Yes I agree. Could’ve replaced the capacitor but I didn’t want to risk July/August with no AC. The unit outlived its expectancy.
HVAC complaint
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Was told the same thing about checkups.
And if you are still running an older 80% unit, like I am, or live in high dust areas..........don't use the high efficient filters. Use the old blue what he called "bolder catcher" filters and change on the regular.
I had the opposite of this happen for me. I needed to get the transmission replaced on my Geo Metro back in the day. They finished the transmission, but when they were taking it out ro test it, the axle broke. They called to say the car would not be ready and why, I picked it up later and they didn't charge anything extra for repairing the axle.
I'm sure you had no worries going back and I never went back.
My college gf at ISU had a Geo Metro and we drove it across Colorado one summer...only time I've driven a manual transmission and it was in the Rockies haha.
When my condenser motor got hot and quit running. HVAC guy pulled the fuse out. When the motor cooled down, I went and put the fuse back in and the AC ran fine until they came out and replaced the motor the next day.
This year my heat wouldn’t kick on. Called someone out, I watched what he did. He turned this part that’s supposed to freely spin and we heard a slight crunch when he turned it and after that it turned freely again. He said that’s one of the more common problems when first turning the heat on for the year. Still charged me $100, but now I know what to easily check myself first.
To each their own on this HVAC service contract. If someone wants peace of mind... during extremes in temp ...with 24 hour on call service ... and no labor charge for showing up ... discounts on parts .... and has no interest to attempt to fix it themselves ... then count me in. Which I'm in. Saved my a$$ last summer during extreme heat with a full house of people staying the night. Tech shows up at 7 p.m. on Friday and fixes the problem. $80 part. He said they were booked out through the following week for people not on service contract. I then went back to my ice cold beer.
Did you expect them to say “yeah we still would have been here, stop paying extra”?
Turned ours on a few weeks ago. Switched back and forth between A/C and heat a few times since then.
I can deal with cold and waiting to turn heat on until I worry about pipes freezing but won't let my house get above 74 (68 is my preferred if not being cheap). AC has been on but barely running so far this year.
I have a very good friend that washes AC coils in May and again in June for cottonwood accumulation. And people call him to do it each time. He said he usually uses their hose and their water. He does a checkup on the first call. Some people just dont have it in them to try it themselves, or they simply dont have the time and it may be cheaper to call a tech if they are self employed and can make more money doing their own job or spending time with their family. That was his reponse in a nutshell, after I questioned him about doing it twice.
We live in an area with lots of mature trees and the frickin cottonwoods are in full bloom right now. (Just got done cleaning up all millions of helicopter seeds from the maple trees.).
The cottonwoods are great for clogging up your AC coils and swimming pool pumps. Heck it looks like it snowed on the bike trail we like to walk. Anyway, I have to get out the garden hose and clean off the AC coils a couple times each summer.
The cottonwoods are great for clogging up your AC coils and swimming pool pumps. Heck it looks like it snowed on the bike trail we like to walk. Anyway, I have to get out the garden hose and clean off the AC coils a couple times each summer.
It appears that I have a short in my HVAC system (based on my research and initial troubleshooting) the fan just keeps running without responding to thermostat changes.
Took a Hyundai Tucson into Stew Hansen Hyundai to get the horns replaced under warranty, as they worked intermittently. Honked at a deer that morning. Service advisor told me they couldnt replace horns under warranty as the horns werent on the car. Tried to charge me a $200 diag fee, and $600 to have them replaced
I had a similar thing happen a few years ago and it was a bad control board, but instead of not turning off, it never turned on. They just bypassed the board until I decided what I wanted to do.
