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Cool Talk with Hartzell's | Your HVAC Questions, Answered!
Looking for honest, expert HVAC answers—without the sales pitch? You’re exactly where you need to be.
Cool Talk with Hartzell’s Heat & Air isn't your typical HVAC podcast. With over 45 years of serving homeowners and businesses in Central Oklahoma, our team dives deep into heating, cooling, and geothermal systems, delivering practical advice, real-world stories, and behind-the-scenes HVAC insights you won’t find anywhere else.
Hosted by Oklahoma’s trusted comfort specialists, our episodes cover…
Episodes
- Cool Talk with Hartzell's | Your HVAC Questions, Answered!
Air Purifiers Cannot Fix Your HVAC
Give Use A Shout DAVE: I had a lady out on the east side of Kingfisher call me last week, said her kids wake up stuffy every morning, she's cleaning dust off…
- Cool Talk with Hartzell's | Your HVAC Questions, Answered!
How Industrial Fan Tech Upgrades Home AC
Give Use A Shout DAVE: I read a trade article this week about two big companies, ABB and NOVENCO, teaming up on commercial ventilation fans. Sounds like it's…
- Cool Talk with Hartzell's | Your HVAC Questions, Answered!
How ERVs Help Sealed Buildings Breathe
Give Use A Shout DAVE: You ever walk into a building here in Kingfisher, maybe a church, maybe a little office on Main Street, and the air just feels thick?…
- Cool Talk with Hartzell's | Your HVAC Questions, Answered!
Are Cold Climate Heat Pumps Worth It
Give Use A Shout DAVE: I had a fella out past Dover call me in January, dead of that cold snap, and he said "Dave, my buddy told me heat pumps quit working…
- Cool Talk with Hartzell's | Your HVAC Questions, Answered!
How European Regulations Spike Your AC Bill
Give Use A Shout DAVE: I had a fella call me last week, unit's from 2015, needed a little refrigerant top off, and I had to tell him what a pound of that stuff…
- Cool Talk with Hartzell's | Your HVAC Questions, Answered!
How Data Centers Strain Your AC
Give Use A Shout DAVE: I was reading trade news over coffee this morning, the kind of stuff most folks in Kingfisher never see, and there's a company called…
- Cool Talk with Hartzell's | Your HVAC Questions, Answered!
The Truth About Instant Hot Water
Give Use A Shout DAVE: You ever stand in your shower waiting for the hot water to show up, tapping your foot, watching cold water run down the drain for two…
- Cool Talk with Hartzell's | Your HVAC Questions, Answered!
How Wall Street Bought Your Air Conditioner
Give Use A Shout DAVE: You ever call a company you've used for ten years and the guy who shows up doesn't know your name, doesn't know your system, and quotes…
- Cool Talk with Hartzell's | Your HVAC Questions, Answered!
Why Commercial HVAC Fails in Homes
Give Use A Shout DAVE: Had a guy out by Dover call me last month. He'd been reading about these big commercial systems that heat your whole building and your…
- Cool Talk with Hartzell's | Your HVAC Questions, Answered!
Why Your Air Purifier Fails to Fix Indoor Air Quality in Your HVAC System
Give Use A Shout DAVE: I had a lady out on the west side of Kingfisher call me last spring. She'd already bought some kind of air purifier off the internet…
- Cool Talk with Hartzell's | Your HVAC Questions, Answered!
Why AC Refrigerant Costs Are Skyrocketing
Give Use A Shout DAVE: Had a lady out on Highway 33 call me last week because her AC guy told her a pound of refrigerant was going to run her almost two…
- Cool Talk with Hartzell's | Your HVAC Questions, Answered!
Why Air Conditioners Freeze in Summer
Give Use A Shout DAVE: Had a call last week out on Route 33 toward Okarche. Family's got a system that's running nonstop, house sitting at 78 when the…
- Cool Talk with Hartzell's | Your HVAC Questions, Answered!
