# You picked a fine time to leave me, AC **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 8, 2008, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-picked-a-fine-time-to-leave-me-ac/452269 "2008-06-08T21:49:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Merkwurdigliebe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/74df32/32.png) [@Merkwurdigliebe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merkwurdigliebe)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-picked-a-fine-time-to-leave-me-ac/452269/41 "2008-06-10T17:11:50Z")
[QUOTE=Gukumatz] Because you can fix the problem yourself, instead of waiting twelve days for the landlord to do it for you . . . . _sigh_ - Gukumatz, Who has been sweating his ass off i 25c+ weather in Norway for nearly two weeks with no air conditioning. Norwegians are not built for this shit! [/QUOTE] check this out… [http://www.bestimagehosting.com/showfile.php?id=1771](http://www.bestimagehosting.com/showfile.php?id=1771) I took this picture a little after midnight last night. That’s roughly 33 C ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-picked-a-fine-time-to-leave-me-ac/452269/42 "2008-06-10T17:26:54Z")
[QUOTE=Merkwurdigliebe] [http://www.bestimagehosting.com/showfile.php?id=1771](http://www.bestimagehosting.com/showfile.php?id=1771) [/QUOTE] That reminds me, AC (my SO, not the thing that needs a new blower) was going to _bake_ pork chops last night. It’s 83° inside without the oven on! Good thing I asked what was for dinner when she called, I gently prodded her into using the grill instead. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-picked-a-fine-time-to-leave-me-ac/452269/43 "2008-06-10T19:48:41Z")
[QUOTE=Merkwurdigliebe] check this out… [http://www.bestimagehosting.com/showfile.php?id=1771](http://www.bestimagehosting.com/showfile.php?id=1771) I took this picture a little after midnight last night. That’s roughly 33 C [/QUOTE] I see they spared no expense in wiring 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-picked-a-fine-time-to-leave-me-ac/452269/44 "2008-06-15T01:03:14Z")
[QUOTE=villa] I just moved in - it is the first time I used it. It worked for about 20 minutes, then just stopped blowing air. It could be the control unit I guess, so hopefully we will find out soon. [/QUOTE] Is this Central Air? If not, what brand of a.c. unit is this? Last weekend, oddly, I watched someone get a back-door fix from the Internet for their in-window a.c. unit because after about 20 minutes it shuts down and won’t re-start. T’would be amazing if that unit was the same brand as the one that just shut down on you. Anyway, central air or window unit? Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![Merkwurdigliebe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/74df32/32.png) [@Merkwurdigliebe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merkwurdigliebe)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-picked-a-fine-time-to-leave-me-ac/452269/45 "2008-06-15T01:14:47Z")
[QUOTE=NurseCarmen] I see they spared no expense in wiring 😃 [/QUOTE] Haha, well honestly, that’s my fault. I replaced mine with a digital unit. :o And I don’t have central AC, only heat. ---
**Author:** ![villa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc79bd/32.png) [@villa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/villa)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-picked-a-fine-time-to-leave-me-ac/452269/46 "2008-06-15T01:20:02Z")
[QUOTE=Cartooniverse] Is this Central Air? If not, what brand of a.c. unit is this? Last weekend, oddly, I watched someone get a back-door fix from the Internet for their in-window a.c. unit because after about 20 minutes it shuts down and won’t re-start. T’would be amazing if that unit was the same brand as the one that just shut down on you. Anyway, central air or window unit? Cartooniverse [/QUOTE] It is central. The electrician thinks it is a panel that sends the signal to the compressor that seems to be out. ---
**Author:** ![Mongo\_Ponton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Mongo\_Ponton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mongo_Ponton)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-picked-a-fine-time-to-leave-me-ac/452269/47 "2008-06-15T03:53:36Z")
You know, I’m a little irritated. I don’t have a radio in my car (or AC) because I like to think. Now all I have is a friggin’ Kenny Rogers song stuck in my head. I even tried to dispell it with that know when to fold em’ thing but it didn’t work. I did just fine all through the 80’s, 90’s, and well into the new century with out that ever coming up and now I’m fearful it will never go away. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-picked-a-fine-time-to-leave-me-ac/452269/48 "2008-06-15T04:42:06Z")
[QUOTE=Shirley Ujest] I give a polite round of golf clapping for the Thread Title. [/QUOTE] Can I be the mints-over-booze-smellin’ middle aged guy in the loud shirt who has to go overboard and whistle? ---
**Author:** ![freekalette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/50afbb/32.png) [@freekalette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freekalette)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-picked-a-fine-time-to-leave-me-ac/452269/49 "2008-06-15T05:27:19Z")
Now that the temps are more bearable, our a/c is fixed! It was the condenser, so they put in a new one. I’ll continue sending cool vibes to those who need 'em! ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-picked-a-fine-time-to-leave-me-ac/452269/50 "2008-06-15T05:41:35Z")
BTW last summer my AC went out. Turned out I’d blown a fuse…at the furnace. They’re wired together somehow and when the AC shorted, the fuse blew up there (furnace is in the attic). ---
**Author:** ![Maui\_Lion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@Maui\_Lion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maui_Lion)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-picked-a-fine-time-to-leave-me-ac/452269/51 "2008-06-16T06:48:47Z")
Oh damn it. Now the A/C in my car has decided to commit seppuku. It was working fine, then I turned off my car, turned my car back on, and my A/C didn’t work. I let it rest in the off position for a while, and then it worked again. And that was the last time. :mad: Goddamn car, it’s been nothing but problems since I got it. I don’t know what the fuck the previous owner did to it, but I got it at only around 60k miles on the meter. If it was a steer, this car woulda been shot long ago. Time to go get an estimate for that piece of shit vehicle’s A/C repair. ---
**Author:** ![villa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc79bd/32.png) [@villa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/villa)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-picked-a-fine-time-to-leave-me-ac/452269/52 "2008-06-16T14:36:00Z")
A week in a conference center, normally not a cause for celebration, but I have turned the AC as low as it will go… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-picked-a-fine-time-to-leave-me-ac/452269.md?page=2)