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  1. apparently the company/product that lost me as an HVAC customer is called Avoca: avoca.ai/customers/apex-servic

    here's a demo of this pile of shit: avoca.ai/inbound

    #AI #HVAC #enshittification

  2. Called my (soon to be former) HVAC vendor[1] and the call was answered by an AI human voice… that did not disclose it was an AI.

    It pretended to be human. After 2-3 exchanges (as awkward as you'd expect), I asked.

    I'm not sure I've ever been more ready to run away from a vendor. I escalated to a real person, who was thrilled to pass along my feedback.

    1: BelRed Heating/Gene Johnson, which is one of many trade names of Apex Service Partners. fuck them.

    #enshittification #hvac #seattle

  3. Швейцарский нож Инженера АСУ ТП: Ищем, подслушиваем, настраиваем и шьём по Modbus одной утилитой

    При проведении пуско-наладочных работ на объекте Инженерам часто приходится иметь дело с "солянкой" различного оборудования на линиях RS-485, передающих данные по Modbus RTU на "средний", или "верхний" (в BMS\SCADA) уровни. Написали программу, которая умеет искать Modbus RTU устройства по COM-порту, а так же через преобразователи интерфейсов с протоколами Modbus RTU over TCP и Modbus TCP. Прописали IP адрес и порт шлюза, выбрали протокол и готово.

    habr.com/ru/articles/1037242/

    #асутп #scada #modbus #scanner #hvac #овик #инженерия #пнр #утилиты #wirenboard

  4. Engle Services marks 25 years serving Central Alabama with honest HVAC, plumbing & electrical expertise. One contractor. Three trades. Proven results. #HVAC #LocalBusiness

  5. Engle Services marks 25 years serving Central Alabama with honest HVAC, plumbing & electrical expertise. One contractor. Three trades. Proven results. #HVAC #LocalBusiness

  6. Engle Services marks 25 years serving Central Alabama with honest HVAC, plumbing & electrical expertise. One contractor. Three trades. Proven results. #HVAC #LocalBusiness

  7. Tailored Mechanical officially rebrands as Plunkett Home Services in Tucson, putting the family name behind every HVAC job. Same trusted expertise, new identity. #HVAC #LocalBusiness

  8. Tailored Mechanical officially rebrands as Plunkett Home Services in Tucson, putting the family name behind every HVAC job. Same trusted expertise, new identity. #HVAC #LocalBusiness

  9. Tailored Mechanical officially rebrands as Plunkett Home Services in Tucson, putting the family name behind every HVAC job. Same trusted expertise, new identity. #HVAC #LocalBusiness

  10. Carl's Quality Cooling and Heating celebrates 20 years of veteran-owned HVAC excellence in Conroe, TX. From one truck to 40 employees—built on integrity, word-of-mouth, and community care. #FamilyBusiness #HVAC

  11. Carl's Quality Cooling and Heating celebrates 20 years of veteran-owned HVAC excellence in Conroe, TX. From one truck to 40 employees—built on integrity, word-of-mouth, and community care. #FamilyBusiness #HVAC

  12. Carl's Quality Cooling and Heating celebrates 20 years of veteran-owned HVAC excellence in Conroe, TX. From one truck to 40 employees—built on integrity, word-of-mouth, and community care. #FamilyBusiness #HVAC

  13. Alabama homeowners can cut summer cooling costs by 10% with smart thermostat settings, regular filter changes, and timely A/C maintenance. Heat pumps offer long-term efficiency gains. #HVAC #Cooling

  14. Alabama homeowners can cut summer cooling costs by 10% with smart thermostat settings, regular filter changes, and timely A/C maintenance. Heat pumps offer long-term efficiency gains. #HVAC #Cooling

  15. Alabama homeowners can cut summer cooling costs by 10% with smart thermostat settings, regular filter changes, and timely A/C maintenance. Heat pumps offer long-term efficiency gains. #HVAC #Cooling

  16. Alabama homeowners: New guide covers A/C installation, heat pump options, energy efficiency standards, and maintenance tips for beating summer heat. #HVAC #HomeownerTips

