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Sep 2022
Leading Off: Signing Off
It seems as though this year has gone by very fast, and a
lot of events have happened in that time. It doesn’t seem
possible that I’m about to pass the reins over to Art Miller,
CMS, RCT as the new International President after the vote
at the upcoming Annual Business Meeting. I am extremely
confident that he will do an excellent job as President, and
that he has an extremely competent Board of Directors
supporting him.
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Sep 2022
Follow This Step-by-Step Guide to Heating PMs
As a heating professional you know that
winter will be here before you know
it and you will be performing lots of
residential heating startup PMs in the
next two months. Following these maintenance
guidelines will ensure your customers
experience perfect air year-round.
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Sep 2022
Best Practices for Residential Boiler Service
Boilers must be serviced annually—
there is no way around it. A boiler
that is not properly serviced and
maintained will be prone to breakdown
or, efficiency and costing the homeowner
money. This article will focus on
residential service. Commercial building
owners tend to be more diligent about
boiler service, and they do not do things
such as planting shrubbery around intake
and exhaust vents to hide them.
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Sep 2022
Furnace Troubleshooting Best Practices
As we hunker down for the cold wind
and falling snow of the heating
season, it is important to refocus
our minds on heating systems and
how to work on them. There are countless
brands and types of heating equipment
in customers’ homes and businesses,
and one of the most important things
about being a technician is to be able to
troubleshoot and repair these systems. In
a single day, a technician could service a
gravity furnace in the morning and a high
efficiency modulating furnace after lunch.
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Sep 2022
Common Mistakes When Troubleshooting Refrigeration Systems
Avoiding mistakes when servicing
refrigeration equipment
is a vital part of any profitable
service company. Not
only do mistakes erode the profit
margin for a service call, they
can also affect your customer
base. While it is difficult
to eliminate all mistakes,
it is possible to minimize
the number
of mistakes made
and eliminate
making some
relatively
common
ones.
As
technicians,
we are likely
to make a
mistake when we
rush a task, including
the troubleshooting
process. Patience
is a must when it comes
to servicing refrigeration
systems
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Sep 2022
Do You Perform CO Testing?
Every heating season around the world challenges
users of combustion-based furnaces,
boilers, water heaters, space heaters, cooking
systems, fireplaces and other fossil-fueled devices.
How do we reduce the risks from injury
and death in our universal combustion-based
culture? HVACR industry members are on
the front lines of protection. But, how good
are they? It is no secret that poorly installed
and maintained combustion systems have
and will kill people in time.
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Sep 2022
RSES News: September 2022 Fall
Read what RSES Chapters and Associations have been doing throughout 2022.
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Sep 2022
Heating Up: In the In-between
As many of you know, many transitions have been occurring behind the scenes, which we have slowly been announcing as the months progress. Headquarters has been extraordinarily busy the past few months. In addition to working on this next digital edition for you, which includes a broad range of heating season preventive maintenance articles for you, we have:
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Jun 2022
The Nitty Gritty of AC Preventive Maintenance
Whether you are fresh out of trade
school or a seasoned HVACR
veteran, knowing how to complete
air conditioning preventive
maintenance is a fundamental part of the
job. What follows is a bare-bones approach
on how to properly deal with each part as
you complete the process.
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