Latest Refrigeration Podcast Episodes
The Science of Hiring: Building Teams That Thrive
Blue is the New White Podcast - April 26, 2024 19:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsBlue Is The New White: Episode #167 Have you ever thought to yourself “I just made a great hire” only to be let down weeks or even days later? Do you cross your fingers every time you finish an interview or send an offer letter? We’ve all been let down and disenchanted when it comes to recru...
Heat Pump COP and Low Temp Lock Out
HVAC School - For Techs, By Techs - April 18, 2024 11:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 924 ratingsThis episode of the HVAC School Live Stream covers the key concepts around heat pump efficiency and understanding the coefficient of performance (COP). Eric Kaiser from TruTech Tools and Jim Fultz from White-Rodgers provide valuable insights into how heat pumps operate and how to optimize their ...
Motor Protection Types - Short #192
HVAC School - For Techs, By Techs - April 16, 2024 11:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 924 ratingsIn this short podcast episode, Bryan talks about motor protection types, including overloads. The most common overload we see in residential HVAC is a built-in thermal overload, which is usually a bimetallic disk that flexes in response to heat (such as from a locked condition, electrical prob...
Bringing the Next Generation of Technical Talent to the Skilled Trades
Blue is the New White Podcast - April 12, 2024 19:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsBlue Is The New White: Episode #166 Today we sit down with the Executive Director of Explore the Trades, Kate Cinnamo. Explore the Trades is a non-profit organization focused on bridging the technical talent gap and acting as the conduit between education and industry. Topics discussed inclu...
Expansion Valves - What Does and Doesn't Matter?
HVAC School - For Techs, By Techs - April 11, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 924 ratingsThis podcast features a lively discussion on expansion valves, particularly thermostatic expansion valves (TXVs or TEVs), with a panel of expert guests - Corey Cruz (a market refrigeration tech), Matthew Taylor (head of refrigeration service at Kalos), and Joe Shearer (with Precision Air Conditi...
Q&A - How to Learn Superheat & Subcooling - Short #191
HVAC School - For Techs, By Techs - April 09, 2024 11:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 924 ratingsIn this short podcast episode, Bryan answers an audience member's question and explains how to learn superheat & subcooling, two fundamental aspects of the HVAC/R trade. You can submit questions of your own at https://www.speakpipe.com/hvacschool. Saturation is when a substance is in the liqu...
What Does The Blue Collar Future Look Like?
Blue is the New White Podcast - March 29, 2024 18:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsBlue Is The New White: Episode #165 Got a wild one for you today, guys. 3 guests on the show today – 2 of them returning, 1 of them brand new. So our returning guests, Paige Knowles and Ken “Coach” Midgett talk about some of the things they’ve been up to since the last time they were on. O...
Focus of Your Goals w/ Refrigeration Mentor
HVAC School - For Techs, By Techs - March 28, 2024 11:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 924 ratingsIn this episode of the HVAC School Podcast, Bryan Orr and Trevor Matthews delve into the importance of setting goals, focusing on them, and taking actionable steps to achieve them. They emphasize that goal-setting is crucial for personal and professional growth and that it requires introspection...
When to Switch to Emergency Heat? - Short #190
HVAC School - For Techs, By Techs - March 26, 2024 12:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 924 ratingsIn this short podcast episode, Bryan talks about when to switch to emergency heat. He talks about coefficient of performance (COP) and how it's a deciding factor when to run emergency heat, which is when a system ONLY runs the backup heat; it doesn't use it as supplementary heat. When we have ...
Manual J in 15 Minutes?
HVAC School - For Techs, By Techs - March 21, 2024 12:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 924 ratingsShelby Breger, co-founder of Conduit Tech, joins Bryan Orr on the HVAC School Podcast to discuss her company's innovative lidar-enabled design and sales software tool for HVAC contractors. Conduit Tech's software utilizes lidar sensors in iPads and iPhones to scan homes and create 3D models an...
