Thursday, August 2, 2018

Honda Civic & A/C problems.

Hello Friends,

Got a post again on to Honda Civic (The good old favorite commuter of mine).

This car has been doing great except for some things here and there it has been a great ownership experience till date and and on top of that it has also saved my life once :) in past.

Ok! So coming back. Now-a-days, am using Honda Civic majorly as my secondary option for daily commute or primary option for out stations trip (which is not that frequent these days).

While starting my car in the morning found A/C's blower is in full swing but it was not cooling at all (literally it had no chill!! :D)

And after an hour long drive it didn't turned up once in the whole journey and from past experiences the first go to thing was YouTube (to find out what could be the most obvious and DIY as fix.)

Narrowed down to A/C relay in the fuse set. Gave it a tap as was suggested in the video, tried some more fiddles but nothing made it to work. But me being me and trusting YouTube, finalized on "A/C relay only" must have broken. So i called the most trusted car A/C repair mechanic in my area. Hemkund Sahib Car A/C in Sector 23 of Dwarka.

Owner, he is a gem of a person it was going to be my second encounter with him and me being the pseudo pro asked him if he has the A/C relay for my car so that i can just fix it of my own and he being he politely said yes (and he always says YES no matter what you inquire for.. i like that about him) and so i got to his workshop.

It being a Saturday(weekend) there was crowd but not very hectic one he moved my car under the shadow(it was hot out there in open) and asked me to start the car. Which i did and then after his inspection his words were...

"Baadshaao yeh toh khuch start he nahin hua.. no koi ghoon na ghaan" (Vague translation: Brother there is no sound at all of compressor/fan starting up) and i was like and what could be the reason for that and what about the relay!

Its a bigger problem than just relay as per the condition and may be relay could also be adding up but lets focus on the main crux why compressor didn't started!

He asked one of the technician to look in for pressure and coolant gases, which was not there at all and hence he started to check for any leaks in the a/c radiator coil and other pipes. Upon half removal of bumper found out one connecting pipe was having stains of leak and later on it got confirmed. So there was no gas in it and hence for safety of A/C devices(to prohibit dry runs), no internal components were booting up and hence "no ghoon na ghaan".


That specific connector was not available in house at that moment but he contacted some vendor and asked for it on urgent basis. After a bit of hustle he agreed to deliver to his shop but it consumed about an hour and half more.

But finally connector arrived and got it fitted in the car, pushed the coolant and switched on the A/C and yes it came up to life. It costed me about 4 hours in duration and about ₹ 5K on pocket, but good as it got fixed.

Things were going good for next couple of months but then suddenly A/C died again that too just like that without any external characteristic. Cooling went for a toss and had to complete my rest of about 40 mins journey fiddling with open/closed windows (as i become more restless to honks in Delhi's traffic condition and also the heat).

And visited Hemkund Sahib Car A/C again (in a week time) fearing of any more leaks (this time they have shifted their place about 70-100 meters forward (from their last location) and what they found this time (after inspection)? Yes it was the relay. Yippey!! I was like wow i got to a solution before the occurrence of problem. But thank fully this was just Pluck, Plug and Play fix. Which costed me about ₹ 400.00

And currently Civic is doing very fine. It still feels such an exuberant thing to drive that every time if i get a thought about letting it go (as it is getting old) am forced to say NAaaa :D

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

The baffling IQ test

Getting 100 per cent means you “have a passion for perfection and you like to challenge yourself. You excel in finding problems and solutions, and have a driving force to create”. It also claims “you truly are a genius” if you manage to beat the challenge without getting anything wrong.

Sunday, March 4, 2018

Holi celebrations @ HeaderLabs 2018

Hello Folks,

This is the day just after Holi i.e. March 03, 2018
It is going just like any perfect holiday a guy like me wants to have. Kitchen is full of sweets and eateries, have not touched my laptop from last 24 hours and is not in intention of doing so for next 24 hours(at least not for any work related tasks). Mom and dad are besides me.. talking about some very random funny stuff and even though my tummy is full, somehow will adjust poories and aaloo-gobhi sabji that have wished for and thats why my mum is in kitchen now.
Frankly have slept a lot during this holi's long weekend.

Was going through some of the photos that we took during our Holi celebrations @ office.
















Very happy faces indeed. Every year we celebrate Holi like this(or i force them to celebrate.. i don;t know)

Am that kind of person who doesn't want to be everywhere but where ever i am will never try to have a dull moment because of some lame excuse and believe me if you have a bunch of folks and want to have even a celebration planned its so tough to execute but i had to celebrate Holi or one can say am left with no other option so office is the only place i can make it happen.

I generally don't look at older photos.. they make you happy and then they make you sad and so will these photos one day. Happy because its obvious.. its the snap of smiles, fun and happiness and sad because many will not be there in the next Holi.

Don't have much of friends most of them are now putting up out of India and few others am not in touch and its clearly me who is responsible for not being in touch. So i have people left only in my office i.e. HeaderLabs

We started HeaderLabs about 5 years ago :) It still brings on smile recalling those times. I don;t know how common it is for people but that days of starting a small setup with few very dear ones along with you.. Its a top of the world feeling

Having ZERO experience of handling a company to starting up like the way we started and along with the people we started and then the way we went through times and the way it is still going.. i will say, am blessed.

Will do a detail on all this some day but for the time being it has been a great journey. Lost a very indispensable one on the way but the great thing is never cheated on anything/anybody. May be this is the only thing that i have so why be not loyal towards it.

Had a lot to write to but leaving it at this, don;t want to make my self more sad :)

Take care. Have a safe weekend.
Enjoy

Honda Civic & A/C problems.

Hello Friends, Got a post again on to Honda Civic (The good old favorite commuter of mine). This car has been doing great except for so...