Items Tagged with 'measurement in HVACR'

Don Fort, senior technical trainer, Heatcraft, walks HVAC technicians through the process of measuring superheat in a system.

Residential HVAC system design is a foundational step in the process to deliver predictable comfort, and estimating the heat loss and gain of a dwelling is the cornerstone of that process.

Service technicians need to be careful when reading the pressure/temperature chart because if they choose the wrong values, they will make mistakes diagnosing the system.

Is performing a Manual J load calculation needed in residential retrofit applications? For the industry energy experts sitting behind a desk, yes. For those of us in the real world, it doesn't make sense.

Without proper cleaning and maintenance, many products that have been designed to improve the quality of air within a building or home will start to falter. That’s where contractors come in.

Bowling is a game that provides instant feedback. Testing the airside of an HVAC system has some interesting similarities. Let’s look a little deeper at some lessons bowling can teach us about airside testing.

Technicians should pull the necessary vacuum to ensure the system they are working on is properly evacuated.

Implementing company-wide static pressure measurements can be tough. Let’s look at how you can use red flags to improve your static pressure measurement consistency and reduce callbacks.

Is it time for our industry to consider using pascals for static pressure measurements? What would the transition from inches of water column to pascals look like and how hard would it be?