Today I Want to do a video that's different than any other video that I've done. We've done a lot of videos on our Channel talking about the HVAC industry, all the new technologies coming out, how it's changing so fast, and I have some concerns in today's video. I'm going to talk about five concerns that I have with some of the newer. Technologies I Will say little disclaimer: there's exceptions to every rule.

I'm not saying that you need to lose sleep about this I'm not trying to scare you with any of these concerns, but I do think if you know about these, you might be able to make a better decision in the end. Number one: a lot of the newer HVAC Technologies are great, right? They're very efficient. They have all these other advantages, but the thing I Want to point out is older, less efficient systems were able to hide problems with your home. A whole lot better than today's Technologies Meaning, if you had a 5 gallon bucket that was leaking water, well, there was so much water water that was being poured in the top of that 5 gallon bucket that you didn't even really notice the leak.

I've seen folks go from oil or gas furnaces to some of these newer Super Efficient Electric Systems only to find because the heat rise was so high with that oil furnace. The hole in the bottom of that bucket, if you will, was just too big for these newer systems. And so what do you do right? I Mean, do you just Not get a newer system? Do you not get a better, more efficient, better technology system? No. I'm not saying that.

but I Do think that if you're going to go down that route, it's something you do need to keep in mind. Upgrading your HVAC system may involve upgrading the windows in your home so that they're not so leaky. It may mean you need to upgrade and have some better insulation have higher R values in your walls and ceiling and floors of your home. It may mean that just because you have an older home, that you might need to make it a little bit new newer with some of the newer ways of doing things.

And so if you go down that road of upgrading your HVAC keep some of those things in mind, especially before you go spending lots of money. Here's one little test I would do if I were you: if you were going to rip out this gigantic oil furnace. for example. Let's say you have a a super older home.

Maybe you've got a boiler or some sort of oil furnace, something with a really high heat rise. and when I say heat rise just so you know what I'm talking about, I'm saying the rise in the temperature from when it goes in that system and comes out of that system. So in the return duct for example, and out of the supply vents, the heat rise is so much higher than, say, other systems, right? And so what? I would do is before I go spending a ton of money or jerking those systems out I would get a couple space heaters and I would plug some space heaters throughout that house. I'd plug one in each bedroom and if you find out that those space heaters are not keeping up, chances are you might have to look at more than just putting some mini splits in or putting some of these inverter systems in again.

I'm not saying any of you guys that have seen my videos, you know that I'm a fan of a lot of these newer. Technologies Today we install them all the time at my company here in Virginia Griffin Air I'm just trying to caution you before you go spending a ton of money that maybe you need to test a few things. Plug some space eaters in things like that if you close your bedroom door and you plug in two space eaters and and it does not make that room nice and warm, then you might have an insulation issue. You might have some issues with your windows or something like that.

You might want to get someone in there with an infrared camera. find out what your actual problems are before you go spending all that money. Number two Utility costs As we see a lot of folks trying to push consumers in different directions. One example I can think of is you know this new electrification push across the country and again I'm all forward in the right situations I Think that that's fine, but one thing we've seen is now everybody's getting pushed over into this electric grid.

They got electric cars and now they've got electric heating and air systems. and then they jack up the prices of the electricity. and I do think that there's something. this is not a political video, but there's something to be said about Free Market.

Maybe even stay off the grid, get you some solar panels. Maybe I mean I don't know. Every situation is different, but that is something I would consider, especially if you've always done it one way and you're looking at doing it another way if you've always had a gas furnace and now you're going to go straight heat pump. Or if you've always been straight heat pump.

but now you're going to look at some of these other ways of heating and cooling your home. Maybe like geothermal or something? I I Don't know. but before you go, spending a ton of money might be something you might want to consider. Maybe consider have the utility costs gone up? Are they expected to go up and things like that now? Obviously nobody can predict the future, but I think there is a way to see.

Trends There is a way to see that things have gone up and things like that. And let's be honest, nothing's getting cheaper today, right? So it's kind of hard to compare the future of Electric to the past of gas, right? But you might be able to at least compare Electric to gas today. and maybe that'll give you a snapshot, especially in your area. Number three: Humidity.