Combustion Venting Categories - Short #189
HVAC School - For Techs, By Techs - March 19, 2024 12:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 924 ratingsIn this short podcast episode, Bryan talks about the four different combustion venting categories for gas appliances as set by ASHRAE and where you'll see them. He also shares some notes about pressurization. These categories deal with the pressurization and temperature ranges of the vents. Ca...
Building A Successful Restoration Business
Blue is the New White Podcast - March 15, 2024 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsBlue Is The New White: Episode #164 Our guest today is only 29 years old, but is a very successful business owner in the world of restoration. Eduard Mirzoian shares his journey with us today from his parents immigrating from Armenia when he was only 6 months old to his experiences in high s...
The Gift of Security and Learning w/ Jennifer Manzo
HVAC School - For Techs, By Techs - March 14, 2024 12:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 924 ratingsIn this episode of the HVAC School Podcast, host Bryan Orr speaks with Jennifer Manzo, founder of HVA-Chicks Coalition. Jennifer shares her unique background as a longtime teacher and homeschooler who stumbled into the HVAC trade while researching vocational options for her homeschooling student...
Belt Talk - Short #188
HVAC School - For Techs, By Techs - March 12, 2024 12:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 924 ratingsIn this short podcast episode, Bryan dives into some belt talk, including some bits about pulleys and sheaves. He also shares some belt tensioning tips for your next commercial HVAC job. Belts are less common than they used to be, but we find them in ventilation fans, RTUs, and AHUs. Squealing...
Using the Roomulator w/ Chris Hughes
HVAC School - For Techs, By Techs - March 07, 2024 12:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 924 ratingsIn this episode of the HVAC School Podcast, host Bryan Orr speaks with Chris Hughes of The Energy Conservatory (TEC) about using the Roomulator card and DG-8 manometer for room pressurization testing. Chris provides background on how he came up with the idea for the Roomulator. He wanted an ea...
Primary & Secondary Air in Combustion - Short #187
HVAC School - For Techs, By Techs - March 05, 2024 12:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 924 ratingsIn this short podcast, Bryan dives into a gas heating topic: primary & secondary air in combustion. Primary air is the air and oxygen content that enters the furnace BEFORE combustion. In older furnaces, prior to induced combustion, air was drawn in through the front. These older furnaces had ...
34. Paths to Leadership in ASHRAE
ASHRAE Journal Podcast - March 04, 2024 19:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsIt can be hard to know how to get involved when you’re just starting out, but the rewards that come with finding out can be exponential for your personal and professional development. Join Billy Austin, Sarah Maston, and Host Erica Powell as they discuss their own experiences, paths to ASHRAE le...
Flowing Success: Brothers, Business, and Modern Plumbing
Blue is the New White Podcast - March 01, 2024 18:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsBlue Is The New White: Episode #163 I’m thrilled to be able to share this next episode with you. I’ve got Charles and Anthony Bracco of Modern Plumbing Industries out of Orlando Florida on the show today. These guys are not skilled trades social media influencers. They are real, genuine ent...
Learning Outside the Box (Live Rebroadcast)
HVAC School - For Techs, By Techs - February 29, 2024 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 924 ratingsThis podcast episode is a live rebroadcast of a livestream with Craig Migliaccio (AC Service Tech) and Ty Branaman (love2hvac). It focuses on different types of learning and how to make the most out of learning experiences. The hosts discuss the differences between random learning, goal-driven...
Making Family Business Work w/ Leilani Orr
HVAC School - For Techs, By Techs - February 22, 2024 12:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 924 ratingsIn this podcast episode, Bryan has an enjoyable conversation with his wife Leilani about navigating family relationships while building a business. They discuss the challenges and benefits of mixing family and work, setting boundaries, and maintaining perspective. Bryan starts by admitting he ...
