Can a Residential Tech Transistion to Market Refrigeration?
Nathan and Bryan have a rollicking conversation on his transistion from residential to markets and whats he’s learned along the way that can help you decide if moving to market refrigeration may work for you
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Preventing and Mitigating Legionnaires’ disease
We talk with chemical and cleaning expert Ray Field on Legionnaires’ disease, what it is, it’s history and what can be done to proactively prevent it.
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What Is Temperature Glide?
  We’ve all heard about glide, but what is it really, and how does it affect our system? Glide, or temperature glide, is the difference between the bubble point and the dew point of the zeotropic refrigerant mixture. Well, that wasn’t very helpful, was it? All we did was introduce new terms without defining them, […]
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Why the 20° Rule is Driving The Internet Crazy
Every year when outdoor temperatures rise, there is a rash of news stories and articles about air conditioning. We had an early heatwave this year, and many people have come out and referred to the idea of a rule of thumb of what temperature you can achieve indoors based on the outdoor temperature; most commonly […]
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Multi Tap Primary Transformers
Have you ever seen a low-voltage transformer like the one shown above? It has multiple input (primary) taps for a good reason. It is common to find three-phase and single-phase equipment rated to operate on both 240v and 208v power. That is because three-phase power can either be 208v leg to leg when the building […]
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Strip Control Wires Properly
Erich Vinson is a tech from Colorado and one of the most entertaining people I interact with online. He wrote this quick tech tip on stripping back the outer jacket properly on control wires, and it happens to also be something I preach. Thanks, Erich. In the first picture (above), you can see what happens […]
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