[RFI] SOLAR INSTALLATION PROS/CONS

[Steve Dyer W1SRD]

Where were the filters installed and what type are they?
Any part numbers for future reference?
73,
Steve
W1SRD
> I had issues with a newly installed Lennox 4 ton AC unit. I made several
> screenshots from my 7600 showing the RFI during operation. It was pretty
> bad. I called the installer and they sent someone out to check that
> everything with the install was solid. It was then they escalated it to
> Lennox. Lennox sent an engineer out to take a look and he brought some
> filters along with him too. Here's the before and after videos:
>
> Before: https://youtu.be/kUsJDCujfV0
> After: https://youtu.be/oD0rvoMduoA (Sorry no audio)
>
> They had a complaint from another ham in GA with the same problem so they
> already knew what to do. Lennox didn't charge me either. Very impressed
> with post installation support.
>
> 73! Mark KA6WKE
> Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/ka6wke
> Website: https://www.ka6wke.net
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 25, 2021 at 4:47 AM Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> "Some of you guys must live in great places with lots of contractors
>> looking for work. We tried to add an RFI clause to our furnace/AC
>> install. No one would even give us a bid until we removed the request
>> for the RFI clause...."
>>
>> You've lost sight of the way people in business to make money by
>> minimizing expenses (time being one of them), and have utterly no
>> knowledge of shortwave radio see this.   To executives in this
>> industry and contractors, shortwave radio people appear to be just a
>> handful of goofy old kooks.  "Why aren't you on the internet?" they
>> think.  They're not going to blow a lot of time and money on some nut
>> job when they can do easy no hassle installs everywhere else.  If 70%
>> of prospects had your concerns they'd adapt but there's no incentive
>> in reality, because hams are simply not that numerous.  If I were in
>> the business and I had to make a business decision about how to direct
>> my assets for the most profit I'd blow you off too.   If I were a
>> prospect, I'd try explaining to the contractor what ham radio is and
>> why we enjoy it, and that it is important to us, and explain what RFI
>> is, and that it has to be eliminated, where it comes from and how to
>> get rid of it.  If the contractor glazes over or seems dismissive I'd
>> move on.  Clauses in contracts to legally force our will are just a
>> huge turnoff to a person in business.   If I couldn't get anyone who
>> takes radio seriously I'd blow the whole thing off as being too much
>> of a hassle with not enough ROI.
>>
>> 73
>> Rob
>> K5UJ
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