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Why Should I Geat A Halo Smart Thermostat? · Shafer Heating and Cooling Service Repair Podcast

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  Jim Clouk, a.k.a. CheckerProJoe here on CheckerProRadio.
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  Technology keeps moving forward, and that's also true in the HVAC space.
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  Nathan Schaefer's joining me from Schaefer Heating and Cooling to talk about
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  something real cool, everybody. Hello, Nathan. How are you?
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  Hey, great, Jim. How are you? I am living the dream, and I'm better than phenomenal.
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  There you go. So why should I or anyone else consider Schaefer's Halo Smart Thermostat?
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  Great question. We've been getting asked that a lot here lately,
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  and there's so many perks and benefits to it.
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  And this is a very unique, only one in the market like it. It's made by contractors for contractors.
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  And so, you know, I think so many times we live such a busier and busier life,
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  and the HVAC system always has and continues to be the thing it's kind of forgotten
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  about until you come home and it's not working.
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  And so there's a lot of different benefits that we've orchestrated into this
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  Schaefer Smart Halo Thermostat that really helps give our clients peace of mind.
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  And some of those being even simple things like they can text us or message
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  us right through their thermostat or right through the Schaefer Heating and Cooling app.
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  Obviously, it's got all the normal things that any Wi-Fi thermostat has,
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  or like most do anyways, like the weather and different things like that,
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  I control it from anywhere, you know, at any time.
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  But beyond that, there's also things that we can monitor that system 24-7 for the client.
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  And so oftentimes we can see things starting to happen in patterns and run times
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  of things before the system even breaks.
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  So once again, we can prevent things from happening and or notify the client
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  and say, hey, we've got this alert on your thermostat. We've noticed this example
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  this week. It's extremely hot.
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  We've had some call in like, hey, my system is not working.
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  We log in really quick because we just got the alert. also, we have already
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  logged in and we're like, Hey, looks like we've seen the issue here.
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  Let me reboot this real quick.
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  And we reboot, reboot, sorry, I get it, uh, that for them. And they're right back up and running.
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  And they're like, Oh, this is so great. It's already on. We're cooling back.
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  So there's so many great things that they can do, uh, with that Schaefer Halo smart thermostat, uh,
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  including even some other things that just came out, some updates as we can
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  monitor the indoor air quality, CO2 levels, uh, so many great things,
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  uh, with this thermostat.
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  So it's just a really great choice. And at the end of the day,
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  it comes down to ease for the clients, peace of mind and simplicity.
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  So they have contact with us at all times.
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  I need to talk to my doctor. I think I need to have some kind of chip system
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  and Wi-Fi built into me so my doctor can monitor my heart and brain activity and so forth.
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  Along those lines, it's important to know what's going on with our blood sugar
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  and our blood pressure and everything else.
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  And, you know, same with the vitals of the HVAC system.
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  And so what you're telling me is that the halo thermostat by Schaefer is going
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  to allow me to allow you to know what's going on with my heating and my air
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  conditioning system at all times and make suggestions.
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  Um and that suggestion could be we
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  really should be coming out this week or today or right now
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  because there's an issue in case you didn't know uh
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  and this is what it is how do you contact me is that through a text an email
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  a phone call all the above yeah all the above is a great question because there
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  are some other um add-ons that you can put on your systems that do work with
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  some thermostats or different sensors and Wi-Fi to where it might allow you, the client,
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  to be able to see and monitor that stuff or know what's going on.
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  But at the end of the day, do you know where that reading should be?
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  Or is it just a bunch of mumbo jambo?
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  And let's face it, you probably get it and it's cool at first,
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  and then you forget about it.
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  And now you're just paying for something that you aren't even using, right?
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  And that's monitoring it, but nobody's doing anything about it.
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  And so the cool thing with this is, is it's coming straight to us.
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  For you, it's a normal, smart Wi-Fi thermostat with the ability to be able to
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  message us directly 24-7 goes right to our live team.
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  But for us, we're getting all the monitoring info on the back end because we
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  know what we're looking at. That's what we do every day, all day.
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  We eat, sleep, and breathe it, right?
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  And so we're watching that and watching this graph. We can see the runtimes,
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  the efficiencies, the performance of that system.
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  And so then, yes, we can notify you when we see those changes happening.
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  And yes, that can come through via email.
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  We can text you and or phone call you or all of the above, so...
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  You know, it's fantastic. I mean, almost everything is hooked up to Wi-Fi today,
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  you know, whether it's an appliance, lighting, thermostats.
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  And for some time, thermostats have been somewhat smart, but they're getting smarter and smarter.
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  It's one thing for you to have the smarts on your side as the homeowner consumer,
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  but then to now have Schaefer see that, make determinations and recommendations,
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  it's very, very helpful.
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  I think this is a game changer in your business.
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  Oh, it is. Our clients are loving it. Even just the simplest of things that
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  you think, like how often when you do need something, you're like,
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  oh shoot, what's the phone number?
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  Oh, I don't know, honey. Do you have it? No, I don't have it.
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  Let me Google it real quick and we can find anything on Google or everything.
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  That takes more time. You got to Google it.
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  Well, if the app, when they pull it up, they can simply just click the app, boom, hit message.
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  They can call or text right there. They text, I need help, my AC's down or just
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  schedule a point. You pick up a filter, whatever, done.
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  And so just all the little things that we just take for, we don't even think
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  about, it just makes it simpler.
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  So yeah, it just makes sense.
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  We as homeowners are not experts in heating and air conditioning.
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  But we need it. Just like we're not roofing experts.
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  There aren't many people listening to or watching this unless they're a roofer
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  who are going to replace their own roof or even repair it.
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  Same with HVAC systems. You're not repairing, certainly not replacing your own
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  system. So you have to find a
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  trusted partner and that should be Schaefer heating and cooling for sure.
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  This has been great information about the Halo thermostat. I really appreciate it.
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  And I think everyone who is watching this and curious about it should contact you.
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  All of Nathan's contact information is available in the show notes of this podcast.
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  Thank you very much, my friend. I appreciate you joining me today.
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  Hey, my pleasure. Anytime, Jim. Thank you.