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Howdy Howdy? Welcome back guys! It's been a, uh been a week. Seems like it's been a longer than that. Uh, since I've seen you guys. So um, welcome uh to our live show where we answer heating and air questions live.

um usually uh I don't know everything. So usually we're joined by a few other pros and if I don't know the answer, one of them hopefully will. but uh Hey to Gary hey to Bob hey to Steve and hey to Ryan Good to see all you guys! Um wanted to start out tonight's show uh with an interesting story. it's it says New Jersey HVAC Business owner accused of using drone to taint local pools with damaging chemical and uh this is not that old of a story.

Looks like it's about a little over a month old and uh this story is out of Philadelphia Uh let's or actually it says that the news organization's Out of Philly but the story is out of New Jersey Authority say the owner of a New Jersey Heating and Cooling business is facing charges after he allegedly used a drone to drop a damaging chemical into commercial and residential pools. Patrick Spina i4th was taken into custody at his business Comfort Solutions Heating and Cooling in Galloway Township after investigators saw the suspicious drone in flight and followed it. Now first of all, I want to just say before we go any any further, everyone's innocent until proven guilty. Uh, these are allegations and uh, you know so don't be coming after me for reporting something that's not true or anything like that.

but uh I Just thought it was a crazy crazy story. A homeowner in nearby Abacon I'm Pro probably not pronouncing that right. A Abacon reported to police in mid August that a drone hovered over their pool and dropped a chemical that turned the water an alarming shade of green. Police said Several similar reports about a drone dropping a substance into pools soon followed, including an incident at the Quality in where the pool's concrete base sustained damage.

Uh, crazy crazy. Authorities on Friday spotted the Drone in Flight over the quality in and tracked it by Tracked it to Spa's business where he was identified as the individual responsible for the ongoing incidents. The chemical was the chemical being dropped was identified as SE die which is most commonly used by SE Rescue Services Police say the use of the chemical is illicit and caused damage to the affected pools Spina Who's 45 is facing multiple counts of criminal mischief. according to police, he was released from custody on a summons pending further Court proceedings.

So um I just thought that was crazy. He owns a heating and air business so that's why we're talking about it. but uh yeah, crazy crazy story there. um I don't know anything about this uh chemical I don't know if any of you do uh but you know at first I was like well you know what's the big deal you know I mean obviously it's a big deal if you don't want it in your pool and it the pool belongs to you but I was wondering if it you know was that big of a deal as far as the chemical goes.

but it says uh, this chemical is illicit and called caused damage to affected pools. So crazy story there. uh what are your thoughts you know, have you, uh, have you guys ever dealt with anything like that using somebody using a drone? um you know, just to uh to vandalize things? um that is just crazy. So uh anyway hey to Mark hey to Emmery and uh Steve says it depends on how old it is refrigerant type he's answering Emery Who says if my compressor fails is it better to replace it or the whole unit? yeah I mean I I think Emory I I uh would ask your contractor to price it both ways.

There's a lot of variables that to answer that question and uh, sometimes you know it's not often, but sometimes uh, one particular brand seems to like to discontinue Parts um but uh, you know. so if you can't get the compressor for one reason or another, that will obviously play a role in this. but I think that ultimately uh, you know you get your price. If it's I don't know th000 bucks to put the compressor in, you decide do I want to put a th000 bucks into this system that's however old it is.

uh or do I want to replace the whole unit? Um, just kind of depends on what what the parameters are there. Ryan says getting duct work done, adding a vent to a room with no a air flow and dampers onto other room so I can manually adjust for heating and cooling Seasons since some in the house don't like AC and love heat, um yeah uh. it's uh, interesting that uh, you know you're you're having to get permanent work. Well I mean I guess you could call it permanent permanent to a degree, right? work done because uh, some of the folks you live with um like it, like it a little warmer than than you do I guess so that's sometimes you just got to do what you got to do to keep the family happy, right? Um so anyway, um yeah, if you guys have any questions, feel free to drop those in the chat.

Um we uh we I I Wanted to talk a little bit about last week and why I wasn't here and uh, what what I was doing? um and what I was doing is I was invited by Dyan Now a lot of you know that I sell Dyan at my company at Griffin Air here in Virginia and we've talked about them on uh, a lot of videos. um and everybody has their own preference for one reason or another. But as time has gone on, that's slowly but surely became the brand of choice for us. and so um, you know Dyan has sponsored a few videos and and make a long story short, they had this uh, this, uh conference I guess you could call it where they bring in prospective contractors that are considering becoming Dyan Comfort Pros you know they're considering becoming a dealer and uh, so they invited me down to speak and and that was a lot of fun.

I recorded it I will not be putting it out there because of some of the information that was shared um at the conference's proprietary and and you know kept in house if you will. um but I might show some clips of that trip in a upcoming video. uh where you know I talked a lot about uh when I started my business and I showed some pictures and got a few laughs uh from the the folks there. So anyway it was really cool.

really humbling. Uh, for those of you that haven't seen my show I I you know I'm not a a big deal I I started out my life started out uh I grew up in a trailer park and uh you know I went to school to be an electrician and one thing led to another I learned heating and air. fell in love with the trade and you know here we are. You know I own a heating and air business here in Virginia and I decided to make a few YouTube videos and the rest.

the rest is history. So it was just kind of humbling to even be invited, much less to be a speaker there. and it was just a lot of lot of fun. So that's where was last week.

uh I got down there and the hotel that I normally stay at when I go to Houston uh this was not the same Hotel this was a a fancier a nicer. um Hotel uh Fran Franisco FR Francisco sorry Francisco says I didn't see you Francisco were you there? were you at the Uh at the the Dyan be the pro and and if so, were you there for the Am Mana or the Dyan uh part of it? um but anyway uh you know I don't even remember what I was saying but I think ultimately it was just really cool to be invited and and to be there for that. So anyway, back to your questions. Oh Francisco says I work for Dykin.

