Tenant Submetering
How do you bill tenants for their share of the use of a piece of air conditioning equipment that is shared amongst more than one tenant in your building? If you have a VRF Air Conditioning system, where...
Reftekk Integrated Piping Solutions
You may have heard of ZoomLock and LokRing for refrigerant pipe fittings, but have you heard of Reftekk? The Reftekk Bendable Piping Solution is another way to reduce installation labor for Refrigerant...
VRF Advantages
Heat Recovery units can utilize heat removed from zones providing cooling to heating zones requiring heat.
VRF systems take up less room than other system types, freeing up valuable mechanical room space for other purposes.
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Refrigerant piping insulation has historically escaped the scrutiny that it has found itself under recently in some jurisdictions. What could possibly be such a big deal with plain old boring refrigerant piping insulation? With energy codes getting stricter during...
ZoomLock Value Calculator Review
The ZoomLock Value Calculator provides a quick way to analyze the cost difference between doing a project with brazed joints versus the ZoomLock press-fit connection method. In this article we will do a ZoomLock Value Calculator...
ZoomLock Cost Analysis
Determining if there is value in using a press-fit joint such as ZoomLockâ„¢ requires that you look at several factors that impact cost and quality. We covered the technical aspects of ZoomLockâ„¢ in another article; see ZoomLock...
On August 13, 2020, the inventor and manufacturer of the original ZoomLock fittings – RLS, LLC – announced it was ending its relationship with Parker-Hannifin and will no longer supply its fittings to Parker to sell under...
Should you install a VRF Heat Recovery or VRF Heat Pump system for a Residential home or commercial property?
We will discuss three options you have related to air-cooled split systems, not including rooftop...
The LOKRING fitting is a Pressfit fitting used for many applications within many industries. We will be looking at the LOKRING for its potential use with refrigerants in the VRF/VRV industry.
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ZoomLockâ„¢ Tool Review
For those of you that are new to press-fit tools we will cover the features of the Klauke 19 kn tool used on ZoomLockâ„¢ fittings, this includes the tool, jaw sets, fittings and accessories required to make...
