I’ve been sweating all day today. It’s 104 degrees outside, but I work indoors where it is supposed to be air-conditioned!
Our Trane air conditioning (heat pump) unit is 20 years old and it has been a good one. However, today decided it couldn’t take the heat anymore. Yesterday, it seemed like it ran all day but the house didn’t feel as cool as usual. We thought it was because we had been going in and out while cleaning the garage. We also had the oven on because it was birthday Sunday and the family was coming to our house for dinner. We didn’t get concerned until we noticed it was still rather warm inside (80 degrees) after the doors had been shut for several hours. While laying in bed about midnight I heard the unit try to kick on, but it made a strange sound and gave up. By morning it was evident that we had a problem.