Air Handler Reviews Category Index
Here you will the editors technical reviews for specific brands and some air handler brand models plus consumer opinions for specific brands in the comments section below the technical air handler review. If you have any questions or comments to the staff here at High Performance HVAC please use our contact form.
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Thermostat Selection Guide | HVAC Control
Thermostat Selection Guide - This article will help you select the right type of thermostat for the HVAC system you have installed. It offers a comparison matrix for you to choose the right thermostat replacement. Get it right the first time!!! So you have made a...
Air Conditioner Ductwork Leaks | Leaky Duct Work
Air Conditioner Ductwork Leaks | Leaky Duct Work - A good consideration when replacing the air conditioning system is the ductwork. Ductwork seems to be the most ignored part of an HVAC system. However, it is a very important consideration in this age of new...
What Happens When My Boiler is Flooded
What Happens When My Boiler is Flooded - Richard, What Happens When My Boiler is Flooded? - Hurricane Irene was a disaster for us as we live in a Northern state that was hit by flooding from the rain of Hurricane Irene. As a result of the loss of power and the...
Ammonia Chilled Water System | Commercial HVAC
This chilled water unit is a new ammonia chiller. This unit is also unique in that it has no compressor. Instead, it uses the chemical properties of ammonia and heat from natural gas to condense the refrigerant which is ammonia. A chiller provides chilled water to a...
Hot Water Boiler Economizer PreHeater | Energy Efficiency
Hot Water Boiler Economizer PreHeater | Energy Efficiency - This is a hot water economizer and is a big preheater for domestic hot water use. This hot water boiler plant serves a large community for heating and domestic hot water use. Domestic hot water is used for...
Variable Frequency Drives or VFDs | Energy Efficiency
Variable Frequency Drives VFDs | Energy Efficiency - In HVAC variable frequency drives add energy efficiency and precise control for fans and pumps. The VFDs offer demand control for airflow and water in chilled water systems, hot water systems, and air handling...
VAV Air Handler | HVAC Zoning
VAV Air Handlers are ideal for providing zones in a commercial building. Office space typically has several offices and open areas that need to be conditioned for the comfort of the people working in those areas or offices. By installing VAV boxes and zoning the...
DDC Controlled Chilled Water Actuator | HVAC Automation
DDC Controlled Chilled Water Actuator | HVAC Automation. This chilled water actuator is attached to a valve which supplies chilled water to the air handling unit. The air handling has a chilled water coil. The actuator modulates the valve based on a set point inside...
Air Handler Components 3 | HVAC Air Handling
Air Handler Components 3 - Hot water coils inside of air handler units combine a boiler system or a special capacity hot water heater and forced air to provide forced-air heating. The concept is simple and used a lot in commercial and some in residential. Commercial...
Condensing Unit Too Close to House | HVAC Basics
Condensing Unit Too Close to House - This condensing unit was too close to the house to effectively reject heat. It was a bad HVAC condensing unit installation job by the HVAC installers. A mechanical inspector rejected the final permit until the condensing unit was...
Start Capacitors for HVAC Compressors | Motor Start Assist
Start Capacitors for HVAC Compressors - HVAC single-phase compressors always come hooked up to a run capacitor. This helps the compressor when it is running, however, very few HVAC compressors come with a start capacitor. Most HVAC technicians know HVAC compressors...
Pricing New Air Conditioner | HVAC Heating and Cooling
Pricing New Air Conditioner - We get emails on a regular basis asking us about prices. Prices for a new air conditioner, heat pump system, boilers, and other types of HVAC systems. This article addresses those questions and why it is nearly impossible to give anyone...
Air Conditioner Condensation Problems – Condensate Drain Plugged
Air Conditioner Condensation Problems - It is important for air conditioning preventive maintenance to be performed on your system to avoid problems. Condensation water leaking near the air handling unit can be avoided with proper air conditioning repair and...
How to Fix a Frozen Air Conditioner | Troubleshooting 101
What you will learn from the Frozen Air Conditioner article: the major two reasons why your air conditioner has ice on it somewhere (otherwise you likely wouldn't be here) the difference between a heat pump and an air conditioner in winter and summer...
Furnace Water Leak Condensate Problem
Furnace Water Leak Condensate Problem - Richard, My furnace is leaking water. It is summertime, so I am not using it for heat except for the blower fan which is hooked up to the air conditioner and the heat. I know the pipes from the outside units run into a box on...
VAV Box Types Fan Powered and Shut Off
VAV Box Types Fan Powered and Shut Off VAV Boxes - When attempting to name the different types of VAV boxes we find there are different names given to VAV boxes by different people and we find that no one is on the same page when VAV boxes are definitively defined. We...
DDC Outside Air Economizer System | HVAC Control
DDC Outside Air Economizer System - Outside louvers allow the DDC control system to open dampers and introduce fresh air into the building. Building automation system, or the energy management system as it is sometimes called, monitors outside air temperature and...
AC Condensing Units | Air Conditioners & Heat Pumps
HVAC Condensing Units Condensing Units caution - Air Conditioning and Heating equipment uses high voltage. Caution is always advised when working around high voltage. When in doubt call a professional. Safety First!! What you will learn from this...
Basic Electric Circuits for HVAC
Basic Electric Circuits for HVAC - If you are new to electricity and want to learn you need to start with the fundamentals of electricity first. Included in the basics of electricity and the primary lesson in electricity is electrical safety. Electricity can be very...
Air Conditioner History | HVAC Information
Air Conditioner History - Air Conditioning has become a necessity in modern times as building designs have changed making it necessary to have some way to air-condition and cool buildings where windows cannot be opened. Throughout history, all the way up to the 70′s,...
How Air Conditioning Works | HVAC Cooling
How Air Conditioning Works - Ever wonder how air conditioner works in a house? AC's work by removing the heat from the space they service. An AC is simply a big refrigerator that uses the process of refrigeration to provide cooling for a building. AC's work by using...
Boiler Pipe Insulation – Energy Efficiency
Boiler Pipe Insulation - Energy Efficiency - Richard, I have lots of my boiler pipe under the house in a crawl space and some in the basement, and none of this pipe is insulated. I just bought the house last year and this past winter my gas bill was crazy high. Can I...
Data Center Commissioning Basics | HVAC Functional Testing
Data Center Commissioning - A load bank that gives a heat load for testing the cooling system in a data center. The load banks are also used to give the electrical system a load for testing the data centers electrical equipment and redundancy. PDU's or Power...
Heat Pump Sequence of Operation – HVAC Technical
Heat Pump Sequence of Operation - Every electrical-mechanical piece of equipment has a sequence of operation. While some manufacturers of heat pumps vary slightly with their heat pump sequence of operation the overall sequence of operation for a heat pump is the same...
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