Easy, is always in the eyes of the beholder. So let me explain an easy and very effective way to upgrade to a better mobile home furnace filter. The benefits of this upgrade are: If this is beyond your capability or desire to DIY then you must know or can find someone who can do…
My particular installation is for a used gas fireplace insert. I installed some gas piping to a water heater for a customer and he took out his gas fireplace insert so he could install a wood insert. Some people just love torture. He wanted to give me the stove and I just felt guilty taking…
Early in my schooling as an HVAC technician, they drilled into my head that the three most common problems with heat pumps are airflow, airflow, and airflow. If you had the proper airflow in the beginning, when your heat pump was installed, then troubleshooting is much simpler. The primary factors that contribute to poor airflow…
I’ll tell you what I would do if I had an animal in my air duct. Don’t cringe! But I’d set a trap. You choose between a live trap or a death trap. And then…… I would start with the furnace doors. Remove them and look as far as you can up and down inside…
A heat pump furnace is the indoor portion of a split system heat pump, as opposed to a package heat pump, which combines a complete system into one package. A heat pump furnace is the section of a heat pump that moves the air through the ductwork. It can be an electric, gas, or oil…
An electric furnace does not have a heat exchanger because it burns no fuel such as gas or oil. Furnaces that burn fuels have heat exchangers that contain the products of combustion and send them up or out a flue pipe. Electric furnaces operate the same way as the smaller electric portable heaters you plug…
Nordyne has become Nortek Global HVAC. Under that name Nortek, they manufacture and distribute a complete line of residential heating equipment specifically designed for manufactured or mobile homes. When adding a heat pump or air conditioner to a manufactured home it requires a mobile home approved indoor coil. Mortex Products, Inc. is one manufacturer of…
You can run mini-split lines up, down, and vertically. Essentially, mini split lines can run anywhere you put them with a few restrictions. Good refrigeration line principles for mini splits are no different than any other heat pump or air conditioner. You can run a ductless line set up, down, or straight out. Try to…
Putting AC in a food truck has become a popular idea for food trucks. Mini split heat pumps can provide heating and cooling, and even be a good DIY project. Just consider these things before installing a ductless mini split or any AC unit in a food truck. There are some in my industry that…