  17. Alabama homeowners: New guide covers A/C installation, heat pump options, energy efficiency standards, and maintenance tips for beating summer heat. #HVAC #HomeownerTips

  18. Alabama homeowners: New guide covers A/C installation, heat pump options, energy efficiency standards, and maintenance tips for beating summer heat. #HVAC #HomeownerTips

  19. Preventive HVAC maintenance cuts emergency A/C repair calls by 40% in Alabama. Scheduled tune-ups catch small problems before costly failures occur. Protect your cooling investment. #HVAC #Maintenance

  20. Preventive HVAC maintenance cuts emergency A/C repair calls by 40% in Alabama. Scheduled tune-ups catch small problems before costly failures occur. Protect your cooling investment. #HVAC #Maintenance

  21. Preventive HVAC maintenance cuts emergency A/C repair calls by 40% in Alabama. Scheduled tune-ups catch small problems before costly failures occur. Protect your cooling investment. #HVAC #Maintenance

  22. Birmingham homeowners: proper A/C sizing, SEER ratings, and professional installation directly impact comfort and energy costs. Heat pumps offer efficient heating and cooling for Alabama's climate. #HVAC #HomeImprovement

  23. Birmingham homeowners: proper A/C sizing, SEER ratings, and professional installation directly impact comfort and energy costs. Heat pumps offer efficient heating and cooling for Alabama's climate. #HVAC #HomeImprovement

  24. Birmingham homeowners: proper A/C sizing, SEER ratings, and professional installation directly impact comfort and energy costs. Heat pumps offer efficient heating and cooling for Alabama's climate. #HVAC #HomeImprovement

  25. Family-owned Engle Services expands HVAC, plumbing, and electrical services across 20+ Central Alabama communities with 43 technicians and 24/7 emergency support. #HVAC #HomeServices

  26. Family-owned Engle Services expands HVAC, plumbing, and electrical services across 20+ Central Alabama communities with 43 technicians and 24/7 emergency support. #HVAC #HomeServices

  27. Family-owned Engle Services expands HVAC, plumbing, and electrical services across 20+ Central Alabama communities with 43 technicians and 24/7 emergency support. #HVAC #HomeServices

  28. Alabama contractor expands HVAC, plumbing, and electrical services to 22 cities with 43 licensed technicians and 24/7 emergency response. Heat pump and A/C installation now available statewide. #HVAC #HomeServices

  29. Alabama contractor expands HVAC, plumbing, and electrical services to 22 cities with 43 licensed technicians and 24/7 emergency response. Heat pump and A/C installation now available statewide. #HVAC #HomeServices

  30. Alabama contractor expands HVAC, plumbing, and electrical services to 22 cities with 43 licensed technicians and 24/7 emergency response. Heat pump and A/C installation now available statewide. #HVAC #HomeServices

  31. ↙️I'm glad that #MIT startup #transaera found a secret sauce for HVAC dehumidification: coupling a new solid desiccant with heat pumps!

    ↘️I worked on reducing solid and liquid desiccant #HVAC costs back in the 1990s; see "Reduced-Cost, Desiccant-Based DHC Systems"
    DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.12617.57449
    #Energy #TENs #heatpumps

  32. ↙️I'm glad that #MIT startup #transaera found a secret sauce for HVAC dehumidification: coupling a new solid desiccant with heat pumps!

    ↘️I worked on reducing solid and liquid desiccant #HVAC costs back in the 1990s; see "Reduced-Cost, Desiccant-Based DHC Systems"
    DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.12617.57449
    #Energy #TENs #heatpumps

  33. ↙️I'm glad that #MIT startup #transaera found a secret sauce for HVAC dehumidification: coupling a new solid desiccant with heat pumps!

    ↘️I worked on reducing solid and liquid desiccant #HVAC costs back in the 1990s; see "Reduced-Cost, Desiccant-Based DHC Systems"
    DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.12617.57449
    #Energy #TENs #heatpumps

  34. ↙️I'm glad that #MIT startup #transaera found a secret sauce for HVAC dehumidification: coupling a new solid desiccant with heat pumps!