This is something I Think folks Overlook all the time as we continue to make these homes. Tighter and Tighter We had a customer last week that he sealed up his crawl space, but then he didn't do anything to affect the humidity. it wasn't even really monitoring it and that had some other issues arise. Because of that, you're doing more than just heating and cooling your home in that case, right, you're also adding Comfort but also safer breathing air when you control the humidity as well.

you really want it to kind of stay between 30 and 50% if you can, definitely no higher than 60% There's a number of reasons: mold dust mites if the air is too dry, that can cause issues with your respir resp atory. so ultimately for you to be healthier, but also for your home to operate better right? If it's super humid in there, it could cause those issues like I was describing. I Think that my biggest concern is folks just don't consider humidity when they're making some of their HVAC decisions. And aside from humidity, my fourth one is as time has gone on and we've seen these tighter homes and we've seen craw spaces that are now completely airtight.

We're seeing these conditioned attic spaces and so on and so on. and so on. These homes are getting Tighter and Tighter They're getting more and more insulated and all That's great and all. But what's happening is no fresh air is ever being introduced to these homes and that's the biggest problem.

We've actually had customers that we added ventilation to their newer home because it was never there. Someone put in a heating and air system when they built the home no one ever thought of putting in ventilation. As soon as we did that, the customer actually said they felt better within. you know, a couple days they they said I feel better and so they're not breathing recycled air.

They're not breathing Voc's and they're not breathing. All the other problems things that can develop in a super tight home. So my fourth one is just saying hey, maybe you should get some ventilation. In the old days, these older homes were drafty, they were able to get more air and you know we were breathing fresher air.

but today's homes are just tighter. We don't get enough fresh air. it's constantly recycled air, Voc's and all these other problems. So that would be my next concern.

And that is adding ventilation to your home. And then finally, number five. Some of you guys have commented on our videos, your concerns for this item and I will say I'm not a conspiracy theorist, this is not political or any of that. but I do think that it's a concern for a lot of folks and I'll tell you why.

the concern is with all the AI and the Big Brother stuff. people kind of watching you, watching your habits. We already know that it's happening. We see it with social media.

We see it with our phones. I can't tell you how many times that I'll literally be talking about something and it'll pop up on my phone and we're not talking about like normal stuff like I wasn't like talking about toilet paper and I just happen to coincidentally see an ad for toilet paper I'm talking about like very specific stuff like I might be talking about like some brand of barbecue sauce that I've never even heard of from. Canada and all of a sudden an hour later I see a ad for that brand pop up on my phone. so that tells me they are listening to us.

and so I do think it's a legit concern and with some technologies I don't know if you can get around it so it might be something where you might have to actually sacrifice certain things some of you might even be saying right now. Josh you're crazy I'll tell you another example: I Was working at a lady's house this past winner and she had signed up for some program through the utility company and they were able to link to her thermostat and control it and what was happening was they were I Guess controlling it too much we had put this system in. She thought it was a a problem with the system. Soon as we took that capability away from the utility company, the system worked fine, it was able to heat and cool or home just fine.

and then finally. Lastly, we're seeing it happen in other countries where some countries are saying we're going to put it limits on what temperature you can set the thermostat at. and I'm not saying that we've gotten that far here yet, but it does kind of give you a snapshot of what's possible things that could happen. And so I jokingly said ear ear about living off the grid with solar panels I Think that it's possible you may see all these people that are Preppers and they have 500 jars of peanut butter in a Cellar down below their house in case of the Apocalypse Well, those same people are going to be looking for ways to cut Big Brother out of their lives and make sure that they can't control every aspect of their lives including their heating and air system.

So anyway, let me know your thoughts. These are just some concerns that I wanted to throw out there, especially with the newer Technologies Did I miss one? or are you concerned about one of these as well I'd love to hear about that comment down below. Thanks for watching if you enjoyed this video. I Think you'll enjoy this one even more.

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