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Podcast: HVAC School - For Techs, By Techs
Episode: Proper Design For Ductless and Ducted HVAC Systems
Description: In this podcast episode, Bryan, Chad, John, and Allison discuss proper design for ductless and ducted HVAC systems, especially mini-splits. They also discuss potential future improvements to equipment and duct designs. Mini-splits are smaller than traditional HVAC units, so they make zoning a bit easier. However, load calculation plays a huge role in equipment selection and zoning because you must get the right number of zones to match the equipment capacity and meet your load requirements. Proper design is difficult, and a common mistake includes using one piece of equipment to serve the whole house...