[coffeebean]

Originally Posted by Bjeanj

Routine maintenance by One Hour Heating and Air, all was well except he had to replace capacitor (?).

The following week, our A/C just stopped working, fan was not kicking on. I was really puzzled due to the previous week’s service call. Of course, it was getting pretty hot in the house, and we had company. Put fans in the room, closed the curtains, turned off the a/c, and called. They were very responsive and got here within about 1 to 1-1/2 hrs, as he was picking up parts for another job.

Man checks everything, and finds an ANOLE had jumped on the edge of the fan blade just as it kicked on and prevented the fan from spinning. Of course, it killed the anole. Simple fix. He gave us a discount on the service call as we were on a maintenance plan with the company.

Just something to check before you call for service, even though it was a one-in-a-million chance of happening.

And I highly recommend using One Hour. Have been using them for around 8 years.

It is highly suspect that an anole prevented the fan blade from turning. How much does an anole weigh? We once had a snake get tangled in the fan blade. A neighbor heard the racket that snake made as it was getting churned to snake soup. We weren't home at the time. By the time we arrived home, the A/C outside unit was humming as usual. Snake guts were all over the unit so that had to be washed out though.