[TechAssist] Re: Fix it yourself
- From: "Hoyt's TV" <hoytstv@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 09:42:27 -0500
I know the sizes because I have a printout from another contractors estimate
using the "J" program.
I was doing a re-fi on my house to gat the lowest possible payment for my
retirement years. I saw an ad from a contractor offering free estimates.
When I looked at the efficiency differences between the new ones and my 60
year old one I was able to project the fuel savings. If I added the cost to
a 30 year mortgage, it didn't increase the payment any where as much as the
savings should have been, so it seemed logical to do it.
After they wrote the estimate, I remembered my neighbor who is in the same
business and figured I should give him a shot at it.
His price was about the same but he had this new, even better system for a
few hundred more bucks. What's $300 more when you're spending $7500 anyway?
His sizes are far from that printout and way below what I was using but he
still claims they are from the computer analysis he did.
My lawyer says I should write to him, detailing my dissatisfaction, and give
him the opportunity to replace it with a conventional system of the proper
size. If he won't do it, my lawyer says we will have the other contractor
install one that does the job and then make the first guy pay me what it
cost plus my expenses, legal and otherwise.
Russ Hoyt
Hoyt's TV
Exeter, NH
----- Original Message -----
From: <damon101@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 7:39 AM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Fix it yourself
> No......you need a good lawyer to send a letter. Or you need to pitcha
> bitch
> so loud and so long to the higher ups of that company and get them to
> properly size your furnace or air conditioner......NOW do you know the
> sizes?? 100,000 BTU furnaces for most ranches 1500 sq ft or smaller and
> what
> AC tonnage 2, 3, 5, or 7?? If you had 100,000, you need 100,000.....
> Damon Brunger
> Telrad Electronics
> Fort Wayne IN
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Eric Manuel" <tvman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 7:34 PM
> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Fix it yourself
>
>
>> Hi Russ
>> That guy must be in bed with the oil and power company to fleece you out
>> of your money.You need a good investigator to check it out..Later
>>
>>
>> Eric
>> E M Electronics
>> Deer Lake Nfld
>> Canada
>> tvman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> Jeff Farnsworth wrote:
>> > ******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.*****
>> >
>> > Amen to that brother---kinda like union work. Pay them 8 hrs to work 4
> and
>> > 9 months a year---sometimes 9 that is---most definatly at any GM plant
>> >
>> > TV Doctor
>> > Avalon, Wi.
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Hoyt's TV" <hoytstv@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 7:41 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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