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Roman Baugh

Company name: Kalos Services (Commercial Heavy HVAC)

Position: Director of Commercial HVAC

Roman Baugh joined the Kalos Team as the Director of Commercial HVAC in 2023 after serving as the technical service manager for Daikin North America. He has extensive variable refrigerant volume/flow (VRV/VRF) system experience and has been on several educational podcasts to share his knowledge of VRV/VRF technology.

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Oscilloscope Systems and Settings

This is part two of our four-part series on oscilloscope fundamentals. Special thanks to Andrew Holden for his contributions. In our last tech tip on oscilloscopes, we learned about some safety basics, waveforms, and measurements. We’re going to dive a little deeper into systems and settings on the oscilloscope in this tech tip. Systems are […]

Oscilloscopes 101

This tech tip is the first in a four-part series on using oscilloscopes. I'd like to give a special thanks to Andrew Holden for his contributions to this particular tech tip. When we want to measure voltage between two points, we reach for a multimeter. A multimeter can tell us the average electrical potential between […]

Léon Creux’s Scroll Design: From Initial Failure to an Enduring Legacy

The HVAC/R industry isn’t short on tragic figures. There’s John Gorrie, whose ice machine showed a lot of promise but didn’t have enough financial backing due to the lucrative ice industry and the death of his business partner. While Gorrie may have died without seeing his vision reach the masses, he was ahead of his […]

Communication is Key

So You Want to Service VRF?

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Compressor Teardown

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Heat Pump Water Heater Troubleshooting Guide

VIPER WETRAG Demonstration: Why You Need Heat-Blocking Putty

VRV Data Analysis Class Part 1

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Keys to VRF Maintenance w/ Roman

In this episode of the HVAC School podcast, Bryan Orr sits down with Roman Baugh, a leading VRF (Variable Refrigerant Flow) specialist and co-host of the VRF Tech Talk podcast, for an in-depth exploration of VRF system maintenance. The conversation begins with some lighthearted back-and-forth before shifting to the technical realities of maintaining VRF […]

Why VRF Compressors Die w/ Roman

In this episode, Bryan and Roman dive deep into the world of Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF) systems, focusing on the persistent issue of compressor failures. VRF technology has evolved, and it has seen a major rise in the North American market since the early 2010s. Roman shares his passion for VRF, tracing its origins […]

Roman SpeakPipe VRF – Short #235

In this short podcast episode, Roman Baugh takes over the HVAC School podcast to answer a listener-submitted question about VRF (or VRV) system evacuation. Evacuation is a critical step of making repairs on VRF systems, which are very diverse and versatile but require a high level of understanding. VRF systems have multiple indoor units […]

Troubleshooting Inverter Boards

Let's talk about the magic that is inverters and how to test the boards that drive this technology. Inverters play an extremely important role in household appliances, industrial machinery, and the rising popularity of household HVAC systems. Inverters consist of a wide variety of electronic circuitry, and there are many situations in which they need […]

Pull The Condenser Top

The photo above is from a video one of my techs took of proper condenser cleaning. I must say, he did a GREAT job of cleaning the coil, and he was very careful with the top. However, I STILL would have liked to see him pull the condenser top completely during a full maintenance procedure. […]

False Alarms: The Legacy of Phosgene Gas

We’ve all been in the unenviable position of unsweating a compressor and getting blasted in the eyes with a waft of gas that smells like burning sulfur from the pits of Hades. As we stagger back, covering our noses and holding our breaths, memories of the phrase “phosphene gas” from trade school or World War […]

Purge Your Hoses

The title says it all. It should be one of the first things you learn when you started. However, I have seen a lot of experienced techs who seldom (if ever) do it. When connecting to a tank, purge your hose by cracking the center connection at the manifold for a second. When connecting to […]