So, here's the thing. When I was a kid, I got to go skiing in the Rockies a few times. Sounds great, right? Well, yeah, the skiing was fantastic, but the dry air at those higher elevations? the dryness and the lack of oxygen combined felt like breathing vapor beef jerky. Cut to me getting […]

First, let's get something straight: BRAZING is when you use a filler rod that isn't the same material as the base metal but melts ABOVE 840°F. Soldering is the same but at temperatures BELOW 840°F. With HVAC rods melting at around 1200°F, it confuses me why we usually call it “silver solder” but also often call it […]

This article was written by Michael Housh, owner of Housh Home Energy and a regular contributor to HVAC School. Thanks, Michael! This is another article in trying to relate the air side of HVAC with the water side. In this article, I’m going to talk about how to determine pump flow (GPM) based on the […]