Then there was that time your a/c stopped working in the middle of a terrible heatwave. You did your best not to panic, even though it was Saturday of a holiday weekend, and your HVAC guy, a nice fellow with a small business, was closed until Monday and wasn't answering his emergency line either.
So you left a message and went to the pool, hoping that shutting the cooling system off for a while and then flipping the circuit breaker (like your HVAC guy always suggests) would do the trick when you got back. But upon your return, the indoor temperature was climbing, and no amount of flipping or button-pushing seemed to work.
So, you went out to examine the recalcitrant unit yourself. It was silent, but then you heard that click and whine that usually means the fan is going to start spinning-- only it didn't. And you looked around frantically for a stick, miraculously finding one (the only stick out there) of the perfect length and diameter. Then you stuck it through the grate and gave those blades a little push, like an old aviator cranking the propeller on her plane.
And lo! It worked. And the unit began to run.
For now.
Yet another option for post-retirement work!
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