Podcast Episodes

High-Efficiency Furnace Basics & Maintenance

Benoit Mongeau comes on the podcast to talk about high-efficiency gas furnace basics and maintenance practices. 

When maintaining a high-efficiency gas furnace, you typically don't have to worry abou…

Published on 9 years ago

Cutting Compressors, iManifold, and Thermal Imaging w/ Ulises Palacios

In this episode of HVAC School, Bryan talks with Ulises Palacios about some cool technology.

Ulises has become a technology expert through his many years of working with new tools. He has recently be…

Published on 9 years ago

Heat Pumps, Reversing Valves and Defrost

In this episode of HVAC School, Bryan covers the basics of heat pumps.

Heat pumps are common technologies in Florida. They reverse the sequence of the typical refrigerant circuit: the indoor coil can…

Published on 9 years ago

Relays, Sequencers, Transformers and Questionable Metaphors

In this episode, Bryan and Nathan have a banter-filled conversation about electrical components that confuse techs. If you are looking for a serious educational episode, we suggest you look elsewhere…

Published on 9 years ago

Some High Voltage Electrical Basics

This podcast is a high voltage A/C electrical class that Bryan gave to some of the Kalos apprentices.

The high voltage journey begins with basic electrical theory. Basically, a difference in charge i…

Published on 9 years ago

Gas Furnace Sequence of Operation w/ Justin Skinner

In this episode, Bryan talks to Justin Skinner about the standard gas furnace sequence of operation.

Regardless of the furnace type, it all begins with a heat call on W...

Then, the furnace checks th…

Published on 9 years, 1 month ago

Prepping Non-techs for Winter

Central Florida techs know the Southern winter all too well. Let's face it. It doesn't get super cold here regularly, but when it does, EVERYONE FREAKS. We get an abundance of service calls for unple…

Published on 9 years, 1 month ago

Some Refrigeration Thoughts for A/C Techs

In this episode of the HVAC School Podcast, Bryan talks with Jeremy Smith about refrigeration tips, terms and processes. They also cover the similarities and differences between A/C and refrigeration…

Published on 9 years, 1 month ago

Flow Nitrogen Great Again

In this episode of the HVAC School Podcast, Bryan talks with Tim Bagnall about flowing nitrogen.

Many techs don't flow nitrogen. Some may say that it is overkill, but it has been shown that flowing n…

Published on 9 years, 1 month ago

There is More to Check

In this episode, Bryan goes back over the basics and stresses the importance of diagnosing the whole system.

I'll cut to the chase: inspection is NOT overrated. Inspections help you become more famil…

Published on 9 years, 1 month ago