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  1. illuzionb18c1

    Question about Sizing HVAC split

    Lets assume the following in a single room: Sensible gain: 20662 latent gain: 1662 total: 22324 I am looking at a mr slim type rated at 24,000 btu unit with the following: sensible capacity: 14800 btuh latent capacity: 9400 btuh I see the total for the unit is greater than the total heat gain...
  2. illuzionb18c1

    How to cool a room open to outside temperatures?

    If I have a Oven Room (110 sqft) with one louver for exhausting air with a propellar fan and one louver for pulling in outside air. What method do I use to size the fan (CFM-wise) in order to maintain my oven room to equal outdoor temperatures? Lets just assume I'm generating 20000 btu/h from...
  3. illuzionb18c1

    What are causes of a bad High Pressure Switch?

    I had a hvac tech come out due to no cooling. He said i need to replace my high pressure switch and that the contactor was bad and needed to be replaced. 1) what are the purposes for each 2) what generally causes them to go bad? thanks in advance.
  4. illuzionb18c1

    HVAC Details

    Is there a good place where I can purchase a good set of hvac details in CAD format? Ive been looking at a few sites and Im not sure if they are all pretty much the same thing or theres a certain one that is better than others. thanks
  5. illuzionb18c1

    Electrical Design Seminar

    Does anyone know of any company/seminars that offer quality electrical design for buildings? I am trying to get into the field and wanted to see if there is a good place to start. Thanks in advance.
  6. illuzionb18c1

    Controls Question

    If a building has a controls system which ties multiple thermostats to a single air handler (Trane Tracker). The room setpoints for Heating is set to 68, all of the room temperatures are below 68 as reported by the Trane Tracker system, BUT the system is calling for cooling. Is this simply a...
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    How do you find worse dehumidification day?

    Im trying to size a 100% OA unit. What is the typical way to do this? I always thought you would pick the point where the humidity ratio was the highest for that region. Is this the correct way?
  8. illuzionb18c1

    Zoning exterior with interior room

    Say I had a split system serving 2 rooms, one being exterior and one being interior space. I understand you should not group these two together on the same zone bc they have different cooling loads. But why can you just not have more air flowing to the exterior room and have the damper in the...

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