2024-03-07

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More Pumping More Now

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00:00 Intro

02:19 This video is about sizing equipment

04:03 My home and its oversized system

08:49 So many homes have the same problem

10:41 Oversizing needs to stop

13:31 Price gouging

15:56 A note on duct sizing

18:12 How a smart thermostat can do all the work for you

23:00 LOAD CALCULATIONS

29:34 An experiment to validate those calculations

40:06 RESULTS

42:12 The impact for me

43:17 A rant on ductwork design

48:57 Why the heck is my furnace so big?

50:00 My parents (wrongly!) got told they'd need a giant heat pump

55:08 Debrief

1:01:11 Bloops