Podcast Episodes

Short 17 - MicroChannel

Bryan talks about MicroChannel coils, what issues could happen with them, and what the best practice is to clean them.

MicroChannel coils are kind of like car radiators; they have a small, honeycomb-…

Published on 7 years, 4 months ago

Water Source - The Water Side w/ Eric Mele

In this episode, Eric Mele dives into the world of pumps, controls, cooling towers, and everything else related to the water side of a water source heating and cooling system. Many of these systems …

Published on 7 years, 4 months ago

Short 16 - Air Velocity is Useful

In this short podcast episode, Bryan covers how to measure air velocity directly at a return or supply and what those readings tell you.

Since many techs like to focus on CFM and static pressure read…

Published on 7 years, 4 months ago

Intro to Water Source Heat Pumps w/ Eric Mele

In today's podcast episode, Eric Mele walks us through the components of water source heat pumps, how they work, and what to look for. Water source heat pumps use water to transfer heat to and from …

Published on 7 years, 5 months ago

Short 15 - Testing Capacitors, A Practical Approach

In this short podcast episode, Bryan Orr discusses the best practice methods for testing run capacitors in the field.

We understand the capacitor to be a voltage storage device. We can benefit from c…

Published on 7 years, 5 months ago

Seasons of HVAC

In this episode, Bryan Orr talks about how the seasons affect our HVAC work and how to manage stress during the busy season.

If you work in the trade, you will notice that we have busy and slow seaso…

Published on 7 years, 5 months ago

Short 14 - The Voltage Drop Tool

In today's short podcast episode, Bryan discusses the voltage drop measurement tool, also commonly known as the voltmeter. You can also find this voltage drop tool on multimeters. You use them to che…

Published on 7 years, 5 months ago

Commercial vs. Residential w/ AK HVAC

In today's podcast episode, we have a conversation about the pros and cons of commercial vs. residential HVAC with Andrew Greaves. (You may know him as AK HVAC on Youtube. Check out his channel HERE…

Published on 7 years, 5 months ago

Short 13 - 3 things the condenser does

In this short podcast, Bryan covers three things that the condenser does. He also explains where those things happen and what those they mean in terms of system operation.

The evaporator coil does tw…

Published on 7 years, 5 months ago

Short 12 - The First 4 Rules to Learn

Many techs have said, "That's the first thing you should have learned in school." In today's short podcast, Bryan talks about the four rules that have his vote for the first things to learn in school…

Published on 7 years, 5 months ago