Air Conditioning Update

[ysabetwordsmith]

We finally got a repairman out today to look at the air conditioning.  It requires replacement parts, which might come in Friday, or later.  Majorly expensive too.  :/  But at least we have some idea of when it should get fixed. 

Comments

[arthur_p_dent]

By “majorly expensive”, would full replacement be worth consideration? It would suck to invest in repairs now, and then have something else happen in the near future.
I hate the fact that we’ve become a disposable society, but so many companies have forced us into it through their after-purchase costs.

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

Probably not. The whole thing is monstrously expensive.

Re: Thoughts

[arthur_p_dent]

They sure are. Hopefully the repairs last for many years to come.

[siberian_skys]

I hope the parts come in sooner rather than later. I keep hearing that parts are hard to come by for a lot of things these days. How hot is it there? Be safe.

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

It's hot enough to interfere with work, not quite hot enough to be life-threatening. Yet. My threshold is lower than average. So there's no real "be safe" option until the air conditioning is fixed. We did go out for a drive during the hottest part of the day, and that helped.

Re: Thoughts

[(Anonymous)]

Would it be feasable to stay in the basement for part of the day? Our basement is usually 60 something, even if outdoors is 90+.

Re: Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

Not here. It's plenty cool enough, but it is damp and uninhabitable. The whole problem started when the damn thing flooded -- yet again -- several feet deep. Remember, we live on reclaimed marshland. Nature sometimes disputes possession.

Re: Thoughts

[siberian_skys]

I get the whole having a low heat tolerance thing. I was going to suggest the go for a drive thing. You don't have ceiling fans by any chance? It's not all that helpful, but they're better than nothing. I've unfortunately been in the waiting for the air conditioner to get fixed position. If there weren't a pandemic going on I'd suggest staying with somebody. I really hope they get your parts in. It's awful in this heat.

[chanter1944]

*sends you ice cream from Babcock Dairy, and a great big giant pitcher of lemonade, in lieu of air conditioning parts* I'd actually send both of those if they stood a chance of not melting, smashing, or both, and making a giant mess of the mail truck somewhere between here and your part of Illinois. :P

[acelightning73]

I'm also hypersensitive to warm surroundings. I've had to resort to a "hillbilly air conditioner" when the power went out. A cheap styrofoam cooler from the supermarket, filled with ice, with a few duct parts blowing air from a battery-powered fan into the ice and out again, aimed at me. My son built one for a long car trip he had to make last year (he keeps buying Kias.)

[(Anonymous)]

I tried that when my car AC broke, and it didn't really work for me. I ended up freezing water bottles, then holding then to my neck or wrist/forearm, and drinking the meltwater. The real killer was the stuck in barely-moving traffic for 20 minutes in 90+ Farenheight weather (fortunately the end part of my commute).

I eventually gave up and got the AC fixed.

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

Ice bottles work for me, and I keep some in the freezer for that and other purposes.

The swamp cooler only works well in low humidity.

[acelightning73]

If you're on a long drive - you have to be in San Jose on Tuesday morning, and it's Friday night - and your A/C quits in the middle of nowhere, you can generally buy a cooler, a bag of ice, a battery-powered fan (or one that plugs into the car's "accessory plug/cigarette lighter", and some duct tape in the next truck stop you see.