Comments on: Who Touched The A/C?!

By: Ratchet

Ratchet — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 16:04:30 +0000

I used to work on a company that had air-tight spaces, that were supposed to be on lower pressure than outside places (dangerous particulate stuff, y’know). Well, the pressure differential sensor cap was not totally screwed (pun not intended) on the outside, causing false readings.

Guess the amount of force required to open the differential doors.
Hint: 100 lbs. ladies couldn’t open it by themselves, and a large (6ft) lever was welded to the doorframe.

The whole thing kept going for 2 years when they found the loose cap. The whole HVAC system flapped, rattled and flew about like flags on windy days, you could hear them klunking behind the walls.

We tried kludges like that, but the sheer (shear?) pressure would rip paper.

By: Pirate

Pirate — Sun, 23 May 2010 22:46:33 +0000

Does anyone actually know what the paper says? Also, at my house we had a problem one night, but it wasn’t due to a broken or unreachable thermostat. It was due to a broken window. In our downstairs bathroom, we have a window that swings open. the thing that attaches to the bottom to make it come back was loose. It was the middle of the half-winter half-spring part of the year. Two people were having a conversation. One was outside at the side of the house only viewable through the three bathrooms. The other was inside. You do the math.

By: steve

steve — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:21:14 +0000

…another fine use of Iron Mountain’s cheesy box.

By: Jacob

Jacob — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:27:25 +0000

I was gonna thumbs up but it was already at exactly 666 and I didn’t want to screw it up…

By: Igidur

Igidur — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:49:22 +0000

Believe it or not it will

By: Maj

Maj — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:20:28 +0000

I’m betting this guy lives in Boston or thereabouts.

I had this problem myself.

My roommate insisted on having the apartment at about 45 degrees all the time and there was only one thermostat for both bedrooms, so to keep from getting sick I had to cover part of the vent depending on how much freezing air flow I wanted.

By: Bob scratchit

Bob scratchit — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 12:44:23 +0000

That looks like a lot of HVAC solutions I saw when I was in serving in OIF/OEF. I should have taken pics of the more dangerous electrical jery-rigs

By: Hannah

Hannah — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:28:40 +0000

lol @wideaperture

By: Susie

Susie — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 16:10:08 +0000

@Pat The box says "Iron Mountain." It's a confidential records management company.

By: D.

D. — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:00:26 +0000

@Bruce My wife used to do that at the old place all the time. It'd be a hot and steamy, super humid day. She'd dial the thermostat all the way down. I'd get home and she'd complain that the AC wasn't working. I'd go down and lift off the panel, and it looked like Frosty the Smowman died a horrible death in there.