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This tip was written by HVAC Applications and Technical Specialist Dakota Brown. Thanks, Dakota! As a technician, it was always the same old story: Are you done yet? There was always pressure from the office—either from the dispatcher, service manager, or project manager—to get the job done and get it done quickly. When I became […]
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