What a monsoon haboob does to a condenser, measured
We logged current draw on twelve Phoenix systems before and after the 2026 monsoon. What a fouled coil costs in amps, dollars and compressor life.
Service manager
Writing, with the numbers left in
Longer pieces on the things homeowners keep asking about. Written by the people who take the calls, not by a marketing agency.
- articles published
- 3
- total reading time
- 24 min
- technicians writing
- 2
- sponsored posts, ever
- 0
Most recent
Why your air conditioner dies in July, and why it is usually a $12 part
The run capacitor is the most common failure of a Phoenix summer. What it does, why heat kills it, the symptoms, and what a fair repair costs.
Elena Marchetti
SEER2, EER2 and R-454B: what actually changed, and what it costs you
A plain reading of SEER2 versus SEER, the R-410A phase-down to R-454B, and the point where paying for extra efficiency stops making sense in Phoenix.
Desmond Achebe
Reading about it is slower than fixing it
If the article you just read describes your system, the dispatcher can have a truck out tonight.