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Podcast: HVAC School - For Techs, By Techs
Episode: Defrost in Commercial Refrigeration w/ Dick Wirz
Description: Dick Wirz, author of Commercial Refrigeration for Air Conditioning Technicians, talks to us about refrigerator and freezer defrost strategies. Check out Dick's book HERE. In commercial refrigeration, we deal with much lower evaporator temperatures than residential HVAC. Although an evaporator temperature of 40°F may be commonplace in residential HVAC, you can expect evaporator temperatures from 25-30°F in refrigeration. Even though having ice on the coil is a negative thing in residential HVAC, it is perfectly normal in refrigeration. The purpose of defrosting is to bring the evaporator temperature above freezing to melt off the fr...