Originally Posted by tacocat

So...

Liz and I went exploring around Ellicott City yesterday--not the part that got flooded out, but up in the woods. As we were leaving one of Howard County's finest was coming up the hill and informed us that the river was closed, parks were closed, etc. Se we left. But not before he gave me a parking ticket. Mind you, this was not a closed parking area because of the flood, it is a place I have parked at many times before. Apparently something changed. So, I owe the good citizens of HoCo $50.

But it gets better. We get home and the house was feeling a little toasty. I look at the thermometer, and see we are at 78; it is set at 71. That is not good. I go outside and the compressor fan is not spinning, and there is a little bit of an electrical smell. I go inside, reset the system and get the same result. I then push the fan blade, and the unit starts up. I was happy I temporarily fixed it. But alas, I did not. Temp kept rising. I made a couple phone calls and did some work in the storm that blew by last night, and it is the capacitor. Going to cost $50 for the part and I can sleep upstairs tonight. As it is, it is too hot in the house for our old dog. She is at work with me today.

While we were diagnosing the A/C we also went looking for window A/C's just in case. We went to:
Home Depot--out of stock
Lowes--only had 230v units
Wal Mart--out of stock
Target--we called and they had some in Annapolis! We drove to Annapolis and looked for them, but we could not find them. Come to find out, they were actually out of stock too. So that was fun.

We slept in the basement with a fan and dehum on. At least it was dry heat and the air was moving.

Originally Posted by WhrDLMI

Originally Posted by tacocat

Yeah, it was hot as balls both days, so we stayed indoors Saturday. Sunday, we needed to get out, what better way to get out than go hiking on a 105 heat index day. Sometimes, we have the dumb.

But Liz ran through some potential poison ivy, and her legs started to itch a bit. Since I am not allergic to poison ivy (yet) and I had a saturated shirt, I cleaned her up and wore my shirt like a turban for the rest of the day. I am sure I scared quite a few small children, but I didn't GAF.

Originally Posted by e3opian

Catching up on yard work this weekend was terrible. It needed it, though. First chance Inhave had since Nicaragua.

Originally Posted by tacocat

Sprinklers=green grass but also=grass that needs to be mowed all the time.

Originally Posted by WhrDLMI

Although I bet it is super expensive, get the 230V one from Lowes and swap it with the plug for your dryer? Might make the basement more comfortable for you and the doggies.

Unless you have a gas dryer...

Originally Posted by e3opian

Zeke, we have a guest room. Your dogs are welcome.

Originally Posted by tacocat

Did I mention they wanted $533.00 for it?

Plan B is to use Amazon now to get the only unit they stock--a portable one for $322.00