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How Old Is Too Old to Save? (opens the original)
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A 39-year-old air conditioner is old by just about anyone’s standards. But if it’s still running, does that mean it’s too old to repair? That was the dilemma recently faced by one homeowner whose 1987 condenser was the subject of a Reddit post and then an article picked up by Yahoo Shopping. The system was still operating, but finding a contractor willing to work on equipment approaching its fourth decade proved difficult. For HVAC contractors, a repair like that brings up risks for both their c
The Heat Pump Cliff That Wasn’t (opens the original)
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“Let the technology stand on its own two feet” was the rallying cry from critics of federal heat pump incentives. Take away the tax credit. Put heat pumps on a level playing field. Then we'll find out how much consumers actually want them. For three years, homeowners could get as much as $2,000 from Uncle Sam for choosing a qualifying heat pump. As of January 1, that consumer tax incentive disappeared, creating an unusually clean real-world test of whether demand would crater. Eight months in, i
1973: Arab Oil Embargo Popularizes Programmable Thermostats (opens the original)
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Before the Arab Oil Embargo of 1973, electricity and heating oil were relatively cheap. Millions of U.S. homes — particularly in the Northeast — still relied on heating oil shipped in by trucks. When the oil shock quadrupled petroleum prices, utility bills skyrocketed. Homeowners panicked. Citizens, businesses, and the government all found themselves searching for immediate ways to cut back on energy consumption. President Richard Nixon had a solution. Addressing the nation on November 7, 1973,
1976: Legionella Rears Its Ugly Head (opens the original)
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Anyone who works in HVAC knows about Legionella — the bacteria that grows in dirty air conditioning systems and cooling towers and spreads through the air. Back in 1976, it was a mysterious and terrifying new disease. No one knew what caused it. It started in July 1976, when the CDC began receiving reports of a weird respiratory illness in Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania division of the American Legion was holding a convention at the Bellevue-Stratford hotel in Philadelphia, and on the second day
'It Doesn't Seem Like Much Is the Same Except That It's Still HVAC' (opens the original)
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“It doesn’t seem like much is the same except that it is still HVAC.” That’s Stan Johnson’s take on working in HVAC in the ‘60s and ‘70s versus today. The retired contractor — former owner of Stan’s Heating & Air Conditioning in Austin, Texas — got his start in HVAC before he was old enough to shave. His dad had started the company a few years before, in 1954. Young Johnson helped out during the summer. “Now, a 10-, 11-, 12-year-old ‘helping’ is in quotation marks, but I was riding around with t
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