When you don’t have a lot of money, you have to figure out repairs on your own.
I am very thankful that YouTube has millions of videos. I can easily search online for practically anything and find a useful video that will describe how to fix something in a step-by-step process. If I watch the video 20 times, then I feel like an expert. I was having problems with the heating and cooling system in my home. I narrowed the problems down to an issue with the thermostat. I was 99% sure that I could replace the thermostat and that would fix the issues with the heating and cooling system. Since I didn’t want to spend a lot of money and I was unsure that the thermostat would fix the issue, I bought the cheapest model at the hardware store. They had a thermostat for my system that was only $39. It didn’t have a digital display or fancy buttons and it wasn’t a smart or programmable machine. It was a basic and regular thermostat. The thermostat included step by step instructions and I also looked up a video online that showed me exactly how to replace the thermostat. The first thing I did was shut off all of the power. Every video that I watched advised us to shut off the power first. A lot of people must have been electrocuted before they realized that they needed to shut off the power. It was good advice. I carefully removed one thermostat and rewired the second. When I turned on the heating and cooling machine, the problem was fixed.