Category: Aside

With Amazon Prime Day right around the corner, it is more important than ever to be aware of potential cyber scams. Check out our tips on how to stay vigilant while online shopping.

Have you ever caught yourself pondering, “would a different indoor coil help with dehumidification,” or, “how does airflow affect efficiency?” The capacities and efficiencies that our equipment operates at can be manipulated in multiple ways. Understanding the fundamentals of how equipment functions and where to obtain this information can eliminate potential problems before they can even start.

Informal testing results from Trane show GFCI outlets or disconnects severely affect variable capacity equipment (ECM / brushless rotor motors / inverter technology). Single speed and two speed equipment has proven to be less susceptible to nuisance trips. This is good news, but much more work needs to be done.

During a recent virtual meeting, modifications and revisions were proposed for a variety of HVACR standards, including a requirement for fittings to be brazed only, eliminating the use of press-connect fittings tested and certified to UL Standard 207.

Since summer is right around the corner, two items that can benefit virtually any client with an HVAC system are freeze stats and in-line drain floats. If you are a newer technician or new to the industry, you may have never heard of these two devices. So, what are freeze stats and in-line drain floats?

The HOPE4HOMES act of 2021 is an important legislation that would boost the HVAC-R industry through a two pronged approach, promoting both workforce development (HOPE), as well as the purchase and installation of energy efficient equipment (HOMES).

Recently, the first-ever International Code Council (ICC) “virtual” Code Action Hearings were held. Here is a summary of the highlights.

On Tuesday, Congressman Roger Williams introduced the Incentivize Residential Energy Efficiency Act, which would make the Section 25C tax credit permanent.

A member asked us if you can terminate an employee for falsifying the date that an injury happened. Here is ACCA’s LegalTools Counsel, Brooke Duncan III of Brooke Duncan Law firm’s response.      

The uncertainty looming over the Independent Contractor Rule as a result of the change in administrations has ended after the Biden administration’s Department of Labor (DOL) rescinded the Trump administration’s Independent Contractor Rule under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

As a first step toward the goal of reducing hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) production and consumption by 85 percent over the next 15 years under the American Innovation and Manufacturing (AIM) Act, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a proposed rule that establishes a baseline for HFC consumption and production allowances.

ACCA took a step in addressing membership’s #1 legislative priority (workforce) by urging Congressional leadership to support greater funding for the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act (Perkins) in Fiscal Year (FY) 2022.