samedi 18 janvier 2014

HVAC Service Call Tips Most Technicians Must Follow

By Judy Sullivan


There are actually a few tips that technicians should know about when it comes to a call for HVAC service in Sacramento. These are the tips that are not usually covered in school but are learned from experience. Here are a number of the tips that a technician should pay attention to in order to give quality services.

First of all, most technicians has to go to their customer's house to give their services. Since they are going to give a house call, it is necessary to validate the name of the customer and the address that one has to go to before setting out. This way, the technicians do not have to waste time and other resources for the travel.

The technicians should be professional enough to arrive on time for the house call. Arrive at the designated house address at least ten minutes beforehand. This is so that the technicians can still have the time to validate whether the customer name is the right one as well as the address with the client personally.

Most of the times, the technician will have to work on the roof for this call. There are other times when one has to work on the machine room. If the technician is working on any of these areas and there are multiple remote units involved, it is imperative that the technician makes absolutely sure that he or she is working on the right one.

It might be possible for a professional to see some problems in the condensing unit while doing some other works on the machine. Consult with the owner of the house if they will want this repaired as well. Sometimes, the owner does not want this to be repaired immediately. If this is the case, proceed to work on the unit originally needing repair works.

The house call are oftentimes only for preventive maintenance or scheduled maintenance. If this is what the call is about, one should make sure that the equipment is already running when one arrives. If it is not, then ask the customer to turn the said equipment on. Make sure that the equipment is running normally before touching it.

If the technician is called to troubleshoot a unit that has failed and arrives at the scene seeing that the equipment is not running, then personally make sure that the equipment's thermostat or the main control switch is turned on. Set to a temperature or cycle setting that will surely turn the said equipment on.

There are instances when the customers want to help out with the job. They will do so in the form of an explanation regarding what happened why the equipment seems to fail. The technicians have to bear the explanation of the customer in mind since that is just polite, but do not take their every word for it. Verify the problem visually.

At times, the customer might just have overlooked something and it ends up that the problem has something to do with the power supply. To prevent wasting time on this, try to verify personally that the disconnects and breakers are all on. This allows the technicians for HVAC service in Sacramento to see if the equipment is getting the right supply of electrical power.




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