Craig was in the middle of his second semester at school.
He loved attending online classes, which made it easier to combine his classes and graduate earlier. The fact that he was home alone was a big help. His parents had travelled for several months after retiring. Craig was at the kitchen counter one winter morning when everything stopped working. He went to check the circuit breaker and noticed it had been tripped. Craig turned it back on and went back to his studies. This happened two more times, and he opted to phone the AC company for assistance. He had noticed when the air conditioner was on, and it kept tripping the circuit breaker. The AC technician came to the house an hour later, much to Craig’s relief. The house was getting cold, so he had switched on a portable air conditioner. The HVAC company Craig had phoned had been there for many years. It was where his dad had gone to purchase the central cooling and heating system when they first moved there. Since then, the AC business gave them an excellent rate for annual HVAC maintenance. The AC expert got to work getting to the bottom of the matter. The issue was the condenser coil which had a layer of dirt and grime. It seemed Craig’s dad had forgotten to phone the HVAC business last fall. So they had skipped the annual fall HVAC maintenance to clean the different parts. It took some time to clean the condenser coil, unclog the drain pipes and wash the air filter. Once the air filter was dry, the air conditioner technician put everything back and turned the AC unit on. This time it didn’t trip the circuit breaker. Craig thanked him for the excellent work and walked him to the door before resuming his studies.