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Old Bell Gossett Circulator Pump Bearing Assembly

Old Bell Gossett Circulator Pump Bearing Assembly - This very old Bell Gossett Circulator pump and bearing assembly was found still functioning even after being flooded out several times in a basement. The pump, probably on its last leg, is at least 20 years old and...

How Hot Surface Ignition Works

How Hot Surface Ignition Works - Hot surface ignition is a method of lighting a gas furnace. It is used in many different types of gas furnaces in use today. You may be wondering how hot surface ignition works? Therefore we decided to write an article on it so you can...

Air Conditioner Condensation Water Dripping – Condensate Leaks

Air Conditioner Condensation Water Dripping - It’s the heat of summer or even the beginning of the season. You turn on your air conditioner for the first time. Hopefully, you’ve already had all the preventive maintenance checks done, and there are no problems....

Commercial Boiler Stack Economizer | HVAC Heating

Commercial Boiler Stack Economizer - This is not a normal commercial boiler stack in this boiler room. It has a bypass stack for a commercial hot water economizer. All boilers have make-up water to make up for water lost in the systems, especially for domestic hot...

Top 12 Gas Furnaces

Top 12 Gas Furnaces - Based on ratings and reviews, we have compiled a list of the top 12 gas furnaces. Hopefully, this list will help you winnow down the gas furnace product you may be seeking to purchase. You can follow each product listed in the gas furnace reviews...

Motor Controls for HVAC – Residential Air Conditioning and Heating

Motor Controls for HVAC - Motor controls are necessary to start and stop air conditioning and heating motors automatically or manually. The most common manual motor control for air conditioning and heating is the thermostat. The thermostat starts and stops the blower...

Air Conditioner Squirrel Cage Blower | HVAC Air Flow

Air Conditioner Squirrel Cage Blower | HVAC blower motors move the air through the system. The blower motor is sized based on the amount of air flow necessary for the system. This blower motor is the supply fan for the supply air in a large commercial York AHU. An...

Gas Furnace Components 2 | HVAC Heating

Gas Furnace Components 2 - Gas Burners - Depending on the type of gas furnace and how the gas furnace was engineered will depend on the type of gas burners. Inshot burners generally shoot a flame into the combustion chamber where an induced draft exists. For sealed...

Finding a Good HVAC Company | Buyers Advice

Finding a good HVAC Company - Finding a good, honest, and reliable HVAC contractor or service company that will take care of all your HVAC needs doesn't have to be a challenge. There are plenty of good-quality heating and cooling companies out there competing for your...

HVAC Definitions | Heating & Cooling Terminology

HVAC Definitions - In air conditioning and heating the name HVAC is often used. HVAC stands for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning. Other acronyms are less used to describe air conditioning and heating applications is HVACR or heating, ventilation, air...

The Condenser in the Refrigeration Process | HVAC Heating & Cooling

The Condenser in the Refrigeration Process - The condenser coil receives the high-pressure high-temperature refrigerant vapor from the compressor and immediately begins to remove heat from the refrigerant vapor. As the refrigerant vapor makes its way through the...

Changing a Standing Pilot Boiler to Electronic Ignition – Conversion Upgrade

Changing a Standing Pilot Boiler to Electronic Ignition - Conversion Upgrade - How many times have you spent time in the cold trying to light a pilot light on a standing pilot gas system? I am certain if you are a service technician, then the previous sentence can be...

Steam Boilers

The residential steam boiler is still alive and well despite the fact that some HVAC professionals refer to it and the steam boiler profession as the dead man's club. However, there are not a lot of HVAC boiler technicians or HVAC companies that specialize in steam...

Building Automation Systems | HVAC Control

What you will learn from this Building Automation Systems article: The efficiency and conveniences Building Automation Systems add to the building control systems and HVAC systems How Building Automation enhances building energy savings and...

Liquid to Vapor Propane Evaporators | HVAC Heating

These evaporators serve a large complex where natural gas is unavailable. The complex needed fuel for boilers for heating and domestic hot water so these evaporators were installed too along with two very large LP tanks to handle the heating needs of the complex. As...

