Wes Davis
Company name: Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA)
Position: Technical Services Director

Wes Davis serves as the Technical Services Director for ACCA. He manages the development and maintenance of ACCA’s American national standards and technical manuals. He oversees HVACR education and supervises Quality-Assured contractor accreditation.  He oversees the representation of HVAC contractor interests in the model code development process. He directs responses to ACCA member contractor inquiries, as well as those from consumers and code enforcement officials. Wes was a NATE-certified technician and a licensed South Carolina HVAC contractor. He also wrote Bob’s House, and he serves on ASHRAE technical committees and the RESNET’s Standards Management Board.

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Testing, Recovery, and Charging a Sealed System
There are many appliances with compression refrigeration circuits that do not have ports installed for testing, recovery, charging, and evacuation.  These can include window units, PTACs, fountains, refrigerators, and much more. This fact presents a challenge any time you suspect or know there is a refrigerant circuit issue. How can you diagnose and repair when […]
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Flash Gas
When we say that there is “flash gas” at a particular point in the system, it can either be a bad thing or a good thing, depending on where it is occurring. Flash gas is just another term for boiling. It is perfectly normal (and required) that refrigerant “flashes” or begins boiling directly after the […]
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What You Know About Start Winding Inrush Current Might Be Wrong
Take a look at the specs from this Copeland scroll compressor pulled from the Copeland Mobile App (which is an incredible app, by the way). These specs are for a single-phase compressor, so the amperages listed are based on an amperage reading from the wire connected to the common terminal. LRA is the locked rotor […]
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