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"We can put in a surge protector that will protect the whole house. As a matter of fact, if panels are upgraded now or in new homes, they're required by the code by the National Fire Protection Association." - Rodney Jessen, Home Service Expert Rodney Jessen from Home Service Expert from OutToday joins Jim Klauck - aka Check A Pro Joe on this episode. Jim and Rodney talk about protecting your appliances and your entire home with surge protectors. Check out this episode of the OutToday Podcast to find out more about the ways to get an endless stream of hot water for your home. For more information about OutToday- log on to OutToday Heating, Air Conditioning, Electrical, and Plumbing or check them out at www.checkapro.com. Visit Us At - OutToday You Can Call Anytime: (425) 615-5000. Podcast Episode Transcript: Check a Pro Joe here from the Check A Pro Radio show, you know, surge protectors have been around for a while and we use them a lot in our homes. We use them to protect our computer equipment. We use them to protect our television. Uh, anything we really don't want to have go poof in case there's a surge, but not only are there, these smaller ones, you can plug in for individual outlets and so forth for individual appliances. They also have them for the whole house. I've asked Rodney Jessen to join me from out today to talk about surge protection. Hey, Rodney, how are you doing? Great Joe. Hey, it is great to have you here. We all know what the surge protectors are that we can buy at the store, uh, to plug into a small appliance and there's different, you know, ranges of, of something that might cost $5 or one that might cost $150. Uh, but you even go beyond that, can't you? Yes, that's correct. Uh, uh, we can put in a surge protector that will protect the whole house. As a matter of fact, if panels are upgraded now or in new homes, they're required by the code, uh, the National Fire Protection Association. The people that write the code book have figured out that we all have so many electronics in our home and surges happened for a number of reasons that a AAA fairly ordinary surge could cost someone thousands of dollars. So that's the real important reason. Right. We don't wanna have to replace that television, that computer or that appliance as frequently because surges happen all the time. It's not necessarily when your power gets shut down and comes back up. Uh, there's these like many surges that happen constantly. Right. It's, it's, there's so much going on with the grids now and the different types of ways of generating power and transmitting power. And also there's been some malicious activity that will go on to affect the community's power and it's not just the computer anymore. Our refrigerators have circuit boards in them, our washers. I just got a washing, uh, a clothes washer that talks to my phone. So all of these can be affected by a search. Oh, and not only that, uh, of course, the garage door opener that has circuitry in it as well. Almost everything has circuitry in it. And, um, well, you know, like your router in your home, the modem, right. That could go poof real quick. And actually, years ago back when those modems were hooked up to the phone lines, that's where a surge would often come through where the technician will come out and say it actually got fried from the phone line because it could have been a bolt of lightning or something that came in through that copper into the machine. So you really wanna have the whole house protected and it's not that expensive, is it? No, in the, in the scheme of things, it's very straightforward and going back to the phone line and so forth while we're there. If a person was having us do that, we could also check that and there's a, a new, um, they call it a bridge ground where we can tie that into it. Someone's still using landlines and protect the home against it. Getting in that way. Or if you have cable coming in from the cable company, that's...

"An arc fault breaker is a breaker that has a system in it that can detect an arc. And what is an arc..?" - Rodney Jessen, Home Service Expert The owner, Rodney Jessen from OutToday joins Check A Pro Joe on this episode. Rodney talks about what an arc fault electrical breaker does. Hint - it's an extra safety feature for you and your home. For more information about OutToday- log on to OutToday Heating, Air Conditioning, Electrical, and Plumbing or check them out at www.checkapro.com. Visit Us At - OutToday You Can Call Anytime: (425) 615-5000.

Episode 9 "I'm in the industry and I got a new home last year and I was not happy with the toilets and I found one I like. And you know, what does that comprise of? Well, the height, the length, the width you know what fits? Well, I found one as a matter of fact I like it better than any toilet I've ever used. And that really, really sold me on..." - Rodney Jessen, Home Service Expert On today's program, Rodney Jessen a Home Service Expert from OutToday joins Jim Klauck - aka Check A Pro Joe on this episode. Jim and Rodney talk about, "Why Install A Quality Toilet?" For more information about OutToday- log on to www.outtoday.com. OutToday Heating, Air Conditioning, Electrical, and Plumbing or check them out at www.checkapro.com. Visit Us At - www.outtoday.com. You Can Call Anytime: (425) 615-5000.

