Fear of Residential Load Calcs  June 12, 2006 / Print / Reprints
/ / Text Size+ Residential load calculations have been made
easier with computer software. (Courtesy of Taylor Engineering
LLC, Alameda, Calif.) Apparently, contractors who do not perform
residential load calculations would prefer to be anonymous.
Whether they think they really should be doing load calcs, or
whether they simply don't want to hear from people who think
they should be, the respondents to our NEWS online poll largely
did not identify themselves if they didn't perform load
calculations on residential jobs.  The number of respondents
(48) does not result in a statistically significant survey but
does serve as a good indicator that may reflect commonly held
beliefs of other contractors. Almost 38 percent of those who
responded to the informal poll did not use any form of load
calculation, and others implied they were not using industry-
recognized procedures. It is likely that many more HVAC
contractors did not wish to reveal the fact