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THAT'S HOW COMFORT GETS DONE !

FanHandler controls are the result of many years of ongoing research and installation experience with blower speed modulation (since 1953). We are confident that these controls will fit in with your business and you’ll profit in several ways. First, the FanHandler provides a great selling point for new equipment and as a much-needed upgrade for the millions of existing systems. Second, your customers will be pleased with the results and refer others. If you are a new contractor customer we offer you a sixty-day money back guarantee on your first FanHandler control. If you are not thoroughly convinced that the FanHandler is the best thing ever to happen to heating & air conditioning then we’ll buy it back within 60 days of the invoice date.

It is common knowledge that temperature balance can only be achieved when the central blower is run on a continuous basis. However, until the FanHandler, there was no way to slow the blower to acceptable draft and noise-free levels that discriminating homeowners will accept. The FanHandler provides full-range (from super slow to full speed only when needed) variable air volume, allowing the blower to operate continuously. Delivering unmatched comfort and efficiency to your customers. Some of the high-end furnaces are now attempting to match the FanHandler’s results. They are essentially step controls that do not smoothly modulate through the full output temperature range.

Indoor air quality begins with the FanHandler because it allows all system components to operate full-time at peak efficiency. Filters do not filter when the blower is off. Filters become more efficient as the speed of the air through them is lowered. Electronic air cleaners shut off when the blower shuts off; and become super efficient at lower airflows. UV (germicidal) lamps shut off when the blower shuts off but become more efficient as the speed of the air going past them is slowed down. I.e. the “kill time” is extended.

FanHandler controls are designed to operate shaded pole and permanent split capacitor motors found in the majority of all heating and air conditioning units, heat pumps, air conditioners and condenser blowers. FanHandler controls are ETL listed products under ANSI/UL 508, which means they can be installed on new and existing systems.

There are no special motor requirements other than the motor be of good quality and designed for general blower use. You will run into low quality motors in the field. These motors might have been banging on and off for several years without their bearings being oiled, or they might even be on new equipment that the manufacturer decided to install motors designed to meet a price rather than quality standard. In these cases, you will want to install a different motor. We have you backed up with the best motor we have ever worked with. It is built specially for us by Baldor, who everyone knows is the Big Dog in industrial quality motors. We asked them to build us a motor and then tell us the cost. 

FanHandler controls are very easy to install, priced affordably, and the comfort results are instantly noticeable and measurable. We invite you to start today. Remember the sixty-day satisfaction or money-back guarantee on your first order. Once you have tried a FanHandler, we know you will be with us from then on. We have customers who have been with us for over 30 years.

The high-speed blowers that are installed in new equipment are designed to meet an energy goal and totally neglect the comfort of the homeowner. Energy conservation is important but when the people with a heat pump have to turn on the electric strip heaters to escape the high-speed cold drafts, the energy figures obtained in the lab are no longer valid. When the air conditioner is on and the super high-speed blower strips water from the air conditioner’s coil and sends it down the ductwork, all kinds of nasty things can start growing in those ducts. Especially Mold!!!! That dirty sock smell!!! Allergies!!!

One super important aspect of air conditioning is the REMOVAL of moisture (each 10% reduction in relative humidity is the comfort equivalent of a three degree drop in temperature). The high-speed fans drastically reduce humidity removal (except to send it down the ductwork). During cooling, the FanHandler cuts into the latent (moisture) load FIRST!!! We have many reports of a reduction of at least 10, 15 and even 25 percentage points in indoor relative humidity during the air conditioning cycle.

You know darned well that we are right. However, if you ask your furnace manufacturer, they’ll probably act as though installing the FanHandler is equivalent to feeding puppies to a python. What do you expect them to say? (Oh yeah you don’t need a new unit, you can upgrade your present one with a FanHandler and do a better job?) 

Thank you for taking the time visit our site and please, don’t be shy. Feel free to use the response section of this site to ask any questions that you might still have. We look forward to serving you soon and often.

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WHAT I CHOSE FOR MY HOME

This is the system that I recently installed in my home. I’ll challenge anyone in the industry to try to beat the comfort output from this system!!! Temperatures absolutely do not vary from room to room, floor to ceiling or from time to time.

THIS IS A SCHEMATIC OF THE SYSTEM INSTALLED IN MY HOME. There is no fluctuation in room temperatures and I can tell what the outdoor temperature is by looking at the three-way valve position, the temperature of delivered air, or the speed of the fan. There is a steady delivered air temperature for every outdoor condition, and a steady, even fan speed for every delivered air temperature. This system cannot be beat!!!!!!! This is a two-story home and temperatures on the second floor are the same as the first.

I haven’t got the cooling installed yet, (we seldom need cooling where we are located) but I can either use well water or any of the heat pump types. I.e. air to water, ground loop to water, direct ground expansion to water, etc., etc..

For you folks that do both plumbing and forced air heating, this is a perfect application for you. It’s the same system as used in commercial installations, but on a much smaller scale.