How to save energy in Vancouver WA. Have you ever shaken hands with someone and found that their hand was real warm? Then they notice that your hand is really cold. Heat only goes one way. Heat moves from a warm object to a cold object, therefore leaving the other object colder and that is how you feel the heat or the cold. If we tried the same experiment with gloves on we would never feel the heat from the other person. This is what happens when your indoor or outdoor coil gets dirty. This dirt will cover the coil and insulate it from the heat. It is like trying to feel the heat with gloves on. If your air conditioner or heat pump cannot transfer the heat easily you are wasting energy as well as making the unit work much harder then needed. Just a little bit of dirt on these coils can reduce output by 75% Call Dan's Top Notch, have your system cleaned and be ready to keep cool this summer.