Um, everything that I was there for was for the be the pro meeting that was at the JW Marriott down there. So I didn't come to the factory even though some of the guys did. so I would assume if you work at the factory Francisco then I would assume that you saw them do the tour. um and so I again I wasn't there for that.

um but anyway Gary says Josh your show was up last week. five of us checked in and were're waiting. Then the link went away gone I was wondering if you had technical issues. yeah if you guys are ever unsure if you go to the community tab of the YouTube channel or to our Facebook page, I'll usually put what's going on if I'm having technical issues I'll put that last week I put no show this week guys.

I'm sorry and that's what that's what I was about to say. that's where I lost my train of thought and that and what the train of thought was when I went. Got to this you know, much more fancy hotel. the internet was really bad I don't want to say it was like horrible but it wasn't good enough for me to do the live show and uh, not that it's that great here either to be honest with you.

uh We've obviously had our issues um, but it was, uh very. it was shaky at best and um and I I just knew that if I tried to do the live show there that it was going to, you know, be a problem. So anyway, that's where I was last week. Uh, you know a lot of you guys join us every week and you know that I'm usually here every week and so you know that's where I was Ryan says with the duct work changes what questions should I ask to ensure it works and corrects the room with air flow issues.

Ask about CFM settings or ask them to use a flow meter an A monitor a an an neon I a even. Go. try to say that now I'm just it's just one of those nights uh to use airf flow. So uh, Ryan I do have like a I've got a little a CFM airflow meter that I use, but I don't use it that often.

Honestly I use my duck lator more than anything else, but the fact that you're using manual dampers that are going to be opening and closing and affecting that airf flow. um, then you know that plays a role in all this as well. So uh, you know I think whenever you got dampers and you're pushing air to from one space to another and things like that, um, you know that's going to play a roll and it's going to um, it. It changes All this right So it changes how much CF M that you know you should be pushing.

The thing about it. is I don't know I can't remember where you live I know you I'm sure you've told me before, but if you live in an area that gets hot in the summer and cold in the winter, then you know you're probably going to be adjusting those dampers from time to time because if it's a room that you spend a lot of time in and you adjust those dampers to push more air to your space to get more cool air well then um, you know then you'll get the heating, get get to heating season and have issues. so you're in North Carolina So a little warmer than where I am in Virginia but um but you know still very you I'm I'm sure you still have some cold Winns I would assume uh Tech Junkie says how do you know what size duct work you need Unless you do a load calculation, a load calculation and on the will show you exactly how much Cfms you need and then you know what size duct? uh that's true. um but it sounds like you're already.

You already have duct work in place and you're going to be affecting. you know what you currently have? um and the other you know I Think the thing about it is some of this stuff is just a little common sense right? You know? Um, but Tech Junkie is completely right. You know if You' got a house and you get a proper heat load calculation done room by room they're going to tell you you know how much you know, heat loss or heat load each room is required and that you know will play a role in your duck sizing and so on. Um Ryan says they are coming tomorrow and I can ask So yeah I think I think that you know Ryan Ultimately, if you've got a good company, uh, I I'll even I'll even say this and you know you guys know that I don't say this a lot I don't say this when it comes to heat low calculations I Don't say this when it comes to um, can you Tech Jie says can you say I'm right a little louder the white here ma'am Mrs Tech Junkie the man is right.

I mean come on, just just get with it here. he's he is right. uh anyway. um but yeah Ryan I would say that you know I I I will say that this is one of those times that just having a good company that gives you the warm fuzzies that um, you know they use a little common sense.

a little bit of uh rule I Don't want to say rule of thumb but experience you know I I've got a guy that works for me that it's it's like he's the duct Whisperer He can walk into a house and we'll look at the duct work and he's like oh you know this is going to be a problem this I've got a little restriction here or there and I he can almost darn near sometimes tell me what the static pressure is going to be before we even check it and um, you know that's that comes with just experience. He's been doing it as long as I've been alive, right? Um Ryan says work order add additional Supply supp Add additional Supply duck to guest bedroom upssize Flex duck to existing guest room vent and damper installed on new duct feeding the guest room well I mean yeah I mean as they look at everything I I Saw a video a few weeks ago where this guy from AKA and I'm going to probably ruffle some feathers with some other Pros on here. um, but that's okay. uh the guy said and I think I talked about this on a a recent video.

The guy from AKA said and I believe the comment was something to the effect of duct work cannot be oversized, that's what. I I believe that's the gist of what he said it that may not be exact verbatim, but he said it like oh, you know I've been doing duct work for so many years years and duct work can't be oversized and I'll kind of agree with him when it comes to return duct work As long as it's filtered correctly and you got you know you more times than not in residential, you can't oversiz the return, but with the supply. I will disagree with him and I'll tell you why before: I Lose you guys before some of you pros come after me. Imagine if you had a straw.

Okay, and we're going to blow in that straw and we're going to blow air out the end of that, uh, that straw. Okay, and then uh, we're going to close the end of that straw. So now I've got my finger on the end of that straw and we're going to start punching holes towards the end of that straw. So you you get my analogy.

We're talking about duct work and the holes we're punching are pretty small towards the end, right? And when you blow a certain amount of pressure through that straw, you're getting a certain amount of air being that's coming out of those holes, right? So you've taken a, say, a needle or maybe something even a little bit bigger like a pen and you're making you know you've made all these holes. and you've got your finger over the end of the straw and you're blowing and you've got this pressure coming out of those holes right now now. I Want you to take and I want you to take a pair of scissors and cut a gigantic hole in the side of that straw. You know you've got your long straw about this long and just cut a big hole out of the side of that straw.

leading down to to the end there. So from from about you know, a quarter of the way down to about a half of the way down the straw, you're going to cut a big hole in the side of it. and now you're going to blow the same amount of air through there. You can't tell me that those ducks at the end aren't affected.

