Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning Training For Beginners
Step into success with a career in HVAC! Are you looking for a career opportunity that can make money and offer the potential to travel around the country? If you are not planning on pursuing a Master’s Degree, but want an education that will open doors of opportunity, then a career as an HVAC technician … Read more
Are you getting musty, dirty sock type air conditioner smells from your HVAC unit? If so, then you’ve come to the right place to find a solution, and get your home smelling so fresh and so clean.
The very first thing that you should check would be the air filter. That’s usually the cause of it. If the air filter is clogged and dirty, that may also mean that the evaporator coil is plugged, with dirt, dust, and possibly bacterial growth.
Service-callbacks expenses plague the HVAC industry. Not only are you set to worrying about them for months after a job, but they’re most frequent during your busiest times of the year. As a business owner or manager, a bit of well-placed concern can help you prepare and train for callbacks. Of course, ultimately reducing callbacks is the goal.
So you just got out of HVAC/R trade school you may have landed your first job as an HVAC technician. Your green. If you are working for an HVAC contractor, you are more than likely going to be working under an experienced HVAC technician or installer. Here are some tips for the beginner in the industry, how to get noticed and eventually become a great HVAC technician.
I keep seeing this statistic that HVAC jobs are expected to grow up to 15% in the United States, in the next decade. This could be way off, as it could be way more. Good, well trained HVAC technicians and installers are hard to find. I, myself, have been in the industry for over 15 years. I’m going to share some of the reasons that I think why you should pursue a career in the HVAC/R field. Specifically a service/repair technician or installer
This is not a set business model or definitive answer to whether or not hvac preventative maintenance is worth it. It’s to educate you on what types of hvac preventative maintenance may be done by the handy homeowner who wants to save a buck, to the person that may have 20 different systems in their business or home, and needs to outsource HVAC maintenance. By the end of this article you should have a better understanding on whether or not professional hvac maintenance is for you or not.
If your central air conditioner is freezing up then I am here to go over the reasons that this may be happening. Some of the causes you may be able to fix yourself, while other causes will require you to call for service. I am going to list the possible causes that I have personally ran into, in order, from most likely to least likely. This is all based upon my personal experience from working on central air conditioning units.
Warning: Do not attempt to troubleshoot refrigerant charge on central air conditioning units unless you are EPA 608 type II Certified.
This article refers to troubleshooting refrigerant charge on 410a and R22 residential air conditioning systems. Although many of the principles will carry over to other types of refrigerants and drop-ins. I will be sharing a pressure chart that may help you troubleshoot low pressure symptoms, high pressure symptoms. As well as other potential problems you may run into when trying to get your r410a or r22 systems to normal operating pressures.
Before attempting to learn how to charge an a/c system, you need to have your Section 608 Technician Certification Type 2, or Universal. There’s lots of different equipment out there, and if you want the real answer on charging an air conditioning system, I might tell you to charge the unit according to manufacturer specs. But if you want to see how I charge a central a/c system, continue reading.