I am consistently surprised by how much false information still circulates out in the field, and one of the ones I hear often is the idea that you cannot or should not “top-off” or recharge R410a systems on top of an existing charge of R410a when the system is low. So, to be clear, before […]

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 […]

As we have mentioned in several previous articles (such as this one HERE), many blended refrigerants have glide, which simply means they boil and condense over a range of temperatures instead of just one temperature. As an example, consider refrigerant R407c. It is a zeotropic blend, which means it has enough glide to make a […]