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Control System Basics for HVAC Technicians
By Leo A. Meyer

Get the knowledge that will put you ahead of the competition. Author Leo A. Meyer takes the complexity out of automatic controls. You’ll get an invaluable understanding of electric and pneumatic systems which are the basis for understanding digital systems. Learn practical tips on basic control system maintenance and troubleshooting.

Your book, Control System Basics for HVAC Technicians, is a great help to the HVAC industry and all people working in this field. This book explains how systems work together with the controls, how controls help identify problems, how to troubleshoot, and how controls operate air systems. This is one of the very best books to keep with you at all times. It is a great reference to have at your fingertips.
Dale Barnett, Owner, Payson Sheet Metal

Leo has done it again. The material in Control System Basics for HVAC Technicians is written in easy format and will be understood by a basic technician with ease. The step-by-step language and graphics make it easy for the control service tech to understand the sequence of operation. This book will give him/her a basic understanding of controls and HVAC systems.
Bernie Merkel, Director of HVAC Service Training, International Training Institute, VA

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Fedders Names Peter Gasiewicz Senior Vice President, Fedders Corporation and President,

Mr. Gasiewicz will have direct responsibility for the company's Commercial HVAC, Residential HVAC, and Indoor Air Quality operating units and sales activities in North America and is charged with more closely aligning these businesses and their respective product lines to maximize growth and profitability.

Mr. Gasiewicz has extensive residential and commercial HVAC and indoor air quality experience gained throughout his career in the air treatment industry. He has held positions of increasing responsibility with Melco, ZoneAire, American Air Filter and from 1987, with International Comfort Products/Carrier Corporation (ICP), a division of United Technologies. In 2003 he was appointed Vice President and General Manager of ICP, with responsibility for the company's substantial market share and revenue. Prior to 2003, he held various positions including Vice President, Sales and Marketing for ICP's global operations from 2000 to 2002, Vice President, U.S. Sales from 1997 to 2000 and from 1996 to 1997, Vice President of National Accounts and Company-Owned Branches.

The Goodman family has completed the sale of its HVAC businesses to affiliates of Apollo Management, L.P., a New York-based private investment firm. The purchase price was approximately $1.45 billion. Based in Houston, Goodman is the largest privately held air conditioning and heating equipment manufacturer in the United States. Its market-leading brands include Goodman(R), Amana(R) Heating and Air Conditioning, GmC(R), Janitrol(R) and QuietFlex(R).

BELOIT, Wis., Nov. 15 REGAL-BELOIT CORPORATION (AMEX:RBC) today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement with General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) under which REGAL-BELOIT will acquire the Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC)/Refrigeration Motors and Capacitors operations of GE Consumer and Industrial.
GE HVAC/Refrigeration Motors and Capacitors operations include a full line of motors for residential HVAC applications and capacitors for HVAC and high intensity lighting applications.

ARI AND CEE LAUNCH DIRECTORY OF ARI-VERIFIED HVAC EQUIPMENT

The Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute (ARI) in Arlington, Va., and the Consortium for Energy Efficiency (CEE) in Boston have launched a new, on-line directory (www.ceehvacdirectory.org) of energy-efficient central air conditioners and heat pumps.

Products listed in the directory meet CEE's energy-efficiency specifications for residential and small commercial (less than 65,000 Btu/h) equipment, which include requirements for Energy-Efficiency Ratio (EER). CEE's HVAC initiatives also include requirements for Seasonal Energy-Efficiency Ratio (SEER) and Heating Seasonal Performance Factor (HSPF). Financial incentives for products meeting the CEE specifications are available in many parts of the country.

