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I have a Carrier 5 ton air condition compressor that is 9 years old and quit working this past Sunday. Luckily, I have a 10 years parts and labor warranty. The company that covers the warranty tried several repairs over the course of a few days, eventually replacing both of the larger sized capacitors and eventually the "start" capacitor. Yesterday when they replaced this last capacitor, they also installed a surge protector. Of course, they said it was to protect my unit and installed it "for free", but I'm concerned that they might be masking a possible short in the compressor itself, or maybe the circuit board. So far, this "fix" is working, but it hasn't been 24 hours yet.

My question is this: can a surge protector possibly mask a short or other electrical problem in the compressor?

I read that punks are made of bamboo and coated with a "brown coating." What is the coating exactly??

A year ago, one of my co-workers was made my supervisor. Over time, our relationship deterioted and eventually led to this supervisor assaulting me. My company kept secret from me what, if any, discipline he underwent. Since then, I have been disciplined once and scrutinized fairly constantly to the point that I feel like I am being treated unfairly. I think I may have a pretty good case for unfair labor practices. I believe that in my state, Texas, that I cannot file suit against my employer. If I presumably went on to find another job elsewhere and then went back and filed suit against my former employer, would I have a good case? And does anyone have any experience about what sort of reward I could expect, assuming that I do have a good case?

I believe my spouse is using my cell phone to talk to others. I would like to know who she is talking to and what she is talking about. Can I tap my own cell phone in such a way that she won't know?

Two years ago, I was basically caught cheating with my ex-GF. Our marriage has been very strained since then. Throughout our 5 year marriage, my wife has been in contact often with an ex of hers. They email each other back and forth often, and often "cyber" through email. Some of the emails make it sound like they have a pretty good sexual relationship going. My wife doesn't know that I know about her ex and that I know that they are having sex. The thing is, I almost don't care if she wants to have sex with me and that other guy too, I just want to be able to do the same thing if/when I want to with a girl if I'm attracted and all that good stuff. What should I do?