They are affected, you know? So anyway, hopefully that makes a little bit of sense. Uh, that's you know. I'm I'm sure I'm ignorant. and the guy from AKA if he ever sees this, he'll uh, tell me how dumb I am and tell me why and whatever.

But to me, that's a little bit of common sense right there. You to say that the ducks that are closest to the unit, uh, you can't oversize them. You, you can't oversize that. Uh, of course you can if you, if you size them incorrect directly, you are affecting the air flow.

for the ducks that are further down the trunk, you know. And that's why you see guys that don't know what they're doing. just willy-nilly adding Ducks Sometimes they don't even consider the fact that maybe a room that's not heating and cooling well enough that they're not getting just enough return air and it's not has nothing to do with Supply And you get guys in there that don't know what they're doing and they just start adding Ducks you know they just come off that trunk and they add a duck to a room and they may even fix the issue in that room. but now the rest of the house is now affected and it's not heating and cooling as as well as it used to.

Or it's not dehumidifying as well as it used to. you know, So that's that's my big stink as far as that goes. Um, you know. Anyway, you guys can can tell me how I'm wrong later.

Um, let's see. Tech Junkie says yes, duct work can almost never be oversized, especially the return I agree with the return Ryan says they seem like a good company but the owner is very busy to answer my questions and I feel rushed I'm one of those clients it's from the company I told you about with the NC HVAC YouTuber Uh Ryan feel free to share his channel I think you're he's the one that you said if it all goes well, you'll share his info. Um, so so you know, feel free to do that I'm sure if he's making YouTube videos he I would hope that he at least has you know, some wherewithal. He probably knows what he's talking about to a degree, right? If he's making videos.

um, he probably knows more than me I mean let's be honest. Um, but uh yeah, that's interesting And and you know, in the owner's defense, maybe he is super busy and you know, maybe it's just not a fit. You know that's always possible, right? You know you? You, you just you. You feel like you just said I'm one of those customers and you know you feel like you need a certain type of company to take care of you for it to be a good fit.

It doesn't mean that they're a bad company or that they don't know what they're doing, but you know for you to get the warm fuzzies and know that they know what they're doing or or to explain to you what they're doing. You know you might want somebody that is has the time or will take the time to talk to you and answer questions, right? So you know that's that's legit. You know that's that's a a concern that's a legitimate concern. Tu Junk Tech Junkie also says you're only affecting the air flow if you don't have enough air flow, which they never do.

Uh, Emry says, how do you know if air flow issues are related to ducks or other issues Emme I would say I would say Tech junk. You might get me on this one. Uh, maybe Steve can comment on this I Would say the majority of residential air flow problems usually have something to do with the duct work usually. and that's partly because, uh, a lot of the guys doing new construction, they're just rushing through.

They're not doing things properly, they seal it. They seal it just fine. You know, they install it and seal it and all that. But that does not necessarily mean that everything is sized properly, installed necessarily properly.

And um, you know that's why you might be having airf flow issues. Tech Junkie says it's always the duct work always Ryan says that's my issue Josh the room's closet to the furnace overheat and overcool. my bedroom doesn't get enough air. Ryan Check out my video where I talk about I can't remember the name off the top of my head.

But basically I talk about whether your problem is a duct work problem or a zoning problem. Okay, that's that's the thing is. your is your issue that you're having with that part of your house. Is it a duct work issue or is it a zoning issue? Um, you know there are times certain houses you know if you're if you're telling me, hey, Josh I've got a room that I wanted to be cooler than other parts of the house.

Well, that's a zoning that's not a duct work thing. that's a zoning thing. Okay, uh, and the reason it's a zoning thing is again. as we said, if you adjust the duck work and you get more air pumping in there for the summertime, well, now it's you know.

Here we are a few months later and it's now about time to turn heat on. and now you're dumping all this warm air into the same space, right? So it's not a duct work issue, it's a zoning issue Tech junkie says uh dirty coil or Inc incorrect fan speed but it's still duct work and filter size Choice which can never be too big. Um, let's see duct workor leaks 30% average Francisco says most duct work installed is undersized I I can tell you in Virginia that's very true. very very true.

Um so yeah. pretty cool Francis Francisco Having you on here uh from Dyan um I got to tell you. Another thing that happened is I got to talk into one of the the folks there from Dyin and they were telling me about some of the products coming out and um you know I can't speak for All Brands I can't speak for the entire industry but I got to tell you I am excited about some of the stuff coming down the the uh, the chain if you will. the pike uh of new products coming from Dyen um I don't want to say too much.

um because I'm not allowed. but there is one particular product that as soon as I'm allowed, we're going to be uh, doing a video on it and maybe several videos on it. um I'll say this because I think I'm okay in saying this. they've got a product coming that in America We've never seen anything like it before at least I haven't Not here in Virginia Nothing like it and it's going to be uh, great and I and I don't want to get into all the specifics behind it because I don't know exactly what I can and cannot say but uh uh, it's pretty cool.

Uh, what's coming? Um, so I'll leave it at that. Tech Junkie says air flow should never exceed SE 700 feet. uh, per minute per second. Um, you guys are getting way too technical now unless the duct work is outside of the conditioned space and then you need it to run as close as possible for that noise complaint reasons.

Um, yeah, I I don't I'm not exactly sure as far as the context goes. Uh with that. Tech Junkie at Griffin Air, we do a I would say the majority of systems that we install are inverter systems now, so we do a lot of the Dy and fits. We do some 20 Seer stuff and we still do some single stage stuff from time to time for you know, budget friendly customers.

