Sometimes my (Goodman 95) heat pump shuts down to a crashing sound and then when it comes back up it whirs, crashes again, then comes back with a roar. Is this normal? Most of the time it roars and shuts down quietly.
It's had some minor glitches, mostly electronics resetting, which leave me frightened as I live in a region with sub-Farenheit early February nights and
20F February averages. After just moving here, I sure as heck can't afford new HVAC. And there are a lot of unsavory servicers who would rather replace than fix. (My answer: if you can't fix, how can I trust you to replace?)
Is this from the outside compressor unit or the inside air handler? Would help if you can record it and post a link, but even with that, it's unlikely it will be solved online. I'd ask around to find a reputable HVAC company.
That's just the noise from a failed launch. Perhaps your house is too heavy for take-off.
So at least it hasn't exploded on the launch pad like American rockets used to do a couple times.
I'm a big believer in fixing. Right now I'm trying to fix a large hot water urn which probably can't be fixed***, but I will still try.
***Because I read online that this brand is junk, and when heating elements break they are hard to impossible to reconnect. Plus they are hidden and I'd have to take everything apart to get to them.
However things are complicated and what I've said about auto repairmen probably applies here: "Anyone who can diagnose and fix modern cars is smart enough to make a lot more money doing something else." Fortunately a lot of guys including smart guys are in love with cars, but I dont' think anyone grows up in love with AC, so they do the best they can****. But if you replace the unit, that's something they do know how to do and you don't have the previous unsolvalble problem.
But afaict you haven't asked anyone to look at it yet. Maybe you'll get a savory one and he'll fix it for you.
Until then, I would buy one or two portable heaters for when it breaks inhe middle of the night. We don't want the head BioStrategist posting her to tell us you and your family are in the hospital with frostbite.
****For that matter, physicians too do the best they can. The doctor yesterday, a board certified pulmonologist praciticing at a major hospital, can't figure out why I'm short of breath -- I pass all the tests -- so at yesterday's appointment, he declared that I may be getting better and I could get better with time. If I had something standard, he'd probably know just what to do, but since it's unusual he's like an AC repairman who doesn't know what's wrong. But unlike with a compressor, the doctor can't replace me. Replacing my lungs might work but I'm nowhere near sick enough to pay the costs of doing that.
Time to see a well trained, experienced specialist in internal medicine or at our age, a geriatrician (if you can even find one). You say you passed all the tests a pulmonologist would do but there are many non-pulmonary causes of shortness of breath. Are you anemic; did you have a silent heart attack; do you have kidney problems, are you having panic attacks? Those are only some of the reasons why someone can present with shortness of breath. Good luck!
If you see a geriatrician (if you can even find one), that's like admitting you're old. But I take your advice seriously and I may.
I too think I'm going to get better. I always have.
Okay, I looked and Baltimore is a big city and there are definitely a few. Wait, you're near DC. That's no bigger but it's richer and probably older. There must be such people near you too.
Possibly, but my body "reads the textbook" and every medical problem that's been detected has been very well controlled or resolved with appropriate treatment by my internist and the specialists here at Walter Reed to which I've been referred by my internist. I hate to think that it might be the case, but as I'm a professional colleague (retired M.D.) perhaps I'm being treated with greater attention than I would if I were a more typical patient. However, I do strongly believe that "a physician who treats himself has a fool for a patient" and I know my limitations and am a very compliant patient.
That's great. I'm lucky in that I'm not allergic to any drugs or foods and I have never gotten side effects, except one case where the side effect is very common. And most of my problems up to now have been broken bones or dislocated shoulders, things doctors can see, and all of which got fixed.
That might be likely if only because you'd ask different questions and point out different symptoms from someone else.
I failed myself at yesterday's appointment, because I didn't push harder. (the only saving grace is that I can a) email him b) make another appointment before the 7-month follow-up UMMS scheduled.)
I chose U of Maryland Hospital because there were 30 pulmonologists on their staff and I figured if the one I got didn't know the answer, he could ask everyone else, but afaik he hasn't done that, and I failed by not suggesting it, let alone pressing for it.
I'm going to lung rehab, to get myself in shape but I was running around, climbing hills, a lot when this got, suddently I think, worse, so I think there is something going on in addtion to being overweight and part of the year sedentary.
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