I can’t say the heat came out of nowhere that summer, then but, having such a tied up life meant I did not prepare for it, then I would learn somewhere that weather experts were warning about an oncoming heatwave, however I paid the matter no heed and went on with my life.
When the fateful day came, I was in utter shock! Summer was here, and I would have delayed getting my a/c serviced.
I remember waking up that night to a pool of sweat after tossing and turning, my phone was at the bedside table, so I reached for it to access the central a/c app. I tried in vain to get it to start, and that’s when it hit me. I would not had our HVAC serviced in the Spring. In our inbox was an email from the cooling and heating equipment service reminding me of the matter a month ago! I did open the email however I never got back to the HVAC serviceman to set service and possible repair date, but needless to say, I did not sleep a wink that night, but the first thing in the morning, I put in a distress call to my auto a/c service. Luck wasn’t on my side because all technicians were tied up until the coming week. The only way I could get one to come to my place was to spend money on an emergency 24 hour HVAC equipment service fee, however all the bargaining in the world did not bear any fruit. Therefore, I finally caved in and accepted the high AC repair costs. I would learn my lesson and would never skip wall-mounted heating and cooling plan servicing ever again. The AC specialist was at our door in less than an hour and went about fixing the stalled unit. My capacitors were faulty, and the a/c needed new ones adding to my overall cost.
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