But uh, I would say that the majority of systems um Tech Junkie says whatever the heck I just said um, but you know when it comes to to that stuff I would say duct work is still just as big of a deal, right? But uh, it does hide a lot of these problems. Um, with these communicating inverter systems just just because they uh, can ramp down and and you know still keep the home comfortable at times so the static pressure is not as high and you just don't have. You simply don't have as much air being pushed through that duct work at times. And I say that at times, right? There are going to be times when that system does ramp up and those issues really rear their ugly head.

Ryan says has dyin talked to you about any new cold weather heat pumps I Know the government has an Innovative for companies to make more efficient heat pumps with electrifications so Ryan I'm not allowed to talk about what I was just talking about, but um I will just say uh, they've talked to me about some really cool things coming so I'll just leave it at that. So again, I don't know what I'm allowed to say I I spec specifically asked the fellow that was telling me some of this stuff. hey can I do a YouTube video on that? Can I go ahead and do a video and he he said no I I don't think we're we're allowed to quite release this. He's like, you know we're this is off the Record is what he said to me so but it's It's some really cool stuff coming for sure.

Uh, let's see, we're at 9:00 We're going to do a um a uh one of our segments. Some of you guys if you've never been on on our show before, we do breakout or Breakaway segments where we uh we'll do different things. We'll share news. uh for our segment we're going to do a question for you.

tonight's goofy Quest Or tonight's question is not a goofy question. Tonight's question is um, we've done segments Those of you that have been on our show before we've talked about goofy heating and air inventions and my question to you guys tonight is what is an invention goofy or not? Goofy's cool too As you guys know I Love goofy but uh, what is an invention that you think would be cool to see in the heating and air industry? uh again, goofy or not it you know it could be a very serious invention, but what is something that you wish or you would love to see introduce now Ryan I think we already know what you're uh, going to say um because of what what your last question was but yeah, what? What's a an invention that you guys would like to see? uh, introduced to the heating and air industry? How cool would it be if they were to, uh, introduce a uh a heating and air system that Drew no energy at all right? H I Think we are close to that I think we're starting to see some super high efficiency systems. Uh, and then of course with the pairing of say solar energy. um, you know we are very close if not already achieving um, the ability to heat and cool your home uh, clean the air in your home and so on.

Um and actually use very little if no energy. So um Arch says how about a Dy and fit uh heat pump package heat pump um Arch Have you I know we've talked before about the Bosch uh inverter package unit and I'm just curious if as you went through all the Motions of talking to your local contractors if that particular product ever did come up I know at one point you said no but I'm just curious if if since then if if you ever cross paths with one of the folks that do install Bosch and install the Bosch um inverter package unit um I'd be curious. Uh, you know to know if that ever popped up on your radar Tech Junkie says an Erv with a heat pump but they already have that. How about an accurate and actually smart thermostat? Yeah, um one of that was one of the topics that came up at Dyan when I was there about how a lot of these thermostats.

they're not actually smart thermostats. They claim to be smart thermostats, but they are. You know I Believe the exact quote that the fellow I was talking to said was it's it's actually a dumb thermostat with a few smart features and and so I thought that was a good analogy because a lot of these thermostats claiming to be smart thermostats, they don't even have the ability to do what a lot of of thermostats, even years ago, had the capability of doing and what I'm talking about is I Remember years ago? Um I Don't want to say which brand because I could be wrong, but I think I know the brand. There was a brand that you used to be able to pull the thermostat off the wall and plug it into the outdoor unit and get error messages or error codes and things like that.

And you know I I would say a lot of these thermostats today. Uh, you know they claim to be smart thermost stats, but they don't even have the ability to tell you if something's wrong in some cases. And so now we all we do know there are thermostats that are out there that do that, and that's why we know that technology is possible. You know that some thermostats are able to notify you or your contractor if there is a problem of some type, alerts, uh, error codes, and so on.

Uh, but you know these other thermostats that are smart that are just Wi-Fi capable with a few you know, energy saving features that call themselves smart thermostats? Um, you know, maybe they're not as smart as they you know could be right? Um I Think that we're going to see as we see companies continue down this path of communicating inverter technology. Okay, so we're we're continuing down that path. We're uh, drawing closer. um, to a a a a world a reality of that being what's offered the most.

And because of that, uh, folks, are you know going to be using the thermostat that is provided from the manufacturer? Because that's what has that capability, right? Uh, the the thermostats that are in Lowe's and Home Depot and all these other places that are 24v Ac voltage technology, they're not going to have the capability to even work with these high efficiency communicating systems. and um, and so because of that, I think that you're going to see some of these companies, they're going to be like Blockbuster Uh, I'm not going to mention any names, but those companies that are just thermostat manufacturers. Um, you're going to see them go away or shift gears and sell something else. Um, maybe not go away entirely, but have a very small footprint in the heating and air industry.

and I I think that that's just going to as time goes on. um, naturally develop right as uh as Redbox and Netflix came out, Blockbuster didn't pivot, they didn't come out with something new or or better technology and they eventually went extinct, right? And I think that's what you're going to see with thermostats over the next 20 years. You know, maybe less than that. But definitely over the next 20 years you're going to see a lot of those those Brands they're just.

they're just going to I think I could be wrong. but I think you're going to see them just go extinct. uh Ryan says thanks Arch It's called a residential cold climate heat pump technology challenge so now we're naming the challenge I Like it? Uh Highland Enforcer welcome to the show. What are your thoughts on the Duane links? Uh I did a video on it I have not actually laid hands on one? Um, but I would guess just because of it being a non-communicating inverter system I would guess that it's probably going to be very similar.

have the same uh, advantages and disadvantages that the Glex and the Bosch uh, non-communicating inverter systems have. I'll tell you another thing. I think that you're eventually going to somebody along this way way is going to say look, inverter systems are not all created equal. These non-communicating inverter systems are not the same as a communicating one so you know to so to just use eer or Seer Seer Seer 2 all these measurements to try to compare the two.

