Sometimes, a big problem can be caused by a very little issue.
The trouble is, it’s not always apparent that the issue is a minor one that requires only an easy fix.
I was quite frustrated recently after buying and getting a brand new climate control system installed in my new home. Well, it wasn’t a brand new home. In fact, the prior climate control system needed to be replaced, as it had been in service for over 10 years. It had not been well-maintained by the previous owner either. Getting a new climate control system was a priority before moving in, and I paid a pretty penny for a very nice model. Trouble was, all of the sudden, it stopped working the way it should have just a few weeks after moving in. The heat simply was not kicking on, when I had programmed it to kick on. It’s the middle of January, and a real chill sets in just after dark. The thermostat for my climate control system is programmable, and I thought that I had set it to go up to 72 degrees at 8 p.m. Later on, I climbed out of bed to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night, only to discover that it was freezing and the heating system wasn’t on at all! I worried that my brand new heater was already broken, and I was fuming. I called the company that installed it, and they came the next day. Long story short, I simply did not understand how my own thermostat worked. I didn’t bother to pay attention to the instruction manual, and so I paid for the technician to help me understand what I could have already read on my own!