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HVAC Hacks: Educating Customers about the Risks of DIY HVAC

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Air conditioners, heaters, ventilation systems and refrigerators are pretty complex machines. The equipment has become so complicated that these days it can be difficult to land a job without formal HVAC training.[1] But, with so much information online, it’s easy to understand why more and more homeowners are attempting to do the work themselves. In […]

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Graduate Connections – Joshua Voss

Joshua Voss Graduate Connections

Joshua, 33, was born in Tacoma, WA, raised in Denver, CO, then moved to Virginia at 16, before coming to Arizona five years ago. Joshua graduated the Electro-Mechanical Technologies (EMT) program at RSI in January 2018. He works for Air Fit Air Conditioning in the East Valley. Thanks for your time, Joshua. Why did you […]

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RSI and Friendly House Deliver Complimentary HVAC tune-up to Valley Family

The official first day of summer is still a week away on June 21, but temperatures in the Valley are already on the rise and will only continue to intensify over the next few months, making a fully-functioning home cooling system a necessity. While HVAC checkups are recommended twice a year, especially when temperatures change, […]

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The Four Types of Refrigeration Systems You Need to Know

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One of the first things every HVAC/R student learns is that air conditioning units don’t create cool air. What they actually do is remove heat out of a given area. All refrigeration systems work by transferring heat around, moving it from a designated area to somewhere else, thus cooling that designated area off and reversing […]

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Graduate Connections – Meet Rich Morgan

Rich Morgan, 47, from New York, NY graduated from the Electro-Mechanical Technologies (EMT) program in November 1994. He is now President of Magic Touch Mechanical, Inc., a nationally recognized and award-winning company that Rich started in 1997. Thanks for your time, Rich. What made you choose a career in HVAC? I don’t think I chose […]

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Green Trends for 2018 in the HVAC Industry

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Comfort is costly. HVAC equipment can account for 40 percent of the electricity a building consumes in order to stay cool and warm. And electricity costs a lot of money to keep running. Since the ‘70s and ‘80s, the HVAC industry has been working to reduce the amount of energy the equipment uses, making it […]

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