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Why Is Maintenance So Important On My Air Conditioning Units? · Shafer Heating and Cooling Service Repair Podcast

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  A lot of us have things in our home that we take for granted.
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  I talk about this all the time here on the Checker Pro Radio show.
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  It could be our garage door,
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  um,
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  our refrigerator,
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  our dishwasher,
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  our water heaters,
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  but also our heating and air conditioning systems.
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  We don't really think a whole lot about them.
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  We just want them to work.
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  So when it's cold,
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  we call for the heat to come on and we expect it to go and start burning and bringing the heat up and in the summer time,
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  same thing with the air conditioning system,
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  but a lot of us don't want to do the maintenance because we don't think about it.
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  So I brought an expert here onto the program.
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  His name is Nathan Shafer from Shafer heating and cooling.
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  Nathan.
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  How are you?
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  Phenomenal,
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  Jim.
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  How are you?
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  I am phenomenal as well.
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  Thanks for asking.
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  And it's,
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  it's true of almost anything we've talked about this before,
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  whether it's the car or the lawnmower or ourselves,
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  maintenance comes secondary.
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  We put the gas in the vehicle,
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  we put the food in the mouth,
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  we turn the electricity on and hit the thermostat and we just expect it all to work.
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  But we don't think about the maintenance required.
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  Would you agree with me?
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  That's one of the biggest things people overlook in general is maintenance on their heating and air conditioning system.
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  Oh,
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  yeah,
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  100% you know,
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  for us,
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  you know,
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  being in the industry,
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  it's exciting.
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  We enjoy it.
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  We do it,
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  we see it every day but for the average person and for most people,
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  I should say it's not exciting.
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  It's a boring topic.
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  It's out of sight.
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  It's out of mind.
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  Right.
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  It's,
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  it's outside behind the house or in the basement of the attic or wherever it's at.
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  It's just not one of those things you think about,
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  uh,
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  on a regular basis until something happens,
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  something breaks.
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  It's that hottest day or coldest day of the year and then all of a sudden by gosh,
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  it's,
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  it's top of mind.
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  And so it's definitely something that's very commonly,
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  uh,
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  and easily forgotten about.
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  And it's really,
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  yeah.
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  And,
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  and,
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  you know,
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  it's really simple.
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  Um,
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  some of the things it can be,
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  you know,
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  done by the homeowner as something as simple as changing out filters.
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  But once again,
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  you,
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  as the homeowner need to have that schedule,
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  um,
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  you can either write it down.
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  There's apps for that.
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  Of course,
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  the,
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  um,
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  on your thermostat often.
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  Now it'll tell you if you program it properly.
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  But chances are,
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  you're not going to do it.
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  But I recommend having Nathan and his team come out and I'll tell you why.
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  Yes,
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  you can change your own filters.
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  They're gonna do a lot more than that.
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  And it's like going to the doctor.
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  So I go to the dentist twice a year.
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  It's a six month program.
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  You should do the same thing with your air conditioning and heating units.
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  What that means is have a professional,
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  take a look at everything.
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  So,
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  you know,
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  don't even worry about your own filters just because it doesn't cost,
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  it doesn't cost you that much more to have.
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  Um,
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  the team of Shafer come out to do it.
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  They're gonna be out there anyway to make sure everything is clean.
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  They're going to hook up the equipment to make sure your equipment is running optimally.
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  And it's important also safety,
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  especially with a furnace with a heating unit that's critical because of carbon monoxide.
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  So I,
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  I just tell you get it maintained so you can save money,
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  you'll save time and there's a huge safety feature as well or aspect to it.
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  Agreed.
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  100%.
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  Yeah,
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  I mean,
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  you,
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  you're spot on,
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  there's like you mentioned,
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  there's all kinds of ways.
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  Now today we live in a busy,
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  busy world.
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  Right.
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  We have so many other things to remember and there's all kinds of ways to make it simple.
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  And we here at shafer heating and cooling are always looking for those ways we're innovative,
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  we're adapting to the changes.
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  So,
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  like you said,
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  whether it be on the thermostat,
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  whether it be using our online store and have your filters auto shipped to you on a monthly,
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  bi monthly,
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  three months,
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  six months,
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  whatever your rotation is,
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  the type of filter that you have,
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  they just automatically show up at your door and there's your reminder to getting on our club membership plan where we just automatically come out twice a year and we work with your schedule,
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  but we take care of all the scheduling and we call you,
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  hey,
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  it's time for that check up,
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  you know,
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  that full system rejuvenation.
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  Let's get in there and get this taken care of to the list goes on and on of,
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  of,
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  hey,
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  take that,
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  take that,
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  uh,
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  that,
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  that trying to remember,
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  uh,
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  that responsibility if you will take it off of you and let us take care of that for you.
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  And there's so many different ways we can do that,
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  uh,
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  depending on what your wants and needs are.
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  So,
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  the main thing is though,
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  is having some sort of system in place.
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  So that,
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  that maintenance,
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  uh,
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  what seems like a very simple thing,
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  but so important to the life of that system and the efficiency of that system and your monthly utility bills and the,
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  the life expectancy of this system and so on and so forth.
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  That's that small,
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  simple thing and really make sure that there's a system in place to take care of that for you.
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  So it doesn't get forgotten because otherwise it's easy time flies by,
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  you know,
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  next thing,
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  you know,
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  it's been six months,
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  a year,
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  two years,
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  five years and it's,
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  oh,
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  my goodness.
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  Where did the time go?
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  You know?
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  So,
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  definitely extremely,
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  extremely important.
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  Get on that regular maintenance program with shafer heating and cooling.
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  All of Nathan's information is located in the description of this podcast.
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  There's no excuse not to be able to reach out and if you just have a question,
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  they're always willing to help you out over the phone.
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  Nathan,
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  as always,
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  thank you so much for joining me today on the program.
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  Hey,
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  thank you,
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  Jim.
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  It's good seeing you.