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Matt Akins is ACCA's Manager of HVACR Education. He can be reached at matt.akins@acca.org or 703-824-8867.
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It is vital for service technicians to have a solid understanding of how a heat pump works. One critical component of a heat pump system is the defrost control board. This blog article by ACCA’s Matt Akins will take you through the essential operation of a defrost control board and some basic troubleshooting.
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Discover a consistent and helpful method for electrical troubleshooting created by HVAC experts.
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Find out how HVAC technicians can diagnose a heat pump’s reversing valve accurately and efficiently.
Service technicians can make a good living using their troubleshooting skills. Troubleshooting is identifying problems and establishing their cause. Effective troubleshooting demands more than just trying to match […]
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Find out how to significantly reduce safety risks for HVAC technicians, especially when working with electricity.
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Dive into the importance of the condenser coil and learn how airflow impacts an HVAC system’s overall health with ACCA HVAC expert Matt Akins.
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Learn more about freeze stats and in-line drain floats and how your HVAC technicians can use them to benefit virtually any customer.
“That system needs 400 CFM per ton!“ Does this rule of thumb sound familiar? Although many contractors may have known about […]
A brand new course just hit the ACCA education catalog, A2L Mildly Flammable Refrigerant training. A2L mildly-flammable refrigerants will be […]
As contractors, we get into a pattern of how we perform our service calls and installations. Rarely do we stop […]
It has become a tradition to spend the Friday after Thanksgiving shopping for holiday gifts and taking advantage of Black […]
I’ve been in the HVAC industry for 17 years. I’ve worked my way up from an install helper, service technician, […]
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Summer is here! With the summer comes a hectic season with excellent business opportunities too. However, at the same time, the risk goes up while working in hot spaces. According to OSHA, “Most outdoor fatalities, 50% to 70%, occur in the first few days of working in warm or hot environments because the body needs to build a tolerance to the heat gradually over time.” (Occupational Safety and Health Administration).
As a technician, one of the most important things you can do for your clients is to educate them. Unfortunately, […]
A critical element when evaluating a cooling system’s performance is the temperature difference between the return and supply air. A […]
People spend about 90% of their lives indoors, and pollutant levels can be as high as 100 times the levels […]
As a professional in the HVACR trade, it’s to your advantage to take every opportunity you can to invest in […]
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