Difference Between A/C, Air Handler, Furnace, Heat Pump, Minisplit, Etc.

My air handler is leaking water😢

Is there anyway you could do a video on the different size coil cabinets and what the model # mean? This would help me a lot!

What about a water chilled AC unit for a home that does not have a cooling tower? How does this work? My home has one and it doesn't seem to cool it properly in the hot summers.

Grate video bud! I switched careers recently (went from Project Management to HVAC). I took a crash course in HVAC, passed the EPA608 and got a Universal Cert. Now I’m in the real world doing HVAC maintenance. BUT matching Work Order paperwork against the “actual units” that I’ve worked on has been a PAIN in the pants😵‍💫, bcs I’m still learning what these difference are (the ones you explained in the video). Thanks a million🫡👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

I just want to comment to keep encouraging you. Excellent, honest and concise explanations. Well done.

Hello Jay, can you please advice me if a Goodman gsxh506010 ,it’s a 5Tons with seer15.2 and air handler amvt60dp1400 variable speed is good and reliable brand air conditioning unit? Thanks

U a great teacher 🎉

how much you think it cost to move water heater from atic up stair to garage ?

You want proof for programmed obsolescence, at 10 years old smoke/carbon monoxide alarms start beeping and won’t stop because they expired and need replacement! And NO, changing the batteries won’t stop it!!! It’s programmed to do that!!! So if they can do that in the name of “SAFETY” then any manufacturer can do that to their products!!!

Hello 👋 good buddy Jay. Thats a extremely good educational video on the different types of heating sources i read some comments and I truly agree 👍 your channel is the best for hvac. My uncle is back in the hospital he wasn't taking his potassium medication and sodium chloride and it caused his body to reject food and water and his daughter in law found him on the floor and called the ambulance 🚑 and when they got there he flatlined and they shocked him and brought him back and gave him different shots of stuff and took him to the hospital and he is in acidosis because his kidneys and liver was shutting down and it makes your body build up gas in the blood thats acidosis but he is stable now and feeling a lot better they are still trying to clean up his blood and getting him fixed up. I haven't been feeling well just really tired and some chest pain here and there but im making it is the important thing trying to get ready for spring ive already been mowing. Tell everybody I said hello 👋 Jay much love to you and your family my friend. May God bless you and keep you and your family safe.

Hey Jay, I use your videos as one of my main sources of information since I got into the trade. I haven't seen any videos you have on boilers or hydronic heating systems. I haven't seen any videos on electric furnaces either. I was wondering if there was a reaspn for that or if maybe I just overlooked them. Thank you for all your hard work...

Boiler heat is the best up north. In each room. Not the radiant.

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Could you do a video on whether to add a soft start to your central air system?

A lot of times people forget that geothermals since they are a heat pump still can't operate the greatest when the ground temperature changes. It can only do so much and since they are smart systems they switch on heating elements when they ran too long. So the electric bill goes up

It's actually anything below 40 a conventional heat pump loses its efficiency.
Now if it's a heat pump with an inverter compressor then it's anything below 15° 👍

Thank you. This was very informative. I had been out in the desert years ago. Where i was they cooled buildings with sometimes called a swamp cooler. I'm curious to understand how they work.

Good information, bad joke! 🤣

I always learn something from your shows. Love it ! Thanks 🙂👍

Great video.

Question for you. Our heating system will not come on. The old Honeywell thermostat shoe -AC. The instructions for the thermostat says this means it is missing AC power. There is power to the heating unit in the garage. This is an HVAC unit.

Hey Jay, ive had a high velocity unit (unico) for 8 yrs now and you are right they can be noisy most of the time....blessings my friend 🙏 🙂

The VRF system is a wonderful system, it saves energy and gives more options

Thanks for the informative video,
I have a question, I recently got a quote on quote efficient samsung gas dryer after the old school whirlpool gave up, the thing is that it takes so long to dry clothing even at the hottest settings it still takes one and a half cycles to completely dry, which is about 2 hours or more, on old whirlpool it took max 40 minutes on medium temperature, is there any way to hack these fancy machines and get them to do their job?

....A great topic.... but a handler isn't just to blow air, it's to circulate air. Right?

I know that "air conditioning" is thought of as "cooling". Cooling is only one part of conditioning the air in the building. You are heating, cooling, humidifying, dehumidifying the air. So, "air conditioning" is more than cooling. As a whole, it is an air conditioning system.

Very informative. My son’s condo has 4 mini split “heads” fed from one outdoor compressor. This was done ,as usual, to avoid constructing a duct system. After two years of operation, the system is adequate heat wise (Mass. weather) for all but a few days in winter. Cooling is good ,but humidity control is lacking. We’ve tried a number of experiments (turning one or two off to make the working units move more air longer, etc.). The HVAC company really had no answers. He finally bought a dehumidifier to run in the hot weather. Temperature diffusion is ok ( a damper rotates automatically to redirect airflow). My house has conventional gas forced air (two stage) through ducts. Temperature differential between floors was always a problem. I bought and installed the Ecobee thermostat ( I don’t work there) and also a few extra room sensors. What a difference that made. Not perfect ,but much better and I saved some money, particularly thru the cooling season. I suspect the end of fossil fuel HVAC is coming ,but it will be like pulling teeth and too expensive for many. I have seen some locals doing geothermal. Theory is good, but there are a lot of moving parts to maintain- a basement full of equipment and probably upgraded electrical service. A local guy has special equipment to drill in very tight spaces/ back yards and is busy all the time.

I have an electric furnace in my foods house vs a gas furnace in my Chicago house. Both heat well. But the electric Doesn’t have many parts.

HI JAY...i need replace 2 ton very old condaensor , i don't have one-2 ton , but i have 3 ton , can i replace that 3 ton instead , you think will be ok or any problem ? thanks JAY

I always take something away from everyone of your videos, thanks Brother

Where are your glasses…😢

Can you speak Spanish this video teacher 🧑‍🏫

Great explanation on minisplit, I installed one and it works except mine doesn't have a heat pump

I think your Grandpa is in his cell? Maybe you should give him a call? HA-ha-ha-ha. Good to hear from you, Jay, with new videos lately.

Learned a lot today, Thx.

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You missed the Freus. It is similar to a split condenser except it uses as an additional means of transferring the heat. Water pan is t the bottom with a pump and hose to move the water upward to the pvc that is just above the copping coils and flows across the coils draining downward back into the pan. It has a water line connection and a float to keep the water just right alone an anode to help with minerals in the water. I saw a lot of water pumps fail on these.

I think a more clear way to explain all of this is to separate the distribution system (eg forced air, in floor radiant, radiators etc) from the heat source (oil furnace, gas furnace, air source heat pump, geothermal, etc). Basically any of those heat sources can be paired with air or water distribution.

Geothermal is more efficient than air source partly due to the more consistent temperature but also due to the greater heat capacity of water and the ground vs air. In terms of payback, geothermal makes the most economic sense in cold climates where a cheaper air source heat pump starts to struggle in the depths of winter. That said, there are more modern units that work alright down to around -25C.

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Great info Jay ... And as for grandpa , have you checked on the greeters at Walmart? Aloha my friend

condensing boiler: maybe you missed this one, as it's high efficiency boiler

never heard of air handler , thinking it’s the authority ( government) controls how much air we can breathe , thank god it isn’t and thanks for the explanation !