The techs stopped by this morning and swapped out the coil and expansion valve, a not-inexpensive process (though it could have been much worse). After a week of managing the system while it was supercooling, "set and forget" will make a nice change.
Having had A/C failures a number of years ago during a heat wave and slow technical response (while under warranty), I totally get your situation.
ReplyDeleteI bet there was a big sigh of relief when it kicked back on.
Triple digits here in the PNW. A/C is has been flawless, so far.
Yay! Totally twisting up the signature phrase of Jacques Pépin, I wish you "Happy Cooling!"
ReplyDeleteThe (perhaps) interesting thing, and something I like about the HVAC system here, is that the place stayed comfortable; while we had to chase the outside temperature to avoid coil freeze-up, it managed to keep the house five degrees cooler than outdoors (sometimes more) and kept the humidity way down. So it was never actively uncomfortable.
ReplyDeleteWe even got through the coil change without too much discomfort. In the summer, I often run a "booster" floor fan in the dining room, where the discharge is six feet away from the return. (It works in the winter, too.) It's a little spherical fan that sits on the register and blows cold air straight up towards the ceiling. With the coil out, it was pulling cool, dehumidified basement air to the ground floor and on up to ceiling level, where it drifted down and kept us happy on that relatively cool but very humid morning.
One of the saving graces of Sacramento is that our normal weather sees the nightly temperature drop by 30 to 40 degrees. As long as the temperature doesn't go above the mid-90s, I rarely need to run the AC, or for one or two hours if I'm home during the day.
ReplyDeleteToday, 111 is predicted, and it won't drop below 80 until after midnight. The AC is on when I'm here, and half the night. The fans are always on, and sleep is a sweaty affair. Climate change sucks.