Why can you sit 2 hours trying to solve a programming/math problem, give up, go to bed & then when you wake up, solve the problem in 10 minutes?
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“Fresh set of eyes”. You’re removing frustration and circular thought/reasoning and coming in where you left off more focused and relaxed.
It happens to me all the time. One time almost 6 years ago, my wife was 7 months pregnant, and it was August (so ridiculously hot outside). We had just moved into our house and the AC was blowing lukewarm air. The condenser outside was not turning on. Got that fixed pretty quickly (blown capacitor). Now to figure out why the AC isn’t cold. I took pictures of the wiring down on the actual HVAC unit. I took pictures of the wiring of the thermostat. No matter what I was doing, it wasn’t working. I was feeling the pressure because my wife was extremely pregnant and uncomfortable. I was so frustrated I couldn’t figure it out. So I walked away for a few minutes to relax so I could think clearly.
Once I was able to calm myself down, I had an “AH HA!” moment. I pulled up my phone and looked at the wiring to the thermostat. All wiring was correct, just there was only a wire going to R (constant), and no jumper from R to Rc (Constant Cool). MY house was built in 1890, so there was plenty of wiring around the house from old unused yesteryear technology. I clipped a section of unused wire, stripped the ends and made a jumper. Plugged it in and turned the AC on. Arctic blast of cold air coming through the vents!
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