How to get prepared for heatwave?

@swirlie We get it serviced in April because the heat wave always starts in May and lasts through September.

@swirlie Condenser, compressor, blower, refrigerant, all the electronic connections. It's a complex system.

@swirlie Occasionally. Since we also have the heating system serviced in the fall, some of parts of the system are repaired then. This year, we decided to replace the capacitor that was on the verge of dying.

In my experience, getting newer systems serviced isn't, if you do routine maintenance on it, necessary, but if it's over say 7 years old, then getting it serviced yearly is a great idea.

@Ontheroad It's a new system, and it's worth it to us to make sure it is in working order before 100 degree weather hits. The maintenance contract is cheap and we trust the contractor.

@exexec I get that, and if it's right for you, then it's the smart move for you.

@Ontheroad True, based on experience of ACs always breaking down on hottest weekends.

@swirlie I don't think you know as much about AC as you think you do. I spent a career in risk management, and I am prone to act to prevent failure not react after failure occurs.

@swirlie I've had enough of this. My expertise was well recognized and rewarded. As for the gas fired generator, we have one that powers our whole house. Save your long-winded diatribes for someone else. I have nothing to prove to you or anyone else.

@swirlie The two components of risk management are probability of occurrence and the consequence. If the probability is high and the consequence is high, then you do something to mitigate the risk. You don't wait for it to break. If the prob. is low and conseq. is low, then it's okay to do nothing and let risk occur. In the case of our AC, the probability of a failure is not zero and increases over the years. The consequence, which we have suffered several times, is totally undesirable. Therefore we mitigate as much risk as possible by having an expert check it out each spring.

@swirlie Sorry, I'll try to do better next time.

@swirlie No, I'm retired. I only answer to my wife.

@swirlie I had enough money saved to retire on and was ready to do some other things like volunteer work, genealogical research, golf, and other fun stuff. They asked me to return as a consultant, but I refused. I miss some of my people, but some of us get together for lunch occasionally.

@swirlie I'm not sure how golden the key is, but the life is great. Now if I could just find a way to get in touch with some of my dead ancestors, I could get answers to a lot of questions that are bugging me.