Arkansas HVACR NewsMagazine March 2025

News Magazine March 2025

FEATURE STORY

great thing” for HVAC has been inverter technology and that occurred just over a decade ago. Currently, refrigerant education is the “not so great” next thing.

if the topic is discussed at https://hvacrschool.com/bryan-orr/ . If your questions are focused on business, I would invite you to subscribe to Ruth King’s “Contractor Cents” or “Financially Fit Business” through King’s website at https://ruthkinghvac.com/ . Both web sites have tremendous value for simply subscribing. As a bonus both HVACR school and Ruth King have podcasts you can listen to at your convenience.

Finally, as mentioned, HVAC technology has moved more quickly in the last decade than it has over the last thirty years. The way we did things twenty years ago doesn’t come close to getting the job done with today’s technology. Today’s controls on some systems require you to have a password to allow changes or repairs to be made. When I see negative comments on HVAC forums and message boards decrying the advancement of the industry and its more complicated nature, I shudder to think about the next customer those contractors and their staff serve. Today’s HVAC systems are more complicated, but I would invite you to drive a car built in the 1980’s. Autos today are more stable, easier to drive and offer much in the way of safety innovation at the most basic levels. I would invite everyone to sign up for Bryan Orr’s emails and anytime you stumble on to a question and check to see

The simple step of rethinking your knowledge base in our

industry will lead you to understand that learning the industry is never done in a few months or by one individual.

The good old days were never that good, believe me. The good new days are today, and better days are coming tomorrow. Our greatest songs

are still unsung. Hubert Humphrey