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Podcast: HVAC School - For Techs, By Techs
Episode: Combustion vs. Compression - Short #275
Description: In this short podcast episode, Bryan covers the history of the great heating debate: furnaces vs. heat pumps or combustion vs. compression. He also gives a breakdown of each other's strengths and gives his two cents on the winner of the debate. Fire kept humans warm for much of history, but engineers developed a way to move heat by manipulating refrigerant pressures. Early heat pumps got a bad rap because they didn't live up to the hype; they had frequent operational issues, didn't heat effectively, and were largely unable to be serviced effectively by technicians. ...