The noise from the ancient cooling device genuinely was something we were used to. To an extent where if my children visited their friend’s household, they would at first suppose that there was no cooling system in the house due to the absence of noise. It didn’t bother us in the least, & after eighteen years, I barely noticed it existed. The frequency in which we had to call the cooling business for air conditioning service had increased. The cooling tech advised us to start looking into getting modern cooling equipment because the next time it broke down, it would not work again. I knew this particular time was coming, & I had started to prepare myself by looking at odd units. All that we needed was a cooling representative to come & tell us the size & price of the Heating, Ventilation & A/C device. A programmable thermostat would regulate the cooling system. Over the years, I was putting money aside to look for a quality cooling device that used the best technology in the cooling industry when the time came. I had done some research on everything, and learning more about air conditioning became a pastime. The modern cooling device would help with indoor comfort. The cooling specialist who took me through the process was actually stunned when she realized she was the same one who had installed the ancient system, and she could not easily believe that so much time had passed & that I was still a loyal customer of their cooling corporation. The tech was still pretty new when she did that upgrade but was ecstatic that she was easily green in the business. She had done an excellent job because it was still standing.