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Refrigerant Deja Vu

May 8, 2023

by Richard Hawkins, MACS Contributor Lots of changes since the 80’s If you have been associated with mobile Air Conditioning since the late 1980s, you have witnessed a lot of...
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Avoiding Expansion Valve Woes (Part 3) 

April 20, 2023

By Richard Hawkins, MACS Technical Correspondent This is part 3 in a series of articles about avoiding expansion valves woes.  If you have not already read the previous two articles,...
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Avoiding Expansion Valve Woes (Part 2)

April 4, 2023

by Richard Hawkins This is part 2 in a series of articles about avoiding expansion valves woes.  If you have not already read the 1st. article, it can be found...
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Avoiding Expansion Valve Woes (Part 1)

March 21, 2023

By Richard Hawkins On March 2nd, an article was published in this blog covering a class that was held at the recent MACS Training Event and Trade Show.  The class...
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EPA Stakeholder meeting is scheduled for March 16, 2023 

March 16, 2023

EPA is holding a stakeholder meeting on Thursday, March 16 at 11am (EDT) on the reclamation of HFCs (hydrofluorocarbons) in the United States. This meeting is being held pursuant to...
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Training Event Tech Session Wrap up (Part 2)

March 5, 2023

By Richard Hawkins There were quite a few good classes presented at the 2023 MACS Training Event and trade show held in Nashville, TN on February 2nd through February 4th....
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Training Event Tech Session Wrap up (Part 1)

March 2, 2023

By Richard Hawkins There were some great classes presented at the 2023 MACS Training Event and trade show held in Nashville, TN on February 2nd through February 4th.  Starting with...
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A Sure Sign Of A Restriction (Part Three)

February 28, 2023

By Richard Hawkins, MACS Technical Writer This is part three in a series of articles about restrictions in A/C systems. If you have not read the two previous articles, they...
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New Product Showcase Winners

February 23, 2023

Every year, MACS hosts a new product showcase in the Trade Show at the Annual Training Event. This year in Nashville, 18 companies displayed their new products in the showcase...
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Training At Leonardo Helicopters

February 16, 2023

By Steve Schaeber, MACS Manager of Service Training MACS Manager of Service Training, Steve Schaeber, spent the day at Leonardo Helicopters (AgustaWestland Products) at PNE airport (Northeast Philadelphia Airport) teaching...
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A Sure Sign Of A Restriction (Continued)

February 16, 2023

By Richard Hawkins This is a continuation of the blog article published on January 24th.  If you have not already read that article, it can be referenced here: https://macsmobileairclimate.org/2023/01/24/a-sure-sign-of-a-restriction/ That...
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A Sure Sign Of A Restriction

January 24, 2023

By Richard Hawkins In the January 4th blog article, we covered a tech call that involved a customer who was experiencing an issue with the low side of an A/C...
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