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Best Practices to Conserve A2L Refrigerants in a Shortage
If you own your HVAC company or are involved in management, you may have realized that our industry is currently facing a shortage of new A2L refrigerants, particularly R-454B and R-32.  Our own company has faced limited availability and long lead times, mainly due to supply chain disruptions and the increased demand now that our […]
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Wet Bulb and Enthalpy – The Left Side of the Chart
It's incredibly useful to understand wet-bulb temperature and air enthalpy when calculating actual system capacity and human comfort. Dry-bulb temperature is a reading of the average molecular velocity of dry air. However, it does not account for the actual heat content of the air or the evaporative cooling effect of the air. When air is […]
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High-Pressure vs. Low-Pressure Shell Scrolls: A Deeper Dive
I want to share something that came up in a recent discussion with Roman Baugh about VRF systems, and it made me realize I might have had a blind spot regarding scroll compressor designs. We were talking specifics, and he brought up high-pressure shell compressors. My immediate thought was, “Hold on, aren't scrolls low-pressure shell […]
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What Is A2L Mitigation Going To Look Like? W/ Clifton B.
 In this podcast, Bryan and Clifton discuss the upcoming transition to A2L refrigerants, like R-32 and R-454B, and what A2L mitigation is going to look like. These mildly flammable refrigerants will be used in place of R-410A for residential air conditioning systems due to an HFC phase-down driven by legislation and international agreements. They […]
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Free Tech Support w/ Clifton Beck
In this short podcast episode, Clifton Beck joins us to talk about Bluon’s free tech support and resources available to technicians and installers. Clifton has been very in touch with the HVAC technician community since he got his start in the trades, and he has taken that into tech support. He has noticed that the […]
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