Questions about HVAC!?
What’s a sales engineer do for a HVAC company?
This is a second part question from a previous question on what an HVAC is. Okay, I’m going on a date tomorrow, and the girl I’m dating is this really beautiful sophisticated sales engineer for a large HVAC company. What do they actually do? I’m a technical person, and my dad was an engineer for IBM but I’m more of a marketing kind of guy. I’m looking to maybe ask her questions that make me seem knowledgeable as well as interested in what she does. As she’s explaining it to me, I”d like to know what she is talking about!
You know, it might make for a more interesting conversation if you ask HER what she does, and let her explain it, rather than you trying to impress her with fake knowledge. People usually love to talk about themselves.
I assume from the job title that she tries to sell equipment to companies — like heating & air conditioning equipment and systems. Ask her to describe a typical day at her job, and then have some more specific follow-up questions based on what she actually says (ask her to define certain terms, or ask for more specific details about some vague thing that she said). If she continuously gives only short answers in spite of your attempts to draw her out, then after awhile you can safely assume she probably doesn’t like her job that much, and therefore doesn’t want to talk about it.
Go buy a few women’s magazines from the grocery store and figure out what kind of subjects interest women in general — you will probably see that gossip about famous people is typical of many of these magazines– and educate yourself about these topics as a back-up conversation starter. You cannot talk about work ALL night anyway.
HVAC Energy Savings Interview
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1.The air purifier will need replacement of the filter media but can last a year due to it’s large surface area.
UV lights will need replacement bulbs every year or two so you have to keep that in mind.
For someone with allergies I think it’s a good choice.
2.The permit could be pulled by the homeowner or the contractor, it will depend on where you live.
3.Yes, the same manufacturer can make several different brands and may look similar as they may come from the same plant but the model number on the furnace nameplate will be for that brand. Make sure they quote you model numbers.
4.The standard first year labor warranty is provided by the installing company and is not reimbursed by the furnace manufacturer unless it can be confirmed that it is a factory defect.
Extended warranties can be purchased that cover labor and in that case the dealer must submit a warranty claim to get reimbursed.
It looks like a good unit. It is an electronic air cleaner with a filter and the collector is part of the filter and disposable. The filters aren’t cheap though.
No, your warranty only covers defects in material or workmanship. In other words only failures. Adding a different filter wouldn’t be covered.
And I would make sure they added a speed control and relay of some sort so you can run the fan 24/7 since filters only filter the air when the furnace or A/C is operating. If it is not running it is not filtering.
If you have allergies you might want the fan running on a very slow speed 24/7. I know many customers that do that.
Good Luck.