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  • Don’t Fall for Unsafe Practices: Heights in HVAC
  • Does Voltage or Amperage Kill You?
  • Does Air or Nitrogen Absorb Water?
  • Decoding Measurement Lingo
  • The Difference Between Variable-Speed and X13 Motors
  • Drain Trap Depth and Negative Pressure
  • Diagnosing ECM & X13 Motors
  • Deploy Industry-Standard Training in YOUR HVAC Business
  • Does your Kitchen Exhaust Suck?
  • Plenum Takeoffs Best Practices
  • Does Mass or Volume Move Heat?
  • Diagnosing a Reversing Valve
  • Dunning-Kruger in HVAC
  • Do Small Air Leaks Matter?
  • Don’t Forget the Suction Filter Drier
  • Diagnosing and Finding a Refrigerant Restriction
  • Does Refrigerant Get Old or Wear Out?
  • Does An Oversized Furnace Consume More Fuel?
  • Don’t Forget the Service Wrench
  • Don’t Use Barometric Pressure For Calibration
  • Does a Motor Draw More or Less at lower Voltage?
  • Defrost Termination & Fail-Safe
  • Don’t Squeeze a Radiant Barrier
  • Ductless Line Sets and Corrosion
  • Dalton’s Law
  • Do You Replace the Contactor and Capacitor With a New Compressor
  • Drain Cleaning Protocol
  • Dielectric Grease: What It Is and How To Use It
  • Does Setpoint Lead to Freezing?
  • Do You REALLY Want Feedback?
  • Don’t Forget the Panel
  • Don’t Install Your Micron Gauge at the Pump
  • Dalton’s Law of Partial Pressures
  • Double Lugging, A Common Mistake
  • Don’t Get Depressed (Unless You’re a Core)
  • Defrost Time & Temperature
  • Duct Smoke Detectors/Alarms and the Code
  • Dehumidifier Facts & Troubleshooting
  • Does a Furnace Decrease Humidity?
  • Design Temperature Difference for Chillers 
  • How to Determine the Friction Rate for Residential Duct Design
  • Drip Loops and Straws
  • Duct Leakage Can Be Costly
  • Density of Air & Water Part 2
  • Diffuser Placement is Important
  • Determining the Air-Side Charge of an Expansion Tank
  • Drains and Double traps
  • Don’t use Tank Caps on Systems

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