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May. 9th, 2009 04:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ellarienI think the a/c is fading out again. It's 98 degrees outdoors, 85 degrees indoors, and it's been running flat out all afternoon. I had to have it seen to twice last summer; really, I wish they'd just replace the compressor. (The apartment was a long way from new when I moved in in 1997; I've had a new furnace and water heater in the last two or three years, and it amazes me that the dishwasher still runs.)
ETA; OK, that was quick. I put in an e-request for service at 4.50, and about 5.05 a guy showed up. He went up on the roof and banged about a bit, and now I'm at 80 and falling. I'd be interested to know what it is that goes wrong and can be fixed so fast, but I'm not very au fait with the workings of air conditioners. Maybe there's a belt that falls off, or something? I do notice that I still use the term "pulling down" to describe artificially falling temperatures, which I picked up as a grad student working with heavy-duty scientific refrigeration equipment.
ETA; OK, that was quick. I put in an e-request for service at 4.50, and about 5.05 a guy showed up. He went up on the roof and banged about a bit, and now I'm at 80 and falling. I'd be interested to know what it is that goes wrong and can be fixed so fast, but I'm not very au fait with the workings of air conditioners. Maybe there's a belt that falls off, or something? I do notice that I still use the term "pulling down" to describe artificially falling temperatures, which I picked up as a grad student working with heavy-duty scientific refrigeration equipment.
