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Matt, How Do You Calculate the Target Superheat of a Residential Air Conditioner and Heat Pump?


In this edition of "HVAC Skill Builder," Matt discusses how to calculate the Target Superheat of a Residential Air Conditioner and Heat Pump.

Q: How Do You Calculate the Target Superheat of a Residential Air Conditioner and Heat Pump? A: Well, there's a very simple formula for that and the formula is three times the indoor wet bulb temperature minus 80 minus the outdoor ambient temperature and you divide the results by two

Matt Akins is the Manager of HVACR Technical Education at ACCA.


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