Field Tech Articles
Practical guides and resources written by HVAC technicians in the Field Tech category.
HVAC Model Number Lookup From a Photo of the Nameplate
You need the model number off a unit for a part, a warranty claim or a charge, and the plate is faded or half hidden. Here is how the app reads it from a photo, what it leaves blank on purpose, and how you find that unit again by model number later.
Service Reports in a Basement With No Bars: The PDF Is Built on the Phone
The customer wants something on paper before you drive away, and you are standing in a basement mechanical room with no bars on the phone. One question about whatever app you are using decides whether you can hand over a report right there: does the PDF get built on your phone, or on somebody else’s server?
Customer Equipment and Service Records: One List Per Machine
A customer asks what you did last time, and the honest answer is usually "let me check the truck". Tracking customer equipment and service records is not a CRM problem. Each machine needs one list attached to it, in date order, that a person standing in front of it can read.
Finding One Unit Again: Serial Number, Model, or the Tag on the Machine
Entering equipment is the easy half. The other half is getting one specific unit back on screen while a customer stands next to you asking what you did last time. That half decides whether the records are worth keeping.
Why Every HVAC Technician Needs a Digital Equipment Log
Paper notes get lost. Memory is unreliable. A digital equipment log pays for itself the first time you pull up a serial number without climbing a ladder.
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