You guys can have your "trade thread" but i just have one question..
I see these threads every day so surely some of you are actual tradesmen, i need a little help with my shitty apartment. I know this is one of those "call your landlord/get a real electrician out there type of things" but my lardlord is the fucking worst and has been no help. so here we go:
I live in a tiny maybe 450sft studio apartment, probably built in the 60-70's but its a pretty run down place. when it got hot last week i plugged my window unit back in and it was working like shit, it would blow cold for 2-3 minutes and then just go on fan for like 15 minutes and it is hot as shit. so i bitched my landlord out until she got me a new window unit, that one did the same thing, and thats when i noticed my lights started dimming every time the A/C unit's compressor kicked on. i still figured my landlord got me a shitty A/c unit since she told me it was used. so i borrowed one from a friend (we tested it and ran it at his house for over 30 min, worked great) and as soon as i brought it home it did the exact same shit. runs cold for 3 minutes then fan only for 15 minutes. and the lights are still dimming like every 4 minutes now. Pretty sure this is an electric problem at this point, so i got a big industrial ext cord and tried the a/c unit from each outlet in my apartment and every single outlet wont run it and it dims all the time. ive ran a 6,000btu unit, 8,000 btu unit, and finally a 10,000 btu a/c unit and all of them do exactly the same thing, its no better or worse with any of them really. i tried running the 10,000 one with literally every single thing but my refrigerator unplugged and still the same problem.
what the fuck is wrong with my outlets/walls/wiring/apartment? should i call power company out if landlord is being a bitch?
Ive also talked to my nextdoor neighbor and he isnt having any power problems and his A/C runs continuously (and he has WAY more shit plugged in 24/7 thn me)
