Re: [MBZ] OT the value of ready spare parts

2018-06-21 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
If he caught and snapped the threshold, I challenge your use of the word "clean"! :-) -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman

Re: [MBZ] OT the value of ready spare parts

2018-06-21 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
I have an over large spares collection. I wish I could get more folks to take some of it home. Good for me though, I have enough spares to handle many situations. Like when #2 boy clean and jerked the dead battery out of the trunk and snapped the threshold plastic. Or, the window motor that

Re: [MBZ] OT the value of ready spare parts

2018-06-21 Thread Scott Ritchey via Mercedes
t; To: Mercedes > Cc: Meade Dillon > Subject: [MBZ] OT the value of ready spare parts > > Last night at bedtime I noticed that the upstairs HVAC system was not > producing much cold air. Listening to the flow of coolant from the room > directly below the air-handler in the attic,

Re: [MBZ] OT the value of ready spare parts

2018-06-21 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
Not to mention the value of checking to see what's wrong and shutting the system down if you can't fix it yourself. Running the compressor without the condenser fan is a good way to need a compressor replacement if you just let it keep going. I lost a fairly new dehumidifier that way when t

Re: [MBZ] OT the value of ready spare parts

2018-06-21 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
I replied to this, as did Jim and Meade, but the OP is the only MBZ message in my inbox today. Meade and Jim's replies are in the list archives, but mine isn't. Hey, Kaleb, am I still being moderated? Do you need to whitelist me? And why did the global blacklist keep the list out of my inbox fo

Re: [MBZ] OT the value of ready spare parts

2018-06-21 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Yes, glad that I caught it before cascading failure occurred. There must be an over-heat or over-pressure switch that was cutting off the compressor. - Max Charleston SC On Thu, Jun 21, 2018 at 11:10 AM, Mitch Haley wrote: > I replied to this, as did Jim and Meade, but the OP is th

Re: [MBZ] OT the value of ready spare parts

2018-06-21 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Rather than a maker name I don't know, I'll go with a GE brand this time, $18. - Max Charleston SC On Thu, Jun 21, 2018 at 10:28 AM, Jim Cathey wrote: > > It's a high-stress part, to be sure, but there's no reason they > can't be built to last nearly forever. But hey, that might co

Re: [MBZ] OT the value of ready spare parts

2018-06-21 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
> > I think these things [capacitors] only seem to last a few years. It's a high-stress part, to be sure, but there's no reason they can't be built to last nearly forever. But hey, that might cost $1 more or something... -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To

[MBZ] OT the value of ready spare parts

2018-06-21 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Last night at bedtime I noticed that the upstairs HVAC system was not producing much cold air. Listening to the flow of coolant from the room directly below the air-handler in the attic, I could hear some flow begin and last for a minute or two, but never reach the full gurgling and then steady hi