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Was working in the garage yesterday afternoon. Watched the Rockies-Guardians game. Cleveland was looking good there.

Hope Colorado is able to turn it around. They are a better team than what they were last year.
 
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Soooo.... what else is going on in the world? 😐
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So for the last 2 weeks I've been fretting over my American Standard High Efficiency Natural Gas furnace acting weird. It's ~22 years old (came with the house) with zero maintenance done 😗 (other than filters). Spin up..then fail...spin up..then fail...spin up succeed..run 2 minutes..fail. Go back to step 1. Argh!!!



16 years ago I called the highest rated AngiesList "repairman" and they said the whole thing needed to be replaced ($8000) :rolleyes: and wanted to sell me a new one (said heat exchanger must be cracked). I finally discovered a condensate clog myself and since then it had been running FINE.


A week ago I called the highest rated Yelp "repairman" and they said the whole thing needed to be replaced ($10,000) :rolleyes: and wanted to sell me a new one (said heat exchanger must be cracked). When I asked if that included the A/C unit part of it he said "Oh actually that will be another $10K". 🤨

After replacing several parts myself to no avail I called a 2nd repair service.

Sure enough he discovered a condensate clog in 10 minutes and now it is running FINE. Charged me $230 (not great but way better than $10K to $20K).

I turned up the heat a few degrees to see if it actually was fixed and it ran like a champ.

Not a happy camper with "repair" companies simply being fronts for installers.


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but this is the "plus" about them according to ChatGPT

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Guess what?

It's March Madness time.
Does anyone have the seeds and regionals
 
Hamartia Antidote said:
So for the last 2 weeks I've been fretting over my American Standard High Efficiency Natural Gas furnace acting weird. It's ~22 years old (came with the house) with zero maintenance done 😗 (other than filters). Spin up..then fail...spin up..then fail...spin up succeed..run 2 minutes..fail. Go back to step 1. Argh!!!



16 years ago I called the highest rated AngiesList "repairman" and they said the whole thing needed to be replaced ($8000) :rolleyes: and wanted to sell me a new one (said heat exchanger must be cracked). I finally discovered a condensate clog myself and since then it had been running FINE.


A week ago I called the highest rated Yelp "repairman" and they said the whole thing needed to be replaced ($10,000) :rolleyes: and wanted to sell me a new one (said heat exchanger must be cracked). When I asked if that included the A/C unit part of it he said "Oh actually that will be another $10K". 🤨

After replacing several parts myself to no avail I called a 2nd repair service.

Sure enough he discovered a condensate clog in 10 minutes and now it is running FINE. Charged me $230 (not great but way better than $10K to $20K).

I turned up the heat a few degrees to see if it actually was fixed and it ran like a champ.

Not a happy camper with "repair" companies simply being fronts for installers.


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but this is the "plus" about them according to ChatGPT

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Most of these companies assume the homeowner to be ignorant.
 
AZ_HighCountry said:
Most of these companies assume the homeowner to be ignorant.
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1st repairman: "it’s about $10K to replace…so you want to greenlight it now?"
Me: "Are you going to write up an estimate?"
1st repairman: “Well that’s a lot of trouble unless you agree”
Me: “So is agreeing to drop $10K in less than 5 minutes of thinking”

Bought one of these things...

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The Defender LL6270 is a professional quality, sealed lithium battery powered low level carbon monoxide monitor. Continuously displays CO levels detected of 5 ppm or more. Visual alert signals are automatically activated at 9 ppm, and audible and visual alarm signals at 15 ppm. Secure mounting system and non-removable batteries. Complies with ACGIH, NIOSH and OSHA exposure limits.
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