Monthly Archives: June 2015

Proper Air Conditioning Sizing

I recently received this question from a homeowner who came upon the blog site: Mike I read some of your articles online and am asking for your opinion. I replaced my antiquated system with a new system. I have a 1250 … Continue reading

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THANK YOU!

A couple of milestones were hit recently  — in April, this blog turned 4 years old. It was started in April 2011. Even more amazing is, as of this writing, there have been 400,312 views of the various articles from … Continue reading

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Plenum Returns – Good or Bad?

I recently had this question sent to me —“What are your thoughts regarding plenum returns verses duct returns. One of the obvious is cost but how about system performance.”   Great question! In my opinion, I have always said that … Continue reading

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Indoor Coil Leaks

With A/C season officially here, I have been asked to address an issue that has been around our industry for a long time now and that is indoor coil leaks also known as formicary corrosion. Indoor coil corrosion failures are an … Continue reading

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