Short #45 - OEM Parts

HVAC School - For Techs, By Techs

Bryan Orr

Education, Business, Self-improvement, Careers

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🗓️ 12 March 2019

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

In today's short podcast, we answer the following question: Should you ONLY use OEM parts? We also explain why the answer is what it is.

It can be tricky to determine the value of OEM parts in general. For example, many OEM capacitors are very prone to failure. Some non-OEM capacitors have much lower failure rates. Operating conditions may also exceed manufacturer specs, so aftermarket components may be better for equipment in extreme conditions.

When it comes to OEM parts, try to take those and the manufacturer bulletins at face value. However, you also want to do your own research. What are the OEM parts' fail rates? What are the operating conditions for the equipment? You have to ask yourself if the manufacturer's part is the most efficient and valuable one you can use for a given system. Go the extra mile to help your customers make the best possible decision for their unit based on efficiency, longevity, and price.

Some techs avoid using aftermarket parts because of liability issues. For the most part, liability isn't a huge deal except on flammable equipment like furnaces and R-290 systems. However, in many cases, the quality of parts like capacitors and relays may be far greater on aftermarket equipment. Motors can be tricky, especially on blower motors with distinct fan curves from the OEM equipment.

No matter what you do, make sure you consult with the customer and explain the benefits and drawbacks of each option so that the customer can make an informed decision. Also, follow your own company's guidelines.

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0:00.0	Hey Hey, hey, this is the HVAC School Podcast. Last time I checked at least, last time I looked at the
0:07.3	label on my podcast parcel package that tells me what podcast I'm on. This is the HVAC school
0:13.8	podcast and this is the podcast that helps you remember some things that you might have
0:16.6	forgotten along the way as well as helps you remember some things you forgot to
0:18.8	know in the first place. This is a short episode which is why I'm talking fast. You have to talk fast in a short episode.
0:24.5	And today we're talking about, is it a myth or not that you should use only OEM parts?
0:28.8	So we're going to be talking about OEM parts. This is sort of a hot button topic.
0:31.2	This is a topic in which I'm going to make some people mad.
0:34.6	So before I do that, I want to mention my sponsors. My sponsors are carrier.
0:40.3	carrier.com. I bet carrier probably would rather that we used all the OEM parts. We'll talk about that.
0:45.0	Also Field Piece.com, Field Piece makes great instruments,
0:49.0	great recovery machine, great vacuum pump, great gauges, great job link probes, lots of really good tools.
0:55.2	You can find them at fieldpiece.com or true tech tools.com, TRU tech tools.com, offer code gets
1:00.6	cooled for a great discount. Also refrigeration technologies at refrigetech.com,
1:05.0	makers of the best chemicals in the HVAC industry.
1:08.9	And then Navac and Navac Global.
1:11.5	that make all kinds of really nice tools, scales, they make a special
1:15.9	charging machine, which I think is especially interesting if you're going to be doing a lot of
1:20.3	maybe like small units, maybe P-tax or something in an environment with those
1:23.8	sorts of units maybe health and medical that sort of thing make a lot of nice tools
1:27.4	that's the point navvac global.
1:29.4	All right so we're going to talk OEM parts here and I know that I'm going to bother
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