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Portable Chiller and Heat Exchanger Tube Cleaning

Get innovative chiller tube cleaning technology at an affordable price. The brand new, lightweight SC-TC-60 is perfect for heat exchanger tube cleaning and thoroughly cleans chiller tubes and heat exchanger tubes using advanced features like reversible shaft rotation and integrated water flush to clean loosened debris. The high performance nylon covered shaft deep cleans smooth bore tubes, leaving them debris-free and with dramatically higher heat exchange efficiency.

Mini-Split Bib® Kit

The Mini-Split Bib Kit is the fastest way to clean ductless mini-split coils, blower wheels and more. If you are a contractor, you simply have to have one, or two, in your truck. This kit allows you to safely and quickly clean virtually any mini-split system the correct way using pressurized water on coils, blower wheels and more. The patented technology keeps water away from walls and other surroundings and directs it into the 5 gallon bucket for disposal, so it’s clean and safe all around.

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Bryan describes the tricky concept of power factor and why we should care about it. He also compares power factor to a beer mug to make the topic easier to understand.

Power is often represented on a sine wave, which is a curvy line that marks the state of electrical energy at different points on a circle. Power gets stronger and weaker, and it goes above and below the neutral line depending on the excess or deficit of electrons.

Unity power factor refers to a power factor of 1, indicating that voltage and amperage are perfectly balanced; there is no lag. However, an inductance (a form of resistance) opposes the current and causes an imbalance between current and voltage. Power loss or quality refers to the difference between the input and output power that results.

Apparent power refers to volt-amps, which we’d traditionally consider to be the wattage; however, in an inductive load, the true or real power (wattage) accounts for that power loss and comes from volts x amps x power factor. We can imagine power factor as a mug of beer: apparent power (VA) is the entire mug, the foam is reactive power (wasted), and the beer itself is real power. The power company only charges for the real power, not the reactive power. However, a power factor closer to unity can help prevent motor windings or wires from overheating.

To get closer to unity power factor, we need to make sure we have a run capacitor of the correct size. You can measure power factor with a power quality meter.

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