EEAG is now the OHEAG/ Time to move on.

John Ruhnke

EEAG is now the OHEAG / Time to move on….

First I want to state that I joined the RPA back in 1997. The people who have ran the RPA over the years have done a great job. They have raised the quality of Radiant Heating here in the United States and Canada by three decades of technological advancements crammed into one decade. In the 80’s our countries average level of expertise in radiant heating was about 30 years behind the Europeans average level of expertise. The RPA started in 1994 and by 2004 our average level of expertise has matched the Europeans. We even have some great technical advances now. Staple Up with Plates, Variable Speed Injection Mixing, Premanufactured Panel Board and more. The RPA has brought many good books and some great seminars to our country. The Radfests and Expo’s are always great. I am very proud to be a member of the RPA. If they will have me then I will continue to be a member for many more years.

Inventors and Innovators are a strange breed. The great ones have vision. This vision allows them to look deep into the future and see the possibilities. The average person cannot see these visions. Most of the times all of the other people just see the problems associated with trying to make the project work. Even another great inventor can have trouble seeing someone else’s visions because they may have a different background of expertise. Because they can’t see the vision they can’t understand the value.

Galileo had a very hard time when he tried to point out that the Earth was round. The Wright Bros were laughed at when people saw them try to fly. It is very difficult for the average person to grasp what these past great inventors knew when they were making their discoveries. Some great inventors were persecuted for expressing there ideas when they went against established religious beliefs.

I am not a great inventor. I am just a nobody. I have been a member of the Inventors Association of Connecticut since 1994. I am the current President of that group. I have studied great inventors for a long time now. I have read many books on them. I know many great inventors personally. I know how they think. I know how they work. I know what has made them great. I have a lot of raw talent that with a little luck, some more hard work and the right circumstance I too could be a great inventor. I have always had a great imagination. A great imagination is what leads to great vision.

The great ones had a team of people that they worked with. Edison had thousands of employees. Most of his employees were great inventors themselves. Through team work they accomplished a lot. They didn’t just invent the light bulb, they invented the whole electrical system. Edison had great vision.

It is very obvious that the RPA’s board cannot see my vision. It is obvious that the RPA’s board doesn’t want to work with me. Nothing is wrong with that. They should continue to do the great job that they do in the RPA advancing the radiant industry. I am going to start a brand new Energy Efficiency Action Group that has nothing to do with the RPA. I am going to start it from scratch. It is called the Overall Heating Efficiency Action Group. The purpose of the group will be to develop an accurate overall heating efficiency measurement. This measurement will be the standard of comparison used. The standard will never be written in stone and will change as accuracy improvements are made. We will then compare different heating systems. We will compare hot air against radiant. We will also compare radiant designs of different types. We won’t forget about other hydronic and steam systems too.

I assembled a team of people. These people were experts in there field. These people were giving me the pieces of the puzzle that I needed to create my vision. Freedom of expression is very important in team inventing. No one should feel stifled for voicing there opinion. How ever off the wall the idea is or strange it may sound is o.k. No one should feel like they are going to be kicked out for there opinions. Spontaneity is great! Some of the greatest ideas come from the strangest original thoughts. Open discussion through internet forums or e-mail can be a very good tool when members of the group live far away. The topic of the discussion should be focused on the task at hand. Off topic remarks can sometimes get distractive.

I am moving to Dan Holohan’s Website the Wall. I will be posting some follow up information on the new Overall Heating Efficiency Action Group (OHEAG). It might be soon or it might be a few weeks from now. I have been posting on the wall since the mid 90’s. I never had a problem there. I will try and explain some of my vision to everyone. I am looking to assemble a new team of inventors. Anyone that wants to be a part of the new group can email me your cell number, email address, name and a little background information on what your skills are or what you do for a living. If you are a past member of the old EEAG just tell me that you want to be a part of the new group too. Eventually I will start an email discussion group. Also one of the first topics of discussion will be how do we protect ourselves from some of the problems that happened with the old EEAG.

John Ruhnke
JR@ComfortableHeat.com

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