically knowledgeable now.
Yes, it's working. The thermostat is set on 74, and the temperature is about 78. This is somewhat acceptable, since the house is humidity free.
For the money, we were hoping that actual would=setting, but I guess we'll need a new Inside Thing to make that happen.
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