This is a noisy exhaust fan. This was Ach Tune Air’s bid to make it quiet: $1,500 This is a quiet exhaust fan. This is how much I charged to make it quiet: $180 Any questions? One obvious question might be: What on Earth does a noisy fan have to do with a nefarious looking bird? If you want […]
Author Archives: therascalrevealer
Twenty Equals Twelve
I just got off the phone with a homeowner who was told his furnace’s failed heat exchanger had a 12 year warranty. That’s too bad since his furnace is 19 years old. Well it would’ve been too bad had he not called me. I told him the truth. A quick search tells the truth just […]
Wake Up and Smell the Folly
Four simple words are about to make you an expert at finding and eliminating odors. Of course you won’t be a real expert. Real odor experts have degrees in one or more sciences and have job titles like “industrial hygienist” and “environmental engineer”. Nevertheless, learn and understand these four words and you’ll be more of an expert than many […]
Au Parallel
According to this invoice from Havoc Heating, this furnace has a failed inducer motor. Play the video. See or hear anything wrong with that inducer motor? Neither do I.
Au Naturel
According to this invoice from Rindle Replacements, this furnace has a failed inducer motor. Play the video. See or hear anything wrong with that inducer motor? Neither do I.
The Love of Argument
“You love arguing with me!“ “No I don’t!“ OK… so I do love to argue. What know-it-all contractor doesn’t? However, my disposition towards disagreement isn’t the kind of argument this post’s title refers to. The argument I refer to is that of “a statement, reason, or fact for or against a point”. The argument I refer to is […]
Crazy
“You can’t ever NOT think because if you could, how would you know?” I didn’t come up with that little saying, but I do find it amusing. In a similar though more practical vein, a furnace circuit board that’s gone crazy doesn’t know that it’s gone crazy because… it’s crazy. The circuit board is the furnace’s brain. You […]
Softening You Up
Repairmen say the darndest things. One of my favorites is “It’s on its last legs.“, as though the furnace or air conditioner is a centipede that’s down to its last two legs. We’ve all heard that “throwing good money after bad” is, well, bad. And lately I’ve heard about quite a few repairmen referring to the very repairs […]
A Quotable Quote
“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap…“ That was an incredible moment, not that I was alive to see it live. ;^) Thankfully I was alive and heard the following from a homeowner today. “My experience with them is that they’d rather do installation than service work.“ That quote will never make history, but I’ve been saying that throughout […]
Shoo Fly Keeps Bothering Me
I was minding my own business fixing a furnace when, like a fly that refuses to be shooed, I get buzzed by that name yet again… “The Requisition Technician” That’s a pseudonym of course. Someday I may go Bulworth and reveal his identity, but not today. Whatever his name, I hear it too often! Anyway, as I was repairing the furnace I got […]