HVAC Repair Tips for Homeowners

Have you ever felt like you were trapped in the middle of a situation with no way out? That feeling of being pulled in several directions by people with no way to make everyone come away with a victory of some sorts.

This is my current situation. The people involved in my situation are the corporate big wigs at our company and the rest of the employees. I work in human resources and part of my job is handling the negotiations between the two levels. Trying to make sure that decisions that upper management make work with the people that they will be affecting without upsetting the balance of the business. The last meeting I attended brought about some changes that are going to be difficult to sugar coat for the rest of the staff. Due to budget constraints they have decided to change the work week schedule to include longer hours. Now this means that people will be put on a four day rotating schedule and be required to work ten hour days. Their days off will fluctuate and many won’t be happy with that. By doing this the company will be able to use less power because those departments that are off will not need to use lights, computers, or the HVAC system as much during the days off. Having full departments and the space they use shut down for three full days will really save on energy bills. Convincing everyone that this is good for them too will be the tough sell. When the company is used to the whole 9 to 5, Monday through Friday, they are used to making personal plans around that schedule too. I think I will have to be very creative in my presentation to sell this one.

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When faced with easy choices such as what to have for dinner, what movie to see, or what color to paint a room, most people can come up with a decision with little to no effort.

When it comes to life choices, where to live, what career path to take, or whom to spend your life with, things can get more complicated.

You must weigh all the options carefully because the choice you make can affect you and your family for years to come. My boyfriend and I have been having a bit of a disagreement over one of the choices for the past two weeks and I am beginning to wonder if we will ever agree. Things are pretty serious and I was really starting to feel like he was the “one”. Then, he asked me, out of the blue, if I would be willing to follow him up North due to a job he had been offered. I am a southern girl, born and bred, and I love the warmth and sun here. I can’t imagine being cooped up in a house for six months or more enduring the endless cold and ice. Even with the best of HVAC system I just know that I will be miserable. I will also feel like I am living in stagnant air because I won’t be able to open the windows and air out the house. I get that this is an opportunity that could make our lives easier, financially, but, I just don’t see how our relationship could survive if I were unhappy with where we are living.

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As I sit pondering the events in my life, I realize that some of my childhood memories are a bit strange.

• I lived in a small town most of my life and we really didn’t have some of the normal activities that many of my college friends talk about all the time.

Our town was a typical one stoplight town with a small general store, post office, and a gas station. There were no movie theaters, shopping malls, or recreation centers to hang out in. When my friends talk about these things I find them very foreign and often wonder what they would think about the big barn parties we would have back in high school. I grew up in the midwest too, which meant that we had some pretty harsh temperatures to contend with, there was no heat or air conditioning in those barns either. Unlike my friends, we couldn’t party somewhere that was climate controlled, except for the bonfire we may have outside when it was cold. When I first went off to college and moved into the dorms, I was thrilled to not have to hang out in the elements anymore. When my friends wanted to head to the local park on a really hot day or go ice skating in the winter, I opted to hang back in the comfort of the building and they could never really understand why. I figured, if I had the option of staying in and having complete control of the temperature, why would I subject myself to the elements to try and have fun? We come from totally different worlds and that is what makes life both confusing and interesting at the same time.

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Now, in the event of power surges, I can shut the power to anything that I feel will be damaged

Last night I got very nervous when the power kept going off and then coming back on a few minutes later. The sun had been out all day, there was no sign of incoming storms, and the winds were calm. I couldn’t think of anything that would cause the power to be an issue. Nevertheless, this happened several times within the span of an hour. Finally, on the fourth time, it went out and stayed out. During the on and off times I had unplugged the computer for fear it would be damaged by power surges. It was then that I realized that we had no way to turn off the furnace. I turned the thermostat down but the unit itself did not really have an on and off switch that I knew of. It is a fairly new unit and I knew it had a programmable component that allowed wireless diagnostics and worried that this may be damages too by the power problems. The power remained out for the next few hours and when it was finally restored I went right away to check on the status of the furnace. I had my wife turn on up the thermostat once I was in the basement to make sure it came on like it should. Thankfully it did! I then took turns shutting off one breaker at a time to label the electrical panel. Now, in the event of power surges, I can shut the power to anything that I feel will be damaged. Many of the appliances that we own today have some sort of, “brain”, or computerized components. It is important to remember this because a sudden surge in electrical energy can fry those, “brains”, and cost you a lot of money to repair them.

 

 

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