Last time the air conditioner at out farm went out it turned out that fire
ants had built a mound inside the control box on the compressor outside the
house.
;)
Gil
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From: cctech-bounces at
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[mailto:cctech-bounces at
classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Jack Rubin
Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 8:26 AM
To: fufu at
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Subject: hardware debugging - history repeats itself
Just wanted to share a success story -
During the last Chicago heat wave, our air conditioning
stopped working.
Nothing, furnace (we have those up north) fan worked fine and
air was circulating, but no cooling at all. No response from
the compressor. Supply and control voltages all checked out
ok, thermostat worked, etc.
Turned out to be an earwig (small insect) trapped in the
contacts of the compressor controller. Removed said insect,
cleaned up the contact points and we were cool.
Shades of Grace Hopper and the Mark II moth!
Jack