Thursday, September 22, 2011

There, I fixed it!

It's time for another theme week! (Most weeks start on Thursdays, right?) This time, it's "There, I fixed it."

We have a second-hand air conditioner in our guest bedroom. Unfortunately, this summer the "Master Control" knob broke:

The thermostat knob still works, and you can use a needle-nosed pliers to turn the "Master Control" peg which lies under the plastic panel, but it's annoying (and will probably eventually break the peg). So, I set the AC "Master Control" (which sounds like a term over-used in bad sci-fi movies) to medium cool (it's a small room) and devised a new on/off switch:
The extension cord runs from the hard-to-reach outlet behind the dresser. To turn the AC on, you simply plug it into the extension cord; to turn it off, just unplug!

There, I fixed it!

4 comments:

  1. oh! you should have used a surge protector - then you could have had an actual switch!

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  2. Clever! I hadn't thought of that. I think I even have a spare surge protector. My one concern would be that it could handle the power draw.

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  3. it probably could as long as you didn't have 2 air conditioners and a microwave plugged into the same strip.

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  4. Oh, our guest room is quite tricked out! THREE ACs, microwave, electric clothes dryer, a few toaster ovens, assorted servers ...

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