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Dan Holohan

Dan is the hydronics contributing editor for Supply House Times. He founded the popular www.HeatingHelp.com web site where you'll find just that - Heating Help. Post your technical challenges on The Wall bulletin board and get input from some of the best in the business. You can reach him at dan@heatinghelp.com. He loves hearing from you!

Articles

ARTICLES

Want to be fascinating?

This reading list will do the trick.

Dan Holohan

October 1, 2013

Getting your technical ducks in a row is important in this business of ours. Hey, folks are going to ask questions and it’s good to have correct answers for them. It’s what adds value to our flesh and bones.

A labor of love

Oswald Supply is the true definition of a family business.

Dan Holohan

September 1, 2013

H.C. Oswald Supply is in an old brick building sitting swat on a street in the Bronx less than three miles from Yankee Stadium. Oswald started its business in 1923 just a decade after the New York Yankees showed up, and they, too, have a grand history.

Channeling Mr. Horton

Supply House Times founder was ahead of the energy conservation game.

Dan Holohan

August 19, 2013

I never got to meet Charlie Horton, the founder of this fine magazine and probably the best PHC editorialist ever to pluck at a typewriter.

World Travelers

These 10 themes are worth keeping an eye on.

Dan Holohan

July 12, 2013

I love the odd-numbered years because they contain ISH Frankfurt. This year was my 12th consecutive visit to that enormous hydronic feast. Which is not to say ISH is only about hydronics.

Honeywell founder was a hydronics pioneer

Thanks a lot, Mark.

Dan Holohan

June 19, 2013

Mark Honeywell. Yeah, that one. The guy who has his name on all those thermostats.

Creative solutions for water hammer

Thinking out of the box gets the job done when dealing with water hammer.

Dan Holohan

May 21, 2013

In January, I was at the big AHR Expo in Dallas where I got to share the seminar stage with John Siegenthaler.

The 100-year conversation

How Germany viewed heating systems in 1913.

Dan Holohan

March 12, 2013

I started going to the every-odd-year ISH show in Frankfurt, Germany in 1990 and haven’t missed one since.

Power

Putting things in perspective after Hurricane Sandy.

Dan Holohan

February 8, 2013

I liked the name Frankenstorm because it was so visual, this being a few days before Halloween and all.

Ray

An early life lesson goes a long way.

Dan Holohan

January 14, 2013

I was in Santa Monica, Calif., on a short vacation when Bob called to tell me Ray died. I hadn’t seen Ray in years, but I think about him every time I walk up to the front of a seminar room. I always look around to see if he’s there, and I always sweat a bit, thinking he might be. And here’s why.