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Peter Powell is Refrigeration Editor. E-mail him at peterpowell@achrnews.com.


Damage From Dancing

October 23, 2009

From the Associated Press:

Dallas police are looking for a man who they said repeatedly sneaks into backyards, dances around naked and then runs away. Police believe the man has been exposing himself in the same neighborhood since 2005. The most recent incident was on Sept. 30.

Police said he usually climbs a fence or goes through a gate and either dances naked or jumps in a swimming pool naked. Police said he also has danced naked on top of a backyard air conditioning unit.

Police said they're looking for a pudgy man who is about 6 feet tall and covers his face while dancing.

Well, that poses an interesting troubleshooting issue for a service technician who might be called in to repair that condensing unit.

“Your condenser seems to be severely dented on the top. Any idea how that happen?”

“Actually, I do but you are not going to believe it.”

“But how did it happen?”

“Well, you see, I heard this thumping noise one day and when I went to investigate, there was this…”

Or how about the possibility that the condenser can’t be repaired on site, so the contractor decides to ship it back to the manufacturer hoping the “cause” of the damage will be covered under some kind of extended warranty.

How exactly does the contractor fill out the service tag? “Unit was damaged due to fat guy dancing on top.” Wonder if any warranty applies to that?
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