"David" wrote in message
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"Steve" wrote in message
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My work is aboard the International Space Station, while yours is
rusting in moldy basements, and your industry has a reputation worse
that TV repairmen used to.

I am not a rocket surgen, but my company has been working for excellence
for many years. I am *not* "billy-joe-jim-bob". Yes there are a lot of
hacks out there, but there are some true professionals out there too. I
keep trying to help change the rep that HVAC industry has, and raise the
bar in my area. FWIW, my company has all but stopped advertising in the
yellow pages, it doesn't need to. 90% of our new customers are all from
word of mouth referals.

Hello Steve,
It is fortunate for the HVAC industry that the general public does not
read the alt.hvac newsgroup. The regulars there seem to know more about
their reproductive organs and lower digestive tract than anything about
HVAC. I remember a reply from a homeowner asking a question and the slew
of BS that came back was amazing. One memorable reply came from a regular
poster (pjm) that said this was group for "professionals only" and
homemoaners (sic) were not welcome here. Well my sampling of
"professionals" on that group does not speak well of their competence and
people skills. They do not seem to realize that basic refrigeration and
heating is quite simple. The complexity comes from the newer electronic
controls and they know nothing about that other than swap things until it
works. A case in point was a neighbor that called a professional because
the blower motor in the furnace had stopped working. The "pro" said the
motor controller was bad, the board was no longer available, so both the
motor and controller needed replacing for $800. The neighbor is a bit of a
handyman so I asked him to bring the control board to my house and I would
look it over. One look and it was obvious that there was a bad solder
joint on the line input common mode choke coil and a bit of solder
restored it completely. I will bet not one in a hundred of these "pros"
even know what a common mode choke is.

David

Or a soldering iron.

Steve