Episode 8 "And then we have our third air filter in the house and that's us. Yeah,every time we breathe, we filter the air in our home. Unfortunately, that's probably not a good idea." - Rodney Jessen, Home Service Expert On today's program, Rodney Jessen a Home Service Expert from OutToday joins Jim Klauck - aka Check A Pro Joe on this episode. Jim and Rodney talk about, "Why Is Air Quality In Your Home So Important?" For more information about OutToday- log on to www.outtoday.com. OutToday Heating, Air Conditioning, Electrical, and Plumbing or check them out at www.checkapro.com. Visit Us At - www.outtoday.com. You Can Call Anytime: (425) 615-5000.

Episode 7 "We've got to get rid of that water. That's why air conditioning dehumidifies first and then cools." - Rodney Jessen, Home Service Expert On today's program, Rodney Jessen a Home Service Expert from OutToday joins Jim Klauck - aka Check A Pro Joe on this episode. Jim and Rodney talk about, "Does An Air Conditioning System Reduce The Humidity In My Home?" For more information about OutToday- log on to www.outtoday.com. OutToday Heating, Air Conditioning, Electrical, and Plumbing or check them out at www.checkapro.com. Visit Us At - www.outtoday.com. You Can Call Anytime: (425) 615-5000.

Episode 6 "What is the load? Where is this house at? Can it even in its present state, except an electric charging station? It's best to be ahead of the game when it comes to knowing if this is gonna happen to your home, be proactive." - Rodney Jessen, Home Service Expert Rodney Jessen a Home Service Expert from OutToday joins Jim Klauck - aka Check A Pro Joe on this episode. Jim and Rodney talk about, "When is it time to replace my old outdated electrical panel?" For more information about OutToday- log on to www.outtoday.com. OutToday Heating, Air Conditioning, Electrical, and Plumbing or check them out at www.checkapro.com. Visit Us At - www.outtoday.com. You Can Call Anytime: (425) 615-5000.

Episode 5 "The AI knowing in advance what's gonna happen to the system and even being able to contact your contractor and tell him all about your system and what parts he might need to bring." - Rodney Jessen, Home Service Expert Rodney Jessen from Home Service Expert from OutToday joins Jim Klauck - aka Check A Pro Joe on this episode. Jim and Rodney talk about Artificial Intelligence and how it can assist with the comfort in your home. For more information about OutToday- log on to OutToday Heating, Air Conditioning, Electrical, and Plumbing or check them out at www.checkapro.com. Visit Us At - OutToday You Can Call Anytime: (425) 615-5000.

