The HVAC industry's ongoing shift towards eco-friendly solutions continually introduces new challenges and learning opportunities. A2L refrigerants are at the forefront of this transformation, offering a lower global warming potential (GWP) than many of the refrigerants we’ve been using. They’re also mildly flammable, meaning they require some enhanced safety measures. One of these is the […]

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 […]

Every trade has its favorite phrases. One of the most common in HVAC goes something like: “I’ve been doing it this way for 20 years and never had a problem.” When you hear that—or when you catch yourself saying it—it’s worth stopping to think. Usually, what that sentence really means is: “I’ve been doing it […]

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 Don Gillis and Dr. Chuck Allgood from Chemours join the show to discuss their new easy as “1,2,3” branding around the A2L refrigerants R454A, R454B, and R454C. They explain that A2Ls are not actually flammable like hydrocarbons; they are just mildly combustible with much lower burning velocity and energy than propane or butane. The […]

Don Gillis with Emerson joins us on the podcast to teach us the basics of CO2 as a refrigerant. He explains how it works and its applications. Carbon dioxide is a colorless, odorless gas that is becoming an important refrigerant for commercial refrigeration (R-744). It is desirable because it has a low critical point and […]