Dear Air Conditioner...
Can you guess what this is?
Those bits are what's left of a wire that was burning in our air conditioner today. It was attached to this:
Around 3 today I noticed that the thermostat said 80 in here. I went outside and the unit isn't running. T checked the breaker in the garage and it was tripped. Odd to begin with since it usually trips outside and blows a fuse before it gets in the house. So, he put that back to the on position and it kicked on. We went about making lunch and noticed it wasn't getting any cooler. So, I called my dad (good thing he knows air conditioners!) and he had me put a thermometer in the vent. It read 78. So, he jumped in his handy truck and came on down to check it out. That's when he found the burning capacitor.
Now, the irony of it all is that we have a BRAND NEW Air conditioner and heater unit in the garage waiting to be installed by my dad and uncle. They are just waiting for it to get a little cooler so we don't pass out from the heat of not having air. Grr. it's like the old air conditioner knows.
Good news is our house didn't burn down 'cause of the air conditioner. Better news will be when the new one is installed and we don't have to worry about things like this. (I've never been good with the whole patience thing...)
So, just thought I'd share our Labor Day afternoon!
Hope you all had a good one!
Those bits are what's left of a wire that was burning in our air conditioner today. It was attached to this:
Around 3 today I noticed that the thermostat said 80 in here. I went outside and the unit isn't running. T checked the breaker in the garage and it was tripped. Odd to begin with since it usually trips outside and blows a fuse before it gets in the house. So, he put that back to the on position and it kicked on. We went about making lunch and noticed it wasn't getting any cooler. So, I called my dad (good thing he knows air conditioners!) and he had me put a thermometer in the vent. It read 78. So, he jumped in his handy truck and came on down to check it out. That's when he found the burning capacitor.
Now, the irony of it all is that we have a BRAND NEW Air conditioner and heater unit in the garage waiting to be installed by my dad and uncle. They are just waiting for it to get a little cooler so we don't pass out from the heat of not having air. Grr. it's like the old air conditioner knows.
Good news is our house didn't burn down 'cause of the air conditioner. Better news will be when the new one is installed and we don't have to worry about things like this. (I've never been good with the whole patience thing...)
So, just thought I'd share our Labor Day afternoon!
Hope you all had a good one!