"That tank heater could cause a problem if it were to leak, because 50 gallons is more likely to leak than the tankless which is just a pipe basically." - Rodney Jessen, Home Service Expert The owner, Rodney Jessen from OutToday joins Check A Pro Joe on this episode. Rodney discusses the pros and cons of a tankless water heater. It's really the way to go for continuous hot water. Check out this episode of the OutToday Podcast to find out more about the ways to get an endless stream of hot water for your home. For more information about OutToday- log on to OutToday Heating, Air Conditioning, Electrical, and Plumbing or check them out at www.checkapro.com. Visit Us At - OutToday You Can Call Anytime: (425) 615-5000. Podcast Episode Transcript: If you're like me you're really tired of not having enough hot water and you also want it pretty quick and you kind of want continuous hot water well there are products out there today that can get you continuous hot water so if your water heater is not keeping up with your needs well then you need to listen up Rodney Jason's joining me from out today and we're talking about how we can get a continuous and really instant hot water as well hey Rodney how you doing great Joe hey it's great to have you here OK so there's all kinds of different products that can help us out today right yes there he is you know back in the day I grew up in a house with one bathroom and we've used the shower pretty soon we run out of high water yeah that was you know comment so people wouldn't want to let you come up with a system right you only get 5 minute shower well you don't have to go through that anymore if people could leisurely take shower and maybe run a couple of showers and other things that require hot water wash clothes indefinitely the other great thing is that they don't have to pay when they're away from home or on vacation or what anytime they're not using their hot water to heat the same 50 gallons over and over and over so it's also the statesman also you're not sitting on that water so depending upon where that tank heater is it could cause a problem if it were to leak because 50 gallons is more likely to leak than the tankless which is just a pipe basically right yes so take the 50 gallon able rod out overtime and one example we came to a house in August they've been gone two months it was in the basement when we opened the door to the basement the water was ceiling height of the basement or at our feet so you could imagine what the basement smelled like that's you know that's just that's just a mess OK so you can get pretty much continuous hot water because the water lines running through this heater and it's just like it's like electricity right just keeps coming it keeps coming before I let you go aren't there some other ways also to get water hot at your sink or your shower quickly so you don't have to wait there for that water to come this is this is something I just love I have a long house and like I said earlier I like to play with everything before we put it out there I used to have to wait five minutes to take a shower I if I was doing the whites I would have to turn on the utility sink wait for hot water then turn on the clothes washer I within the system that keeps everything instant and now just for fun I'll go down to the other house and turn on the hot water and bang it's there right now yeah and I mean it's great a lot of people don't know that this type of technology exists when people think about plumbing it's like it hasn't changed much overtime and really it hasn't I mean for the most part a lot of us still have copper piping which is fine that's probably the you know the best old standby you know the other pipe before that galvanized and so forth and questionable there's new stuff today like pex and so forth but when we think about plumbing it really hasn't changed a whole lot if you buy a house that's 50 years old the plumbing might be just fine but...

"I enjoy making houses nice to live in and of course I enjoy my customers, some of them go back 20 years but at the end of the day I live in a house so I test out stuff I have pretty much the latest stuff." - Rodney Jessen, Home Service Expert The owner, Rodney Jessen from OutToday joins Check A Pro Joe on this episode. Rodney explains his WHY. Why does he do what he what he does for you, the homeowner? Check out this episode of the OutToday Podcast to find out more about the 'WHY' and culture of OutToday ... For more information about OutToday- log on to www.outtoday.com. OutToday Heating, Air Conditioning, Electrical, and Plumbing or check them out at www.checkapro.com. Visit Us At - www.outtoday.com. You Can Call Anytime: (425) 615-5000. Podcast Episode Transcript: Alright we're going to be talking about some HVAC some plumbing and some electrical today with a good friend of mine Rodney Jessen’s joining me from out today you're going to love to hear his story hey Rodney how you doing I'm doing great hey it's so great to have you here on the program today I like to always ask people who are at the head of their organization what their why is what gets you out of bed in the morning what drives you to help people with their plumbing their electrical their air conditioning and their heating you know I enjoy making houses nice to live in it and of course I enjoy my customers some of them go back 20 years but at the end of the day I live in a house so I test out stuff I I have pretty much the latest stuff in here you know some of it is amazing so that's not so great so before I present anything to anybody to get through our company it's already happened and I've already played with it at my house yeah and it's that simple so many people are wondering should I hire the big brand in town that advertises on TV and billboards and they have 38,000 trucks or should I really get to know the guy and his team had a moderately sized company who can help me with my plumbing my electric my air conditioning and heating and I say we go for Someone Like You know it is a more intimate experience and even getting down to my employees I know where they live I know there's still room I know their background I know their strengths I know what they like to install and you know when somebody's putting in stuff that they enjoy they tend to do a better job of it so I can I can match up my best people for the best situation for the customer so I love the name of your company out today that means you do your best you and your team do your best to get out to that homeowner to help them today talk about that you know that that is a little bit of a hat trick in itself because when it gets cold or when we have a storm or these other high demand situations everybody wants there's a shortage they're just is there's only so many people that do what we do at in the city but we try to keep an open schedule every day always a little extra time on the books there for the person that's having an emergency now we can't always make it but we strive to and I'm pretty happy that 80 to 90% of the time we can't get out the same day yeah hey Rodney we could talk forever about what you do and why you do it all of Rodney’s information is located in the description of this podcast simple Click to get a hold of him and schedule appointment and his phone number is there as well for all of your air conditioning your heating your plumbing and electrical needs it's riding in this team and out today thanks Rodney appreciate it buddy thank you.