As if getting hit by a car wasn't enough, the following Saturday we noticed that although the air conditioning was on, the house was getting hotter and hotter. Then we noticed that the fan in the air conditioner wasn't turning. The unit was only 9 years old with a 10 year warranty. Being under warranty is great, but try getting a technician to come out and look at it on the weekend. It was going to be $300 for a house call, just to look at it and see what needed to be done.
Hubby, being smart, asked how much taking a look at it would cost on Monday. If we waited, the cost would only be $100, so he told them to come on Monday and we suffered through the heat. In the interim, he pulled out all of the paperwork and emailed it to them, letting them know that it was still under warranty.
On Monday the technician arrived bright and early, checked out the fan to see that it still wasn't turning, made sure the fuses were still OK, and the thermostat was correctly set. Hubby had already checked for the obvious things, like wrong setting on the thermostat or blown fuse, but the guy had to see for himself before he started work on the unit.
He removed the side of the machine and told us he could see right away what had happened. So could we. Two little electrocuted mice.
After removing the offending rodents, he checked out the rest of the unit and replaced a slightly rusted capacitor. It was still functioning, but I think that in order to have the visit covered under the warranty he had to replace something, as mice aren't a warranty issue.
In the end, the visit didn't cost us anything except a sweaty weekend.
Pesky things aren’t they. We had problems with them chewing wires in the car engine recently.
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