HVAC School - For Techs, By Techs

Dan Holohan speaks to Bryan about his background and journey as a writer. He also dives into his book, Pumping Away, and describes classic hydronics as he does in his book. Bryan and Dan also briefly…

In this episode, Ruth King shares some of her top insights on how to create a maintenance program if you don't have one. She teaches us to recognize a broken program and fix it.

The maintenance compo…

In this episode, Ruth breaks down some of the main things an A/C contractor needs to consider when looking at their numbers and some of the major leaks that can lead to unprofitability.

Profit and lo…

Tersh and Bryan were both techs working for other companies when they started their own businesses. This episode is a look back at what they got right, what they got wrong, and the top things that ha…

In this episode, Bryan speaks with Jim Bergmann of Redfish Instruments about his path to being a test instruments business owner. He has also worked with Testo and has teaching experience under his b…

In this podcast, Bryan talks about condensing temperature, condenser split, and subcooling. All three of the values are proportional. If one changes, all three of them will change. Saturation is also…

In this episode, Bryan talks a bit about the air side of the system. Understanding airflow is all about seeing the relationship between readings. We cover latent and sensible heat, relative humidity,…

In this episode of the HVAC School Podcast, we talk about some cool technologies and controversial tools.

Joe Shearer joins us to talk about hard start kits. Some people believe that hard start kits …

In this podcast episode, Jeremy Smith comes on the podcast to talk about low-ambient controls, headmaster valves, charging, and condenser flooding.

If our head pressure drops too much, we won't get e…

Bryan takes a break from the technical talk and tells a quick story about how two brothers fueled an industry and created an empire with raw sibling rivalry. Bryan co-owns a family business, and we u…

In this episode, we talk with Jeff Nieman about chillers and how they work.

For those of you who primarily work in residential or light commercial HVAC, chillers may be unfamiliar at best and terrify…

In this episode, Bryan and Bert talk about properly stripping cables and leak detection best practices. Bert is a senior technician and self-proclaimed leak detection expert.

As a slight aside, Bert …

n this episode, Bryan covers evacuation, recovery, and dehydration.

Evacuation refers to putting a vacuum pump on the system and pulling it down. We use a few different measures of vacuum, including …

In this episode, Bryan talks to Business and Sales Trainer Bob Gee about HVAC business practices.

Bob has watched sales and leadership evolve a lot over the years. Today, success in sales depends on …

In this episode, Bryan talks to YouTube star Stephen Rardon about combustion analysis.

In Florida, we mostly have A/C units and heat pumps. High-efficiency furnaces are not in our wheelhouse, but fur…

In this unedited episode of HVAC School, Bryan and Nathan talk about some basic rules for circuit board diagnosis.

So, circuit boards are boards with circuits in them. They come in two types. The tra…

Benoit Mongeau comes on the podcast to talk about high-efficiency gas furnace basics and maintenance practices. 

When maintaining a high-efficiency gas furnace, you typically don’t have to worry abou…

In this episode of HVAC School, Bryan talks with Ulises Palacios about some cool technology.

Ulises has become a technology expert through his many years of working with new tools. He has recently be…