The day was hot, and demand for Stormin Mormin was running high. The
days call was normal: No cooling. Stormin Mormin arrived on site, and
immediately inspected the thermosat. Then he scratched his head, and
looked at the thermostat. Then he scratched his head and looked at the
thermostat, again.

Finally, it came to him. The problem must be the 'capacitor thing'. And
so, he pulled a used capacitor from his box of things, and crammed it
in as best he could.

Sure, it was the wrong size; both physically and electrically, but hey;
it's just a capacitor after all.

Stormin Mormin then hurried off to the breaker panel, where he sawed up
a circuit breaker and crammed it into place. No, the circuit breaker
had nothing to do with the service call, but the customer asked for it
to be changed, and being the 'swell' guy he is, he agreed to do the
work. After all, its not like he was licensed or insured to do any of
the work he was there to do in the first place, so what difference did
a bit more quackery make? Besides, it's not as if Stormin Mormin had to
actually live in the house he was converting into a fire hazard.

And so, he hurried off to home depot to find the perfect circuit
breaker. He picked the one he thought was the prettiest, and hurried
back to the job.

And then he found out that it too, was the wrong size, both physically
and electrically. But, nothing a chop here and a trim there cant take
care of! After all - what's a quarter inch of plastic gonna do to help
or hurt anything?

Then Stormin Mormin turned everything on, over charged the customer,
and then ran back to usenet to brag to everyone about his exciting
day!

(The preceeding story is quite true. Don't believe it? Follow the below
link to the message where Stormin Mormin lays it all out himself.)

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.h...403229ce15893c

"From the sounds of it, there is something seriously wrong with the AC.
I'd
suggest call a HVAC repair company out. It isn't sounding like a bad
breaker. "