    ↘️I worked on reducing solid and liquid desiccant #HVAC costs back in the 1990s; see "Reduced-Cost, Desiccant-Based DHC Systems"
    DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.12617.57449
    #Energy #TENs #heatpumps

  35. ↙️I'm glad that #MIT startup #transaera found a secret sauce for HVAC dehumidification: coupling a new solid desiccant with heat pumps!

    ↘️I worked on reducing solid and liquid desiccant #HVAC costs back in the 1990s; see "Reduced-Cost, Desiccant-Based DHC Systems"
    DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.12617.57449
    #Energy #TENs #heatpumps

  36. It turns out that one of the players in my first playtest for the sci-fi HVAC repair TTRPG module I'm working on actually has seven years of professional HVAC experience! What a fantastic coincidence!

    #ttrpg #hvac

  37. Your phone rings. You're 20 feet under a house fixing pipes. By the time you crawl out, that caller already hired the next plumber on Google—$350 gone. Atlas UX answers every call, books the job, texts the client, pings your Slack. Never lose another dime. (573) 742-2028 atlasux.cloud #Plumbers #HVAC #TradeBusiness

  38. Your phone rings. You're elbow-deep in a busted pipe. $400 job walks away to the next plumber in Google. Again. Atlas UX answers every call 24/7, books the job, texts the client, pings you on Slack—so you never lose another dime. Try it free: (573) 742-2028 atlasux.cloud #plumbers #hvac

  39. Heat Recovery Ventilator (HRV) — Operating Principle

    A recuperator (heat recovery unit) transfers heat from exhaust air to incoming fresh air without mixing the two streams.

    ---

    How It Works

    Two airflows:

    Exhaust air (warm, from indoors)

    Supply air (cold, from outside)

    They pass through a heat exchanger:

    separated by plates or channels

    no direct mixing

    heat transfers through the material (conduction)

    Result: → supply air is preheated
    → exhaust air is cooled
    → overall heat loss is reduced

    ---

    Types of Recuperators

    1. Plate Heat Exchanger

    aluminum or plastic plates

    efficiency: ~60–90%

    no moving parts

    2. Rotary (Wheel) Heat Exchanger

    rotating drum

    transfers heat and some moisture

    efficiency: up to ~85–90%

    3. Counterflow Heat Exchanger

    air streams move in opposite directions

    highest efficiency: up to ~95%

    ---

    What Is Transferred

    heat (primary)

    sometimes moisture (in enthalpy units)

    ---

    Efficiency Example

    outside: 0°C

    indoor: +22°C

    after recovery: ~16–20°C

    ---

    Advantages

    reduced heating energy demand

    continuous ventilation without major heat loss

    improved indoor air quality

    ---

    Limitations

    frost formation in winter (needs bypass or preheater)

    filter maintenance required

    upfront cost

    ---

    Core Idea

    A recuperator doesn’t generate heat — it recovers and reuses it.

    #HVAC #HeatRecovery #HRV #ERV #EnergyEfficiency #Ventilation #IndoorAirQuality #AirExchange #HeatExchanger #SustainableLiving #GreenBuilding #EnergySaving #HomeComfort #SmartHome #BuildingEngineering #ClimateControl #EcoTech #Airflow #FreshAir #LowEnergy #PassiveHouse #NetZero #HomeImprovement #Engineering #CleanAir

  40. Heat Recovery Ventilator (HRV) — Operating Principle

    A recuperator (heat recovery unit) transfers heat from exhaust air to incoming fresh air without mixing the two streams.

