I finally had a tech come out to see why the air conditioner wasn’t working to Jennifer’s satisfaction plus I was wondering why my Nest thermostat was presenting contradicting readings. Obviously as the title says, it was time for a new system because the compressor on the one that was built with the house had crapped out. Well, it wasn’t really dead, it just couldn’t perform as well anymore so it would get overwhelmed and turn itself off. Due to changes in how AC systems operate, recharging it with freon isn’t possible nor legal. So I had to go through the hoops of a credit check to purchase a new setup which also acts as the furnace. A mere $15,000. Sure this sucks but I did get almost 21 years out of a mediocre system! Given how much Jennifer prefers the cold, I probably should’ve replaced it years earlier. I didn’t really care as I have a sit-down job with very little motion to trigger being as uncomfortable and before the Pandemic, I was often out of the house at my job plus the cats can’t complain in English.
The new system will be pretty impressive. It uses some new gas which isn’t inert yet more importantly, if it gets loose, the environment won’t have to take another one for the team. I forget whether or not freon contributed to the hole in the ozone layer. I think it would because it was around the South Pole and the CFCs from aerosol cans loved the extreme cold climate. Another element to this is how the motor or capability adjusts to the effort needed versus the olden days which were full blast or nothing. It’s more like 20%, then 50% and 100%. It would’ve been nice to have the system which can adjust across the whole range but price and my Nest couldn’t understand it. Oh wait, my Nest gets yanked after a decade of service to have a new intelligent system run things in person remotely.
Sure it sucks to get out of the hole on the floors and a couple other debts just to have this happen. I see the upside instead, much like replacing Vixen for Harley…
- The savings on the electric bill in the long run.
- Jennifer, the cats, the fosters and I will be more comfortable. Guests too.
- No more freon pollution from me.
- Improves the value on my house should we have to do a home-equity loan.
- The installation will be completed in half a day unlike the D-Team who needed about eight days to do the floor.
- It beats being dead, having shit credit and/or being even more broke!