Bill The Air Conditioning Tech
After doing some sit-ups upstairs I noticed it was getting a little toasty in our rec room. I went over to the thermostat and nothing. I couldn’t get the air, the fan, or even the heat on. Oh oh. Fortunately, believe it or not, I didn’t have time to deal with the air conditioner or lack there until the next day.
During that time, I did some Internet research and saw tips on things to check before calling for service. The first thing I thought of was maybe the thermostat was broken, but in my experience I have never had one mess up. So the next thing I did was check the fuses and circuit breakers…nope they seemed ok. Next thing was looking for a reset switch. The furnace part of our system is up in the attic. Yes, I was headed to the hot attic.
As I was looking at the furnace in the cramped attic searching for some kind of switch my eyes caught a red sticker. The sticker said that the furnace had an automatic shut down switch that detects water in the condensation tray. My eyes glanced down at the floor and voila there was the detector and a pan full of water. I lifted the detector switch out of the water and bingo, the system started firing up! The cooling causes condensation that can overflow into this pan. I got a bucket and started scooping and scooping. Once the pan was empty I tightened down the detector and it was good to go.
I felt smart that I was able to fix something myself and save on the service call.
Oh yes, before in another blog, I mentioned that I have been called “Mr. Force-It” which usually leads to breaking something I’m working on. I didn’t ”force” anything yesterday, but I did bump into the attic light and broke the bulb and the fixture. Well, I guess that that will lead me to an episode of “Bill The Amateur Electrician”.
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