Before You Turn Off Your AC For The Season, Do This (Or Pay For It Next Spring)

Before you turn off your outdoor AC unit for winter, these 3 mistakes could cost you an expensive AC repair or a full system replacement next spring. Your outdoor AC unit is still sitting out there right now, running fine. In the next few weeks, you're going to make one of three decisions about it — decisions that feel completely reasonable, that quietly set up a real repair bill waiting for you next spring. I walk through the 3 real mistakes homeowners make shutting down a central AC unit for winter, including one almost nobody's ever heard of (it's not about the thermostat or the cover), plus a genuine safety exception for anyone with a heat pump instead of a cooling-only AC. Comment which of these three you're already doing right, and be honest about the one you didn't know. We check every single comment. ──────────────────────── TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 0:53 Mistake #1 — Leaving the thermostat on Cool 3:47 Mistake #2 — Fully covering the unit 6:19 The heat pump exception (important) 7:32 Mistake #3 — Cutting power for winter 10:30 The real cost comparison 12:07 Recap 12:45 Comment + subscribe ──────────────────────── Sources referenced in this video include Trane, Carrier, and GE Appliances guidance, and HVAC industry trade publications on refrigerant migration and crankcase heaters. #AirConditioner #HVAC #HomeMaintenance