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A hand adjusts a digital thermostat displaying a room temperature of 79°F.

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In Texas heat, one thermostat tweak, fan flip, and attic fix can cut summer power bills

An HVAC unit behind a house.

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On the hottest day of the year, an HVAC tech finds the no-cooling culprit in plain sight

A worker doing maintenance on an HVAC unit.

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North Carolina homeowner's AC capacitor fails twice, but dirty coils may not be the cause

A Moovair inverter heat pump.

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New Moovair heat pump leaves homeowner asking if Ecobee will work, or force 2-stage mode

An outdoor AC unit.

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Heat wave AC replacement leaves homeowner eyeing a 'backward' outdoor unit and exposed copper

An Omni AC unit on a black and white tiled floor.

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New AC runs for 2 hours, but the room stays sweltering, and the real culprit may not be the unit

A kitchen with a dining area.

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Samsung fridge uses 1.45 kWh in 24 hours on backup power, giving outage planners real numbers

An apartment building with multiple window AC units.

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More than 75% of New York household power use went to cooling, setting up pricier bills

Three solar panels on a wooden stand, with the middle one with a crack, near a grassy area, with a greenhouse visible in the background.

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Fierce storm shatters a 100-watt solar panel, then a polycarbonate fix gets it working again

An apartment building.

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Window heat pumps are reaching the US, giving renters a cheaper path to lower energy bills

An outdoor AC unit.

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Texas homeowner came home to an 82-degree house, and an AC recharge led to a $9.7k replacement

A person wearing blue gloves removes a dirty air vent cover from a wall in a light blue room.

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Homeowner pulls vent cover in 30-year-old house, fears mold