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Archive for May, 2020

Pumping Away Piping Webinar

You may think you know what pumping away is all about, but Dan Holohan will tell you how it came to be and all of the fun and interesting things that happened along the w...

Published on 05/20/2020 1:49 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in Hot-Water Heating
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The Hiring Blues

A heating contractor friend sent me this text exchange between himself and a potential employee: Potential employee: “Did you receive my application?” My friend: “Yes.” P...

Published on 05/15/2020 2:55 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
How to Set a Pressuretrol

If you have a steam boiler you’re also going to have a pressuretrol. I’ve always liked that word because it’s a marriage of the words pressure and control, both of which ...

Published on 05/15/2020 2:41 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in Steam Heating
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Job Politics

I got an email from the Customer Service Manager at a well-known boiler manufacturer whose name I will keep to myself. His email made me think of the laws of physics and ...

Published on 05/08/2020 3:21 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business