Competent and thoughtful
I couldn't have hoped for a more professional and capable service person. Daryl came to rescue our inoperative and complicated, 2 stage Evolution AC unit. He initially walked through some diagnostics on our thermostat over the phone with me. When it was determined to be hardware, he was able to come out just a couple of days later. He was courteous, knowledgeable and focused. Of all of the broad factors that can cause issues on this system, he narrowed it down to a board that could have been harmed during the multiple power outages we had last winter. When it became apparent an expensive board had irreparably failed and even then, that the failure could have been caused by yet another problem, we were posed with the dilemma of attempting multiple, potentially futile repairs, or an even more expensive replacement unit. Then Daryl had a better idea. Based on his thorough understanding of this system, he recognized that he could bypass the more advanced feature that the failed board provided, and restore the more important functionality of the system with some rewiring that he accomplished rather quickly. His resourcefulness gave us hope that we could recover the unit. We watched and measured the results after he completed the wiring, but the unit did not activate during the few minutes that we watched it. He was as disappointed as we were, as he clearly took pride in his ability to solve problems. We discussed other potential alternatives as he packed up, none of which were very promising. Even at that point, he had demonstrated the most knowledge of our system and options for solutions, and we were satisfied that he would service our Bryants from then on. Then, when we happened to look at that zone's thermostat, maybe an hour later, there it was. Cooling had begun. His solution did indeed work, having just taken a little longer to activate. We are up and running now, instead of having to resort to other drastic, unpleasant measures. I gather from reviews that Krane also has other capable people, and Courtney was helpful with scheduling, but I don't know how we could do better than Daryl. I only wish he could be our electrician and plumber too.