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David Richardson/NCI
Interior Hvac Diagram
David Richardson/NCI
If you know what to look for, a visual inspection provides clues to unsafe operation. It's never good for one package unit to exhaust into the economizer of an adjacent unit.
National Comfort Institute
Before you jump on the heat pump bashing bandwagon, look at your duct installation practices first.

Best of Rob 'Doc' Falke - A Collection of Top Technical Articles

Oct. 16, 2013

Rob ‘Doc’ Falke has been contributing to Contracting Business.com magazine and the Hotmail newsletter for quite some time. His technical articles are always among the top page views on the Contractingbuisness.com site. Below is a ‘best of’ collection of articles from the past few years. Enjoy!

Air Balancing as a Verification Tool

A Very Unofficial Maintenance Agreement Opinion Poll

The Widening Gap Between Regulators and Consumers

Cardboard and Masking Tape Airflow Measurement

Why Some HVAC System Designs Don’t Work

How to Easily Avoid Cooking Blower Motors

 

About the Author

Rob 'Doc' Falke | President

Rob “Doc” Falke serves the industry as president of National Comfort Institute an HVAC-based training company and membership organization. If you're an HVAC contractor or technician  interested in a building pressure measurement procedure, contact Doc at [email protected]  or call him at 800-633-7058. Go to NCI’s website at NationalComfortInstitute.com for free information, articles and downloads.