They're not accurately comparing the two products. It's it's like trying to say what's the gas mileage on electric car? Well, it doesn't burn gas so I you can't commun you to compare. It is not the same right? and so I wonder I don't know how they're going to do it, but they're going to at at some point. Uh, say look, you know these are not the same.

We're We need to have some way of definitively comparing uh, you know, inverter systems, heating and air systems and uh and go from there. uh Ryan says I think Ream, train and carrier have two not sure about Dyan um I'm not sure what exactly you guys are talking about there Tech Junkie says to be honest, Dkin and all inverters should be grandfathered in Lake Mitsubishi Hyper Heat Units Arch says there are quite a few homes either package heat pumps on the roofs or sides of their houses in Arizona So there is a market for the Dyin Fit package unit. um yeah, I mean I I I Think it's funny that you keep calling it that uh what you're basically think you know saying is Dyan's inverter technology but they uh, certainly will be able to call it that if they they choose. um I Just think it's funny that Arch you've already kind of told them that's what they're going to call it.

uh Francisco says what's your thoughts on the Dyin one? Plus, you know when the Dy one plus first came out I uh I was pretty hard on it I was pretty hard on the dial. um I you know I I was pretty hard on. uh, several of the features. uh, some of those features have gotten better, you know.

They came out with that update that made the text larger um and and so on. I Will say as we started to install the Dyan one touches I think those are you know I like the Dyan one touch but we got to the point where we just installed the pluses at Griffin air and and there was a number of reasons for that. but um, you know I don't know if that answers your question, but that's ultimately um I I would love for dyin to come out with a thermostat at some point that um is touchscreen and it looks more like a computer tablet than it does. um and and I know a lot of people would disagree with that.

A lot of people people want their thermostat to look very non-invasive they want it to just blend in with the room. but I would argue that the Dyan 1 doesn't really do that anyway, right? And so I'd like for them to come out with something that looks you know more more like this phone right here and you know has the touchscreen, you know, thermostat and and so on. But you know ultimately I I think that Dyan and all companies, they probably get more than just me in a room. They get a couple uh, you know, consumers and before they make these decisions and when they're designing things, they, they, uh, talk to folks.

You know, what do you like? What do you don't like? What would you purchase? What would you rather have in your home and that plays a big role in a lot of the decisions that are made. Uh, especially when it it comes to designing some of these things Tuck Junkie says. but why are we created new overpriced heat pumps instead of fixing houses the right way? more government don't? I'm not gonna say that word because I don't know what YouTube would think of me saying that word. Um, but uh, I I think that that's a good point Tech Junkie I I Uh, I did a video where I said that a lot of problems like duct work sizing or humidity issues, oversizing of the system, and so on.

Um, a lot of that is masked. It doesn't mean the problem has gone away, but it's masked a little bit when you know communicating inverter systems are installed because they are so um, so uh, what's the word I'm looking for? They're so man. Of course if I wasn't on a live live show I wouldn't have any issues. But they they versatile.

They're so versatile, right? They can ramp down on a mild day. They're They're very versatile and you know. So I think that that's part of it. but I'm totally with you on that.

Tech Junkie If they if there's a problem with a house, let's fix the problem too. You know, just because you installed a a system that's communicating it like the fit. If you install a fit and it does help with some of those issues, it doesn't mean those issues went away and it also doesn't mean that you don't need to fix those issues. I'm totally with you on that.

Ryan says what is that green drink you're you're drinking um I Don't want to tell you cuz it's going to you. Some of you guys are going to judge me but I drink a lot of Crystal Light um I've never been a I drink some sodas but um some of you guys are like why are we listening to Josh talk about sodas um I drink some sodas and I drink. you know water sometimes but my go-to drink when I'm just hanging out at home and I'm not drinking. you know, alcohol or anything like that if I'm just you know having a meal um I drink a lot of flavored watered type products and this one is actually Jolly Rancher flavored green apple Um, so it's okay, it's not my favorite.

My favorite is grape. um Crystal Light so you know I know that makes me sound like a tough guy. It's very masculine of me to say I love grape Crystalite air wck I like your name pal Ducks Question: do you like metal Ducks versus Myar ducks to lessen sweating and mold possibilities my ducks are in an unconditioned addict. Um, let me make sure that I know exactly what we're talking about here.

Okay, so so we call that flex duct. Okay, Myar, it's just not a term that we use here in Virginia a lot. Um so uh I think to answer your question, air wck is I like like Flex duck just fine I know what you're saying um but I think that there's times and places for both. um I think it if I have plenty of room and I don't have to worry about the duct work being fabricated to go around a corner or to go up in a wall or to do this or to do that and alls I've got to do is just install duct work in a house and that is not I have no challenges as far as I go.

I have a nice say large crawl space to put my duct work in. then I'm usually going to do round duct and round duct only because of the static and the um other challenges that square Ducks create. um but I'm going to do a round trunk line and then I'm going to depending on the layout of the home run my Branch lines of flex duct off of that. but that's honestly that's just how we do things in Virginia There's other parts of the the country that things are done differently for different reasons.

uh, in some parts of the country if if you um, install anything metal, you're asking for it to rust right? and so um I I don't know if that answers your question but um I I think that um the the. The main answer to that question is I would defer to your local Pros because it doesn't really matter if I said to you hey there's this new product and it's made out of the same products that makes up this cup and it never rusts and it's super rugged and it has a very low carbon footprint. It's biodegradable and it's just an amazing product. but then no one in your area installs that product.

Well, it doesn't really matter how great it is, you can't find anybody to put it in anyway. You know Ryan says I want an all-in-one heat pump that does both heating cooling for the home and water heating like in Europe but sold here in the USA I Know we have combo boilers but those run on gas or oil mostly. Ryan Uh, stay tuned and I'll just I'll just leave it at that. Stay tuned.

