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    Still Learning

    Published 5/8/23 by Dan Holohan | Categories: The Business of Heating

    I had written a story for Plumbing & Mechanical a while back about a fella in Canada who sent me this email:

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    Times Change

    Published 5/8/23 by Dan Holohan | Categories: The Business of Heating

    Morris had me on the phone. It was 1974 and he was calling from Brooklyn, NY.

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    Who's Driving the Truck?

    Published 5/3/23 by Dan Holohan | Categories: The Business of Heating

    My first job in this business was to be a truck driver for an AC/Refrigeration wholesaler on Long Island.

  • analog guy

    Do You Miss the T87?

    Published 4/26/23 by Dan Holohan | Categories: The Business of Heating, Darn-Good Stories

    In 1885, when you could still buy a milk cow for $29.70, Albert Butz, a Swiss immigrant living in St. Paul, Minnesota, invented what he called the damper-flapper.

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    What Did You Think Wouldn't Make It?

    Published 3/21/23 by Dan Holohan | Categories: The Business of Heating

    When we started HeatingHelp.com in 1997, the folks who built that first crude site told me we could have a links page.

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    Why Congress Has No Windows

    Published 3/6/23 by Dan Holohan | Categories: The Business of Heating, Darn-Good Stories, Educational Opportunities, Troubled Heating Systems

    People who knew Capt. Montgomery C. Meigs said he was occasionally pompous, but when the job was done to his satisfaction, he said, “This was the most difficult piece of...

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    Dry Steam Is The Goal

    Published 3/1/23 by Dan Holohan | Categories: The Business of Heating, Educational Opportunities, Troubled Heating Systems

    I love all the advances taking place in the world of hydronics, but I’m still seeing plenty of steam systems out there in our older cities, so knowing about dry...

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    Do Promotions Work?

    Published 2/10/23 by Dan Holohan | Categories: The Business of Heating, Educational Opportunities

    The promotional offers show up every year and I always wonder whether they work? I suppose some do because the manufacturers repeat them.

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    Circulators or Zone Valves

    Published 1/25/23 by Dan Holohan | Categories: The Business of Heating, Educational Opportunities

    Back in my rep days, half a lifetime ago, I sold Bell & Gossett circulators. We didn’t have a viable zone valve available at the time, and when the factory...

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    That Seventies Show

    Published 1/11/23 by Dan Holohan | Categories: The Business of Heating, For Homeowners, Darn-Good Stories, Educational Opportunities

    I began my career in the HVAC business in 1970 as a truck driver for an AC/refrigeration wholesaler.

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