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Eric Fitz

Company name: Amply

Position: Co-founder & Co-CEO

Eric Fitz is co-founder, co-CEO, and CTO of Amply Energy, a company that makes game-changing software for heat pump installers. Amply is one of nine software products that is ACCA Powered by Manual J. Eric holds an MS in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, a BE in Engineering Sciences from Dartmouth College, and a BA in Physics from Colby College. He is also Design for Six Sigma certified.

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Silicon Carbide vs. Silicon Nitride Hot Surface Ignitors (HSIs)

The ignitor of a furnace (or a gas pool heater or other gas-fired appliance) is the heat source, and it can come in one of four varieties: standing pilot, direct spark (DS), intermittent spark (ISI), and hot surface (HSI). We have a tech tip explaining each of these ignitor types in detail, but we’re going […]

The Many Uses of Thermal Imaging Cameras in HVAC

When most of us think about tools of the trade, a few main ones come to mind: manifold, multimeter, vacuum pumps, recovery machines… the list goes on. One that may NOT come up nearly as often as it probably should is the thermal imaging camera. A few symposiums ago, Bill Spohn and Eric “Elk” Kaiser […]

Replacing an Evaporator Coil

Evaporator coil leaks are a fact of life in the industry. (We could have a long and lively discussion about how evap coils aren’t made like they used to be, but that’s for another day.) When you have an evaporator leak on a system, you’ll have two choices to fix the problem: replace the coil […]