When my wife and I were trying to figure out how we could save on our budget, we had to look at everything we spent money on. When it came to the HVAC maintenance, I told her that I believed that I could take care of the maintenance myself. I studied online videos to learn about performing a tune-up for the heating and cooling systems. My wife warned me that I would void the warranty if I chose to work on our HVAC equipment. I told her the warranty was almost over anyway since it had been 10 years since we had the HVAC equipment installed. She sighed and said I better not hurt myself. Well, I was way too confused when I tried working on the HVAC equipment, even after studying all those tutorials online. I finally gave up and told my wife the warranty could remain intact because I had no clue as to what I was doing. We looked at other places where we could save money, and we ended up looking into energy saving tips. Surprisingly, we were able to save more money by investing a little money. We bought a smart thermostat that was on sale, and that saved us about 15% on our energy bills by itself! I also started cooking out on the grill more often in the summer which helped a lot. Also the LED lights we invested in have lowered our energy bills a lot too. I think we’re going to be okay now with all the money we’re saving at this time.