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What Is The Best Way To Extend The Life Of My AC Unit? · Shafer Heating and Cooling Service Repair Podcast

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  If you're like me, you want to save money. You don't want to keep replacing things.
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  So I want to talk about how long we can keep our furnaces and our air conditioning
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  units going without having to replace them.
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  So I asked my good friend, Nathan Shafer, to join me today on the program
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  to talk about what's the best way to extend the life of my air conditioning
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  and heating units. Hey, Nathan.
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  Hey, Jim. How are you today? I am doing great. Great. Thank you so much.
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  So what's the answer to that? How can we extend the life?
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  Because it's a big investment to have to replace something if we don't need
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  to. So how can we extend it?
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  For sure it is. Yeah. It's a huge investment. You know, it's one of those things
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  that most people, you know, might make the purchase of once or twice in a lifetime, you know?
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  And so we want to make sure that we protect that and make that last as long
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  as possible, as pain-free as possible, as risk-free as possible.
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  And so there's lots of ways that we can do that. But number one is gonna be,
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  what are we doing to maintain that system?
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  To keep it at factory fresh conditions.
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  And that starts from really day one, month one, year one, right?
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  Right from the beginning.
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  Oftentimes someone might say, well, you know, we talk about maintenance plans.
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  We have what we call our club membership. You know, it's our VIP status.
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  And I mean, those are our happiest customers. Our systems last the longest.
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  They have the least amount of breakdowns. They get the extra VIP treatment and
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  savings and all these awesome things that come with it.
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  But I mean, really, you know, most important because of this is protecting that
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  investment of that system. And sometimes people might think or will get a comment.
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  Well, it's a brand new system and it has 10 year warranty.
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  You know, why would I need to maintain it? Because it's covered for warrant under one for 10 years.
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  And really, the fact is, it'd be like buying a brand new car and saying,
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  well, why should I change the oil? Why should I wash it?
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  Why would I vacuum it out or wipe it down or take care of or change and rotate
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  the tires and the brakes?
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  Why maintain it? it's got a, you know, a whatever, a hundred thousand mile warranty
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  or whatever the case may be, you know, three-year warranty. So,
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  um, it's just like that car.
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  You still want to do that. And you want to do that on a regular basis.
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  Um, you want to keep that system clean because as, uh, dirt and different things
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  in our house, you know, are pulling through that system, it's going to decrease in efficiency.
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  Uh, parts are going to wear and tear. And if we're out there on a regular basis,
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  um, checking that system, cleaning that system, keeping it at factory fresh conditions,
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  calibrating everything, checking and monitoring, you know, all the pressures
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  and electrical connections and the components within that system, uh, properly,
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  man, you're, you're, you're guaranteed to either a find something before breaks
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  and, or maybe it's a minor repair instead of something major, um,
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  like even like a start device for a motor or something, um,
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  and, or prevent something from failing.
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  And so, uh, that's really the idea. So there's, there's lots of ways that we
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  can do that, but man, I tell you being on that regular, maintenance plan.
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  I know it sounds basic being a quote-unquote maintenance, but man,
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  it's so, so important to protecting that investment and keeping that system
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  lasting a long time and also running efficiently.
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  Your club membership is really the best vehicle for this, isn't it?
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  Oh, it is. Yeah, it is. Like I said, it's, it's when you, when you talk about
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  that club membership and you go through all the benefits and the savings and
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  what you get for that, you know, for 20 bucks a month,
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  you know, it's like, it's, it's, most people are like, it's what,
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  after you go through it, they're like, that's it.
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  You know, well, heck yeah. How many times can I sign up? I mean,
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  sign me up, please. Like yesterday, like it's a no brainer. It really is.
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  I mean, it's one of those things you just set it and forget about it,
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  you know, because Because, I mean, most people that are like you are like me,
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  right? I mean, we have busy lives.
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  And so the last thing in our mind is calling somebody to come out and maintain my HVAC system.
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  Because most of those, they're out of sight. They're out of mind.
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  They're in the attic, the basement, the closet, wherever, you know.
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  Years turn into months, turn into, I mean, time just flies by so fast.
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  And so on those maintenance plans, it's all automated. We're calling you,
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  hey, it's time to have your system cleaned and maintained. You know,
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  when can we get a technician at this convenient for your schedule?
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  So just once again, it's like lots of things that we try to do here for our clients.
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  Hey, what's all the ways possible we can take the risk off of off of our client?
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  Put that on to us. Let us take care of that for you.
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  You know, we've got the systems in place to do that. And let's keep that system
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  lasting a long time and running efficiently.
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  And or sometimes people like, well, the system's, you know, 10 years old.
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  You know, maybe I'll just wait till the next one. in reality well maybe
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  it is 10 years old but do you want to keep it lasting as
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  long as possible you know how can i try to get more life out
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  of it well once again that maintenance plan that club membership
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  uh is the best option to do that you know you can always get dentures this morning
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  i got a text message from my dentist reminding me about my appointment every
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  six months yeah i go in for the maintenance i could get fake teeth they could
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  tear them all out and put in fake teeth.
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  I choose to keep mine. It's the same thing, isn't it? Twice a year you guys
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  go out to make sure that your customers can keep their teeth or in this case,
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  their air conditioning and heating systems.
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  I hadn't heard that analogy before. I thought of it compared with teeth.
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  But yes, that's exactly right. Yeah.
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  A hundred percent. So join the club, Shafer Heating and Cooling.
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  Nathan, thank you so much for joining me today. Much appreciated.
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  Hey, thank you, Jim. Thanks for having me. Happy to help anytime.