AC Service Tech Answers Podcast

In this episode, join Craig as he interviews Tyler Nelson from the Sauermann Group. They discuss steps and details related to gas furnace commissioning, troubleshooting, and technician safety. Topics discussed include ambient carbon monoxide detection, the steps to performing combustion analysis, the dangers present when combustion analysis is not performed, and red flags that a technician can measure on a combustion analyzer to determine a problem.  Tyler is the Instrumentation and Industrial Sales Manager, to the Americas, for the Sauermann Group. Tyler can be reached at tyler.nelson@sauermanngroup.com

In this episode, join Craig and Brandon as they discuss how to become a more valuable and efficient service technician in the HVACR field. Brandon and Craig provide key insights on the steps that can be taken along with how to develop an organized troubleshooting mindset! 

In this episode, join Craig and Brandon as they discuss EEVs. Brandon will be asking the questions and Craig will be answering them as they tackle topics such as what is an EEV, how do they work, why do we use them, and much more!

Join us as we discuss the Thermostatic Expansion Valve (TXV) and go into detail on how it functions, the purpose they serve in the HVAC/R system, and how they may fail and what to do to prevent failures down the road!

Join us as we explore the evolution of gas furnace control boards. From the 60's to present we will examine what has been used in the past and why we have updated to the current control boards in use today!

Join us as we discuss the sequence of operations for gas furnaces, combustion efficiency, recognizing and diagnosing problems, and how to avoid being just another parts changer!

In today's episode, we will be answering questions about refrigerant charging, breaking the vacuum with refrigerant, what factors effect Delta T, and much more!

In this episode, we will be covering how to troubleshoot and diagnose a bad refrigerant compressor. We will also look at many of the reasons why a compressor may fail and discuss what steps can be taken to help prevent compressor failure in the future!

Today's episode will cover questions on brazing, handling and working with refrigerants, safety, and troubleshooting!

In this Episode, we will be going over questions related to troubleshooting HVAC systems while checking the charge. We will also spend some time focusing on metering devices, strainers, and more!

Join us as we cover refrigerant charging questions including methods for checking the charge of a mini split, why we still use compound manifold gauges, adjusting the charge using a TXV and much more!

This episode of the AC Service Tech Answers Podcast is all about technician's refrigerant questions. Join us as we cover real questions about refrigerant ports, vapor sat temps, disconnection after charging and much more!

Join me as I discuss my HVAC journey, how I got started, where I've been, and why I started AC Service Tech!