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I wrote an article a few of years ago providing some guidelines for preparing for vacation. Well I thought that I had captured most of the items, and what wasn’t mentioned, was brought up in the ongoing discussions.
Well I just got back from being gone for ten days and while I was away (actually on the second day) I was reminded of one item I hadn’t thought of. My controller alerted me that the temperature in the tank was rising. Fired up the webcam and noticed the lights were not on in the middle of the day. Checked and noticed the heater was not stuck on. Sent my tank sitter (aka daughter) to the house to discover the house was up to 90 degrees!!!
Turns out the house A/C decided to go on vacation along with us! It was repaired within 24 hours, on a Sunday – so a $15 part cost me $275…lol. Tank temperature got to 87 but thus far it doesn’t appear to have done any major damage.
This got me wondering…we plan, plan and plan, and yet, things can still go astray. Wondering if others have experienced issues while away that were not technically tank related. Figured I would throw a poll up and see what others say.
I guess the moral of the story is to add having your home A/C serviced to the list of items to prepare for vacation!
Well I just got back from being gone for ten days and while I was away (actually on the second day) I was reminded of one item I hadn’t thought of. My controller alerted me that the temperature in the tank was rising. Fired up the webcam and noticed the lights were not on in the middle of the day. Checked and noticed the heater was not stuck on. Sent my tank sitter (aka daughter) to the house to discover the house was up to 90 degrees!!!
Turns out the house A/C decided to go on vacation along with us! It was repaired within 24 hours, on a Sunday – so a $15 part cost me $275…lol. Tank temperature got to 87 but thus far it doesn’t appear to have done any major damage.
This got me wondering…we plan, plan and plan, and yet, things can still go astray. Wondering if others have experienced issues while away that were not technically tank related. Figured I would throw a poll up and see what others say.
I guess the moral of the story is to add having your home A/C serviced to the list of items to prepare for vacation!