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Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Home Repairs
From: Charles Geilfuss <charles.geilfuss@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 16:27:21 -0500
Twenty two years! That's pretty amazing for what I assume you mean is a
heat pump AC/Heating system. Mine only lasted 13 years before it had to be
replaced. But then I do live by salt water marsh. Pretty harsh on the
mechanicals. By the way, why did you need help from your veterinarian? ;^)

Charlie

On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 2:02 PM, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>      My air conditioner was installed 22 years ago, and this is the first
> time that I've used the heating function.  It worked fine at first on
> Sunday, but during the night it began to malfunction.  The next day it
> worked fine after I adjusted the anticipation setting, but then it
> malfunctioned again during the night.  It was fun being up on the roof with
> a flashlight in my mouth and a DVM in my hand.  Couldn't find anything
> wrong.
>
>      This morning I tested things again, and still couldn't find anything
> amiss.   Then I heard a sound from outside while it was starting up, which
> led me to discover that the circuit breaker was intermitent.  I toggled it
> a couple of times to reset it and clean the contacts, and everything has
> been working fine.  It was failing when it got cold, causing the compressor
> to partially stalling out when the condenser blower came on, but then
> letting the circulation blower run when the compressor and condenser blower
> tripped out.
>
>      Then it was off on a treasure hunt to find a replacement circuit
> breaker.  The older Square D breakers are a bit difficult to find, and the
> newer ones will not fit.  I ended up buying one at Grainger's for $30, and
> I'm going to buy a few spares by way of evilBay while they're still
> available.
>
>      A repairman would have charged me $100 or so just for the service
> call, and probably would have told me that I need an entirely new
> distribution panel.
>
>
> Chris
>
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>      - Hunter S. Thompson
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