The trifecta is complete. The A/C in Heidi’s car crapped out on us, and we fixed it. The A/C in my car crapped out on us, and we fixed it. The A/C in our house just crapped out this weekend, and we fixed it. Several thousand dollars later, hopefully we have appeased the climate control gods enough to go easy on us for a bit.

Seems our evaporative coil and condenser coils were mismatched because the outside condenser unit was replaced with no thought put toward what the evaporative coil was like inside. So, we had a 5 ton condenser coil, and a 3.5 ton evap coil which meant we were cooling off the refrigerant faster than it could absorb the heat from the air. In addition, we had a leak somewhere in the system, which is what prompted the initial call for assistance. Long story short, the coils match now, the leak was probably in the replaced coil, and we should be able to run the unit at a lower temperature than we initially thought and actually improve efficiency.

The A/C fun basically shot our Saturday to hell, and not much at all got done today either. But, that’s ok. Sometimes you’re the bug and sometimes you’re the windshield…

Tomorrow, I go find out what’s wrong with my back. If someone mentions surgery, then someone will be getting the finger.