The breaker for the electric backup was turned off ?
Yeah... every now and then it is that simple... not much though.
The last call last night... HP with elec back-up, townhome, zoned 2 levels. Elec backup was not cycling... the overheat safety was out. YET: The disconnect was trashed and bypassed, the low volts wiring was a rats nest, and the filter looked like carpet.
Guy paid me for 2 hours of repairs and a pack of filters... his neglect cost him dearly... after hours rate...
Many of the calls were 90%+ furnaces... where the condensate drain froze. In our area, it is against code to run the condensate drain into the sewer... so it has to be dumped outside. Where it goes out... will freeze shut if the temps get to the lower teens (I recorded 5* at my home Tues morning, a record for me in the 23 years in the Atlanta area). I have some customers who have some creative solutions...
A few more today and we will be more or less back to normal.
OTOH... govts and their screw-ups. Seems there was some kind of road work going on... a 24" water main was exposed to the weather (dug up). Geyser blowing water 80' into the air... soaking a power pole, lines, X-formers, trees, roads, a house got soaked, etc... And of course it is all freezing. Heard about it on the radio this morning...
http://www.wistv.com/story/24392293/water-shoots-skyward-after-pipe-burst-on-tilly-mill-road