Air conditioning

Ever since we moved into this 6-month old housing unit, the air conditioning has not worked. Robin spent an entire month trying to get a part for the A/C. It finally got here, but that didn't work, either, because the circuitry blew out.

A friend of Robin's is a licensed air conditioning dude with a company just outside of Miami. He made the trip out here yesterday. He and Robin ended up installing a new A/C unit and hooray, after 2 1/2 months of trying, we now have air conditioning!

Now we are in the "testing phases." Here are some excerpts from all the manuals that came with the unit. The first two are my favorites:

• In the CHAOS mode, the wind blows like natural breeze by automatically changing fan speed according to the CHAOS logic. (Huh, I didn't know there was any logic behind CHAOS.)
  
• You cannot switch the indoor fan speed. It has already been set by the Fuzzy rule. (Huh. I guess it makes sense that you can't change something set by a Fuzzy rule. I wonder what a Fuzzy rule is. I think there are a lot of them.)
• Being exposed to direct airflow for an extended period of time could be hazardous to your health. Do not expose occupants, pets or plants to direct air flow for extended periods of time. (Hmmm, maybe it wasn't good to be standing right in front of it when that puff of stuff came out when it started.)
  
• Do not drink the water drained from this product. (Duh!)
  
• This limited warranty does not apply to damages resulting from running the product in a corrosive atmosphere. (Great, the person who purchased these did a great job researching.)
  
• Do not let the air conditioner run for a long time when the humidity is very high. (Ditto the above comment.)
  
• Do not install the product where the sound or hot air from the outdoor unit could be offensive to neighbors. (Sure hope it doesn't piss off the birds.)
  
• Do not install the product where it will be exposed to salt spray directly. (Now that's gonna be tough on a windy place surrounded by the ocean!)