Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you notice hot air coming from your air conditioner, there may be an easy fix. It doesn't take an HVAC technician to know that ...

Rebecca Brill is a writer whose essays have appeared in The Paris Review Daily, VICE, Literary Hub, and elsewhere. She runs the Susan Sontag's Diary and the Sylvia Plath's Food Diary accounts on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. robertomm / Getty Images Identifying why your window AC isn't blowing cold air is the first step in restoring comfort to your ...

It's always in the middle of a heatwave. Your AC hums to life, but instead of the icy rush you're craving, it pushes out a faint, lukewarm breeze. That's when the dread sets in. Is the unit failing?