It’s dead again. I’m pretty sure I’m going to have to spring for a new one. I may just desert this house. It is a balmy 19 degrees here right now. Thus far, I have been without heat more than with it this winter. I’m freaking depressed. This house doesn’t even have the decency to have a fireplace.

First, a friend of a friend worked on it and charged me only $20. Before that it quit a couple times and then came back on. Whatever he did had it working for a week or so. Died again, the furnace guy comes (finally the second time I call him) and puts in a new circuit board. Good to go, until the next day when I wake up and something smells REALLY hot, and the house is cold. I wasn’t sure if I should call the furnace guy or the fire dept. Furnace man comes back, says the capacitor is weak and replaces it. Good to go again. Until the next day when it starts making really loud horrible noises.  So Friday afternoon I call the furnace man again and tell them it’s making awful noise. I made the mistake of telling them the furnace was working I guess because he did not get back to me. By Friday night it died again. I called them again Saturday and left a message, no return call. I guess I’m just stuck in the cold until Monday.

I could try a different company, but it’s so hard to know who is going to be fair. THe first company simply wanted to replace everything for a huge amount of money that I clearly don’t have. This company had good reviews and seem to be honest.

On the other hand, why waste my time with furnace guys when I can’t afford to buy one anyway. I’ll just ask Santa for a ticket to Mexico for the winter :p