For those who experienced discoloration (cannot say the “m” word here) atop your air handler, improper plenum construction and implementation is most likely the cause. One of the many hands-on tasks at HVAC Technical Academy concentrates on is proper supply plenum construction and attachment.
Highlighting their work, look at the photo(s) and you make the call. Tomorrow is a new day and we be back on the brazing trail as well as system breakdowns. Oh, what a place of progress we have here!
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We are heading into the final workshop week at HVAC Technical Academy, and all are heavy with hands on action. Between brazing, component and system breakdowns, coil cleanings and getting to confident tool application, much has been going on.
There are two primary types: the supply plenum, which distributes air from the system to the home, and the return plenum, which pulls air from the home back into the system.
In a way, supply and return plenum acts as a “traffic manager” for air, ensuring consistent pressure and temperature regulation.
For those not familiar, HVAC brazing is a high-heat metal-joining process for creating strong, leak-proof refrigerant lines, using filler metal (like silver alloys) melted by a torch, requiring specific equipment (torch, rods, nitrogen) and strict safety protocols (PPE, fire prevention) to join copper pipes for high-pressure systems.
When it comes to system swaps, proper air distribution is essential to air flow and cooling efficiency.
One of the many hands-on tasks at HVAC Technical Academy is constructing supply plenum.