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AC Compressor Shuts Off Periodically Travis Bickell 06-28-2008
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Posted by Bubba on June 29, 2008, 9:03 am
On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:02:00 -0400, Travis Bickell <> wrote:

>On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 21:07:14 -0400, "Stormin Mormon"
>
>>. That bit you did with the guy was really
>>totally unethical business. I hope he got his $109 trip charge at least.
>
>
>Yikes! You guys obviously don't know the first thing about ethics. You
>expect someone to pay a guy $240 for a part that cost him $15 --an
>1800% markup -- plus an additional 109 for the service call to
>diagnosis the problem. And after I already paid him 215 to diagnose
>and repair the problem.
>
>How ethical do you think it would be for me to charge you 1800 for a
>fuel punp I pay $100 for plus 109 to diagnose the problem when your
>car is towed into my shop 2 days after I supposedly fixed the problem
>by replacing the distributor? Sure I could say that they were both
>bad, and gouge the shit out of you, but I have something called
>compassion.
>
>You're right! I did come to the wrong place: Dante's 8th leve of
>Hell, where wrong is right and right is wrong
>
>See ya!
>
>
Big difference in auto mechanic crap where the customer drives his
little car right up to your rolling tool box.
Our business requires us bringing EVERYTHING and I do mean EVERYTHING
right to YOUR door just to keep you comfortable in your home.
Bubba

AppliancePartsPros.com, Inc.
Posted by Noon-Air on June 29, 2008, 9:33 am

> wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:02:00 -0400, Travis Bickell <> wrote:
>>
>>>On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 21:07:14 -0400, "Stormin Mormon"
>>>
>>>>. That bit you did with the guy was really
>>>>totally unethical business. I hope he got his $109 trip charge at least.
>>>
>>>
>>>Yikes! You guys obviously don't know the first thing about ethics. You
>>>expect someone to pay a guy $240 for a part that cost him $15 --an
>>>1800% markup -- plus an additional 109 for the service call to
>>>diagnosis the problem. And after I already paid him 215 to diagnose
>>>and repair the problem.
>>>
>>>How ethical do you think it would be for me to charge you 1800 for a
>>>fuel punp I pay $100 for plus 109 to diagnose the problem when your
>>>car is towed into my shop 2 days after I supposedly fixed the problem
>>>by replacing the distributor? Sure I could say that they were both
>>>bad, and gouge the shit out of you, but I have something called
>>>compassion.
>>>
>>>You're right! I did come to the wrong place: Dante's 8th leve of
>>>Hell, where wrong is right and right is wrong
>>>
>>>See ya!
>>>
>>>
>>Big difference in auto mechanic crap where the customer drives his
>>little car right up to your rolling tool box.
>>Our business requires us bringing EVERYTHING and I do mean EVERYTHING
>>right to YOUR door just to keep you comfortable in your home.
>>Bubba
>
> My car is broke can you come and fix it. Be sure to bring the part
> because im not paying you for time not on the job working on my car.
> Im not paying you to drive around to auto parts stores because you
> dont have the part I need with you. You should know whats wrong
> because I told you that it made a funny noise and started smoking. My
> car is located half way across the bridge on the right side. When can
> you get here?

Is that bridge the one after the barn that burned down 2 years ago?? or the
other one out by the south pasture at the Wilson place??


Posted by Noon-Air on June 29, 2008, 9:42 am

<Travis Bickell> wrote in message
>I was wondering if somebody could give me some advice on a problem
> I've been having with my Rudd Achiever 10 SEER AC unit. Problem may
> have started a couple of weeks ago when it wasn't cooling. So, I
> called an HVAC guy, who put 2 lbs. of freon in and charged me $209
> ($109 for the service call and $100 for the freon).

The tech lost a lot of money on that call

> Everything was working fine, but a few days later the system wasn't
> cooling again. So a different guy from the same company came out, and
> found that the breaker had tripped, evidently because the hardstart
> capacitor had blown. He wanted to charge me another $109 for a service
> call and $240 for the capacitor, which I suspected couldn't be more
> than a $50 part. So, I told him not to put it in, and I ended up going
> out to a local supply house where I bought one for $15. Put it in,
> and everything was working great again for a about a week.

The tech lost even more money on that call.... you must be trying to force
him into bankruptsy.
But if you called the same tech that was there the first time, the second
trip should have been on his dime because he didn't get it right the first
time.