    ---

    How It Works

    Two airflows:

    Exhaust air (warm, from indoors)

    Supply air (cold, from outside)

    They pass through a heat exchanger:

    separated by plates or channels

    no direct mixing

    heat transfers through the material (conduction)

    Result: → supply air is preheated
    → exhaust air is cooled
    → overall heat loss is reduced

    ---

    Types of Recuperators

    1. Plate Heat Exchanger

    aluminum or plastic plates

    efficiency: ~60–90%

    no moving parts

    2. Rotary (Wheel) Heat Exchanger

    rotating drum

    transfers heat and some moisture

    efficiency: up to ~85–90%

    3. Counterflow Heat Exchanger

    air streams move in opposite directions

    highest efficiency: up to ~95%

    ---

    What Is Transferred

    heat (primary)

    sometimes moisture (in enthalpy units)

    ---

    Efficiency Example

    outside: 0°C

    indoor: +22°C

    after recovery: ~16–20°C

    ---

    Advantages

    reduced heating energy demand

    continuous ventilation without major heat loss

    improved indoor air quality

    ---

    Limitations

    frost formation in winter (needs bypass or preheater)

    filter maintenance required

    upfront cost

    ---

    Core Idea

    A recuperator doesn’t generate heat — it recovers and reuses it.

    #HVAC #HeatRecovery #HRV #ERV #EnergyEfficiency #Ventilation #IndoorAirQuality #AirExchange #HeatExchanger #SustainableLiving #GreenBuilding #EnergySaving #HomeComfort #SmartHome #BuildingEngineering #ClimateControl #EcoTech #Airflow #FreshAir #LowEnergy #PassiveHouse #NetZero #HomeImprovement #Engineering #CleanAir

  41. Heat Recovery Ventilator (HRV) — Operating Principle

    A recuperator (heat recovery unit) transfers heat from exhaust air to incoming fresh air without mixing the two streams.

    ---

    How It Works

    Two airflows:

    Exhaust air (warm, from indoors)

    Supply air (cold, from outside)

    They pass through a heat exchanger:

    separated by plates or channels

    no direct mixing

    heat transfers through the material (conduction)

    Result: → supply air is preheated
    → exhaust air is cooled
    → overall heat loss is reduced

    ---

    Types of Recuperators

    1. Plate Heat Exchanger

    aluminum or plastic plates

    efficiency: ~60–90%

    no moving parts

    2. Rotary (Wheel) Heat Exchanger

    rotating drum

    transfers heat and some moisture

    efficiency: up to ~85–90%

    3. Counterflow Heat Exchanger

    air streams move in opposite directions

    highest efficiency: up to ~95%

    ---

    What Is Transferred

    heat (primary)

    sometimes moisture (in enthalpy units)

    ---

    Efficiency Example

    outside: 0°C

    indoor: +22°C

    after recovery: ~16–20°C

    ---

    Advantages

    reduced heating energy demand

    continuous ventilation without major heat loss

    improved indoor air quality

    ---

    Limitations

    frost formation in winter (needs bypass or preheater)

    filter maintenance required

    upfront cost

    ---

    Core Idea

    A recuperator doesn’t generate heat — it recovers and reuses it.

    #HVAC #HeatRecovery #HRV #ERV #EnergyEfficiency #Ventilation #IndoorAirQuality #AirExchange #HeatExchanger #SustainableLiving #GreenBuilding #EnergySaving #HomeComfort #SmartHome #BuildingEngineering #ClimateControl #EcoTech #Airflow #FreshAir #LowEnergy #PassiveHouse #NetZero #HomeImprovement #Engineering #CleanAir

  42. Your phone rings while you're elbow-deep in someone's drain. Miss it = $300 job gone. 85% call your competitor next.

    Atlas UX answers every call, books the job, sends confirmation texts. You keep working, we keep the money flowing.

    (573) 742-2028 or atlasux.cloud

    #Plumbers #HVAC #TradeLife

  43. #askfedi #indoorenvironment #hvac #dust #allergen #filtration

    We’re discovering our passion for open doors and windows is brining in a LOT of dust. We can skate on the tile floors because of it.

    Rather than close up and go on AC, I’m thinking of making/buying air filters for the windows. Let’s assume full-width, but only about 6” tall. Just basic furnace filter material, MERV 8 or so.

    Is this a workable solution?

    But wait, there’s more…