“I guess.” [they are] “You’re trying to fool me”

A homeowner who encountered a suspicious problem with his air conditioner asked for advice on what to do.

With the temperatures rising, the air conditioner was not working as expected. This was not surprising because they were told that the 14-year-old unit “needs to be replaced and could break down at any time.” detailed At r/hvacadvice. The person had signed up for a maintenance plan that included two visits a year to inspect the cooling system and furnace.

Before the next examination, they decided to take a walk around. After researching and troubleshooting, they found that the wire had been disconnected from the thermostat and hidden. They plugged it back in, and the unit was working “fine.”

“Now, either during the last heating maintenance visit, they unplugged it for whatever reason and forgot to plug it back in (inefficiency in this case) or they did it intentionally to sell me a new unit,” they said.

It came to this: “I think my HVAC company is trying to trick me into buying a new system. What should I do?”

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As for this homeowner, they provided to update After a technician visit. They failed to catch the company red-handed but were about to make a change nonetheless. They added that they would abandon the maintenance plan and “just call the company when the time comes.” You can clean your air conditioning unit, for example, and all you need is a hose.

“I think I’ll let some of the reviews tell the story and let people draw their own conclusions,” they wrote. “I think the manager should have at least called me back.”

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