Living outside the U.S. actually gave me an HVAC reality check
Living outside the U.S. actually gave me an HVAC reality check
The first thing I realized when I left this country to go to work in a developing nation far, far away was that I had a lot to learn.
And I had a lot to get accustomed to as well.
Namely, all the things the people I was with and I take for granted were total luxuries where I spent the better section of 3 years. I had the occasion to leave the cushy zone controlled HVAC comfort of our corporate offices to take that position. Not only would it fast track my career, I would be able to live in a site that was so easily unusual from anything that I had known. I realized actually quick that quality heating and air was a rarity. The nation I worked in is a easily boiling and humid region. Essentially, new HVAC technology is rare. This took some real getting accustomed to. But I took the advice of others who had been there a long time. The thing I had to do was mentally and physically acweather conditions to the heat and humidity. And I used to believe that visiting down south was boiling and humid! I lived in a site that didn’t have any sort of air conditioner to speak of. However, the people I was with and I did have an evaporative cooler which did make a difference. My best friends became the shade, the breeze and a nice fan. Still, it was such a fascinating chapter in both my career and life. Now that I’m back, I don’t believe I’ll ever take my heat pump for granted again. Residential HVAC seems prefer a birthright in this country. And the people I was with and I simply take it for granted. It’s just not prefer that in the rest of the world.