Well as most of you already know my air conditioning went out 1 week ago today. It’s crazy how something we take for granted can change your life tremendously. Even if it was just for 1 week.
The temperature here in Texas was heating up. Most of the time it was out it was in the 90’s. But for a couple days we hit close to 100 degree’s!! We had already bought 1 window unit but quickly knew we needed more. Luckily Aarons rents window units and stand alone units so we got one of each (the cost for them was the cost of buying just one and we only have them for 2 weeks). When your house isn’t built to use these units it sure can be a PITA! Furniture had to be moved, curtains had to be pinned, blinds moved, you can’t run the hair dryer/flat iron, iron clothes, or even run the dishwasher/stove/oven/washer/dryer w/out the house heating up even more. Even the dirty clothes hamper had to be moved so the insulation from the attic wouldn’t fall in it. The kids had to sleep with their doors open with fans blowing the air from the stand alone unit into their rooms. Lil note here, my kids do not sleep well with their door open! It meant late nights and early mornings…..which wasn’t good since I was already moody from no ac.
The company that came out really had their work cut out for them. They were here every single day but Saturday working on it. It’s not that they didn’t know what they were doing, they certainly did. The problem was there was a short in the low voltage thermostat wire (wire from the thermostat to the unit outside). But before they tracked that down the circuit board was replaced, thermostat was replaced and the transformer was replaced…not just because they were trial and erring…it’s because all that was bad too!
I am definitely thankful for all the electronics that I wasn’t able to run during this time and for the air conditioning that is now cooling the house correctly.
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