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Ray Dutton's Garage

@rayduttonsgarage

Language: EnglishCountry: United States3 months old

  • Persona: Ray Dutton · Retired professional · Senior
  • Sells · $27 guide
  • Hvac
  • Air conditioning
  • Ac repair
  • Furnace
  • Heating
  • Thermostat
  • Energy bills
  • Home maintenance
Subscribers
30.4K
Total views
5.86M
Videos
48

Stats updated Stats from YouTube

Growth

Subscribers · daily totals we stored, UTC days

Dotted: 2 days without a fresh subscriber total stored in this range. Left out, not filled in.

Show the numbers
Subscribers per UTC day, last 30 days, newest first
Day (UTC)Subscribers
Oct 14, 202630,400
Oct 13, 202630,300
Oct 12, 202630,200
Oct 11, 202630,100
Oct 10, 202630,000
Oct 9, 202629,800
Oct 8, 202629,700
Oct 7, 2026not available
Oct 6, 2026not available
Oct 5, 202629,300
Oct 4, 202629,100
Oct 3, 202628,900
Oct 2, 202628,700
Oct 1, 202628,600
Sep 30, 202628,200
Sep 29, 202628,100
Sep 28, 202627,900
Sep 27, 202627,700
Sep 26, 202627,400
Sep 25, 202627,200
Sep 24, 202626,900
Sep 23, 202626,300
Sep 22, 202626,100
Sep 21, 202625,600
Sep 20, 202619,300
Sep 19, 202623,200
Sep 18, 202622,000
Sep 17, 202621,900
Sep 16, 202621,400
Sep 15, 202621,300
Sep 14, 202620,700

Top videos

Most viewed

What they sell

From the public store pages the channel links to, checked Oct 11, 2026.

How they sell it

  1. 1VideoHVAC and furnace repair videos narrated as a retired HVAC technician
  2. 2DescriptionSecond line of nearly every description: 'THE HVAC SURVIVAL GUIDE - get it here' with raydutton.com
  3. 3Landing pageGumroad · Sales page: $27 launch price against a struck $59, 160+ pages, 7-day no-questions refund · raydutton.com
  4. 4CheckoutGumroad · Buy buttons go to the rayduttonsgarage Gumroad product
  • Store link in 100% of recent descriptions
  • Link in descriptions since Jul 29, 2026
  • Entry points: the About page, the description body

Every recent description opens with a one-line pitch ('Everything I learned fixing HVAC for 25 years, in one plain-English book') followed by a link to raydutton.com, which the about section also links as 'e-book'. The site is a long sales page for 'The HVAC Survival Guide' (160+ pages, 40+ illustrated fixes, instant PDF) at a $27 launch price struck from $59, with flowcharts, scripts and printable cards included and a 7-day no-questions refund. Buy buttons hand off to Gumroad. No email form or countdown was found.

Analysis

Our own reading of the channel’s public titles, descriptions and thumbnails, not data from YouTube.

Persona

Ray Dutton

Retired professional · Senior · Male · Basements, furnace rooms, attics and outdoor AC units; a garage workshop in the avatar

Niche

Home AC and furnace fixes from a retired HVAC tech, without overpaying

Audience

US homeowners who want to maintain or fix their own AC, furnace and thermostat and avoid paying for repairs they do not need (stated in the about text; reinforced by keywords such as 'HVAC tips for homeowners' and 'avoid HVAC overcharges').

Avatar
  • Realistic avatar
  • A photorealistic grey-haired older man in a navy work shirt with a 'RAY' name patch, shown mid-shot pointing at a furnace, filter, thermostat or AC unit; the avatar is a webcam-style head-and-shoulders frame in a garage.
Format

A list video (usually 5 items) on one heating or cooling problem: the mistake homeowners make, what an HVAC company would charge, and the cheap fix, told from 25 years of service calls; seasonal 'before you switch it on/off' episodes.

Content pillars
  • AC maintenance and cheap fixes
  • Furnace and heating problems
  • Thermostat and energy-bill habits
  • What HVAC companies charge for and skip
  • Seasonal switch-over checklists
  • Filters and airflow
Title patterns
  • Before You [Seasonal Action] This Fall, Do This (Or Pay for It [When])
  • [N] [Topic] Mistakes [HVAC/Utility/Power] Companies Hope You Keep Making
  • The $[N] [Part] Is Destroying Your [System] (Here's Why)
  • The 5 [X] Mistakes That Are Quietly Destroying Your AC
  • [N] [Things] Your [Installer/Company] Won't Tell You About [X]
Thumbnails

The persona on one side pointing at a furnace, filter, thermostat or AC unit; a 2-3 word white all-caps caption on a red brush stroke ('WRONG FILTER!', 'AVOID THIS!') and a red arrow or circle on the part.

Their thumbnails, most viewed first

Why it works
  • Seasonal timing: the two 'Before You... This Fall, Do This' videos drew 926,913 and 784,763 views
  • Companies as the foil: 3 of the top 10 titles name HVAC, utility or AC companies as the side hoping you don't know
  • A few hits carry the channel: the top 5 videos hold about 78% of its 5.27M views
  • Steady output of list videos: 44 uploads since Jul 29, ~4 a week; 14 of the 30 latest titles promise 5 items, as does the top video
  • Every one of the 30 stored descriptions opens with the persona's 25-year line and the $27 guide link

Where the channel points

Links from the channel’s About page and its video descriptions.

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