A few years ago, my niece Angie posted on her social media all about how she did her very own A/C repairs.
I was pretty shocked about it.
It would never occur to me to try and repair my own air conditioner; When I asked her about it, she said that doing it yourself is what happens when you don’t have a bunch of extra cash lying around. That’s when you try to repair your own a/c! Anyway, she was able to do it, and she didn’t even get help from her husband, either. I think he is basically useless. She did online research by putting in the symptoms that were happening with her A/C. An HVAC website came right up and it led her to an online video that explained what the problem was plus exactly how to repair it. There was even a link to order the A/C parts that she needed from an online HVAC retailer. So, she ordered the a/c part, paid for overnight shipping, and then she got to work doing the a/c repair the very next day. She said it was actually fairly simple. She just watched the video once and then she turned it back on to watch while she did the a/c repair step by step. She paused the video as she went along, and at first, I was just flabbergasted. Now I’m starting to think that the very next time my a/c stops working, I am going to have to try a DIY a/c repair myself. I will put the “symptoms” into the a/c repair website, and then depending on what it says, I will decide whether it is something I should try. If all that it entails is changing out one part for another one, then I should be able to do it myself!