Why Water Heaters Die In Winter
Give Use A Shout CO-HOST: Saturday morning in Kingfisher. Somebody gets in the shower and the water never gets warm. They go to the garage and there is a…
- Cool Talk with Hartzell's | Your HVAC Questions, Answered!
Why Emergency Heat Spikes Your Electric Bill
Give Use A Shout CO-HOST: A homeowner in Yukon calls in February. "My electric bill is way up this month and the house feels fine." I ask one question. "What…
- Cool Talk with Hartzell's | Your HVAC Questions, Answered!
Why Geothermal Loops Outlast Heat Pumps
Give Use A Shout CO-HOST: It is January, 12 degrees, wind out of the north. A neighbor's outdoor unit is covered in frost and the heat strips are running. Next…
- Cool Talk with Hartzell's | Your HVAC Questions, Answered!
How Boilers and Radiant Heating Work
Give Use A Shout CO-HOST: A homeowner in an older house in Enid calls in December. "My heat is working, but there is water on the basement floor, and this tank…
- Cool Talk with Hartzell's | Your HVAC Questions, Answered!
How to Safely Troubleshoot Your Furnace
Give Use A Shout HOST A: It is the first cold morning of the year in Kingfisher. Thirty eight degrees outside. You walk to the thermostat, you turn it up, and…
- Cool Talk with Hartzell's | Your HVAC Questions, Answered!
Why Your Heat Pump Blows Steam
Give Use A Shout CO-HOST: It is 14 degrees in Kingfisher at six in the morning. You look out the window and your outdoor heat pump unit has steam pouring off…
- Cool Talk with Hartzell's | Your HVAC Questions, Answered!
How Leaky Ducts Cause Mold
Give Use A Shout DAVE: You ever walk into your own house and catch a musty smell you can't place? Maybe it's stronger in the hallway closet, or down by the…
- Cool Talk with Hartzell's | Your HVAC Questions, Answered!
Skyscraper engineering upgrades your heat pump
Give Use A Shout DAVE: You know what I got a call about last week? Guy over in Kingfisher, his AC unit is fifteen years old, and he's asking me if he should…
- Cool Talk with Hartzell's | Your HVAC Questions, Answered!
The 20 dollar capacitor killing your AC
Give Use A Shout HOST A: Dave, of everything that can go wrong with an air conditioner, the compressor, the coil, the motors, what is the single part most…
- Cool Talk with Hartzell's | Your HVAC Questions, Answered!
Why a Bigger AC Won't Pull the Humidity Out
Give Use A Shout HOST A: Dave, a homeowner is sweating through August, the house never feels right, and a salesman tells him the fix is a bigger air…
- Cool Talk with Hartzell's | Your HVAC Questions, Answered!
AC Run Time Is What Doubles Your Summer Electric Bill
Give Use A Shout HOST A: Dave, the air conditioner is cooling fine, the house feels good, and the July electric bill still came in twice what it was in May…
- Cool Talk with Hartzell's | Your HVAC Questions, Answered!
Fix Your Warm AC Without a Pro
Give Use A Shout HOST A: Dave, thermostat is set to cool, says 72, but the air out of the vents is warm. Where does a pro actually start, because I think most…
- Cool Talk with Hartzell's | Your HVAC Questions, Answered!
A Frozen Coil in Summer Is a Starving Air Conditioner
Give Use A Shout HOST A: Dave, this one always breaks people's brains. It is the hottest day of the year, and a customer calls to say their air conditioner has…
- Cool Talk with Hartzell's | Your HVAC Questions, Answered!
Two thermostat settings to lower AC bills
Give Use A Shout HOST A: It is the third week of May in Kingfisher. The first real heat wave hit. A homeowner calls Hartzell's, frustrated. Their power bill…
- Cool Talk with Hartzell's | Your HVAC Questions, Answered!
When a High MERV Filter Becomes an Airflow Problem
Give Use A Shout CO-HOST: Welcome back to Cool Talk. Dave, homeowners are trying to make their indoor air cleaner. They go buy a high MERV filter, put it in…
- Cool Talk with Hartzell's | Your HVAC Questions, Answered!
