I will responde to this accordingly

i will give you 10 one odds .

I GOT THAT BEAT... GOT A NO HEAT CALL IN FIRST WEEK OF SEPTEMBER... THINK IT WAS 70... I NEVER RESPONDED TO THE IDIOT!!!

THIS IS WHY OL CIMBA IS CASHING OUT ON QUITE A FEW CRIBS... ESPECIALLY WITH THE NEWLY ENTITLED POPULATION WITH ATTITUDES....

they have BLM tings in da windows

Would it be ok if I show up in my chakis whith a old lives matter t shirt Freedom isnt free

I will admit up front there are a few thermostats out there that only run on batteries and require them...those manufacturers should be drop kicked.

Usually it's because the installer did not connect the common wire on the thermostat so it could draw power from the air handler, and the batteries are only for backup.

When I initially purchase a unit or upgrade the HVAC, I have on the check list to insure the thermo uses house power, NOT battery power.

As LL's/managers you should have already checked all your furnaces for operation.

IT'S CALL PREVENTITIVE MAINTNANCE!!!!

I just text my tenants to check and make sure they are working.

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If I understand correctly, My HVAC techs say they really cannot do a ‘proper’ furnace tune-up during non-heating season, as they need to bring the furnace up to higher temps to check things. Well, unless we ( umm…tenants) don’t mind them heating the house to 80 degrees F on a 70 degree day.

You think my tenants aren’t going to mind if I am cranking’ the furnace on a nice 70 degree day? Hahahahaha!!!! Yeah, right!

On, one thing I have been doing, as a back up to the high-efficiency gas furnace, is when replacing a TTW A/C, ( through the wall air-conditioner,) I always get one with the heat option. It’s an electric heater, so very pricey to heat with those in our area, but, for just $10 over the price of the TTW A/C without heat, it is a good back-up plan. Had tenants use it one time, worked fine enough on my little house. Tenants had messed with thermostat for furnace too much, knocked wires loose. (Mom and son were always arguing over temps, Mom had an illness, couldn’t stay warm. I finally just had electrician add outlet for space heater in her bedroom and supplied an oil-filled space heater. Oh, and raised the rent . Done and done! )

BET, I was thinking of dropping my ‘home maintenance plan’ just to save a few bucks, as my tenants are all feeling the pinch of inflation in our area. Now I am thinking, nope, that isn’t the place to cut costs. I really like ( love!) that I can get priority service when something goes wrong. A couple of years ago, I made calls to the company while waiting to board an international flight. By the time we landed overseas, problem was sorted out, tenant was very greatful, and our vacation was relaxing.

you cry babies--- I can't do this or that-- it's funny to read. It sounds like our tenants? with their BS.

Tune ups and HVAC companies!!!! for real? I've got 63 SFH's and each is on prevent maint plan. I'm thinking you don't understand what PREVENT means--.

For heat: you go over and look at the thermostat. If batt's put in new double A's. While there hit the smoke alarm make sure it works-- change batt in it also.

Open up filter area and change filter-- look for any obstructions-- dead cats or rats!!!! CLEAN out that box area.

Look at the burner rails-- are they clean-- do they need vacuuming? blow off the circuit board and push on all the connectors. clean the control box on the furnace. Everything look good? Now turn heat on: does the fan blower start? when looking down the burner rails are they clean and all looking good. Flame is good on the burner bar? Turn off with thermostat.

Now check your fire Extinguisher under the sink. Service and good. You don't need no stinking contract for that.

When I hear people say-- oh you can't check that now-- that means or translates to -- "if I look now how can I price gouge you when you really need me?"

6 is this not a simple check to do? I get about 5 done a day. The sheet we use is a maint ride by sheet-- with the order being -- to keep miles driven down.

On Wisconsin, one thing I have done to end the dead battery !hermostat calls was to have all thermostats wired to run off of the furnace power. I did have to get additional wires run on a couple of places, but that cost was worth it, for ME. I don’t do electrical or gas anything. I just don’t have enough knowledge to go about doing that safely, and I am SMART enough to just stay in my lane when it comes to stuff that can kill people. Persons with much more electrical training/ understanding than I certainly can do those maintenance checks. ( lots of electrical sparked house fires in my area. Nope, not for me.)

In order to get the ability to run the fan continuously at times I use a thermostat that does have batteries, just the batteries aren’t needed. (spring and fall are great times to do that in ‘ sconsin. Heat isn’t needed yet, but basement gets really cold. Run the fan only and temps and humidity get nicely sorted out.) Actually, I am thinking now the extra wires were probably because of wanting the Fan On setting. No matter, the batteries in the thermostat are redundant, heat and fan are supplied even with dead batteries.