My friend Airrex says I'm also having a problem finding HVAC companies out here in Southern California wanting to do a he heat Lad calculation? no any references or way out this way out this way um Eric Are you actually in LA or you somewhere else in Southern California Let me know the answer to that. um um Ryan says should I have Should I have install a couple vents to blow air in my unconditioned attic or just rely on the flex duct insulation Ryan Have you had someone tell you to do that? I would say generally, uh, it's pretty, uh, inefficient to run to blow conditioned air in an unconditioned attic. Um, but you know I mean if you've had a couple people tell you that a couple Pros tell you that for one reason or another. um, you know I don't know I mean that's interesting that you're even asking that Ax says also, even though an HVAC company's licensed, is there a way to verify that actual installers that show up are certified and up to Snuff Uh, in Virginia there is.

Um, but I don't know about California pal? Um, other then I mean you, you should be able to ask them. I will tell you that it's not uncommon for companies to hold licenses and the employees not um, so that's not uncommon. Um, in fact, I've got employees that are very, very qualified um and could probably own their own business and do very well. Uh, but they work with us and they do not hold any licenses.

uh, for one reason or another. So I don't know if that answers your question. Maybe that does not give you the warm fuzzies, but it I will say that that's not uncommon in any all states. Arch says any news on point of purchase rebates for replacing old heat pumps I Contacted a state Senator's office and they are going to get back to me but won't be holding my breath.

Um Arch when you say point of purchase rebates I'm curious what exactly you're talking about if you're talking about a reate, a rebate that's applied instantly? Um, those exist. Um, in fact, that's how we do them at Griffin Air. So I I don't There's no mailing in. there's no, you know, none of that.

Uh, it's an instant rebate that is applied and then we have to. We as a company after the job is done, send, you know, register it on a website and Dyan says sends us the rebate. but but um, if you're talking about something else, let me know. Uh, Ax says an HVAC company said that metal Ducks also attract heat.

Um well, maybe I mean I'm I'm not sure I've never heard that I mean I don't I'm not saying they don't attract heat, but I don't know that that should play a role in your um decision making there. Ryan says what's the difference between black flex duct and silver kind? Do they sweat differently or any differences at all? Um, there are certain Flex uh products that have, um, they they have certain proprietary Technologies Um, so we've had. um, you know certain products on the market say that they can do one thing or another be better at one thing or another than another. um I'll say this.

the ones that are are black, at least the ones that we get are lower quality that the it's just and it almost kind of reminds me of like a really good trash bag. Plastic on the outside of that um insulation whereas the uh silver kind which is what we get is more of the consistency of I don't even know how to com what what to compare it to? it's it's like a thin but strong um I don't even know what to compare it to. it's like a vinyl sort of. um, but you know it, it doesn't.

It rips easy if you cut it. but but you're not going to get in there and just you know, open up a hole easily you know? So if you need to cut it or you need to, you know splice it or something you know. usually just a simple knife. you just run it in there and it and it you know is easy to work with as far as that goes.

but uh, it's a little more rugged I would say than say you know a cheap plastic ER Unfortunately I don't know anybody in Orange County if you were in La I do know a guy or actually I know two guys. uh but I don't know anybody out your way? um I uh I I Can tell you that it's not uncommon for you know there are companies out there that will do third-party heat load calculations. Um, but you know I'll say this too. There are certain parts of the country that if humidity is not a big problem, then heat low calculations aren't as big of a deal.

Does that mean that they're useless? No. I mean I Think every house no matter the environment has a uh a a threshold of this is how much Heating and Cooling that the home needs and anything above that would be just something extra you need to pay for. But the problem becomes if this is where you need to be in a humid, say Florida for example and you actually install an air conditioner that's up here. Well now it's not running long enough.

It's going to cool the space really fast, not remove enough humidity. and that's when you start to hear folks have humidity issues and uh and then other problems like mold and so uh, I know Arch Lives in an area in Arizona where they could probably throw a 10 ton system in a home that only needs two tons and because of low humidity he probably he'll just cool the space down really fast. and then that, you know and he just has a big honk and air conditioner, it's not going to be a problem or not usually. Um so yeah.

Tech Junkie says if a pro tells you to blow air outside conditioned space, they are absolutely not a Pro Tech Junkie Keeping it real, Emry says why are my Supply vents sweating Uh, there's a couple reason or a couple things that can cause that. Emory if it's uh, in the floor or usually it's the ceiling if you're having that issue in the ceiling. and you got Vin then um, it might need the boot. that's what we call it the boot which is the part or you know where the duct blows out right there where the vent is, um may need to be insulated a little better.

and then the other thing is uh, sometimes sealing around that boot. So imagine if you have a hot attic, you've got a boot sitting there and then it's not sealed where the there's duck. There's actually YouTube videos on this if you if you search it, you know if you just search Vince sweating or register sweating and it's not even one that I've done. But guys will show where you need to actually take some sort of caulk or some sort of material and seal around that boot because hot air from the attic is escaping into the home right around the boot where cool air is coming coming out and that's what's creating that condensation.

um Tech Junkie says a heat low calculation is much more than for humidity they can really be used for Comfort noise overall and running costs and Canon will directly affect your equipment life I I Don't disagree with that. I was just saying that. um, you know when humidity is a, uh, an obstacle say in a humid State such as c as Florida the issues that you could have if you oversized the equipment Ryan says Dyan did sell the Dyan Al Thermo Allinone system in the USA There is a video on it from Baron Green Team YouTube Channel from 2015. Looks like a nice system.

Wonder why they wonder? wonder they stopped selling? Probably wonder why they stopped selling it. Um I I don't know anything about that Ryan To be honest with you, um that's interesting though. Arch says a neighbor just had a 5ton ream heat pump installed on their roof. looked which looked too big for the size of their house.

