Alas, poor air-conditioner, I shall miss thee. One week ago today, the house decided that it could no longer get cooler than 85 degrees. Two days later, the temperature during the day in the house was at a balmy 95 degrees. After several incredibly expensive ac unit quotes, we finally settled on a company that gave us a fair estimate for a 5-ton split furnace ac unit.

The old 4-ton unit had a long life, and lived to the ripe old age of 13 years. He has been replaced temporarily by the strange contraption you see in the photo above. Tomorrow he will be completely replaced by a brand new 5-ton, 16 “SEER” unit that should save us quite a bit on electricity bills. One more day of heat in the house and tomorrow I will finally get to enjoy a 78 degree house when I sleep.

RIP 4-Ton Unit 1997 – 2010.