TEC DADDY’S SERVICE TECHNICIAN SURVIVAL SCHOOL ON DVD

(FORT MYERS, FL) — Charlie Greer, president of HVAC Profit Boosters, Inc., announced today the release of “TEC DADDY’S SERVICE TECHNICIAN SURVIVAL SCHOOL ON DVD,” a video series designed specifically for HVAC, plumbing and electrical techs to teach them how to increase sales and profits, decrease on-the-job accidents and maximize their careers

“Contractors’ success is measured by the success of their service techs,” says Charlie Greer, a service technician himself, who created the series and plays the part of Tec Daddy. “Our service techs are already doing the best they can do with the knowledge they possess. The only way for techs to increase sales and efficiency is for them to learn more.”

TEC DADDY’S SERVICE TECHNICIAN SURVIVAL SCHOOL ON DVD is a 13-disc video series. Each disc is broken down into four 15-20 minute segments, one of which is shown each week. This provides contractors with 52 pre-planned weekly meetings.

Topics covered in the series are sales techniques, “overcoming the sales stigma,” safety tips, goal-setting, organizational skills, inter-personal communication, increasing billable-hour efficiency, goal-setting, positive thinking and more.

“This series is a consolidation of what I’ve learned while running service calls with hundreds of service techs from across the country and conducting over 2,500 highly interactive seminars in front of thousands of service techs,” says Greer. “My goals are to get technicians to commit to sticking with and excelling at the career, and to help them become better employees, better parents and better citizens.”

“This is a fantastic training tool,” said Service Roundtable CEO Matt Michel, “Charlie hit a home run. Each segment is entertaining, but contains a serious message that techs need and owners will appreciate.

“Charlie takes on topics head-on that are difficult for many owners. For example, right off the bat, Charlie stresses that the reason a technician has a job is to make money for the company. Yes, there’s a right way and a wrong way to make money, but no company’s a charity. Technicians must strive to pull their own weight and become profit centers in their own right. The thing I like is that Charlie doesn’t pull any punches. He tells it like it is and pulls it off. I don’t think there’s a sales trainer in the industry who is more in tune with technicians than Charlie.”

The series is currently in production, with eight discs completed and ready for shipping. Subscribers receive a discount for purchasing the series while it’s still in production and receive a new disc every four weeks until the series is completed. Over 250 contractors have purchased the series as part of a “pre-production” offer.

For more information, call 1-800-963-HVAC (4822) or log on to http://www.hvacprofitboosters.com where contractors with a high-speed internet connection can view the first video free charge.

The Service Roundtable, Dallas, TX, now offers the Contractor Service Solution, a contractor-friendly extended warranty program. The program is available for HVAC and plumbing.

The extended warranty program includes a rebate based on usage, and a requirement for annual maintenance. If a system has not been maintained, the homeowner must pay a deductible direct to the contractor. Contractors can wave the deductible if the homeowner buys a service agreement.

Contractors set the labor rate, which determines warranty pricing. According to the Service Roundtable, the pricing is the same as contractors would pay if they purchased a similar type of warranty through other sources.

The Contractor Service Solution is available exclusively for Service Roundtable members. For more information, visit www.serviceroundtable.com.

When Daniel Brooks, Jr., a HVAC Technician from Shelbyville, Tennessee, purchased his $100,000 winning Powerball ticket, he did so by choosing numbers that were all birthdays and ages of his family members. When he and wife Robin came into the Nashville district office on Thursday to claim their prize, they brought their children so the family could experience the big event together.

Fuel Cell Technology Training

Beginning in August, fuel cell technology training at Lamar Institute of Technology's will feature five new courses: Introduction to Fuel Cells and Other Alternative Energies, Fuel Cell Principles and Components, Fuel Cell Electronic Control Systems, Fuel Cell Troubleshooting, and Fuel Cell Installation & Commissions.

Fuel Cell Technology training will be offered as a specialty in LIT's Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Technology program.

For more information, prospective students should contact Grissom at 880-8231 or visit LIT Web site at www.lit.edu

Carrier has reached an agreement to acquire German company Linde AG’s refrigeration division, the European leader in commercial refrigeration with sales of approximately $1 billion. Headquartered in Cologne, Germany, and with manufacturing facilities in Europe, Asia and South America, the refrigeration division produces commercial refrigeration systems and refrigerated display cases and subsystems.

