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[Nanci]

What happened to your AC, Fish? Ours caused trouble a few times a year by freezing up- which then means no AC, but then after a good long thaw, it's fine again until it has to run non-stop for a long time. Finally, this year, I was sick of it, so we had a tune-up/checkup done, and it just needed more refrigerant (plus some minor changes in the house like leaving ceiling fans on all the time and uncovering all vents and I put in a programmable thermostat, which I don't know if that has any effect or not but we're not fighting over the settings anymore, especially since BF has a real job now and is paying the electric bill so I am not always trying to conserve- now he is!!!). Hasn't frozen up since. I hope yours is something simple like that.

[chickwhorips]

i use to work for an ac company back in phoenix. i know how it goes when your ac stops. not fun.

poor fish. hopefully you get it figured out and someone can get there quick to fix it. good luck on that one.

[Nanci]

Here's another quirky southern thing that doesn't happen up north. You have a well, and a pump. One afternoon, your water just quits. Then, at night, it may mysteriously start up again! Hmmm- ants are in the electrical contacts that control the pump! They go to bed at night, and your water starts working again, unless there are some bodies stuck in the contacts. No one knows why they are attracted to the contacts. You have to learn how to shut off the electricity to the pump (which at my house isn't the main breaker in the house youch!!!!!!!!!) and how to dismantle it and get to the contacts, then figure out what exactly constitutes "contacts," then clean them with a nail file, then go psycho spraying killer insecticide all over above your ground water supply so it doesn't happen again after the 5000th time...

[DrBee]

Here's another quirky southern thing that doesn't happen up north. You have a well, and a pump. One afternoon, your water just quits. Then, at night, it may mysteriously start up again! Hmmm- ants are in the electrical contacts that control the pump! They go to bed at night, and your water starts working again, unless there are some bodies stuck in the contacts. No one knows why they are attracted to the contacts. You have to learn how to shut off the electricity to the pump (which at my house isn't the main breaker in the house youch!!!!!!!!!) and how to dismantle it and get to the contacts, then figure out what exactly constitutes "contacts," then clean them with a nail file, then go psycho spraying killer insecticide all over above your ground water supply so it doesn't happen again after the 5000th time...

There no other way to put it...that just sucks!

[Nanci]

Well, it's worth it to have well water, not city water...

[chickwhorips]

not a fan of city water. grew up on the best well water, though now stuck on city water for now anyhow....

[DrBee]

We're not quite sure what happened to the AC. We had the refrigerant recharged last year. It's been running hard lately - 'cause of the heat. We have a really cool (bad pun - sorry - you know I can't help it) thermostat that came with the house. It learns what temps you want at what particular time and gradually changes the temp. Anyhoo - Mr. Fish was checking what type of batteries it took (batteries were running low) and removed the unit while it was running. We are afraid that caused some sort of voltage spike and fried something on the board. We had a wire that needed to be resoldered before, so who knows.

Just talked to Mr. Fish - AC guy is still not there. It's wierd - it'll blow out air that's around 80F. The house is around 85F or so now. It's dehumidifying the air, but we're afraid to run it like that, just in case it's doing more damage. It has to be hot in that house!

[DrBee]

Lise - poo on Mr. P. At least you had fun with your friends! Aargh!