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As one tends to find out this time of year, the A/C at my house is fuX0r3d. Judging by the frosted over line shown above, it looks like low refrigerant again. In an hour of running as a test tonight, the line gained 5mm of frost on the outside of it. I guess it must be pretty humid out there. Anyway, in case you care, this is how the line is supposed to look when the compressor is on or off.

So, someone is coming by tomorrow afternoon to take a look at things, and then I’ll see how they are going. I just hope it doesn’t cost too much… I believe the leak is coming from the valves (large nut-like things you see in the picture) so perhaps the repair person can swap the seals.

It really bothers me that I can’t do this work myself. I don’t have any of the tools, nor do I have the refrigerant. I’m really, really tempted to learn how to refill the system and purchase some R-22 and a gauge set off of eBay, just to save some money…

Ah well.

Oh, I made some lemon ginger sun tea today because it’s easy and tasty. Now I just need to wait for the ice to finish hardening in the freezer.

UPDATE: I seem to have found this site on troubleshooting A/C issues, and the appropriate tool on eBay. Now to source some R22…