Goodman Versus Carrier Air Conditioners

Goodman Versus Carrier Air Conditioners - Comparing Goodman to Carrier is not a difficult thing to do for an HVAC technician or someone in the HVAC industry. However, comparing premium models from Goodman to Carrier depends on what you are looking for in an air...

New Thermostat Problem or Gas Furnace Issue

New Thermostat Problem or Gas Furnace Issue - Richard, I have a natural gas thermostat I just replaced this with a new Honeywell thermostat. It was working fine, but in the last couple of days, I have to switch it off then on to get the unit to run and heat. It never...

Benefits of Building Automation Systems | HVAC Controls

Benefits of Building Automation Systems - Modern buildings use DDC controls for building automation systems. Building automation systems offer energy savings because they are energy management systems. These systems allow management to automatically control many...

York Air Conditioner Reviews – Consumer Ratings

York Air Conditioner Reviews - Consumer Ratings - York makes a full line of air conditioning systems ranging in sizes from 1.5 tons all the way up to the monster systems that serve large commercial buildings. Their residential air conditioner systems range in various...

Boiler Pressure Problem

Boiler Pressure Problem - Hello, where I live, it’s mostly gas furnaces with air conditioners or heat pumps. My boiler just started causing problems with high pressure. I work in HVAC as a technician but do not have a lot of experience with hot water or steam boilers....

Trane Air Conditioner Reviews – Consumer Ratings

Trane Air Conditioner Reviews - Consumer Ratings - Trane offers nearly a dozen different models for air conditioning systems ranging from 13 SEER to 21 SEER models that can be matched with their air handlers or gas furnaces. Furthermore, if done properly you may also...

12 Best Air Conditioner Brands

What's the Best Brand of Air Conditioner? Prelude to the 12 Best Air Conditioner Brands: Many people ask me all the time, what is the best air conditioner brand? I can only give you a rating from my experience in the field from the quality of the product I’ve but want...

Natural Gas Burners and Burner Tubes

Natural Gas Burners and Burner Tubes - These natural gas burners control the gas as it enters the gas burner tubes. The gas burner tubes have little holes which control the amount of gas that exits the top of the gas burner tubes. The black pipe running out of the gas...

Honeywell Heat Pump Thermostat Troubleshooting

Honeywell Heat Pump Thermostat Troubleshooting. Hello Richard! We have a Honeywell VisionPro (8000) thermostat with a Carrier heat pump that has two stages for heating and cooling. We are having problems with the staging of the system, especially in heating mode. I...

Boiler Systems Installation | HVAC Heating

Boiler Systems Installation - Purchasing a boiler can be daunting for most people. Many people do not understand boilers and do not know certain components of boiler systems. Typically they trust the installing contractor to outfit and install the boiler with all the...

Window Unit Air Conditioners Heat Pumps | HVAC Portable Units

Window Unit Air Conditioners Heat Pumps - First of all, window unit air conditioners are a popular way of providing cooling in small to medium-sized rooms. Window unit air conditioners are easy to install. They usually only require someone with the strength to lift...

Lighting a Pilot that is Electronic Ignition

Lighting a Pilot that is Electronic Ignition - This is one of many questions we get by email. Lighting a Pilot that is Electronic Ignition Comment: Thank you for your interesting discussion of pilot lights vs. electronic ignition. I may have to replace my gas water...

Heat Pump Leaking Refrigerant Question

Heat Pump Leaking Refrigerant - Is my Heat Pump Low on Refrigerant? I get this question a lot from both my customers and my site visitors. They tell me every year a technician comes out and pumps a few pounds of refrigerant into their unit and it's good again for...

Rheem Air Conditioner Reviews – Consumer Ratings

Rheem Air Conditioner Reviews - Consumer Ratings - Rheem offers several economical air conditioning systems from 13 SEER to 20 SEER for residential and light commercial. Rheem air conditioners come in the Prestige series air conditioner or the Classic series air...

Payne Air Conditioner Reviews – Consumer Ratings

Payne Air Conditioner Reviews - Consumer Ratings - Payne offers central air conditioning systems in the 13 SEER to 17 SEER range in various capacities for residential systems. These ratings also include ranging in EER from 11 to 13 with mid-range models splitting the...

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