My heater blower stopped working in the middle winter storm. In an hurry, I called A.J. Perri Inc that had an ad on our community new letter. A tech came, opened the control box and measured electricity. He told me that the motor was broken, and a replacement would cost $930. I was surprised, since we changed the motor a few years ago. I told the guy that last time we replaced the motor and the cage at about $500. The guy came back in 2 minutes, and would lower the price to $700. I let him go and remembered that last time the motor was replaced by Alpha Mechanical Inc. I found their phone, and scheduled a visit the next day. A technician came as scheduled, looked at the blower compartment. He suspected that the capacitor was bad. He found a replacement capacitor from his van. Sure enough, the blower started after he put in the new capacitor. It saved me hundreds of dollars.\r
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Alpha Mechanical Inc is professional and trust worthy. As for the other guy, took my $89 for a trip that gave a wrong diagnose, either because he was not proficient enough to see the real problem, or because replacing motor is more profitable. I am sure I would be charged for a new capacitor too, had I let him replace my motor.
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