[TechAssist] Re: Fix it yourself
- From: Al L <alleathe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 10:43:49 -0500
Don't get me started on licensing!The heat guy makes good bucks,we don't.YOU
figure the difference.I also suggest a better licensed heat guy to tell you
the unit is too small,and who to sue! Good luck.
Al Leatherman
224 RT. 46
Mine Hill, NJ 07803
973-361-5796
WWW.ALS-TV.NET
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hoyt's TV" <hoytstv@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 8:41 AM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Fix it yourself
> Ha!!!
> The guy who 'computer designed' and installed my new $8000 HVAC system has
> a
> license.
> My 60 year old furnace kept me nice and warm when the outside temperature
> was minus 20 and my window ACs kept me nice and cool when the outside
> temps
> were 95 to 100.
>
> But the government and the environmental agencies deluge us with ads
> saying
> we are bad citizens if we keep our old "inefficient" heating systems and
> since an old system like mine is probably no more the 50% efficient at
> best,
> I will save a lot of money with a new 90% efficient system.
>
> My new "90% efficient" heating system runs 24 hours a day when the outside
> temp drops to 15 degrees and as it gets colder outside, it gets colder
> inside. At minus 10, I can't get the house above 60 degrees and it uses as
> much gas as the old one.
>
> At 65 years and with 6 heart bypasses, moving window AC units up and down
> cellar twice a year isn't as much fun as it was when I was 25. I didn't
> expect the central AC to save money, but I did expect it to keep me cool.
>
> My new central AC system stayed on 24 hours a day last summer when the
> outside temp was only 89 max. It also left me at an uncomfortable 76
> degrees
> with 75% humidity.
> The plumber/HVAC technician's last word to me was; "It's computer designed
> to fit your house".
>
> I wrote to the states licensing board and they suggested I contact the
> Better Business Bureau.
> Licensing appears to be nothing more than a way for the "INs" to keep the
> "OUTs", out, while bringing money to pay homage to the state so they don't
> investigate them.
>
>
> Russ Hoyt
> Hoyt's TV
> Exeter, NH
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <damon101@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 12:38 AM
> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Fix it yourself
>
>
>> Heh, that was the reason Indiana licensed TV repair techs until
>> 1996....wonder how long before it becomes a necessity again?
>>
>> Damon Brunger
>> Telrad Electronics
>> Fort Wayne IN
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Al Gutz" <alg@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 10:08 PM
>> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Fix it yourself
>>
>>
>>> Back in those days the cornor gas stations were set up by a franchise
>>> company with a tube tester and a supply of tubes. Cust went and checked
>>> tubes, replaced many that need not have been replaced and bought a new
>>> fuse. Those days both TV and cars used 3AG types but gas station sold 30
>>> amp for use in cars. Cust took stuff home and put in 30 amp, forgetting
>>> the week before he had replaced the fuse in the basement with a 30 amp.
>>> Set had a short! Set caught fire! Set beside window with curtains!!
>>>
>>> This was one reason thatlead to the auto shutdown circuits in sets
>>> to-day.
>>>
>>> Al G
>>> Al's TV-Electronics
>>> Pembroke Ont.
>>> Canada
>>>
>>> Hoyt's TV wrote:
>>> > Back in the 50s the local magazine store sold DIY tv repair books.
>>> > They were pretty good for amusement purposes and I think they did us
>> more
>>> > good than harm.
>>> >
>>> > Russ Hoyt
>>> > Hoyt's TV
>>> > Exeter, NH
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > ----- Original Message -----
>>> > From: "William Rayburn" <premtech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> > Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 5:57 PM
>>> > Subject: [TechAssist] Fix it yourself
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >>Someone posted something the other day, I think it was Phil Bader,
>>> >>discussing a board where someone was giving advice on fixing the set
>>> >>yourself. Today in a random search for information on a Toshiba I'm
>>> >>working on I saw this post on a board... http://www.fixyourowntv.com/
>> This
>>> >>guy has made a business of telling the layman how to fix their own
>>> >>set.
>> I
>>> >>pity the poor technician that has to work on something after the
>>> >>average
>>> >>joe has been in there twisting an wrenching around, making the
>>> >>original
>>> >>problem that much more difficult to solve and that much more expensive
>>> >>too.
>>> >>Bill
>>> >>
>>> >>William H. Rayburn, CET
>>> >>NESDA Member
>>> >>Premium Technologies
>>> >>PO Box 442
>>> >>Long Beach, Wa. 98631
>>> >>(360) 642-4993
>>> >>email: premtech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> >>
>>> >>
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