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What Does S.E.E.R. stand for? · Shafer Heating and Cooling Service Repair Podcast

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  It's great to have you joining me here on the
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  Check A Pro Radio Show I'm Jim Klauck also known
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  as Check A Pro Joe where we check out contractors before they go into your home
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  Nathan Shafer is one from Shafer Heating and Cooling hey Nathan how are
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  you hey Jim how are you I'm doing good thank you yeah I'm living the dream my
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  friend so we hear this sometimes times, SEER,
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  SEER rating when it comes to air conditioning.
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  I know it has something to do with efficiency. I really don't know a lot.
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  Now that my listeners know a lot about what it is and why it's important,
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  can you explain in layman's terms what SEER means?
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  Absolutely. So SEER stands for seasonal energy efficiency ratio.
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  Now, once again, most hosts will be like, well, okay, that's cool. What's that?
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  Easy way to put it, and I think something that we can all relate to is miles per gallon of your car.
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  We talk about our cars and, well, this one gets X amount of miles per gallon.
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  This one gets 30 miles of the gallon, et cetera, et cetera.
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  Picture your HVAC system kind of the same way. When we talk about a more efficient
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  system, a higher SEER rating of a 14 SEER or a 16 SEER or an 18 or a 20,
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  et cetera, what does that mean?
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  Well, just picture it as a nicer, higher end system, right?
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  The higher that SEER number goes and the better miles per gallon it's going
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  to get, the more efficient it's going to be.
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  Now, you get into some of those higher SEER ratings.
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  It's not just strictly miles per gallon, right? The cost of utilities to operate
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  that system. There's other things that come with that as well.
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  More bells and whistles, better comfort, quieter systems, then higher the SEER
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  rating, the more options and things you're going to get.
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  But when it comes down to just the SEER, what does that mean?
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  Simplest way that I have found for people to understand is miles per gallon.
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  Miles per gallon. So you want an air conditioning system with the highest SEER rating, correct?
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  Correct. Yeah. Yes. If the goal is to get a higher miles per gallon, yes.
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  And save money, unless you maybe own stock in your utility company, probably not.
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  Then yes, we want to get the most efficient, the highest miles per gallon we can get.
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  And there are a number of different SEER ratings. Things have changed over the decades.
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  And one does pay more for a higher SEER rating, but you're going to have more efficiency.
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  So you're going to save electricity and it's more environmentally sound.
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  Exactly. You got it. That is 100% correct. What are the options from Schaefer?
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  How many different products do you have from
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  this SEER to that sear handful oh man
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  there's actually you know hundreds and hundreds of
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  options when you come into different uh you
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  know brands and types and sizes and sear ratings and matchups and so um you
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  know there's only so many sears but you can match those with different indoor
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  units whether it be gas or whether it be electric you know whether it be inverter
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  driven systems whether it be multi-state systems so there's a lot of different
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  options the the to not get over overcomplicate and spend the next couple hours
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  talking about those options,
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  the simplest way, the best way is to have one of our comfort specialists come
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  in because not the highest shear rating or a given particular system is going
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  to be best for every customer, right?
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  For every client. So depending on the house, depending on their wants and needs,
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  you know, depending on, you know, their budget, depending on all these different
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  things within the home and that family will kind of help depend on what system
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  and what shear rating, what matchups can be best for them.
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  And it's important to ask those questions as a homeowner. You want to make sure
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  that you understand what you're getting. This isn't investment over time.
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  This isn't something you're installing for just six months.
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  If it's maintained well, it'll last a long time.
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  And you really want to have great comfort in your home. It doesn't matter if
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  it's an 800 square foot home or 8,000 square feet.
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  When you're in your castle, you want to be be comfortable and you really need
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  to match up the right system with the right home.
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  And there's going to be options within that, which is great.
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  And based on what you want, Shafer can help you plug into that.
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  And so there are a lot of options today. Years ago, there weren't as many options
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  and the systems weren't as efficient and they didn't keep us as comfortable.
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  They worked, worked but they weren't as finely tuned and it's amazing what the
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  technology brings today absolutely absolutely Nathan as always thank you so
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  much for being the expert here on the show all right thank you Jim have a great day.