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Crazy HVAC Hangouts w/ Multiple Techs and Owners

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HVAC Shop Talk Best of Marathon | Zack, Bryan Orr, Ralph Wolf, Justin Beaver, Brent Ridley and Gil Cavey

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Installation Issues | High Efficiency HVAC Systems | David Richardson

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Skilled Trade Up! w/ Guest Co-Host Chris Forsythe

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Advanced HVAC IAQ Discussion | John Ellis

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Commercial HVAC Technician and Tech Support | Stephen Smith | Everything HVACR on YouTube

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Understanding Enthalpy, Sensible and Latent Heat of Return Air | Real World HVAC

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Good HVAC Measurements Start with Airflow

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AI is Invading the Trades, Are You Ready? | Tersh Blissett | 7/23/25

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The Decisions That Change Your HVAC Career | Andy Holt | 7/20/25

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From HVAC Contractor to NCI Trainer | Adam Mufich | 7/16/25

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The HVAC Tools You Didn't Know You Needed

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It's All About Smart Probes, HVAC Gauges and Culvers.......?

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The Very Berst HVAC Gauges!

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The Best HVAC Brands on Earth!

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HVAC Life Compilation

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Chuck Pierce | Comfort Plus HVAC

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Chris Forsythe | The Home Warranty HVAC Man

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Ted Cook | HVAC Customer Service | R454B Issues | Green Energy Myths

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Zack's Shop Talk | #3 | Turning Point

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Zack's Shop Talk | #2 | Snow Day

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Zack's Shop Talk | #1 | Starting Over

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How to Increase an HVAC System's Dehumidification Power

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How Older HVAC Techs Can Max Out Their Skills

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Grill Placement is More Important Than You Think

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Some Thermostats are Too Cheap....

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The Choice Every HVAC Owner Must Make

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Words of Wisdom to Young HVAC Techs from an Old Tech

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An HVAC Service Call I Got Way Wrong

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HVAC Central Air is No Competition for These??

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Time Makes Men into Excellent HVAC Instructors

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The Odd Things that Cause an AC Unit To Struggle When it's the Hottest Outside

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4/15/24 | Chris Forsythe

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StreamYard Must Die | Micron Gauge Location | R290 Systems

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Your Big Life Change | Advice if You'll Take It | Old School Tools

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Is HVAC Tougher Mentally or Physically?

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Touchy Subjects for HVAC Techs and.....Everybody | Yellow Jacket TitanMAX

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HVAC Refrigerant Cycle 2 | HVAC Guy with a DUI?

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HVAC Fake News | The Refrigeration Cycle Part 1 | The Old Guy on the Jobsite

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HVAC Business Tips with Your Internet Friend Zack

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HVAC Customer Service | Throw the Pull Out in a River

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You Have to Hate This Part of HVAC to do it Well!

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2/7/24 | Vacuum Pumps, HVAC Business, and The Fallen Water Bottle

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Electric Furnaces | The Good and Bad of Hart Tools | The Hyper Tough Dust Collector

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The Tool I Won't Sell | HVAC Advancements Aren't for Techs | Ryobi and Bauer Deals

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HVAC Gauges / The Home Invasion / Storm Approaching

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The Edge of 2024

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The Makita Failed the Test

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The Hyper Tough 1000 Dust Collector

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Son of a Boat Builder

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Best Power Tool Deals at Home Depot and Lowes

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2 Free Tools and a Burning AC

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The Tension is Rising!

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10/18/23 | Hyper Tough Brushless, Bosch vs. Ducane, and the Deer Smacker

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9/16/23 | Adam Mufich

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9/9/23 | Chris Forsythe

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8/25/23

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The Decision that Will Change Your HVAC Career

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HVAC Tips That Will Save Your Install

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The Moment that Truly Tests an HVAC Tech

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A Time to Sell

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The HVAC Trade Will Destroy You if You Allow It!

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HVAC Condensate Line Tech Tips

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Do you Size HVAC Systems for the Loads? (Yes, That's Plural)

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I Was the Wrong Kind of Tech, Are You?

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A Common HVAC Career Mistake

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Understanding Line Sets and Fittings (Plus a little charging)

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Exploring New Refrigerants | R290, R32 and R454B

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Jessica Eagan | 6/10/23

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HVAC Guy | Curtis Harrison

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5/20/23 | Courtland Butler | HVAC Tech Knowledgy

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Tad Fuller (Taddy Digest) | HVAC Family Business, HVAC Sales and Empathy

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HVAC Owner does 85% Home Warranty Work?! w/ Chris Forsythe

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4/22/23 | Stephen Rardon | Learning to Run an HVAC Company, The Loss of his Father and those Dang Bosch Units

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HVAC Powerhouse Trio | Ted, Joe and Zack

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Superior Makita Drill, HVACRverse Drops in to Talk, and Fake News

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Weather Report, HVAC Trivia, and Hughsman HVAC Drops By

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Let's Talk Gree, Electric Furnace Question, and Shout Out to RJ and HVAC Guy

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HVAC Smart Probes, The Real YouTube Techs and what is Adiabatic??

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Bluon Merger, Tools of the Trade(Fox), and the Best HVAC Manufacturer

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Two Cool (Cheap) Tools, Don't Leak Check with O2 and the Chat is Brutal!

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Harbor Freight Bender, Maintenance is Stupid, and Special HVAC Moments

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The New Trane Duel Fuel, The Bosch Update, and a Little Manual D

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$200 Press Tool and of course a DEAD Duck

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HVAC Trivia and Prizes / #SWAGTHURSDAY

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HVAC Small Business Trio | Zack, Justin and Joe

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Wireless Relays, The War of Bosch, and 2 Wire Heat Pump

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2/21/23

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2/15/23

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2/6/23

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1/31/23

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1/30/23

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1/24/23 | First Podcast of '23

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12/31/22

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Side Work, Three Phase and a GE Weathertron

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Heat Strip Sizing and Application | Side Work Disagreement | Electric Furnace Question

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Bosch vs. Single Speed Winter Performance | The Truth about CO Detectors | Why is Furnace Air so DRY?

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Cold Weather Heat Pump Applications | Easy Ways to Lower HVAC Static Pressure

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11/16/22

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11/8/22