I learned the hard way the importance of doing things with a clear head.
I rarely order cooling products online, I mainly prefer to go to the air conditioning service company so that I could get advice from one of the cooling techs on how to use and care for it. The only exception I had was for an air filter which I mostly ordered online. On this occasion a cooling workman delivered it and it was up to me to replace it with the old one. The thing is, on that day I was in a hurry because I was getting late for my nephew’s recital and instead of leaving the work for later I did it quickly and left. The recital was beautiful even though most of the children were off-key, their costumes and effort made up for it. Four months down the line I made a call to the air conditioning business for an air conditioning tune-up. The air conditioning expert was at my door the following morning. After he inspected the HVAC unit he asked who was the last person who had touched or worked on the air conditioning install unit last. I told him it was me when I was replacing the filter. He chuckled and showed me the filter which was put in backward. I could not believe I had made such a clumsy mistake all because I could not wait a few more hours to replace it. I could not even begin to imagine the impact that had on the central air conditioning. The indoor air cleaning system was a mess but luckily one that could be fixed. What was meant to be simple maintenance in my quality air conditioner turned out to be a major air conditioning repair.