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Posted by Bubba on October 10, 2007, 7:11 pm
wrote:
>Last week the air condition for our house was not working. The unit
>outside of the house was still running, but no air came into rooms
>from the vents. I called a company, and it sent a technician the next
>day. He opened a large metal box in our garage, and tested the
>connections with a gauge, a box with two metal sticks for touching the
>connections and a needle in the box moving back and forth behind a
>screen.
>
>Then he pulled some plugs off a small board, removed the board form
>its seating, placed a new one, and put all plugs back to it. Air
>started coming in again. He did the whole thing within 10 minutes. We
>were charged $230, labor included. I didn't save the old board. He
>took it. Today I called the company, and was told that name of the
>part was 'relay fan'. But what the technician removed did not look
>like a fan.
>
>I don't know air conditioning at all, just like to learn what a relay
>fan is, and is it really that expensive?
>
>Thanks for information.
>
>hxy
Would you feel better or worse if he charged you $30?
Would you feel better or worse if he charged you $430?
From your descriptions it would probably take a year or more to teach
you what a fan relay looks like and does.
You have A/C and you didnt have to buy a new system. Be happy.
Bubba
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