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[DLZ Dan]

Help needed (contractor/handyman) (19154 (NE Philly) Franklin Mills)

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Date: 2012-04-19, 9:08AM EDT
Reply to: jnc2r-2966824151@gigs.craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]
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I am having a problem with my central air conditioning blowing through the vents but it isn't cold. Here is the situation. I had my tenant test it. She told me the thermostat sometimes gives her problems. It's digital and she said if she turns the heat in the off position when she is gone, when she comes home and turns it back on the room temp doesn't register the inside temp. She said it doesn't always happen but every now and then it does. She said she takes it the cover off, takes the batteries out blows in there and shakes the batteries and then it works. I'm not sure if that would be wiring or if she needs new batteries (I forgot to ask if she put a new battery in). She put the air conditioning on the other day (central air). She said the thermostat she switched to cool in the "on" position and she set it at a very low temp. The air came out the vents but it wasn't cold. She ran it for a while too. So I had her go outside to see if the condensor was on. She did not hear the air conditioner running outside. So I'm not sure if it's electrical and something is wrong with the breaker for the air, the air conditioner or the thermostat. I would like someome to take a look at it. Also, please let me know if you have any idea of what the source of the problem is. Thank you!





Now why havent we been taught about the "shaking batteries" technique? Is this something the veteran techs want to keep away from the newbies?

[martin&sonsa/c]

I always keep a few shaking batteries in my bag just in case. I keep them right next to my left handed hammer,the board stretcher and those sky hooks always comes in handy. lol

[Gib's Son]

Don't forget to periodically spin those spare pillow blocks you have on the shelf so the ball bearings don't get a flat spot.

[2sac]

http://youtu.be/hA1wDgPZCDA

[bustedknuckles]

I don't know what I would ever do without my canned steam on a no heat call!

[sweat hog]

I just wave my hands over a machine and it works. The dog and pony show is to get paid.

[tunnel_rat]

I keep a voodoo doll of all the equip. we work on. Then just pull out whichever piece you need. Works like a "charm".........
Never tried the batteries thing, maybe I'll trade in my lucky dice......

[Mikeylikesit]

Also, please let me know if you have any idea of what the source of the problem is. Thank you!

the equipment operator?

[Sun Dog]

Sort of like jumping up and down after doing the wild thing to avoid getting pregnant!

[jnsrose]

Is this a new way of hiring hack labor or is she seeking free help?

[DLZ Dan]

Sort of like jumping up and down after doing the wild thing to avoid getting pregnant!

Yeah, i got 3 kids...turns out that doesnt work either.

[chaard]

Now why havent we been taught about the "shaking batteries" technique? Is this something the veteran techs want to keep away from the newbies?

If you put the batteries in your pocket till they warm up they'll work better.

[boilerman856]

And don't forget to bring the van up to the mountains and put fresh air in your tires...

[DLZ Dan]

And don't forget to bring the van up to the mountains and put fresh air in your tires...

I had an apprentice believe that in the last week of June we had to change over to the "summer air" in our tires. The "winter air" was only good till the end of spring.

[jude_b23]

Sounds like an I-D-10-T Error code...
You might need tech support for this one.

[ldmth44]

And dont you know that by putting batteries in the freezer for three hours will make the AC run real cold? Make sure you put them in an ice tray then cover with water before freezing. Trick is getting the batteries back into the t-stat properly, as stated on page 25 of the manual.

[ldmth44]

the equipment operator?

Cant find the yellow pages?

[DLZ Dan]

Cant find the yellow pages?

Well, this is your neck of the woods, ld. Why dont you go ahead and give him a hand? You can write if off as charity.

[Nick Cool]

ahhhhhh yesssss..... the old shaking the batteries trick... once I had to do that to the vans battery system, but turns out it was only missing a transmission. Easy fix.. good thing i called my good friend, the pilot to help me out.

[sparky05]

I always keep a few shaking batteries in my bag just in case. I keep them right next to my left handed hammer,the board stretcher and those sky hooks always comes in handy. lol

I went into a local hardware store where I knew the owner very well, had one of his employees come up to me and ask if he could help me find anything, gave him the story that I was looking for a Left Handed hammer, then proceeded to explain to him that there was a difference in the shape and style of hammers where a Right handed hammer was curved a certain way from handle to head and a left handed hammer was curved in the opposite direction. had him completely fooled by it, until Ridgid came out with their line of hammers that were for Left and Right handed people, bought one just to prove that there was actually something as a left handed hammer.