What are chances of finishing a hvac course from an online school and being able to fix your own furnace? Even I am not sure if I’m serious about this, but I am getting tired of cheats and expensive house calls. Anyway, the question is serious, and thank you to all in advance.
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Post your problem here and on Breaktime Classic and someone or two will walk you through it.
Online school who knows? From one ripoff to another would be my guess.
Joe H
Thank you for the reply. I suspect there are many rip offs. I got 2 names from a website called oedb.org which seems to be some sort of site that lists the programs by trade.
I wondered what a hvac mechanic or diy person might think of taking the online course somewhere and applying it to own furnace.
It's just that I am tired of cheats or getting charged up to $160 just for the making the call.
This is what I mean: few years ago my furnace quit. Someone came and diagnosed burned out blower motor. The motor was changed and it still would not work. We were talking and I happened to mention that I myself changed the thermostat wires. It happened that there was a short in the wires, I pulled the wire wrong and/or the wire was defective.
Even though the original problem was my fault, I have a feeling at least some would diagnose the costly repair first instead of checking the system first.
Anyway, thank you in advance for any suggestion.
Most furnace repairs you don't need to go to HVAC school to do. What you probably want (though I don't know of one) is a good book on furnace repair. That and common sense will cover 95% of it.
Re the correspondence schools, I get the impression that they run the gamut, from pretty good to total ripoffs. You need to investigate carefully (and read all the fine print) before you sign up for anything.
it not just online schools but local community schools too. You got to remember their goal is to make money and provide a job for their teachers. You hear about local HVAC school is the growing career but turning out 300 tech every 90 days, they not enought jobs in the market. So most hvac are working out of pickups with no office or support only working on one type of unit. Residental. most are brand spefic so it makes it more easy.
That why I say find someone that been in business since 1976 and has at least thirty service trucks, Whenit comes to HVAC reputation is all that matters, you want someone that be there twenty years from now.
Thank you all the replies. I think I will start with the library and check the list of books here too.
I think I did find a good local mechanic, but I enjoy tinkering as well.