What makes a good residential HVAC system?
Older houses leaked and, to a degree, are uncomfortable and energy inefficient. We may think a cold room is standard in houses or a wood boiler needs to heat our house to 26C in the winter. We get use to opening windows in winter to…
10 Ton Header
This is not really about a 10-ton header, this is about the issues one needs to think about in header design. This is a picture of a 10-ton header we built. Now the header is for a residential property, with a bunch of (expensive)…
Why Rating a GeoExchange Heat Pump on Tonnage is a Bit of Bunk
We hear this all the time: “My heat pump is 4 tons”. “I need a 5 ton unit for my house”. This is based on the 12,000 btu’s = 1 ton of heat pump capacity. Also many manufacturers (almost all) label their units in a…