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No Heat Call Stock List

Rizz861
Rizz861 Member Posts: 64
in Gas Heating

Hi Everyone,

I'd like to thank you all for your help in my posts. I appreciate that.

I'm writing this post because I really want to step my game up as it pertains to heating stock. I have been fortunate to have some sales reps who will open the supply house after hours, but that may be coming to an end their replacements aren't exactly reliable.

I'm trying to compile a stock list of the most common boiler, furnace, and tankless water heater parts you guys are using. Looking to get a list of universal gas valves, universal IFC for furnaces, most common aquastat switching relays, universal pressure switches, universal motors, ignitors, etc.

I have quite a bit of ignitors, flame sensors, navien aka no bien parts, pumps, boiler fill valves, hy vents, spyrovents, transformers, and various other things.

I'm looking for a money isn't an option style list. I want to be able to be more clutch for my customers. I have a good idea of what's needed, but I'd love input from the awesome pros on this site. I want to be able to finish more after hours no heat calls without having to return with a part the following day.

I know this won't always be practical, as some parts it doesn't make sense financially to stock. But I want to try and have the most common ones.

Thoughts?

Thanks in advance !!

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  • EdTheHeaterMan
    EdTheHeaterMan Member Posts: 10,808
    edited January 7

    That will depend on what your customers have for heating systems. Are you working on OIL HEAT at all? That is an area where there are many "Standard" parts like fuel pump, Ignition transformers, Primary controls, Aquastat relays for boilers, and fan timers for furnaces.

    If you are talking about being prepared for anything when it comes to Gas boilers and furnaces, that is a totally different story.  The furnace control that has the thermostat connections and all the limits and the blower for the duct work and the combustion fan and the gas valve and the ignition….  are too many to talk about.   I remember Honeywell tried to have a universal Fan timer with about 15 different wiring harnesses to match up the different brands with a "Fits-All" control.  No one wanted to buy it because it was too complicated to figure out if it would work on the no heat call that you were on that night.  


    Some of the standard things that I had on the truck for gas heat were roll out switches and spill switches.   I had about 10 different temperatures to accommodate the different manufacturer’s specifications.  I had one Standing Pilot gas valve and several Thermocouples.  I had one 750 millivolt powerpile. I used the Honeywell (Resideo) Y8610U retrofit kit. That included some standard gas valve and control parts that you could use as needed and then replace the parts the next time you made a supply house order.  That included a S8610U spark ignition and a VR8304 valve that can be used in a pinch on many gas heating systems.  

    I also carried the S8910U for Hot surface ignition control.  The Q3200U1004 GlowFly universal HSI worked in many heating systems but I also found that the Trane and American Standard HSI needed the OEM igniter.

    As far as a blower motor for warm air furnaces is concerned, I used the multi horsepower motors as truck stock. There were 2 popular ones: 115 VAC  that worked on oil heat and gas heat furnaces MARS SKU:10466 and the MARS SKU: 10467 for 220 VAC blowers and air handlers.  

    This is a start. and you will get to know what works best for you once you get up to speed.

    Edward Young Retired

    After you make that expensive repair and you still have the same problem, What will you check next?

    delcrossvSuperTechGGross
  • Mad Dog_2
    Mad Dog_2 Member Posts: 8,286

    How much $$ ya got, kid? As the other guys say, focus. Take it from someone who tried to stock everything...Mad Dog

    Consulting by Mad Dog & Matt Jr.
  • SuperTech
    SuperTech Member Posts: 2,616

    It really depends on what equipment you work on. I work on a lot of oil fired furnaces and boilers, so I use a lot of the stuff Ed mentioned. I also work on a lot of First CO Hydro air handlers, so having a CB201V board is nice even though I can fix any board issues with a RIBU1C relay.

    I don't stock any mod con parts since they are all proprietary. Unfortunately I encounter enough no bueno Navien units to keep an igniter/flame sensor on the van.

    I keep a 1075 and 850 RPM universal replacement condenser fan motor, a couple 208-230V universal replacement air handler motors that will cover a range of horsepower. And a couple 115 volt universal replacement furnace/First CO replacement motors that cover the common horsepower motors used in furnaces and air handlers.

    A Y8610U kit is great to have. An S8610U as well if you service rooftop package units.

    You can't have everything. You will always end up needing some proprietary parts like draft inducers. Unless you want to be the first service tech to use an 18 wheeler tractor trailer.

    GGross

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