I awoke this morning at about 6:00 am...and something did not feel "just right" in the house. I couldn't quite put my finger on it, but when I went out back to feed Sadie I knew!
The AC condensing unit was buzzing loudly...kinda like when the condenser fan motor has locked up, and the compressor has gone into "shut-down" mode. Well, sure enough...SURE ENOUGH!
My first thought was, "The condensing unit fan motor is locked up." So, I pulled the fuses from the disconnect, fed Sadie, and went back inside to ponder my options.
Option 1) Replace my AC condensing unit fan motor today.
Option 2) Swelter in 100+ heat throughout the Independence Day Weekend.
Option 3) Blow my brains out.
So, I chose Option 1. I took the condensing unit apart...pulled the fan motor...and waited until the parts house opened at 8:30. I gave them a call, and sure enough they had a motor that would work. Halleluia! At 9:00, I picked up the FASCO (one-size-fits-all) motor. At 9:30, I was in complete confusion. This motor has wires not colored anything like the motor I pulled. Plus, it runs either way...and there are purple and yellow wires you hook up to something to make it run the right way.
I looked at the wiring diagram, and began to hook up the new capacitor, the power wires...and a voice from deep inside me said, "ANDY! STOP!!!! CALL VERNON!"
I have learned to trust that voice from deep inside me. So I stopped, and called Vernon...who knows everything...and told him about my problem. He told me to go ahead on and install the motor, fan blade etc., and he'd be around pretty quick. Vernon showed up in about 30 minutes.
He told me how to do it, and by 10:15 the AC was back in operation. By 10:35 the suction line was sweating like Barney Frank at Sturgis.
Do I live in a great country, or what??? The innovations that Americans have executed are truly astounding! Telegraph...telephone...airplanes...cotton gins...submarines...milk shake machines...
When my Papaw & Granddaddy were young men, everybody sweltered during the Summer here in the South. Productivity severely dropped off from May to October. The invention of air conditioning completely changed the dynamics of Industrial production, human ability (especially in the US South), and further advances in technology.
"Freedom, and the Good Old Quest for Success...fostered by 'freedom' " have lead to advances that my grandparents could barely imagine. Men on the Moon...microwave ovens...television...computers...the world wide computer...clean water...Lasik eye surgery...cancer treatments...and the list goes on and on...
AIR CONDITIONING!
Thank the Good Lord that my AC unit went out TODAY. If it went out tomorrow, on Independence Day, I would not be nearly so thankful...no parts houses open...102 on tap for tomorrow...
What a great country! I just pray that good old American ingenuity will never be stifled by the socialists/Marxists that are now in charge of things. I pray...
Friday, July 3, 2009
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Before I talk about AC, let me say that I'm glad you got good news from Monterey. Terrific.
ReplyDeleteWe don't need AC here except maybe for the the 2 or 3 nights a year when the nights are hot - over 60F - But I'm still immensely grateful for refrigeration and antibiotics.
Thanks Patrick. I mean it.
ReplyDeleteWe don't really need air conditioning here either, except from March to October.
In Phoenix we only need AC from February through November...
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