Crisis Averted!!
So, yesterday, the temperature finally climbed up into the 80s. I had the windows open most of the day, as we're trying to delay putting on the air conditioner as long as possible, but when it was time for the Impossible Son's soccer practice, it was getting stuffy in the house. I told the kids I'd have to turn the A/C on when we got home to cool things down a bit.
So, we get to practice, and the Husbandly One texts me and says the A/C is... not functioning. Again. The indoor unit would come on, but... not the outdoor unit.
*head-desk*
When the A/C went kaput last summer, thanks to the fan motor committing suicide, we were told by the Repair Guys that while they could fix it, we would have to eventually replace the entire system, probably in the next year or so. And we knew that, we were just... hoping to have saved up enough to get something that would be efficient and last for a while, rather than scrambling to get what we could afford at the moment, you know?
So, when THO texted me that once again, the A/C was nonfunctional, I thought our grace period had worn out. Thankfully, it was cool last night, so sleeping with the windows open wasn't a problem.
And when the Repair Guys arrived this morning, I had braced myself for the inevitable, "I'm sorry, Mrs. J, but we had to take it out back and shoot it. There was no hope."
Instead, they poked around out there then Repair Guy A came in and said, "Okay, it's fixed."
And I went O_O!! "Fixed?" I said, blinking. "Was it the motor again?"
"Nope," said Repair Guy A with a smile. "Just the capacitor."
I very much restrained myself from asking if it was a "flux capacitor." Because... you know, it wouldn't have been fair. My kids would have been laughing themselves hysterical while Repair Guy A frowned and wondered WTF was going on!
"Oh," was pretty much all I could really say.
"It was fried," he said. "But fortunately, no ants."
Which would have been my next question. Because usually, when something in your central air conditioning gets fried down here, it usually means you either have fire ants or raspberry ants somewhere in the system. They love eating your outdoor electrical systems out here.
Have I mentioned how much I hate fire ants?
So, I have no problem spending $103 to replace the capacitor (parts and labor), as opposed to 4 or 5 thousand to replace the entire system. Nope, not one bit!!
And now, off to figure out how to keep the kids occupied for the rest of the day. Hmmmm... sketch-walk, anyone?
So, we get to practice, and the Husbandly One texts me and says the A/C is... not functioning. Again. The indoor unit would come on, but... not the outdoor unit.
*head-desk*
When the A/C went kaput last summer, thanks to the fan motor committing suicide, we were told by the Repair Guys that while they could fix it, we would have to eventually replace the entire system, probably in the next year or so. And we knew that, we were just... hoping to have saved up enough to get something that would be efficient and last for a while, rather than scrambling to get what we could afford at the moment, you know?
So, when THO texted me that once again, the A/C was nonfunctional, I thought our grace period had worn out. Thankfully, it was cool last night, so sleeping with the windows open wasn't a problem.
And when the Repair Guys arrived this morning, I had braced myself for the inevitable, "I'm sorry, Mrs. J, but we had to take it out back and shoot it. There was no hope."
Instead, they poked around out there then Repair Guy A came in and said, "Okay, it's fixed."
And I went O_O!! "Fixed?" I said, blinking. "Was it the motor again?"
"Nope," said Repair Guy A with a smile. "Just the capacitor."
I very much restrained myself from asking if it was a "flux capacitor." Because... you know, it wouldn't have been fair. My kids would have been laughing themselves hysterical while Repair Guy A frowned and wondered WTF was going on!
"Oh," was pretty much all I could really say.
"It was fried," he said. "But fortunately, no ants."
Which would have been my next question. Because usually, when something in your central air conditioning gets fried down here, it usually means you either have fire ants or raspberry ants somewhere in the system. They love eating your outdoor electrical systems out here.
Have I mentioned how much I hate fire ants?
So, I have no problem spending $103 to replace the capacitor (parts and labor), as opposed to 4 or 5 thousand to replace the entire system. Nope, not one bit!!
And now, off to figure out how to keep the kids occupied for the rest of the day. Hmmmm... sketch-walk, anyone?