Friday, May 28, 2010

I'm Being Punished

I can't think of what I might have done to deserve this, but our furnace went nuts yesterday, and started indiscriminately pumping out heat. John has since figured out that it's not actually the furnace. It's the heat pump, which is the thing that changes from heat to air conditioning. That means that every time the thermostat tells it the house is too hot, it switches to cold air. Since it's not working, it just pumps out hot air.

It's 95° in the house. I've had about eight cold showers, and if anyone comes over, I'll have to either run and hide, or run and put clothes on. I think of anything over 80° as a punishment. (What did I do this time?) Obviously, he tried to fix it himself first. Then it occurred to him that he'd better call for help and found himself on the receiving end of Memorial Day weekend messages. Perhaps someone can call us back Tuesday. Oh, wait. I have physical therapy at the crack of dawn on Tuesday. No one will be here to answer the phone.

I don't think I'll be doing a slide show tonight. I think I'll go take another cold shower and stretch out under the ceiling fan again. It's a good excuse to take off this hot air cast. (Please, God. Don't let the power go out. I really need the fans right now...)

6 comments:

Schmath said...

That sounds like torture! Ryan says thermostats aren't all that complicated, so if John has a question, he can call Ryan and see if he knows.

Kathleen said...

It's not the thermostat. It's the heat pump.

Schmath said...

Can you cut the power to it? How did you sleep in 95%? I'd set up a tent outside. Or maybe check into a hotel for the weekend. Or maybe you should drive out here! You could eat pasties and get a cd.

Kathleen said...

I told John that "Woman's logic tells me that when the computer messes up, I shut off all power to it and let it rest for awhile. Then I reboot and start from scratch. Why not try that?" He wasn't happy, but a couple of hours later he tried it, and the thing finally stopped blowing hot air. It didn't blow cold, but the fan came on house-wide and the house temperature is now down to 76. We can breathe. It's only one degree hotter in the house than outside right now.

Fan is running, running, running, so it's going to cost us a fortune in electricity, though. Do I really care?

Patricia Stoltey said...

I can't even imagine trying to put up with a malfunctioning system on a day like yesterday. Thank goodness you have the fan (and the computer-minded savvy that says unplug and start over when anything goes wrong).

Linda said...

Kathleen ...ok, call me cruel but this actually struck me as being quite funny! You enjoying Malaysian weather there?! =P