Um yeah, that's uh. I don't know for some reason I'm sorry to laugh, but for some reason I'm just picturing this like tiny little house that's like you know, 600 square feet or 400 square feet with this 5ton honking, you know, package unit on top. Um so anyway I think that's uh I don't know why. That just kind of caught me off guard.

A Rex says an HVAC company I Met with later said they started a heat load calculation on my house and since they couldn't get it to 90% efficiency, he didn't want to even do the job at my house that is I don't even know what that means ER I Don't know what he's saying a heat L calculation is a heat L calculation. Um, so if he's saying that he can't get it, you know if your house gets above 90. So like here in Virginia if you do a heat low calculation. um and you are trying to Get most heat L Calculations here in Virginia are meant to get the house to 75 degrees on a 95 degree day and and that's the the math or at least this is the the thought process.

Now is that always going to be ideal? Is that you know? No, you know it's not. Um, but that is you know the kind of the the rule when they're doing their heat low calculations and so I don't know if that's the case in all parts of the country I That's just what I've been told. um when the guys are doing the heat L calculations for us here locally locally. Um, heat load has nothing to do with efficiency that's in the duct work and quality of install quality.

5 ton is always too big AC Systems service Kevin If you oversize here in Florida you're going to make a a sick home. What part of Florida are you Kevin Just just out of curiosity Arch says that house looks to be around 1,800 Square F feet. Yeah, I can tell you Arch here in Virginia that would be five tons would be pretty pretty big for an 1800 foot house. Tech junkie says cools a00 foot home in the Sahara Desert to 32 degrees and 17 seconds.

heck with your and that's pretty good. That was a good one. Emry says you don't want oversized AC in a humanid environment because it won't run long enough to pull the humidity out. Very true, Very very true.

Uh, some of you guys, uh, some of you guys have been joining us every week for a while now and I feel like you could run the show? You know some of you guys are pretty, uh, pretty smart folks when it comes to heating and air. I Feel like now, whenever uh, someone's new and they jump in our chat with a a question or two. Um, you know we. it's usually pretty obvious.

Oh, here's somebody new. You know some new fresh questions, right? Broward County South Florida Broward County Florida it says that's near Fort Lauderdale Yeah, that's definitely a humid area I was just in. Uh, I was just in Port Canaveral a couple weeks ago, but that looks like that's still pretty far from you. probably.

what a good hour and a half? Probably up the interstate. Maybe two hours. maybe more. Maybe like three hours.

Um, but uh yeah. okay. cool. uh.

Tech Junk says I Tried doing it every week, but the wife said no. I'll ask the girlfriend next time. Tech Junk is uh, in rare form tonight. what are the big factors that go into heat load calculation? Um, what are the big factors? Well, I mean I would say the size of the house, the space plays a role.

the R value of the insulation. Other things like Windows and um, the uh, the space what it's going to be used for plays a role. right? So if you've got a commercial space where lots of people number of people plays a role. um, a lot of residential applications I've seen guys do heat L calculations and they'll literally write how many people are meant to be in one particular Space versus another.

And so a space where folks are going to congregate more on, you know, on the regular. Um, there are times when guys are doing heat low calculations, they'll literally ask what is this space going to be used for. You know that plays a role. um, how big the appliances are, how many Appliance are there? If you've got a house that's got, you know we've got a few houses near us where the folks are very well to do and they've got more than one Kitchen in their house.

So they've got more than one fridge, right? Uh, I Feel like the average uh, redneck Virginia house. They going to have more than one fridge anyway. I Feel like a lot of our customers and I have family that'll have. They'll have a fridge in the kitchen.

They got a fridge out in the garage. They've got a fridge in the basement. You know, one fridge is where they keep the beer, one fridge is where they keep the you know, the the freezer they use that for you know, to keep certain things Frozen or whatever. But uh, all that plays a roll, you know? Um Tech Chunky says I have two freezer fridges I have a bunch of of small fridges in my house I have a small fridge in my shop I've got a small fridge in my office here? um so I've got probably technically four or five different fridges but only one big one which is in the kitchen.

but yeah, uh, let's see. Ax says with ducks an HVAC company said they would go with larger Ducks than my current oldest bestest ones they're going to remove I told him if I read the Ducks are too large, it could into short cycling Eric if there, if you actually do have ASB Bestus in your home, make sure someone that is certified to remove that removes it and I also I wouldn't be home when when when they come and I know that they uh, are going to be removing asbestos. um that's one of those things like you know. I I remember hearing Old-Timers that would argue over whether or not smoking is good or bad for you, you know I've been smoking for a number of years and I ain't got cancer? um ASB Bestus is nothing you want to play around with.

You know? um Ryan says can you say 24 25 or they further out uh, one of the products is I think very soon uh that I'll be able to do a video on in fact uh, one product in particular. Um, they have already announced and I've got a video that we are working on. It should be out the next day or two on a new technology that Dyin is offering. Um, which is really it? It's it's.

um, crazy it it. It's long overdue as well. Yeah I can't wait for you guys to see that video. Um, let's see I have two fridges I do have a I have a deep freezer as well Tech Junkie I Feel like you and I would get get along pretty well in real life pal.

Um Kevin says always ask if any changes to the home are planned such as new windows Etc TI that's a great Point Kevin uh we have had customers say yeah I'm building on to my house but let's just go ahead and throw that system in there and every time I've heard of folks doing stuff like that, then they find out later that the comp that the customer never did build onto their house and they're having issues and all these things. Um, that's something that we will not do at Griffin Air. unless unless they do a communicating inverter system we might bend a little. We we might bend a little.

but um, yeah. I've heard horror stories from stuff like that, especially when folks don't plan ahead very well. Um, looks like we've got about 24 25 people in here. Uh, I don't know who's on YouTube and who's on Facebook It doesn't tell me, but most of you guys are usually on YouTube Um, as we start to wrap up, uh, if you're one of those 24 people, do me a favor it wherever you are located in the country, if you know a good Heating and Air company local to you, share them in the chat, share who they are and where they're located, We're going to, uh, give some shout outs to some really good companies and uh, you know, don't leave me hanging on that.

