Perhaps had I actually read the HVAC warranty, I wouldn’t be in the position I’m in now.
No, when the HVAC company installed the new HVAC equipment 7 years ago, I was too excited about the great heating and cooling to worry about a warranty. Thankfully, my wife listened to the HVAC contractor and she at least got the HVAC warranty registered with the factory. There was only a 90 day window to do so. Had that been up to me, I would have voided the HVAC warranty right then. But, it would take seven more years before I did that. And again, all it would have taken would have been a quick skim over the warranty to understand the conditions. Instead, I was ecstatic about the new HVAC equipment and eventually just sort forgot about all of that stuff. So when I came home one day to find the air conditioner running but very little cool air coming out, I thought I might be able to do something about it. That was my crucial mistake. Had I bothered to read the HVAC warranty, I would have known that only licensed, certified HVAC professionals were allowed to work on the HVAC unit. But that didn’t happen so I ended up blundering around as though I had some sort on intuitive HVAC maintenance training. The fact is, I can’t even change my own oil in the car. Why I figured I could fix a complicated piece of HVAC technology is beyond me still. When the HVAC company finally came out and saw what I had done, they informed me of the bad news. I had caused thousands of dollars of damage to the HVAC equipment and in the process, I voided the warranty on the HVAC equipment.