Plumbing Alchemist: Terence Chan's Rise from Engineer to Entrepreneur
Blue is the New White Podcast - February 16, 2024 18:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsBlue Is The New White: Episode #162 Today we talk with a guest who was introduced to me by my good friend and frequent guest Matt Waxer, or the HVAC Doctor as you may know him. Terence Chan is one of the most forward-thinking people in I’ve met in the blue collar space. Always looking toward...
Heat Pump Basics in Plain Language
HVAC School - For Techs, By Techs - February 15, 2024 12:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 924 ratingsIn this solo podcast, Bryan provides an introduction to heat pumps, explaining the basics of how they work and key considerations in a way that is easy for anyone to understand. He starts by reviewing some core HVAC principles - that heat moves from higher temperatures to lower temperatures, the...
33. Live From AHR Expo 2024 - Standard 100-2024 Updates
ASHRAE Journal Podcast - February 09, 2024 13:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsLive from the 2024 AHR Expo show floor, join Glenn Friedman, Jamie Kono, Mike Williams and Drew Champlin as they discuss recent updates to Standard 100-2024 and how decarbonization initiatives have been shaping the industry. The new edition of Standard 100 addresses key issues of climate change ...
Women in HVAC (Live Rebroadcast)
HVAC School - For Techs, By Techs - February 08, 2024 12:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 924 ratingsThis podcast brought together several women working in the HVAC industry to discuss their experiences and offer advice. The conversation focused on the positives of working in HVAC as a woman, the importance of community, and the resources available. The women talked extensively about how welc...
History of AWG - Short #186
HVAC School - For Techs, By Techs - February 06, 2024 12:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 924 ratingsIn this short podcast, Bryan explains the history of AWG, or American wire gauge, which is the sizing system we use for conductors in the United States. Wires weren't standardized before the 18th century (1700s). As fencing, telegraph, and electrical wires started coming out, there was a need ...
Trade Jobs Unleashed: Jeff Bond's Quest to Solve the #1 Problem in Blue Collar Business
Blue is the New White Podcast - February 02, 2024 15:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsBlue Is The New White: Episode #161 Jeff Bond from Trade Jobs joins us today to share his journey into the blue collar world! After College he became a teacher, then got involved with an HVAC company, and eventually bought that company! After some hard lessons, he stabilized the business and...
A2L Update With Chemours Live from AHR
HVAC School - For Techs, By Techs - February 01, 2024 12:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 924 ratingsDon Gillis and Dr. Chuck Allgood from Chemours join the show to discuss their new easy as "1,2,3" branding around the A2L refrigerants R454A, R454B, and R454C. They explain that A2Ls are not actually flammable like hydrocarbons; they are just mildly combustible with much lower burning velocity a...
What is DX? - Short #185
HVAC School - For Techs, By Techs - January 30, 2024 12:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 924 ratingsIn this short podcast episode, Bryan tackles the following question: What is DX? In short, DX stands for "direct expansion," which means that you cool the end product via the refrigeration cycle. We blow air over an evaporator coil, which allows the refrigerant to take up heat from the air an...
Vacuum and Recovery in an A2L World with Jesse Stewart
HVAC School - For Techs, By Techs - January 24, 2024 22:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 924 ratingsIn this podcast, Bryan Orr interviews Jesse Stewart from NAVAC about A2L refrigerants and compatible tools and safety procedures. They discuss how NAVAC has a full line of A2L-compatible tools for evacuation and recovery, including the new NR7 and upgraded models of the NRDDF and NRDD. Jesse e...
Safe Chemicals are Good Chemicals w/ Mike Pastorello
HVAC School - For Techs, By Techs - January 24, 2024 20:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 924 ratingsThis podcast covers refrigeration technologies' growth and focus on providing safe, high-performing chemicals for HVAC technicians without hazardous ingredients. Mike Pastorello discusses the 2017 rebranding that gave their products a more modern, cohesive look. He also talks about bringing on...
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