We’ll never run out of content to discuss as long as thermostatic expansion valves exist. Deal with it. Today, we’re going to focus on the powerheads of TXVs. This article will focus on what the powerheads do, how they work, and some basic troubleshooting procedures involving TXV powerheads.   What is a powerhead, and where […]

A friend of mine was telling me that a utility had the idea that they could reduce energy consumption by turning HVAC equipment on and off rapidly during times of high load. In their minds, wouldn't it be better to spread out the off time rather than keeping the system off for longer periods and […]

  We've all heard about glide, but what is it really, and how does it affect our system? Glide, or temperature glide, is the difference between the bubble point and the dew point of the zeotropic refrigerant mixture. Well, that wasn't very helpful, was it? All we did was introduce new terms without defining them, […]