This quiz was created tp review the 2011 IHA Ed. August webinar presented by Modine.
Stay close to the phone in the office in case a call for an order comes in.
Go to church and pray for cold weather.
Cut small holes in greenhouse coverings to increase heat-loss & burner hours.
Look for signs of inefficient or worn/damaged heating equipment and start a dialog with the grower about their annual heating costs.
Multiple unit redundancy avoids the risk of crop losses in a no-heat situation.
They have low up-front & life cycle costs per Btu of output.
They safely vent harmful flue products like ethylene, carbon monoxide & water vapor outside.
All of the above…and more.
Small motors at the top of the unit & horizontal vent runs
Enclosed combustion chambers & 2-pipe venting
Open draft diverters at the top of the furnace & large diameter vertical vent stacks
None of the above
Heat exchangers are different.
Warm indoor air escapes through the open draft diverter & large diameter vertical stack.
Standing pilot flames in the burner run continuously.
All of the above
The combined parts & labor costs may be as high as replacing the entire unit with a new one.
Replacement heat exchanger warranties are typically 6 months vs. 10 year warranties on stainless steel heat exchangers on new units.
A repaired gravity vented unit is still wasting energy costs at only 65% seasonal efficiency.
All of the above
Heat exchangers & burners are protected from the high-humidity and chemical vapors commonly found inside greenhouses.
Two small vent pipes are better than one big vent pipe.
They are heavier than gravity vented unit heaters.
None of the above
True
False
Setting the thermostat a little lower on the most efficient unit than the least efficient unit.
Setting the thermostat a little lower on the least efficient unit than the most efficient unit.
Both
Seeing a psychiatrist.
Forgiving you for trying to talk some sense into them.
Replacing the failed unit in the part-year greenhouse with a working unit from one of their full-year greenhouses and replacing the unit from the full-year greenhouse with an Efinity93, thereby boosting their efficiencies in both greenhouses with a single unit.
All of the above
Government tax incentives & grants for capital expenditures & efficiency upgrades
Natural gas utility rebate programs for high-efficiency equipment
Finance & leasing options on commercial equipment from financial services companies familiar with the horticultural market.
All of the above