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Mar 28, 2018

In this podcast episode, refrigeration tech Eric Mele talks us through some common characteristics of walk-in freezers and refrigerators. Eric recently discussed reach-in refrigerators on the podcast, and you can listen to him talk about those HERE.

Common walk-in applications include coolers, freezers, and wine rooms....


Mar 27, 2018

In this short podcast episode, Bryan covers some basic best practices for wire routing and wire connections in HVAC work.

When it comes to electrical work of any kind, the wires must have proper protection. For example, the wires must be in the proper conduits. They must also work on appliances that they are rated for....


Mar 21, 2018

In the second part of this podcast series, Jim covers the basics of furnace commissioning in more detail with some common-sense practices. (Listen to Part 1 HERE.) Even though installers set up a furnace system, the technicians help with the equipment startup and commissioning. That way, two parties can ensure that...


Mar 19, 2018

In this short podcast episode, Bryan talks about blower taps in furnace systems. He explains how to set up their fan speeds and repair them.

Before you even look at the blower taps in a system, you must know a bit about the system design. Is the system supposed to remove high amounts of sensible heat? What is the...


Mar 15, 2018

In today's podcast episode, Jim Bergmann covers furnace commissioning, including setting up furnace input, clocking the meter, setting temperature rise, and much more. The goal of commissioning is to optimize a furnace's efficiency; we want to make sure we correctly engineer the intake/exhaust system to extract as much...