This tip was written by HVAC Applications and Technical Specialist Dakota Brown. Thanks, Dakota! As a technician, it was always the same old story: Are you done yet? There was always pressure from the office—either from the dispatcher, service manager, or project manager—to get the job done and get it done quickly. When I became […]

I recently received a message asking for a discussion of relative humidity (RH), wet-bulb (WB), and dry-bulb (DB). Time and time again, I hear techs say that condensation occurs when “hot meets cold,” which may be true in some cases. However, that is only a shorthand way to describe it and doesn't really address what […]

Why Defrost? Let's start with the basics and move on from there. Defrost is necessary when the coil temperature drops below 32°F. Defrost can be as simple as turning the compressor off for a period of time or as elaborate as reversing the flow of refrigerant for the whole system or just parts of the […]