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Vacuum Pump Basics w/ Kevan Mayer
How does a vacuum pump work? When should you change the oil? What does that oil do anyway? Kevan Mayer of NAVAC comes on the podcast to answer these …
7 years, 7 months ago
Short #20 - Tips for Service Valves
In today's short podcast episode, Bryan covers some tips about HVAC/R service valves and caps for new technicians. While service valves may seem simp…
7 years, 7 months ago
Hard Shut Off TXVs
Jamie Kitchen returns to the podcast and talks all about hard shut off TXVs/TEVs. He discusses bleed and non-bleed valves and why the TXV type matte…
7 years, 7 months ago
Short 19 - Superheat, Evaporator vs. Compressor
In today's podcast, we cover why both compressor and evaporator superheat matter. We also address some common confusion related to each.
Evaporator …
7 years, 7 months ago
Pulling a Vacuum 2.0 w/ Jim Bergmann
In today's podcast, Jim Bergmann joins us to talk about evacuation. He discusses pulling a vacuum, conductance speed, microns, core removal, decay ra…
7 years, 7 months ago
Short 18 - Can You Freeze Water in a Vacuum?
In today's short podcast episode, Jim Bergmann and Bryan answer the age-old question: Can you really freeze water in a vacuum by pulling down too fa…
7 years, 7 months ago
What We Learn From HVAC/R Trade School
In this episode, we talk with two techs recently out of trade school. We get their perspective on their trade education and how it compares to the f…
7 years, 7 months ago
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…
7 years, 7 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 …
7 years, 7 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 t…
7 years, 8 months ago