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The evaporator coil is aluminum. Replaced in June 2019 when the old copper one sprung a leak. So only about two months left on the...

OK, this one's personal: "The dog up and died (s)he up and died After twenty years he still grieves." - Jerry Jeff Walker, Mr. Bojangles

What's the difference between orange and green?

This is certainly true for much of the country. Especially the northeast and the west coast. But I wonder if it isn't still a real thing...

I think it's the Rube Goldberg scheme that somebody used to modify the original oil heat system to add AC in the first place (sometime...

Did you miss the part about them doing the previous install 17 years ago? Didn't have any problems with those ten year warranties...

I'd be strongly inclined to ignore that advice. Put the bottles in a cooler (or even a sturdy cardboard box) with something like a heat...

Mowed the lawn. Walked the dog. Poured a fizzy yellow homebrew.

Whichever version one prefers, John Prine wrote it.

So they want $3300 to install a new compressor and $5500 if I want a new evaporator coil too. Guess I'll double check the age of the...

"fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa" - Talking Heads, Psycho Killer

The inside coil was not replaced when the current outside compressor was installed in 2007 and it wasn't a warranty stipulation then. It...

This is a heat pump. Don't know about you, but up here you need a solid supplemental heat system. Which in this case is an oil burner...

Well yeah, but it's not going to kill me. Like I said we got 17 years out of this one. That's about 119 in dog years.

First one mentioned twice. Didn't see that coming. Also in the Kris Kristofferson division - "I'd trade all my tomorrows for a single...