One Extraordinary Result.
Fuse Service — the San Jose, California HVAC, electrical, plumbing, and refrigeration company that has grown from a two-person appliance repair shop in 2017 into one of the Bay Area's most recognised home service companies — has been named Daikin's Top Dealer of the Year. The award, presented at a ceremony in Switzerland, honours Fuse Service's extraordinary achievement of installing 956 Daikin FIT systems. Director of Sales Mike Yafasov attended the ceremony with his wife Kseniya, representing the company on behalf of every person who made the number possible.
"956 systems. One team. One mission. One incredible result."
— Fuse Service, accepting the Daikin Top Dealer of the Year Award, Switzerland 2026
From a Tiny Appliance Repair Business to One of the Bay Area's Biggest — The Fuse Service Story
Fuse Service was founded in 2017 in the heart of Silicon Valley. What began as a small appliance and refrigeration repair company serving the San Jose area has grown — in less than a decade — into a full-scale home services powerhouse covering HVAC, electrical, plumbing, commercial refrigeration, and public works across the entire Bay Area. The company is headquartered at 2222 Ronald St, Santa Clara, and services more than a dozen communities including San Jose, Fremont, Palo Alto, Sunnyvale, Mountain View, Cupertino, Santa Clara, Milpitas, Redwood City, San Mateo, Campbell, Menlo Park, Los Gatos, and Los Altos.
The growth has been extraordinary by any measure. Over 2,700 verified customer reviews across Google, Facebook, and Yelp put Fuse Service among the most reviewed and highest-rated home service companies in Northern California. The company has earned recognition from HomeAdvisor alongside the Daikin recognition — a body of third-party validation that the team has earned installation by installation, customer by customer, over nine years.
As the company itself describes it: they have 'exceeded their wildest expectations, and they don't plan to stop there.'
Why 956 Daikin FIT Systems — and Why It's a Bigger Achievement Than It Sounds
The Daikin FIT is a side-discharge, inverter-driven heat pump and air conditioning system designed for residential applications where space constraints and aesthetics matter. Its compact footprint — enabled by the side-discharge design that allows installation significantly closer to walls, fences, and narrow side yards than standard top-discharge condensers — makes it the right product for the dense residential neighbourhoods of Silicon Valley, where lot sizes are small, homes are close together, and homeowners care deeply about how their equipment looks from the street.
Installing 956 of them in a single dealer period is not just a volume achievement. It is an operational achievement. Consider what 956 installations requires: 956 pre-sale estimates and consultations. 956 permit applications. 956 scheduled installation submittals, each coordinated around Bay Area traffic, homeowner availability, and technician routing. 956 quality-controlled installations meeting Daikin's technical commissioning standards. 956 permit inspections. 956 customer follow-ups. The dispatcher team, the permitting team, the installers, the estimators, and the customer service team all had to function at a high level simultaneously for such success.
Fuse Service is also a Daikin Authorized Dealer with a Daikin showroom at its Santa Clara location — meaning customers can experience the product before purchase, and technicians have been trained directly by Daikin to install and service FIT systems to the manufacturer's exact specifications. That certification infrastructure is part of what makes the award legitimate: it is not just a quantity award but a recognition that quality standards were maintained across every single installation.
What Fuse Service Offers Bay Area Homeowners
Fuse Service is a true multi-trade home services company. Beyond HVAC — which includes heat pump installation, ductless and VRV system installation and service, air conditioner installation and repair, ductwork, and HVAC maintenance memberships — Fuse Service provides:
◆ Electrical: Panel installation, EV charger installation, rough wiring, generator services, electrical repair — including both residential and commercial electrician services across the Bay Area
◆ Plumbing: Water heater installation and repair, hydro jetting, sewer service, gas line work, pipe restoration, drain cleaning, and commercial plumbing
◆ Commercial refrigeration: Walk-in cooler repair, wine cooler service, restaurant and bar refrigeration maintenance — serving commercial businesses across the Bay Area
◆ Public works: The company also performs public works projects, extending its service beyond residential and commercial customers into municipal and infrastructure work
What the Daikin Dealer of the Year Award Actually Represents
Manufacturer dealer recognition awards are not volume trophies. Daikin evaluates its dealer network across installation quality, customer satisfaction scores, technical certification compliance, and brand representation standards alongside unit volume. A dealer who installs 956 systems but delivers inconsistent quality, generates customer complaints, or fails to meet Daikin's commissioning standards does not win the Top Dealer of the Year award.
The fact that Fuse Service won it — with 2,700-plus reviews averaging 4.9 stars, a Daikin showroom, factory-trained certified technicians, and a company-wide commitment to 12-year labour warranties — is evidence that the volume and the quality went together. 956 installations is the number. But behind it is a team that has been building something real in the Bay Area since 2017: a home services company that customers trust, return to, and tell their neighbours about.
