Evening all,
A/C parts showed up here , then headed north to work on oldest nephew’s a/c. Glad I “overpacked” the truck with tools, even tho I ended up not using most of em. Replaced the cable that burnt up to the compressor, ( and plugged back in the 2 good ones , to make sure everything worked ) it worked 👍🏼🙏👍🏼, so I let it run a bit to test drive things and allow some cooling to start in his condo. Then I replaced the other 2 cables/terminations, and cleaned /checked the rest of the unit . $50 for the repair kit ( with my free labor n gas) compared to a “pro”( more on this later) doing the same thing for $450( 🤷🏻♂️🤯😳)and prob not to level of “care” of the install/repair that I put into it 😉 . I call it a win 👍🏼.
Nephew said the contractors the home warranty place uses have at best 1( ONE) star ratings/reviews , as he learned after some digging/research. Guess they are known to “pad” a repair order( hence the estimated $450 ) and otherwise rip folks off.
Needless to say, nephew is gonna cancel the claim, along with ditching the warranty company. Told him the $100 or so he had invested/spent so far regarding the home warranty place, is money well “spent” with cutting ties with them.
Texted a vid of the unit running to Sis, and told her the job was done👍🏼, she thanked me and said “Dad would be proud of me ❤“,, told her I had great teachers growing up 😉. I have to say I have big shoes to fill , but I had a great base of overall “fix it knowledge “ instilled in me to work from❤
Only thing penciled in for the morning is to load up 6-7 large boxes of books and a garbage bag of clothes and take them to the county run resale shop, proceeds of donated items sold there benefit those folks/families in need👍🏼🙏❤. Then the rest of the day is mine to pick /choose how it plays out.
Hope everyone had a great day👍🏼