So if you know a good Heating and Air company, drop their name and our chat here. Tech Junkie says I'm pretty easy going like jello I love Jello Eric says should I you don't get this figure by not eating jello right Eric says should I still have the ducks that are left in the walls cleaned after the old ASB bestus ducks are removed. Um, if the ducks that are in your walls have ASB Bestus air, have those removed too. Cut those walls open and get that out of there.

Um, but your question I I Have no idea I haven't seen them? Um, but you may not have either. Have somebody run a camera and uh, that might play a role. Looks like a few more folks just joined us. If you know a good Heating and Air company, drop it in the chat.

Uh, drop their name and where they're located in the country, you might be able to. you know, do Do them a favor, give them a shout out and um, you know, uh, you know somebody in your area may just see this. Bo Bob says natural shading like trees can change your heat load results if the tree dies very. That's another good point.

Those are all things that folks. Sometimes it just takes a little common sense. You know you pull up to the house and it looks like ah, these trees might be gone soon, right? That's all things that folks need to consider. Gary says always a great time Josh See you and the Gang next week! Thanks Gary You're a little quiet tonight pal.

Hope hope you're doing well. um I uh wanted to end tonight's show uh as we wrap up uh with uh, something that I wanted to let you guys know I I've got some news coming over the next couple weeks. um I don't want to go into it now, but uh, some news that will affect uh, what we're doing here. uh in a way and so I I hate always being cryptic but it is a little early.

but I do have some big news to share that um I I Can't wait to share with you guys, especially those of you that that join us every week like Arch and Gary and Bob Ryan Emery Tech Junkie um Tech Junkie says is your wife pregnant? no she's not. um but uh you know I am excited and uh, I Can't wait to share a bit of news so stay tuned for that. We're going to be sharing some really big news uh for me and and it's going to affect our show and things as well. it's the show's not going away so it's not bad news.

Um, but I I I'm looking forward to sharing that with you. Uh with you guys Ryan says company shout out from Charlotte area to be continued I'll let you all know next week I Can't wait Ryan I've been uh I've been on the edge of my seat for a while now and uh I want to hear you know number one how good they are but this other YouTuber you know, maybe we can give them a shout out at the end of the day Highland and forcer says schaer Heating and Cooling LLC in Hillsboro Ohio so shout out to Schaer Highland uh thanks. pretty highly of you guys. And if you are in the Hillsboro area, uh, check out Schaefer uh Highland is giving them a shout out ARX says I've got only one return vent downstairs in my twostory home.

Companies's recommended adding one upstairs, which I agree with, but should I keep the one downstairs since it pulls from the cavity inside the home? Well, Eric I I I Think there's exceptions to every rule, right? you know? So I haven't seen your home I Can't definitively ask answer this question but I can say this that when it comes to return air, the more the better, the more the better. Um, generally not always. But generally. uh I haven't been in too many homes where you know I think that uh Steve and and Tech Junkie could probably attest to this: I haven't been in too many homes where I stepped foot in the door and go man, there is just too much return air in this house.

uh, it just doesn't happen very often. So anyway, uh yeah, so it looks like we shouted out schaer uh and again. just to reiterate, we do got some big news coming. Uh for you guys? Um, we're going to wrap up with that.

uh I Appreciate you guys and your support. If you have not subscribed to our Channel please do! We've got some new and exciting stuff coming up and I'm not just saying that. that's not just you know Hoo-ha I've got some new, pretty cool videos coming down the pike including new technologies. That one I was just telling you guys about that video should be out over the next day or two.

Um, so you know, if you haven't subscribed, make sure you do. Looks like we've got another question or two that just popped in here. Ryan says I'd Like to be able to have a call-in feature or join a video chat on here to ask more detailed questions. The character limitation on here sucks and causes typos.

Great show! Ryan I've considered that uh and maybe someday we'll we'll figure something out for that. Um and uh I Don't know. maybe sooner than later, maybe we'll we'll figure out. especially you guys that join us every week.

If you have the um ability, you know if you got the the computer and the techn ology, the camera and you want to come on here? um or maybe we'll do a a a you know, some sort of call-in show I I don't know how I would do that right now. Um, but it does kind of sound fun you know. um hopefully. uh, we can figure that out.

So uh Tech Dunky says never too much return yeah, call-in feature and special guests like me. we uh, we actually have some special guests as well. uh some other folks that um, we're going to be inviting on the show soon. um part of it is.

I'll tell you guys this: a lot of the folks that I have talked to that um about coming on our show. they get scared. They get scared about coming on a live show. they're afraid.

I can tell you that you know whenever I've talked to company folks from big companies, um, they're scared that some of you guys are going to ask them questions that you know or start to berid them. um and you know I've I've gotten that feeling a few times. So I think that uh if I do ever get one of these guys on the show, um what we might do is just take a select few questions and um and just you know, do it that way. So that way you know instead of reading everything or trying to read everything like I do um and we might might be able to do it that way.

So Kevin says I love Curtis I think I think you're talking about uh the the YouTube channel HVAC guy I think uh because I think his name is Curtis um and if he Curtis if he ever sees this if he'd like if he'd like to come on the show I'd love to have him. um, he's got some great content for you know, any of you guys that are interested in watching more of the behind the scenes where guys actually take cameras with them when they go uh, to the house and and so on. That's kind of what his uh content is about. So and Tech Junkie yeah maybe we can work something out where you come on the show too.

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