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TRAINING NEVER ENDS

If someone comes to your home and says they know everything about all of the furnaces on the market, WATCH OUT! Our industry is constantly changing and evolving. Whether it is in wireless technology or high efficiency systems, there is always something new to learn. Our Industry organization, IHACI, is starting the new years training classes and our company always

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WATER SOURCE HEAT PUMPS

We had the opportunity to work with a client that has a building with a central boiler and cooling tower feeding individual water source heat pump fan coils in the offices. It appeared that the main equipment was being maintained but no one was paying attention to what was happening inside. The EMS system had been bypassed over time and

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Keeping the Wine happy

Sometimes you have to think outside the box and in this case inside. We have a client with a large walk-in wine cooler that was in poor shape. We changed out the entire cooling system with a new energy efficient one, now the wine and our customer are not overheating!

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Cooling tower rebuild

Finished rebuilding an Evapco Cooling tower. It is amazing how damaged these things can get when you don’t do maintenance. We cleaned about 10 lbs. of debris from the unit and rebuilt the whole blower section.  

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Nest thermostats

Had a chance to install a couple of more thermostats from the Nest company. These are turning out to be intriguing units. I like the programming and the auto design feature built into them. This thermostat will work with any generation user because it is a set and forget style of operation.

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Another Successful Installation & Satisfied Customer

Installation of a roof top unit was successfully installed by ARPI in Duarte for a property management company. The Ruud 2 ton gas electric package unit provides the efficiency level-feature the Copeland Compliant Scroll Compressor. These scroll compressors use a more advanced technology than traditional reciprocating compressors. They have fewer moving parts, and they are quieter, more efficient, and longer

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Happy New Year!

Well this new year is already starting out with a bang.  We completed two systems downtown and just finished a remodel in Beverly Hills.  Prospects for this year look very bright and I would like to say thank you in advance to everyone that has been with us over these past 50 years.

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Service or Not?

We have another job today and this is a word to the wise.  Always have you system serviced.  Don’t think just because I have a good filter everything will be ok.  We are replacing a damaged unit do to a water leak that also wrecked the closet.  Have your system regularly serviced and you may be able to avoid most

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We are ready but where is the rain?

Great, we got our new promotional item, a great looking umbrella, now where is the rain? We all like good weather but we also know how important the rain and snow is so let’s hope for some of the east coasts’ foul weather and pop open these umbrellas!

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Old heaters

As I grow older in this business it is getting harder and harder to find a unit where I can say, “Wow this thing is older than me.” I changed one yesterday and am still amazed at how they were built.  It was like an art deco piece.  Embossed lettering, printed metal, colors and the cast iron burners that would

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