How To Feel Like A Dumbass

RGD. · 02-03-2009, 07:53 AM

So the wife calls me yesterday:

Her: The furnace is blowing cold air.
Me: Okay - I'll check it when I get home.

So and hour or so later I'm standing in front of our less than a year old furnace doing as what the male of the household is required to do: stare at it. Hmmmm - unit is there. Check. Power is on. Check. Gas is on. Check. So after going through my exhaustive repair procedure - I call the A/C Heat guy. As luck would have it, he only lives 5 minutes away and was on his way home. Twenty minutes later he is standing in front of the furnace. He pulls the covers off the front - takes note of the little flashing red and green lights. Pulls out a screw driver and removes this little component near the top. Some little disk he referred to as a thermal disk. He wipes it off - leaves it hanging out and then hits the switch. Bingo - the unit powers up - fan kicks in - gas ignites - we got heat!

Him: Well this happens for one of two reasons - either the thermal is defective or the filters are dirty. If the filters are dirty then not enough air passes and the thermal shuts down the unit to prevent any damage. When did you last clean the filters?

Me: December

Him: Hmmmm. Well let's just check them.

Me: Okay

He removes the cover from the electronic whole house air cleaner and starts to slide the THREE filters out.

Him: Well these don't look to bad.

Me: Yep - like I said, cleaned them in December.

He reaches in and pulls out THREE more filters.

Me: Ummm - what are those?

Him: The back THREE filters.

Me: Back THREE?

Him: Yeah - you have SIX filters total.

Me: Crap. Man those things are totally clogged up

Him: Yeah - no air getting through those.

Wife: <laughs at my dumbass>

Him: So umm why don't you just go wash those SIX filters up and I'm pretty sure you will be good to go.

Me: <feeling like a freaking dumbass>

Ron

02-03-2009, 07:53 AM	#1
RGD. God Like Status Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Ron Location: Alexandria, Virginia Posts: 971 Trading: (1)	How To Feel Like A Dumbass So the wife calls me yesterday: Her: The furnace is blowing cold air. Me: Okay - I'll check it when I get home. So and hour or so later I'm standing in front of our less than a year old furnace doing as what the male of the household is required to do: stare at it. Hmmmm - unit is there. Check. Power is on. Check. Gas is on. Check. So after going through my exhaustive repair procedure - I call the A/C Heat guy. As luck would have it, he only lives 5 minutes away and was on his way home. Twenty minutes later he is standing in front of the furnace. He pulls the covers off the front - takes note of the little flashing red and green lights. Pulls out a screw driver and removes this little component near the top. Some little disk he referred to as a thermal disk. He wipes it off - leaves it hanging out and then hits the switch. Bingo - the unit powers up - fan kicks in - gas ignites - we got heat! Him: Well this happens for one of two reasons - either the thermal is defective or the filters are dirty. If the filters are dirty then not enough air passes and the thermal shuts down the unit to prevent any damage. When did you last clean the filters? Me: December Him: Hmmmm. Well let's just check them. Me: Okay He removes the cover from the electronic whole house air cleaner and starts to slide the THREE filters out. Him: Well these don't look to bad. Me: Yep - like I said, cleaned them in December. He reaches in and pulls out THREE more filters. Me: Ummm - what are those? Him: The back THREE filters. Me: Back THREE? Him: Yeah - you have SIX filters total. Me: Crap. Man those things are totally clogged up Him: Yeah - no air getting through those. Wife: <laughs at my dumbass> Him: So umm why don't you just go wash those SIX filters up and I'm pretty sure you will be good to go. Me: <feeling like a freaking dumbass> Ron