Attic Duct Leaks Make a Good AC Look Broken
Give Use A Shout DAVE: If your AC runs all afternoon and the bedrooms still feel warm, most people blame the outdoor unit first. I get it. That is the part you…
- Cool Talk with Hartzell's | Your HVAC Questions, Answered!
The Hidden Cost of Lowball HVAC
Give Use A Shout DAVE: A lady in Kingfisher called me last month with a system that quit in the middle of that stretch where we didn't drop below 78 at night…
- Cool Talk with Hartzell's | Your HVAC Questions, Answered!
The Half the Cost Rule for Big AC Repairs
Give Use A Shout DAVE: I had a lady out on the east side of Kingfisher call me last month, AC's down, it's July, she's got a quote in her hand for a $600…
- Cool Talk with Hartzell's | Your HVAC Questions, Answered!
Why cheap HVAC quotes cost you more
Give Use A Shout DAVE: I had a lady out on the west side of Kingfisher call me last month, and she says "Dave, my neighbor got a whole system for three grand…
- Cool Talk with Hartzell's | Your HVAC Questions, Answered!
Heat Pump or Gas Heat: When Each One Wins in Oklahoma
Give Use A Shout Heat pump or gas furnace in Oklahoma, and what it actually costs after utility rebates. I explain why a modern heat pump feels cooler at the…
- Cool Talk with Hartzell's | Your HVAC Questions, Answered!
Hidden duct leaks are contaminating your air
Give Use A Shout DAVE: Here's something I run into more than you'd think. Somebody calls me and says their house smells musty, or the air feels heavy, or…
- Cool Talk with Hartzell's | Your HVAC Questions, Answered!
Local HVAC installers matter more than equipment
Give Use A Shout CO-HOST: Welcome back to Cool Talk. Dave, we have talked about geothermal and the Palmetto Comfort Plan. Today I want to get into something…
- Cool Talk with Hartzell's | Your HVAC Questions, Answered!
Geothermal Versus Air Source Heat Pumps
Give Use A Shout CO-HOST: Welcome back to Cool Talk. Dave, if a homeowner in Oklahoma is looking at a new system in 2026, they are hearing about…
- Cool Talk with Hartzell's | Your HVAC Questions, Answered!
Zero Down Geothermal Home Comfort
Give Use A Shout CO-HOST: Welcome back to Cool Talk. I am sitting down with Dave Hartzell from Hartzell's Heat and Air in Kingfisher, Oklahoma. Dave, there is…
- Cool Talk with Hartzell's | Your HVAC Questions, Answered!
The Weak Capacitor That Kills Compressors in Oklahoma Heat
Give Use A Shout CO-HOST: Welcome back to Cool Talk. Dave, this one is a classic July service call. The homeowner says the outdoor unit hums, the fan may or…
- Cool Talk with Hartzell's | Your HVAC Questions, Answered!
Why Water Is in Your AC Drain Pan
Give Use A Shout CO-HOST: Welcome back to Cool Talk. I am sitting down with Dave Hartzell, owner of Hartzell's Heat and Air in Kingfisher, Oklahoma. Dave, it…
- Cool Talk with Hartzell's | Your HVAC Questions, Answered!
Why Is Your Water Heater Leaking
Give Use A Shout You walk into the garage and there is a puddle under your water heater, and your stomach drops. Here is the good news: not every leak means…
- Cool Talk with Hartzell's | Your HVAC Questions, Answered!
Why Your Heat Pump Ices Up in Winter
Give Use A Shout Ever look outside on a cold morning and find your heat pump covered in frost or steaming away, and wonder if it is dying? In this Cool Talk I…
- Cool Talk with Hartzell's | Your HVAC Questions, Answered!
Should You Cover Your Air Conditioner in Winter
Give Use A Shout Should you cover your outdoor AC unit for the winter? It feels responsible, but that condenser was built to live outside in all weather, and…
- Cool Talk with Hartzell's | Your HVAC Questions, Answered!
