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The Air Conditioning Category includes several articles on HVAC air conditioning that will help you understand air conditioning and air conditioners better. From the basics of air conditioner components to unclogging a drain we will help you here find the information you need to maintain and possibly repair your air conditioner or air conditioning system.
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The Air Filter Category offers information about HVAC air filters for your air conditioner and heating system. Technical informational articles help you select the best filter for indoor air quality. Additional articles concern Electronic Air Cleaners and how they work and why it is important to have a proper air filter maintenance schedule.
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The Direct Digital Controls category will help one understand the basics of building automation systems or direct digital controls. The direct digital controls category includes articles on programming, controllers, and other basic information to help one understand direct digital controls. Examples of programming including graphics and diagrams to help you learn about DDC and Building Automation Systems.
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The Duct Work Category offers detailed information about duct work and the importance of maintaining your duct system and how bad duct work can be robbing you of energy dollars. Learn all about duct and find out if you need to change the duct work now or wait until you get a new air conditioning and heating system installed. Additional articles include information on ventilation for your home.
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The Gas Furnaces Category offers several articles on gas furnaces including gas furnace components, gas furnace troubleshooting, and basic maintenance for gas furnaces along with articles to help you understand how gas furnaces work. Everything you need to know about gas furnaces and gas heating systems that you need to know and more.
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Check out our Oil Heating Category to learn about oil heating systems. Oil heating maintenance and additional information about oil furnace filters, oil burners, types of heating and other articles about oil furnace and oil boiler troubleshooting articles to help you learn.
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The HVAC Refrigeration Category offers information on HVAC refrigeration including HVAC compressors, compressor troubleshooting and other articles that help you understand refrigeration as it pertains to HVAC. From refrigeration articles for technicians to the DIYers who want to learn more about refrigeration and how it is used in HVAC.
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The Technical Reference Category has several articles that offers various technical references pertaining to HVAC. Lots HVAC related information from green technology to basics laws and principles used in HVAC including electrical information to help you understand motors, pumps, and basic electric circuits.
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Our Thermostats Category has all the information you need to properly select a new thermostat, troubleshoot thermostats, and how to wire a new thermostat. Check out our busiest pages in the thermostat category to learn more about your thermostat or even how to install a new thermostat.
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I have a Bryant furnace model #987MA42080V17 WITH A CARRIER part #58MV660004 blower motor (ECM 3.0) I am trying to find out how many kwh this motor uses in the low , med & high speeds. Thanks for any help, Mark
Sorry, I do not know the answer to your question. The kwh will vary so wanting to know what the kwh is for the varying speeds is understandable but the speed of an ECM isn’t determined by low, medium, or high instead it modulates based on a pre-programmed set of instructions given to it by a controller. I do know that ECM motors consume 40% less electricity than the PSC motor but that depends on the speed. The closer you get to 100% of running capacity for an ECM the less that savings curve gets as the watts savings is not linear from a PSC to an ECM for running speed. A 75,000 BTUh gas furnace with an ECM will use a little less than 400 watts when running at 100% while a PSC motor in the same furnace will need a little over 500 watts while running at 100%. There are tons of variables in this and I am not sure why you want this information except to assume you making some sort of load calculation. In basic load calculations figure 120% of the maximum usage at any given time and you should be safe.