International Diversified Marketing Inc. (IDM) www.controlaflow.com)will today launch their much-awaited new air filtration system, the Comfort 1st Filtered Diffuser, at the AHR Expo 2004 in Anaheim. This sequel to the popular Control-A-Flow and Breathe Easy devices combines the best features of both into one sleek unit.

The Comfort 1st Filtered Diffuser addresses the two biggest complaints in today's offices, drafts from overhead diffusers and illness and allergic reactions from polluted ductwork. Comfort 1st is the only diffuser that combines four-way adjustable airflow along a horizontal plane. Four anti-microbial filters cover the discharge points on the inside portion of each louver, so they are out of sight, while the air is filtered as it enters the room. The multi-density two-ply filters remove pollutants as small as one micron while simultaneously destroying most microorganisms on contact. The bottom portion hinges open for quick and easy filter replacement. With no airflow discharging straight down, complaints of cold drafts blowing on workers is eliminated.

Residential heating, ventilation and air conditioning just got infinitely smarter, with the introduction of the new-generation Infinity(tm) System and Infinity Control from Carrier Corporation.

As the command center for Carrier's Infinity System of furnace and air conditioning products, the Infinity Control is the first device to integrate and manage all six core comfort functions -- temperature, humidity, air flow, ventilation, indoor air quality and zoning -- into a single unit, optimizing efficiency for the greatest savings in energy costs. It also provides unprecedented comfort and diagnostic capabilities.

With its large, illuminated display, it is the easiest programmable control to use, and the first to allow a homeowner to program an entire week's "comfort schedule" using plain language prompts. It is also the first to monitor a system and provide prompts concerning furnace and air conditioner maintenance issues along with the phone number of an authorized dealer. The new and exclusive TrueSense(tm) dirty-filter detection alerts users when their air filter is actually dirty and needs to be changed, without the need for extra sensors.

The Infinity control is also the first that will have the ability to "phone home" if there is a system problem, via a Remote Access Kit available in mid-2004. In the event of service need, the system will automatically contact the dealer or homeowner through a wireless network and generate a phone and e-mail message.

The Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, Refrigeration (HVACR) program at Tennessee Technology Center (TTC), Chattanooga has been granted national accreditation.
HVAC Excellence, granted the accreditation after conducting an intense onsite evaluation of the New Iberia program. The program was reviewed in the following areas: Curriculum, Faculty, Student facilities, Placement services, Financial aid, Training facilities, Equipment & Safety. It was determined that the program has met standards set forth by HVAC Excellence which are based, in part, on the National Skill Standards.
The instructors, Mr. George Abbott, Mr. Donald Green and Mr. David Guinn bring over 40 years combined teaching experience and 30 years of industry experience to their classrooms. George Abbott worked as a service technician for 3 years and has been teaching at TTC Chattanooga for 22 years. Donald Green has been teaching for 19 years, and owns a successful HVAC business. David Guinn teaches at the schools satellite campus. Mr. Guinn has been teaching for 11 years and has 15 years of industry experience.
Students interested in attending the program should apply early as the average class size is limited. For more information, visit the Campus at: Tennessee Technology Center at Chattanooga ~ 4501 Amnicola Hwy ~ Chattanooga, TN 37406, call (423) 697-3173 or visit them online at: www.chattanoogastate.edu The Chattanooga program is now listed in an official directory of accredited HVACR programs at www.hvacexcellence.org

The Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute (ARI) has issued a new guideline: Guideline V, “Calculating the Efficiency of Energy Recovery Ventilation and its Effect on Efficiency and Sizing of Building HVAC Systems.” The guideline and its intended use are available for free download on ARI’s Web site at ari.org

A new web site for HVAC related matters. A good place for homeowners to get answers to their HVAC question
www.hvacmechanic.com