by Peggy Robin
A few days ago -- on the coldest day in May* -- I had my spring A/C checkup (twice yearly, part of my annual HVAC service contract). I had to drop the thermostat down to 64°F to get the AC to kick on. Fortunately, the system checked out OK and so the tech guy only had to run it for 20 minutes or so.
The exact opposite thing happened last fall. The AC tech guy came out on the hottest day in October and had to turn on the heat.
It seems to me this has been the situation, fall and spring, for at least the last five years. I'm prepared to declare there's a Murphy's Law Corollary at work here: "The day you schedule your fall heating check will turn out to be the hottest day of the month while the day you schedule your spring AC check will turn out to be the coldest day of the month."
Call it Robin's Law of Inverse HVAC System Checks
Now for trivia buffs who may be interested, here's the history of the original Murphy's Law (Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong):
Interested in the corollaries and variations? You may spend more time perusing these lists than the number of chuckles elicited (another possible Murphy's Law corollary?), but be my guest:
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* That would be Friday, May 9, when it was 51°F in the wee hours of the morning and 61°F when the AC tech showed up around 10am
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Still Life with Robin is posted on the Cleveland Park Listserv and on All Life Is Local on Saturdays.
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