Rich Benninghoff

It’s always good to reaffirm some of the basics of energy, work, and matter. The five rules below are some of the most basic and important. The First Law of Thermodynamics States that energy cannot be created or destroyed. It can only change forms or be transferred from one object to another. If you’d like […]

Condensate overflow prevention devices, or float switches, as they are often called, are such simple devices that you wouldn’t think there would be much room for controversy. In my experience, there are few areas of the trade where technician and installer preferences and opinions vary greatly. Let’s start with some float switch basics. Float (condensate) […]

I once heard someone say, and I have since repeated many times, that BTUs ride on the back of cubic feet of air (CFM). As I’ve learned more, I’ve come to the conclusion that the weight or mass of the air passing over the evaporator coil is far more important to understand both in terms […]

In this short podcast from AHR 2022, Leilani Orr and Eric Kaiser talk with the president and CEO of Malco Tools, Rich Benninghoff. Rich discusses some of the exciting new tools that Malco is bringing to the market and some plans for the future, especially when it comes to education. Malco has developed the Eagle-Grip, […]