{"id":536,"date":"2006-08-05T13:13:14","date_gmt":"2006-08-05T13:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2006\/08\/argh_argh_argh.shtml"},"modified":"2021-05-29T02:45:37","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T02:45:37","slug":"argh_argh_argh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2006\/08\/argh_argh_argh.shtml","title":{"rendered":"Argh! Argh! Argh!"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Where is Tim Allen<\/a> when you need him? [Insert manly grunts here.]
\nThis past Wednesday, at the end of the 95+ degree temps, out AC quit. Thankfully it was at the end of Wednesday and Thursday afternoon brought thunderstorms and cooler temps. A little investigation found that the inside bits were working fine (fan blowing air) but the outside bits were not. Just a low hum.
\nGoogle to the rescue! I wrote down all the model numbers and serial numbers and started Googling. I found my way to DoItYouself.com<\/a> and their forums<\/a> where I asked a question<\/a>. By Thursday AM, the consensus was that it was either the contactor or the capacitor. I needed more info to get the right parts, so after work I pulled the panel off the side where I found wiring diagrams and a parts list.
\nFriday, I called the parts place and get the parts. That night we went out to dinner and ice cream to celebrate the end of the week of Girl Scout day camp for all three. Mom was a counselor and she was especially<\/em> glad it was done.
\nSo today I opened it back up (after<\/strong> turning the power off at the breaker!). I actually took most of the panels off so I could hose the crud of of the coils too. I one by one I removed the wires from the old parts and placed them on the new parts. A capacitor is kinda like a battery, so I was particularly careful with those wires. Shorting it out could give me quite a jolt.
\nAnyway, to make a long story short (too late for that), I got it all back together and we now have AC again. Good timing too as the temps are supposed to climb again.
\nGotta love the Internet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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