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Week 1 Topics

Week One Topics and Takeaway Summary:

HVAC Areas of Concentration:

Human Comfort and System Selection

  • When it comes to HVAC, comfort is the goal
  • Understanding what makes people comfortable
  • Equipment selection

Trade tools

  • What tools are required and their purpose?

Lab/hands-on

  • Examine, remove, and replace basic HVAC system parts
  • An introduction to brazing practiced
  • Fundamental preventive maintenance performed

Week 2 Topics

Week Two Topics and Takeaways:

HVAC Areas of Concentration:

System Components

  • General introduction
  • Compressors
  • Condensers
  • Metering devices
  • Evaporators
  • Reversing valves and check valves
  • Accumulators and receivers
  • Refrigerant and refrigerant tubing

Lab/hands-on

  • Examine and catalog the inside of a technician’s van, detailing common inventory parts and reasons behind
  • Brazing techniques and troubleshooting common issues continue
  • Evaporator and condenser coils, compressors, and metering devises examined in depth
  • Coil cleaning, in-place as well as complete evaporator pull and clean

Week 3 Topics

Week Three Topics and Takeaways:

HVAC Areas of Concentration:

HVAC Theory and Review

Heat and Matter

Heat Transfer and the Basic Refrigeration Cycle

  • Fundamental introduction
  • Heat transfer
  • SEER: Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio

Lab/hands-on

  • Examine, break down, and re-secure core air handler and condenser parts
  • Pressure diagnostics
  • How to test TXV bulb
  • Brazing techniques and practicing continue due to importance of this element
  • Evaluating low-voltage wiring, troubleshooting thermostat issues

Week 4 Topics

Week Four Topics and Takeaways:

HVAC Areas of Concentration:

Installation Guidelines

  • General introduction
  • The indoor section
  • Ductwork
  • The outdoor section
  • Evacuation/charging procedure
  • Electrical connections
  • Verifying air flow

Lab/hands-on

  • Break down and replace a complete indoor/outdoor system.
  • Duct board practical experience
  • Run low voltage wiring to systems
  • Run copper line sets

Week 5 Topics

Week Five Topics and Takeaways:

HVAC Areas of Concentration:

HVAC Theory and Review

Electrical Fundamentals

Transformers and Motors

  • Transformers
  • Induction motors
  • Types of motors
  • Motor maintenance

Test Instruments

  • Most valuable tool(s) of the trade

Troubleshooting Electric Circuits

  • General introduction
  • Tools and instruments

Week 6 Topics

Week Six Topics and Takeaways:

HVAC Areas of Concentration:

HVAC Theory and Review

System performance checks

  • Air distribution
  • Blower performance
  • Heat measurements
  • Troubleshooting

Electrical Diagrams

Electrical Components

  • General introduction
  • Motors
  • Capacitors
  • Solenoids
  • Transformers
  • Thermostats
  • Heaters
  • Defrost controls

Lab/hands-on

  • Create live situations covering this week’s theory and applications.
    • How to locate wiring short
  • Schemata reading
  • Perform complete diagnostics on systems, resolving as appropriate

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