"the_dawggie" <the_dawg...@hotmail.com> wrote in message

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| On Mar 16, 4:54 pm, "Justin" <.> wrote:
| > "Bacon" <rbkf...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
| >
| >news:uabkv21cnj1erc3q1clph1o958uja4ovgr@4ax.com...
| > | On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 16:07:01 +1100, "Justin" <.> wrote:
| > |
| > | >| >"Bacon" <rbkf...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
| >
| > | >news:784kv2d5nfhrhmn3rvtvqacrnvh55thg4m@4ax.com...
| > | >
| > | >| my condo in atlanta had the loudest alarm and they had some
problems
| > | >| with it for a few months where it went off every few nights...each
| > | >| unit had a siren and the cats and I would jolt up and look around
and
| > | >| at each other and just panic for a few seconds...that was *****
| > | >
| > | >
| > | >Don't forget to call the air conditioning contactor!
| > |
| > | I brought one in on my own dime, a $79 initial visit fee. The lines
| > | were frozen, this was a few weeks ago, and he quoted me $375 to add a
| > | device that would prevent that in cold weather (my apartment is still
| > | too warm even when its cold out). I'll call him again shortly as its
| > | warming up to assess its warm weather efficiency, it's been feeling
| > | great recently though. Maybe management got the hint, I had to
| > | approve it with them.
| >
| > Some sort of defrost control? this can happen in the colder months,
icing
| > up can also indicate a system that is low in refrigerant charge, thus
there
| > may be a leak in the system. The best conditions for checking this is
in
| > the cooling cycle (summer conditions) not sure of your weather there at
the
| > moment? but yeah, definitely follow this up.
| >
| > | I did get a notice on my door though that management was turning down
| > | all our thermostats to meet some ADA guidelines or some *****, what
| > | does that mean first of all, it means nothing to me and will that
| > | reduce effectiveness.
| >
| > You should have your own thermostat on the wall to regulate this? maybe
| > they are asking you to turn them down a bit, or they have a master
control
| > somewhere, not too sure of that one either?
|
|
| I was pissing myself laughing when an A/C folk came into
| the office at work and turned one of the screws holding the
| cover plate on the thermocouple thinking they were adjusting
| something. As anyone would imagine, that wasn't the problem.
|
| I laughed even harder when I removed the face plate to
| find only a non adjustable thermocouple.
|

thermocouple? don't you mean anticipator? thermostat?

yeah, some real action, someone in a stretcher getting aggressive cpr,
would be a nice change...instead the paramedics and firefighters and
cops just stroll around then chat for a while and hang out then
eventually leave