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HipChick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-10 09:30 PM
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So my A/C has had enough of this heat...
It's packed up..not working, and less than 4yrs old..:mad:
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Gold Metal Flake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-10 09:42 PM
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1. Window or central?
I hope it can get fixed.
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triguy46 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-10 09:43 PM
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2. Call the repair guy. Sometimes its easy to fix...
but I also know the waiting for him is hell. Keep blinds closed, doors closed. Contain all the coolness of the night.
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MajorChode Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-10 12:56 AM
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3. Not working at all, or just not keeping up?
If it's not keeping up with the heat, try taking the cover off and cleaning the coils off with a garden hose. Make sure you turn the power off first. I do this every spring.
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HipChick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-10 12:59 AM
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4. It just has a wait status..looked up the code for that model online
something about the compressor not being able to start...I'll try again tomorrow..
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MajorChode Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-10 01:05 AM
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5. It could be something simple like a contactor
Or it could be something major like the compressor. Hopefully it's still under warranty.
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HipChick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-10 12:19 PM
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7. Looks like it may have got zapped in the storm
Anyway, after much pleading,crying and helpless female hand wringing repair is going to try and swing by today..
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csziggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-10 01:09 AM
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6. Mine did this a few weeks ago
Some little lizard or frog got in between the contacts and got fried. Its little bones were keeping the contacts from making a connection so the compressor would not come on. Took the repair guy about ten minutes to figure it out, then he hung around for about a half hour to make sure that was all it was.

Their minimum charge for a call is $95 so he was making sure I got my money's worth. And he got to take a break as the house cooled off.
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-10 12:21 PM
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8. My a/c went out TWICE this year
once just this past week...And it was about 100 degrees outside (not exaggerating). Not fun.
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