Your HVAC,
finally understood.
Something's wrong with the heat or the AC and you're about to pay someone to guess. Scan the label, describe what it's doing, and know the likely cause, the fair repair price and the replacement range — before anyone quotes you.
Start free with your first system
One nameplate scan, plus diagnosis and cost guidance for your first saved system. No card and no automatic charge.
More systems: $12.99/month, only when you choose a plan.- Brand
- Carrier
- Model
- 24ACC636
- Capacity
- 3.0 ton
- Installed
- 2014
Three questions every HVAC problem starts with.
HVAC Scout answers all three from a photo and a sentence — then hands you the records to keep.
What do I actually own?
Brand, model, serial, tonnage and refrigerant, read straight off the label in about thirty seconds.
What's wrong with it?
Describe the noise, the frost, the blinking code — get the likely causes ranked, with the checks to run.
What should it cost?
Repair versus replace, sized to your unit and region, so the number you're quoted is one you can check.
One system. A clearer next step.
Take a quick look inside HVAC Scout. Tap the steps to see how a nameplate photo becomes a record, a problem report and a better-informed decision.
Your first nameplate scan is free. No card needed.
- Brand
- Carrier
- Model
- 24ACC636
- Capacity
- 3.0 ton
Review the details, then save
A photo becomes your system record.
Add your property, then photograph the equipment label. Check the brand, model and capacity we read, and save your system.
Start at Properties, then Scan a unit
Free to start. Clear the moment you pay.
Your first system costs nothing — the scan, the diagnosis and the real repair-versus-replace numbers. When you want more than one system, it's $12.99 a month. No card is taken at signup and nothing charges on its own.
- One system, fully unlocked — not a preview
- Nameplate scan: brand, model, tonnage, age
- AI diagnosis of what's actually failing
- Repair vs replace range at real market prices
Everything you saved stays yours, even if you never subscribe.
Or $129 a year — $10.75/mo, $27 saved.
- Every system on every property you manage
- Unlimited scans, diagnoses and estimates
- Rebates, permits and local code per property
- Message verified local companies, diagnosis attached
- Full service history and reminders per unit
No auto-charge · cancel or stop anytime
Account and property. No card, nothing to cancel.
Your first system runs the whole process.
Keep the record, or subscribe when you want more.
Not generic advice. Your unit, your symptoms, your numbers.
A real example from a 12-year-old Carrier condenser on a 95°F afternoon.
"Outdoor unit hums for a few seconds, then clicks off."
- Failing run capacitorHigh
A weak capacitor is the most common cause of a condenser that hums and won't start. Cheap to test, cheap to replace.
- Seized condenser fan motorMedium
Fan not spinning while the compressor runs, often after a hot week.
- Low refrigerant from a leakLow
Usually presents with frost on the lineset, not a hard start failure.
- 01Photograph the capacitor — the top can be swollen
- 02Note whether the outdoor fan is spinning
- 03Report the flashing LED code on the control board
A capacitor is a ~$15 part. On a 12-year-old R-410A condenser, a compressor failure is where replacing usually wins.
Everything a service call would tell you — without the service call.
Built on manufacturer specs, published repair standards and live market pricing. Your records stay yours.
Nameplate scan
Every unit on every property, read from the label and stored as specs you can actually use later.
Guided diagnostics
An assistant that asks for the next data point — a photo, a reading, a sound — until the cause narrows.
Replacement estimates
Equipment, labor hours at local rates, materials, trip charge and site work like roof coring — every line a real invoice is built from, sized to your tonnage, efficiency and region.
Boilers & light plumbing
Hydronic boilers with their pumps, zone valves and venting, plus the plumbing that belongs to the job — condensate drains, water tie-ins and gas piping.
Plan a new build
Size the heating and cooling before anything is built, read the spec sheets, and compare real equipment — hydronic and plumbing scope, clinical and lab space included.
Age & remaining life
Install date, expected service life, and the point where repair stops being the cheaper answer.
Nearest pros
Uses your location to find nearby contractors — network members you can message, or contact details for the rest.
Talk inside the app
Send the diagnosis and estimate straight to a registered company and work out the job in one thread.
Local answers
Searches city, state and utility sources for the rebates, permits and rates that apply at your address — links included.
One tap to ask
Call a company straight from the listing, or send a written request with your property, equipment and problem already filled in.
One scan free. Then $12.99 a month.
One plan, however many buildings you look after. Scan a unit, see the diagnosis and the real replacement cost, then decide whether to keep going — nothing is charged until you do.
Billed monthly after your free scan · no card kept on file
Your first scan is free — no card needed
- Unlimited nameplate scans while the plan is active
- Diagnosis written against your exact make, model and age
- Repair-or-replace research, with part availability and real prices
- Replacement estimates, rebates, permits and local rules per property
- Messaging with verified local companies, diagnosis attached
Same price for a homeowner, a landlord, a property manager or a pro. Run a company too? A listing in the network is free — register your company.
Join the network.
Skip the tire-kickers.
Owners arrive already knowing what they have, what it likely needs and what a fair price looks like. Register your company to appear in the directory and receive those enquiries directly — no lead fees for the first year.
Register your companyShow up in local results
Owners searching near your service area see you first, with your real license and response time.
Receive pre-diagnosed jobs
Every enquiry arrives with the system make, model, age and the owner's diagnosis attached.
Verified badge
Members are marked in the directory so owners know who is actually accountable.
One photo. Thirty seconds. You'll know more than the last quote told you.
Scan the nameplate, describe what it's doing, and get the likely cause, the repair price and the replacement range in one place.
Then $12.99 a month if you keep going. Cancel anytime.