The $79 insect....

[pomtzu]

Glad to hear you got the system back up & running. The earwig is a bug around here that is drawn to electricity & people have had trouble with them. They smell horrible when a person squashes them. It must be all the rainy damp weather we have had to bring them on.

Yes - earwig - that's what it was. I just couldn't think of the name of it yesterday.
And funny thing for it not being common to get a bug on the contacts---a guy my son works with had the same thing happen.

[lvpets2002]

That was a darn expensive bug.. Who would have thunk it.. Glad your all cool again..

[RICHARD]

Better 79 dollars than a whole replacement?

[Asiel]

Laughing my head off here Ellie. You sure do grow huge bugs out your way. But that service call wasn't that expensive. The cheapest call here starts at $125 and that's with the service man being generous. Who would have thought...and what the heck is an earwigg, something that gets in your ears?

Maybe if your a/c goes off again you can go down and check everywhere for a bug ....beats sleeping in 90 degree heat.

[Catherinedana]

OH yeah!! I completely understand the nature-type interference of our complex lifestyle - if you remember, I posted a comment about a snakie that decided to get chopped up by my A/C unit about 3 months ago. No issues cause except a very nasty odor and some flies for a while. And I felt horrible about the snakie.

We bought a cover for the a/c to try and avoid that happening again but that caused another issue. The cover slowly blows open when the a/c fan turns on and allows whatever has settled on top of it to slide off. Unfortunately, the a/c unit is right next to my bird room and the opening of the cover caused hysteria every time it happened - birds screaming, throwing themselves around the room or huddling in corners for the entire day waiting for it to happen again. So it was either block the windows or remove the cover. Needless to say, we removed the cover.

PS - I hate earwigs. . .they give me the heebie jeebies.

[pomtzu]

Laughing my head off here Ellie. You sure do grow huge bugs out your way. But that service call wasn't that expensive. The cheapest call here starts at $125 and that's with the service man being generous. Who would have thought...and what the heck is an earwigg, something that gets in your ears?

Maybe if your a/c goes off again you can go down and check everywhere for a bug ....beats sleeping in 90 degree heat.

Nah - this was a little guy, altho some species of them get very big. There are lots of pics - just Google.
Myth has it that they would get in your ear and lay eggs and the larvae would go to your brain and that's how they got their name, It's those pincers that make them so creepy looking I think.
I don't think I would want to check the a.c. out myself - not worth getting electrocuted over. I'll leave the fixing to the pros......

[Asiel]

I keep forgetting about Google. I'll have to go check up on earwig. Never heard of that but it sounds a bit creepy, glad we don't have them here.

By the way, if you decide to check your a/c , turn it on off before......lol.
There's a switch on the side of the furnace also for that. If I was stuck in 90 degree heat you'd see my head in the a/c pretty fast if no one was home to check it.

[pomtzu]

By the way, if you decide to check your a/c , turn it on off before......lol.
There's a switch on the side of the furnace also for that. If I was stuck in 90 degree heat you'd see my head in the a/c pretty fast if no one was home to check it.

This is a giant behemoth that sits outside and runs independent of the furnace. The only common thing it has with the furnace is the inside thermostat on the wall, and the duct work that the air flows thru. Not talking a little window unit here. If I stuck my head inside that monster, it would probably take it off. No thanks - we'll leave it to the pros!


BTW - you have earwigs where you are, but maybe you've just never seen one.