Midsummer Musings: A/C Goes Down

Our house is over 20 years old, and sometimes it feels its age. Unfortunately, we sometimes have to feel its age with it.

We have this guy who comes and gives our heat pump and our evaporative cooler a checkup every spring. He's managed to keep our old units running for several years, but with a warning that they could go at any time.

The first casualty was our evaporative cooler. We didn't even turn it on this year. Repairs were deemed inoperable. No big deal. We could replace that at our leisure.

About mid-June, I noticed the house wasn't cooling off as well as it should. The A/C kept cycling. I called our guy and he checked it out. Sure enough, our heat pump's time had come.

Fortunately he called around and got us a good deal on a new unit. The price included installation, a new digital thermostat, the crane rental, and a ten year warranty. In less than 48 hours, we had our new unit up and running. Nice.