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 […]

This article was inspired by a podcast episode about the house being the most underappreciated duct with Joe Medosch. You can listen to that podcast HERE. We probably think about sheet metal, flex duct, or the ever-controversial duct board when we think about ducts. It’s probably shiny and out of sight in most homes. But […]

In many cases when a low-voltage or control circuit blows a fuse, it's because one of the circuits is shorted to ground or common. That may happen because of rubbed-out wires, shorted components or boards, etc. Routing wires sensibly and using proper grommets to avoid rubouts and shorts will help prevent those problems. Less commonly, […]