> Yesterday, however, the house was hot again, because the compressor
> had turned off, and the fan in the basement was blowing warm air. I
> checked the beaker, and found that it had not tripped. But I figured
> I would try flipping it on and off which, lo and behold, caused the
> compressor to come on.

The original problem still has not been corrected, so now you grasping at
straws

> Now, however, the compressor is turning off periodically, but turning
> back on when I flip the breaker on and off. So i'm basically at a loss
> as to what my next step should be.

Your next step is to go to www.ruudac.com and find a contractor that knows
WTF they are doing.

> I was therefore wondering if anyone could give me any advice on
> whether this is a problem I could fix, considering that i'm a fairly
> competent auto mechanic. Or should I bite the bullet and turn the
> problem over to a pro.

You already know you can't fix it...

> Thanks in advance for any help anyone can give me on this.
>
>


Posted by on July 11, 2008, 11:32 pm
On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 18:06:41 -0400, Travis Bickell <> wrote:

>I was wondering if somebody could give me some advice on a problem
>I've been having with my Rudd Achiever 10 SEER AC unit. Problem may
>have started a couple of weeks ago when it wasn't cooling. So, I
>called an HVAC guy, who put 2 lbs. of freon in and charged me $209
>($109 for the service call and $100 for the freon).
>
>Everything was working fine, but a few days later the system wasn't
>cooling again. So a different guy from the same company came out, and
>found that the breaker had tripped, evidently because the hardstart
>capacitor had blown. He wanted to charge me another $109 for a service
>call and $240 for the capacitor, which I suspected couldn't be more
>than a $50 part. So, I told him not to put it in, and I ended up going
>out to a local supply house where I bought one for $15. Put it in,
>and everything was working great again for a about a week.
>
>Yesterday, however, the house was hot again, because the compressor
>had turned off, and the fan in the basement was blowing warm air. I
>checked the beaker, and found that it had not tripped. But I figured
>I would try flipping it on and off which, lo and behold, caused the
>compressor to come on.
>
>Now, however, the compressor is turning off periodically, but turning
>back on when I flip the breaker on and off. So i'm basically at a loss
>as to what my next step should be.
>
>I was therefore wondering if anyone could give me any advice on
>whether this is a problem I could fix, considering that i'm a fairly
>competent auto mechanic. Or should I bite the bullet and turn the
>problem over to a pro.
>
>Thanks in advance for any help anyone can give me on this.
>
>

I have a real simple fix for ya....just keep reseting the tripped
breaker, problem soved.

Posted by Noon-Air on July 12, 2008, 8:36 am

<billy ray jim bob>; <hack at large> wrote in message
> On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 18:06:41 -0400, Travis Bickell <> wrote:
>
>>I was wondering if somebody could give me some advice on a problem
>>I've been having with my Rudd Achiever 10 SEER AC unit. Problem may
>>have started a couple of weeks ago when it wasn't cooling. So, I
>>called an HVAC guy, who put 2 lbs. of freon in and charged me $209
>>($109 for the service call and $100 for the freon).
>>
>>Everything was working fine, but a few days later the system wasn't
>>cooling again. So a different guy from the same company came out, and
>>found that the breaker had tripped, evidently because the hardstart
>>capacitor had blown. He wanted to charge me another $109 for a service
>>call and $240 for the capacitor, which I suspected couldn't be more
>>than a $50 part. So, I told him not to put it in, and I ended up going
>>out to a local supply house where I bought one for $15. Put it in,
>>and everything was working great again for a about a week.
>>
>>Yesterday, however, the house was hot again, because the compressor
>>had turned off, and the fan in the basement was blowing warm air. I
>>checked the beaker, and found that it had not tripped. But I figured
>>I would try flipping it on and off which, lo and behold, caused the
>>compressor to come on.
>>
>>Now, however, the compressor is turning off periodically, but turning
>>back on when I flip the breaker on and off. So i'm basically at a loss
>>as to what my next step should be.
>>
>>I was therefore wondering if anyone could give me any advice on
>>whether this is a problem I could fix, considering that i'm a fairly
>>competent auto mechanic. Or should I bite the bullet and turn the
>>problem over to a pro.
>>
>>Thanks in advance for any help anyone can give me on this.
>>
>>
>
> I have a real simple fix for ya....just keep reseting the tripped
> breaker, problem soved.

The OP needs to call somebody that knows WTF their doing, instead of who has
the cheapest service call fee, quit being a stingy cheap bastard, and let
the man do his job.


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