jkjsooner
10/15/2008, 11:04 PM
Hey, I know there's some smart posters out there. Maybe someone can help me.
About two months ago my air conditioner (in my rental apartment) just seemed to stop working. A guy came out to look at it. After he left twice I went on vacation and turned the thermostat to the "off" position. Both times when I got home my apartment was literally 110 degrees.
The lady who cleans my house once a month came while I was gone and almost freaked. She managed to get the property management guy to look at it and he just shut everythng off at the breakers.
Here's the kicker. I went from 1240 kwh in July to 3390 in Aug, 4040 in Sept and 5480 in Oct. I think what is happening is that the heat is always running and when the air is one it is just fighting with the heat.
I want to disable the heat. I have three breakers. 1) heat 2) furnace 3) A/C. What is the difference between the heat and furnace? (This is where my wife laughs that I learned nothing getting my EE degree.)
If I turn off the furnace the fan stops. If I turn off the heat the fan keeps blowing but the air stops being cool.
Slo that's question #1. For the attorneys out there I have question #2. Do I have a case to force the property owners to pay my absurd electrical bills? I've tried to get them to fix the damn thing and they've come out twice - probably screwed it up the first time and the second time all they did was shut everything off. As I figure it they owe me at least $1500.
I might just not pay my full rent next month if they don't cooperate. They have a good tenant but I can turn bad and while that might hurt me I'll make their life hell as well.
About two months ago my air conditioner (in my rental apartment) just seemed to stop working. A guy came out to look at it. After he left twice I went on vacation and turned the thermostat to the "off" position. Both times when I got home my apartment was literally 110 degrees.
The lady who cleans my house once a month came while I was gone and almost freaked. She managed to get the property management guy to look at it and he just shut everythng off at the breakers.
Here's the kicker. I went from 1240 kwh in July to 3390 in Aug, 4040 in Sept and 5480 in Oct. I think what is happening is that the heat is always running and when the air is one it is just fighting with the heat.
I want to disable the heat. I have three breakers. 1) heat 2) furnace 3) A/C. What is the difference between the heat and furnace? (This is where my wife laughs that I learned nothing getting my EE degree.)
If I turn off the furnace the fan stops. If I turn off the heat the fan keeps blowing but the air stops being cool.
Slo that's question #1. For the attorneys out there I have question #2. Do I have a case to force the property owners to pay my absurd electrical bills? I've tried to get them to fix the damn thing and they've come out twice - probably screwed it up the first time and the second time all they did was shut everything off. As I figure it they owe me at least $1500.
I might just not pay my full rent next month if they don't cooperate. They have a good tenant but I can turn bad and while that might hurt me I'll make their life hell as well.