2y ago

Thanks youtube.

$20 if you count the handful of 3amp fuses I popped trying to find the fault, the extra crispy lizard was apparently not the problem.

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I spent more than a couple hounded dollars on servicemen to install some kind of delay between turning on the fan and the compressor, because the fuse kept triggering. It helped for couple days but the problem reappeared. Finally, I managed to fix it my self by simply tightening the wire at the fuse - due to bad connection, the connection was heating up, heating up the fuse and, since the fuse is thermal, the fuse was triggering.
I felt like a smug … idiot after that.
- The fact that the serviceman didnt check something like that first tells ya a lot about some of those guys.
  We like to think they know a lot about this sort of thing because they do it all day, but theyre just as dumb and bumbling as anyone else doing any other kinda job.
  
  So hard to find trusty techs. I get it, a man's gotta eat, but you don't have to upsell me parts.
  
  Well, it could be that some of them did it on purpose, because they started to convince me that the compressor motor is old, and that’s why it triggers.
- You got refunds, right?
  
  Yeah, right. “Work completed, the part installed, can give you discount next time”
My TV broke up, I looked up in YouTube and it was a common problem with that model, the backlights stopped working. I bought the replacement for like 10us and changed it myself. Still flying on that accomplishment.
- See? People like you is the problem, the cause the economy is in shambles, you should have thrown that shit to the curb for the garbage truck to take it, and buy a new one
  /s
That's me today. I fixed the dishwasher last night for $0
- Take a bow.
- 🙌
was the capacitor wasn't it?
- that was literally the last 2 times. This time it was the secondary coil on the contactor, had a short. Well i guess it's technically always short since it's a continuous wire but it was even shorter. Was getting about 2 ohms across the coil and i guess 10-20 ohms is expected and the low resistance was popping the secondary fuse.
  
  and a few weeks ago the compressor fan sounded like a t-rex stepped on a lego so i flipped her over, unfortunately she wasn't old enough for plugs so i just slowly let oil drip down my shaft and cranked it until i was satisfied. Now she doesn't scream at me when i try to turn her on. I use arch btw.
  
  technically always short since it’s a continuous wire
  inductor things
  glad you find the short, that one is even more tricky than a obviously busted capacitor
  
  This guy ohms
  
  Does your magic words require a degree to understand and practice or my dumb ass can learn the magic of fixing ACs?
- I replaced the capacitor after hearing the repair guy won't be available till the next day. I already slept in the heat and didn't want to do that again. Best believe I was strutting around the house in front of my wife lol.
  
  Heck yeah, such a good feeling. When I got home today I was like ''Man, it's hot outside...sure feels good in here though!''
- No, it wasn't a PC monitor
For me it was $24 for a new oven igniter. That was three weeks ago and it hasn’t worn off, yet.
Can ... Can you help some teachers out maybe? https://www.woodtv.com/news/grand-rapids/1980s-computer-controls-grps-heat-and-ac/
- Probably, i think they need to get some other quotes though, that price seems pretty high for retrofitting some control systems, granted I don't know how many endpoints they are managing from this single point of failure.
  
  I think the word is nepotism or stealing.
Bro install some fucking breakers
- If i was doing HVAC for a living I'd get a resettable blade fuse for this task, but i got a box of fuses for a few bucks and I was able to isolate the problem after 3 guesses so I think it would have been overkill.

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