Heat Pump Bluz

This will be a "whine."
Going for the "feel sorry for me" syndrome.
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Yesterday afternoon, the spouse was cleaning a bathroom as bathrooms are want to be cleaned, when she noticed sweat on her brow.   The water closet was too hot.  Want to guess the problem?
She could hear the heat pump running outside but no cool air was coming from the ducts.  That should be close to enough hints.
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Our air conditioner/furnace is down, broken, kaput, fizzzzzzz.
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It is a Trane, new in 2008 when the house was built.   A heat pump at that.   When we built the pad, I told them I wanted a regular air conditioner and a gas furnace.   They said sure, no problem. When I look at one air cond or another, unless it says "heat pump" in bold print, I would never know.  About a year or more after we moved in, the machine had a problem - under warranty.  The guy came out and told me it was a heat pump.  Sigh.  WhatRyaGonnaDo?  
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For those who don't know, a heat pump will heat the air or cool the air.  It will cool or heat about 20 to 30 degrees above or below the outside temperature.  So  if it is 100 degrees outside, I can cool down into the 70s or so.  You get the idea.  But, I have a gas furnace which will heat the house to 100 or more if I ask - they call this supplemental heat.
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Our problem is the electric blower in the attic that moves the cool or heated air through the ducts.  Since ours is broken, no air moves.  We called a company in town, Watkins Electric, who has the word TRANE on their store and truck and yellow pages adv.   The service guy called TRANE main office and talked to a technician who reacquainted him with our model and the process for checking.   Terry came out and ran the tests on the motor - shot, not working, fizzle-lee-doo.  We now have a new motor on order.  It should be here no later than Monday and installed thereafter.
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Lucky?   Yes, we are.   It could be 100 degrees outside.  It could be 30 degrees outside.  Instead, we had a cold front and are experiencing 60 to 70 degree weather.  Lucky?  Yes, we are.
Unlucky?  Yes, we are.  The mere fact it died 5 months after the warranty ends, BAD.  But there is more.  They put a variable motor on our unit.  This means it changes speeds as programmed.  Of course a new blower motor should cost $100 to $150.  A variable motor - because it has computer stuff on it - estimate between $400 and $600 - or so.
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Whine.
Whine.
At least the service guy is a nice guy.   He petted our dogs and told me he has foxes living in the creek behind his house inside Corsicana.  Foxes.  Who'd a thunk?

That's it.  I'll try to think of something else to complain about tomorrow.  We did get almost 3 inches of rain.  That is good.
nighty night.
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