Klein Trade Program — Week 13
Field Trip! Blower Motors, Real Service Calls & Taking Class on the Road Saturday, July 18, 2026HVAC Theory Certificate Program — Lab Day: Blower Motor Replacement & Testing Welcome to Week 13 of the Klein Trade Program. This week was different. No big theory lesson. No giant list of new terminology. No PowerPoint. Lab only. […]
Klein Trade Program — Week 12
Commercial HVAC: Same Physics, Bigger Stuff Saturday, July 11, 2026HVAC Theory Certificate Program — Commercial HVAC Welcome to Week 12 of the Klein Trade Program. First, another calendar note: No class July 4. Because Independence Day landed on a Saturday. And we’re not monsters. 😂 So after taking the holiday weekend off, we came back […]
Klein Trade Program — Week 11
Airflow Systems: Refrigerant Can’t Fix Bad Ductwork Saturday, June 27, 2026HVAC Theory Certificate Program — Airflow Systems Welcome to Week 11 of the Klein Trade Program. We’ve spent the last several weeks learning: Electrical. Refrigeration. Heating. Controls. Components. And we’ve repeatedly mentioned something that somehow keeps showing up in every subject: AIRFLOW. 😂 Low suction […]
Klein Trade Program — Week 10
Heating Systems & Apparently We’re Building an HVAC Lab Now Saturday, June 20, 2026HVAC Theory Certificate Program — Heating Systems Welcome to Week 10 of the Klein Trade Program. Last week we covered Heating Fundamentals. Yes. In Florida. We survived. 😂 This week we continued HVAC Theory with: Heating Systems But something else happened this […]
Klein Trade Program — Week 9
Heating Fundamentals: Yes, We Have to Learn This in Florida Saturday, June 13, 2026HVAC Theory Certificate Program — Heating Fundamentals Welcome to Week 9 of the Klein Trade Program. We’ve spent the last several weeks working through refrigeration. Refrigeration cycle. Gauges. Pressure and temperature. Superheat. Subcooling. Refrigeration equipment. This week, HVAC Theory took us somewhere […]
Klein Trade Program — Week 8
Refrigeration Equipment: What All This Stuff Actually Does Saturday, June 6, 2026HVAC Theory Certificate Program — Refrigeration Equipment Welcome to Week 8 of the Klein Trade Program. Over the last couple of classes, we’ve been living in the refrigeration cycle. Week 6 introduced it. Week 7 took us to the working system in our shop, […]
Klein Trade Program — Week 7
The Refrigeration Cycle: Okay, Now Put the Gauges On It Saturday, May 30, 2026HVAC Theory Certificate Program — Refrigeration Cycle & Hands-On Gauges Welcome to Week 7 of the Klein Trade Program. First, a quick calendar note: No class May 23 — Memorial Day weekend. Then we came back May 30 and picked up exactly […]
Klein Trade Program — Week 6
Refrigeration 101: Congratulations, Now the Pipes Have Numbers Saturday, May 16, 2026HVAC Theory Certificate Program — Refrigeration 101 Welcome to Week 6 of the Klein Trade Program. We started with basic HVAC equipment. Then tools. Then brazing. Then meters and wiring. Last week, we took a disconnect, transformer, thermostat, float switch, capacitor and fan motor […]
Klein Trade Program — Week 5
Electrical Troubleshooting: Here’s the Parts. Make the Fan Run. Saturday, May 9, 2026HVAC Theory Certificate Program — Electrical Troubleshooting Welcome to Week 5 of the Klein Trade Program. Last week we introduced multimeters and wiring. We talked about voltage. Resistance. Continuity. Current. Wiring diagrams. And most importantly: What does the number actually mean? This week […]
Klein Trade Program — Week 4
Multimeters, Wiring & Learning What the Number Actually Means Saturday, May 2, 2026HVAC Theory Certificate Program — Multimeters & Wiring Welcome to Week 4 of the Klein Trade Program. Week 1 introduced us to HVAC. Week 2 started HVAC Theory and introduced the tools. Week 3? We lit the torches. Week 4? Time to break […]