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Steam Coils

Tips on Hand Designation & “Counter-flow”

by Dan Jacobs, June 16, 2021

Are your water coils right hand vs. left hand?  Is it looking into the face of the coil or with the air hitting you in the back of the head?  What exactly is counter-flow and why is it important?  Are you completely confused by why right hand vs. left hand even exists? 
commercial HVAC Coils

Top 5 Reasons Commercial HVAC Coils Prematurely Fail

by Dan Jacobs, May 12, 2021

Capital Coil & Air has come across virtually every scenario over the years in which a commercial HVAC coil had to be prematurely replaced, and we have since created an easy guide targeting the main reasons HVAC Coils prematurely fail.
Belt Drives

Light-Duty Commercial Belt Drive Air Handler Units

by Dan Jacobs, May 3, 2021

There are lots of jobs that require large custom built Air Handler Units, as well as jobs that require Central…
HVAC Coils

Top 10 Obscure Facts About HVAC Coils

by Dan Jacobs, February 15, 2021

HVAC Coils: the cost of copper is the main determinant of the cost of any coil as it takes up a massive percentage of any manufacturing costs. There are other materials involved, but they are minor in comparison when figuring out the overall cost. The cost of labor is relatively steady, so again this is why copper is THE determinant in coil pricing. 
Replacement Coils

Large enough to service all of your commercial replacement coils, but small enough to care about what you think

by Dan Jacobs, January 21, 2021

What differentiates Capital Coil & Air from our competition is that we are big enough to handle all of your coil requirements, but still small enough to know who our customers are and what they need.
Commercial Coil Replacement

How Did The HVAC Commercial Coil Replacement Market Originate???

by Dan Jacobs, January 4, 2021

How in the world did the commercial coil replacement market start? This specific newsletter is more of a story than…
Condenser Coil

Condenser Coils Failing? Here’s probably why….

by Dan Jacobs, October 27, 2020

Very rarely do condenser coils ever freeze so the first thing you’re going to want to know is if your coil died of corrosion, old age, or possibly vibration.  Old age is obviously preferable because with a few easy dimensions, we’ll have enough to price up your duplicate coil. 
Condenser Coils

Boca Raton Hospital Covid-19 Care Condenser Coils

by Dan Jacobs, October 13, 2020

A large HVAC contractor in South Florida recently contacted Capital Coil & Air with a request to modify an existing system of Carrier 38 Series Microchannel Coils with (4) large condenser coils on an emergency basis. The main goal was to change over from microchannel to standard copper tube/aluminum fin condenser coils.
Steam Coils

Different Types of Steam Coils?

by Dan Jacobs, October 9, 2020

There are two types of steam coils:  standard steam coil, which is used in most reheat applications, and steam distributing coils, which are used in applications where the entering air temperature is below 40 F degrees.
Heat Exchanger

Replacing a Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger? And Have the Model Number?

by Dan Jacobs, September 23, 2020

Replacing a Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger? Give us the model number and serial number to your heat exchanger and 9/10 times we can replace it!

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