Goals Adding Market Value to Technicians

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Goals Adding Market Value to Technicians

• DOING THE RIGHT THINGS RIGHT
• BETTER TECHNICIANS (How good do you want to be?)
• IMPROVED INSTALLATIONS
• IMPROVED SERVICE
• SAFER COMBUSTION SYSTEMS
• TESTING NOT GUESSING
• INCREASED AWARENESS
• REFERRALS
• REDUCED WARRANTY COSTS

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What is carbon monoxide?
Identified by symbol COTasteless, odorless,
invisible poisonDeadly at high
concentrationsLow concentrations can compound
pre-existing health conditions!
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Controlling CombustionBurners require controlled
fuel to be mixed with specific amounts of air.
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The Three Ts of Combustion
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If You Dont Test You Dont Know
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Understand How Instruments CalibrateTest
reference outside air 1st.

Auto Zero, Manual Zero, False Zero
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Major Sources of Carbon MonoxideCOPM24
1st leading probable source Auto exhaust
(60) 1 cause of accidental CO poisoning
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2nd leading common cause of CO found in homes and
buildings

• Unvented combustion systems

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3rd Leading Cause of CO in homes
buildings.Category I appliances not venting
properly all the time.Mechanical other
pressures competing.
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Cracks in Heat Exchangers

• May be the least probable cause of CO in
  buildings but most investigated.
• How much CO is the burner producing?
• Does unit need to be shut off if CO not being
  produced?
• Cracks are important and of a concern.
• Why might they be cracking?