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About Digital Zeus™

The Digital Zeus™ - what the hell kinda name is that? Good question we don’t know either, just sounded right at the time. Zeus is dedicated to the Instruments and Tools utilized by the HVAC/R trade. More importantly perhaps though, Zeus is not affiliated with the distribution or manufacture of these Tools or Instruments.

Zeus shoots straight from the hip - he doesn’t candy coat. Occassionally you will see new instruments introduced or announced here in the form of the OEM’s spec. sheets or other promotional documents - those are not endorsements just our effort to keep the technician informed about what is available. The Digital Zeus® parent site is HVAC PROTech.com® TechTalk Forums, the source for much of the data that you will see here in excerpted form. While Zeus will offer original and complete Articles - we really want to see our brother technicians actively participating on the HVAC PROTech.com® TechTalk Forum boards -

Zeus is the way that we show you what we are talking about when it comes to the Tools and Instruments of the trade.Zeus actively promotes the digitization of these Instruments - not the instruments specifically but the technology - the accuracy, precision and reliability that digital technology offers to today’s HVAC/R technician.

If you are an equipment owner - read the Zeus if you must, but don’t knock on the door to HVAC PROTech.com® it’s only opened to verified brothers and sisters in the HVAC/R & Controls trades.

So if you see something you like, leave a comment - see something you don’t like - tell us about that to.

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subcool2 // January 11, 2008 at 2:52 am

I am extremely impressed with the layout, format and content of Zeus. I extend my compliments to Mr Zeus, for his forethought and insight in the design and construction of this site…

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