A friend came home from work one day and his wife (and mother in law, who

was visiting) met him at the door and (in heavy NYC accent) said "I don't care how much it costs! We have GOT to get air conditioning!"

Note, this is in/around Rochester, NY and it's not uncommon for some houses to not have A/C.

Scott notices that, yes, the house is pretty hot. Hotter than it should be. He decides to go and check the utility area in the basement and the furnace was (he was exaggerating for humorous impact) glowing red as it had been running so hard.

He goes back upstairs, and sure enough, the temp control on the heat (which was set at about 55 for the summer) had been turned up to maximum.

Neither wife nor mom in law changed it...but their 2 year old daughter HAD been play mopping/sweeping the floor and they figured she bumped it with that handle and slid the control to maximum.

In response to this post by MP4VT2004

Posted: 10/07/2019 at 2:56PM

The verdict is inleaky valve on the condenser that you use to -- ElbertoHokie 10/07/2019 2:28PM

Better than a $500 compressor. I like easy fixes. ** -- HokieSignGuy 10/07/2019 3:39PM

Guy was telling me the fan motor costs $1k -- `lag 10/07/2019 4:04PM

That definitely doesn't sound right. -- Tafkam Hokie 10/07/2019 4:12PM

Agree. It’s a ripoff. ** -- YardBird 10/07/2019 10:52PM

Nice. Don't forget to pay @ 48zip for his diagnosis. -- MP4VT2004 10/07/2019 2:34PM

Trust me. I have paid dearly for my limited education. I think those -- 48zip 10/07/2019 4:24PM

A friend came home from work one day and his wife (and mother in law, who -- Late 80s Hokie 10/07/2019 2:56PM

My BIL was a HVAC technician and he told me plenty of stories related to... -- cincyhokie 10/07/2019 3:25PM

Man, I wish it was that easy at my house. ** -- Stork 10/07/2019 3:41PM

That's for sure. ** -- cincyhokie 10/07/2019 3:49PM

Just in time for winter ** -- bigbadbird 10/07/2019 2:33PM

I'm guessing he has a heat pump, so still an important fix if so. ** -- MP4VT2004 10/07/2019 2:35PM

Gas heat, so not really but with a 8 month pregnant wife. -- ElbertoHokie 10/07/2019 2:36PM

10-4. Yeah living in the deep South, you can't not have AC. -- MP4VT2004 10/07/2019 2:45PM

My grandma lived in Tampa 75 years w/o AC but she had a huge ceiling fan -- Hoakie82 10/07/2019 2:56PM

Yeah - it was 100 here last week in South Carolina ** -- bigbadbird 10/07/2019 2:46PM

It was 98 degrees here for the past month. It's still going to be high 80s -- ElbertoHokie 10/07/2019 2:34PM

Nice. ** -- Stork 10/07/2019 2:32PM

A friend came home from work one day and his wife (and mother in law, who

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