Why Your Heater or AC Smells Like It's Burning
Give Use A Shout Why does my furnace or AC smell like burning? I walk you through the whole range, from harmless to urgent. That dusty smell the first time you…
- Cool Talk with Hartzell's | Your HVAC Questions, Answered!
Should You Close the Air Vents in Rooms You Don't Use
Give Use A Shout One of the most common money-saving tips you hear is to close the vents in rooms you do not use. It sounds obvious, but it is one of the…
- Cool Talk with Hartzell's | Your HVAC Questions, Answered!
Why Your Furnace Is Leaking Water
Give Use A Shout Found water under your furnace? Do not panic. A modern high-efficiency furnace makes water on purpose. It pulls so much heat out of the burn…
- Cool Talk with Hartzell's | Your HVAC Questions, Answered!
How Often You Really Need to Change Your Air Filter
Give Use A Shout Your air filter is the easiest way to protect the hardest working appliance in your home, and how often to change it is the question I get…
- Cool Talk with Hartzell's | Your HVAC Questions, Answered!
Why Your Furnace Is Blowing Cold Air
Give Use A Shout Your furnace is running, the fan is blowing, but the air coming out is cold and the house keeps getting colder. In this episode I walk through…
- Cool Talk with Hartzell's | Your HVAC Questions, Answered!
Why Your Furnace Won't Turn On
Give Use A Shout Your furnace will not turn on and the house is getting cold. Before you panic, I walk you through the checks you can safely do yourself…
- Cool Talk with Hartzell's | Your HVAC Questions, Answered!
Why Your Air Conditioner Is Suddenly So Loud
Give Use A Shout Your air conditioner ran quiet for years, then one day it starts banging, buzzing, rattling, or screeching. Here is the useful part: the…
- Cool Talk with Hartzell's | Your HVAC Questions, Answered!
Why Your AC Keeps Turning On and Off
Give Use A Shout Your AC kicks on, runs for a short burst, shuts off, then does it again a few minutes later, over and over. That is called short cycling, and…
- Cool Talk with Hartzell's | Your HVAC Questions, Answered!
Why Your Smart Thermostat Won't Stay On
Give Use A Shout I get calls all the time from folks whose new smart thermostat will not stay on, keeps rebooting, or goes dark for no reason. Almost every…
- Cool Talk with Hartzell's | Your HVAC Questions, Answered!
Why Your AC Hums But Won't Start
Give Use A Shout Your AC hums but the fan will not spin, or it just will not kick on at all on the hottest afternoon of the year. Most folks figure the whole…
- Cool Talk with Hartzell's | Your HVAC Questions, Answered!
Why Your AC Is Leaking Water
Give Use A Shout Water on the floor by your air conditioner is one of the most common calls I get all summer, and it scares people more than it should. Your AC…
- Cool Talk with Hartzell's | Your HVAC Questions, Answered!
Why Your AC Is Blowing Warm Air
Give Use A Shout Your AC is running, you can feel air at the vents, but the house will not cool and that air feels warm. This is the number one call I get all…
- Cool Talk with Hartzell's | Your HVAC Questions, Answered!
Your lawn is a massive battery
Give Use A Shout People hear geothermal and picture something exotic, like I am drilling for oil in your backyard. It is simpler than that. A few feet down…
- Cool Talk with Hartzell's | Your HVAC Questions, Answered!
Your house is breathing attic air
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Your house is inhaling the attic
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Why your air filter causes mold
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- Cool Talk with Hartzell's | Your HVAC Questions, Answered!
Your house is inhaling your attic
Give Use A ShoutDAVE: Here's something I see all the time in Kingfisher and across central Oklahoma. A homeowner calls me and says their house smells musty…
- Cool Talk with Hartzell's | Your HVAC Questions, Answered!
The three thousand dollar AC breaker mistake
Give Use A Shout HOST A: It is the second week of May in Kingfisher. First real 90 degree day. A homeowner walks in from outside, looks at the thermostat, it…
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Your house is breathing dirty attic air
Give Use A ShoutDAVE: Here's something I run into all the time out here in central Oklahoma. A homeowner calls me and says their house smells musty, or…