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Today was such a lovely day, and then... Our electric furnace, which has been turned off since March, made an alarming sizzling noise, followed by the smell of burnt dust. Uh oh. Roomie shot out of his chair and hurried to the heater, where he discovered that the casing was hot. Well, shit. He opened the casing.
"It's hot," he said.
No expert I, but that sounded like impending doom. I told Roomie to turn it off at the breaker, and we called the HVAC techs.
Say what you will, but sometimes, just sometimes, living in a small town is nice. They had a man here in fifteen minutes even though it was past closing. He diagnosed the problem in five, fixed it in another ten, and even checked the voltage to be sure it wasn't the wiring. Nope, according to him. Just an immolated sequencer that had spat the dummy in spectacular fashion. The entire affair took less than an hour and will probably cost $250-$350. I say probably because he claimed his tablet wouldn't let him in to input the part number. So, he's sending me a bill in a few days. Bless that man and that company. It wasn't how I planned or wanted to spend $350, but I am grateful. When it first happened, I was sure we were looking at a new furnace and some rewiring.
The breaker is still off, by the by. I'm taking no chances until I can get an electrician to check the circuit and the wiring in general. And while the electrician is here, I might ask about upgrading the one for the wall A/C to a dedicated line or maybe even a 220.
"It's hot," he said.
No expert I, but that sounded like impending doom. I told Roomie to turn it off at the breaker, and we called the HVAC techs.
Say what you will, but sometimes, just sometimes, living in a small town is nice. They had a man here in fifteen minutes even though it was past closing. He diagnosed the problem in five, fixed it in another ten, and even checked the voltage to be sure it wasn't the wiring. Nope, according to him. Just an immolated sequencer that had spat the dummy in spectacular fashion. The entire affair took less than an hour and will probably cost $250-$350. I say probably because he claimed his tablet wouldn't let him in to input the part number. So, he's sending me a bill in a few days. Bless that man and that company. It wasn't how I planned or wanted to spend $350, but I am grateful. When it first happened, I was sure we were looking at a new furnace and some rewiring.
The breaker is still off, by the by. I'm taking no chances until I can get an electrician to check the circuit and the wiring in general. And while the electrician is here, I might ask about upgrading the one for the wall A/C to a dedicated line or maybe even a 220.
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