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<a class="[&:hover]:border-b border-orange" href="/articles/2023/most-important-job/">Most Important Job</a>
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<span class="border-r border-gray pr-2 mr-2">December 14, 2023</span>294 words, posted in <a href="/articles/tag/hvac/">HVAC</a> and <a href="/articles/tag/tech-tip/">tech-tip</a>
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<p class="mt-4">
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<a href="/articles/2023/most-important-job/">This short tech tip is about something one of my good friends in the trade told me a long time ago,
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that has stuck with me through the years. It is a simple phrase / mindset.
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“The current job you’re on, is the most important job of your day”.
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This...</a>
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<a class="[&:hover]:border-b border-orange" href="/articles/2023/cancel-this/">Cancel This</a>
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<span class="border-r border-gray pr-2 mr-2">December 12, 2023</span>758 words, posted in <a href="/articles/tag/hvac/">HVAC</a>
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<p class="mt-4">
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<a href="/articles/2023/cancel-this/">This post is going to be hard to put into words, it’s going to seem egotistical at points, but know
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that my actions / feelings online are the same as they are if you met me in person. The problem with
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online interactions is tone and other subtleties...</a>
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<a class="[&:hover]:border-b border-orange" href="/articles/2023/hope/">Hope</a>
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<span class="border-r border-gray pr-2 mr-2">October 30, 2023</span>633 words, posted in <a href="/articles/tag/general/">general</a>
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<p class="mt-4">
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<a href="/articles/2023/hope/">This is a piggy-back article off of
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The Struggle article that I had recently.
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I was a bit of a “Debbie Downer” in that article, which is okay, I get that way sometimes. In this
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article I’d like to take a minute to layout some of the things that give...</a>
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<a class="[&:hover]:border-b border-orange" href="/articles/2023/heat-recovery-chiller/">Heat Recovery Chiller</a>
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<span class="border-r border-gray pr-2 mr-2">October 27, 2023</span>811 words, posted in <a href="/articles/tag/hvac/">HVAC</a>, <a href="/articles/tag/chiller/">chiller</a> and <a href="/articles/tag/hydronics/">hydronics</a>
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<p class="mt-4">
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<a href="/articles/2023/heat-recovery-chiller/">This is an article that I wrote back in 2020, but I don’t believe that I published it anywhere, so
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I’m doing it now. I did discuss this on
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this episode of the HVAC School Podcast.
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Heat Recovery Chillers
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I have always had a love and passion for...</a>
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<a class="[&:hover]:border-b border-orange" href="/articles/2023/you-should-learn-markdown/">You Should Learn Markdown</a>
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<span class="border-r border-gray pr-2 mr-2">October 21, 2023</span>364 words, posted in <a href="/articles/tag/hvac/">HVAC</a>, <a href="/articles/tag/general/">general</a> and <a href="/articles/tag/programming/">programming</a>
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</div>
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<p class="mt-4">
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<a href="/articles/2023/you-should-learn-markdown/">This is a quick article about why you should learn markdown.
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What is markdown
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Markdown is a “mark-up” language. It allows you to write content in plain text that can be easily
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converted to other formats, such as html, pdf, docx, and many more. All...</a>
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<a class="[&:hover]:border-b border-orange" href="/articles/2023/the-struggle/">The Struggle</a>
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<span class="border-r border-gray pr-2 mr-2">October 18, 2023</span>1520 words, posted in <a href="/articles/tag/article/">article</a> and <a href="/articles/tag/general/">general</a>
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<p class="mt-4">
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<a href="/articles/2023/the-struggle/">This is a get stuff of my chest article. Probably going to be a mixture of ranting and whining. If
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that is not your cup of tea then feel free to skip this article.
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The struggle
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It has been one of those “when it rains, it pours” type of weeks. As...</a>
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<a class="[&:hover]:border-b border-orange" href="/articles/2023/free-quotes-are-bad-for-the-industry/">Free quotes != good</a>
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<span class="border-r border-gray pr-2 mr-2">October 04, 2023</span>934 words, posted in <a href="/articles/tag/hvac/">HVAC</a>
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<p class="mt-4">
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<a href="/articles/2023/free-quotes-are-bad-for-the-industry/">I found myself re-reading the
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ACCA Quality Installation Standard
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recently and it got me thinking about the industries tendency of offering free quotes. In this article, I’d like to just focus in on the
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items that are required as what I’m calling...</a>
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<a class="[&:hover]:border-b border-orange" href="/articles/2023/introduction-to-programming-for-hvac-4/">Introduction to Programming for HVAC Part-4</a>
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<span class="border-r border-gray pr-2 mr-2">September 26, 2023</span>1159 words, posted in <a href="/articles/tag/hvac/">HVAC</a>, <a href="/articles/tag/programming/">programming</a> and <a href="/articles/tag/software/">software</a>
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<p class="mt-4">
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<a href="/articles/2023/introduction-to-programming-for-hvac-4/">This article builds upon our last article, so make sure to catch up
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before continuing with this article.
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Arguments
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Before we start creating our program that will remove the background from images let’s go over arguments in shell scripts. Arguments...</a>
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<a class="[&:hover]:border-b border-orange" href="/articles/2023/introduction-to-programming-for-hvac-3/">Introduction to Programming for HVAC Part-3</a>
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<span class="border-r border-gray pr-2 mr-2">September 24, 2023</span>742 words, posted in <a href="/articles/tag/hvac/">HVAC</a>, <a href="/articles/tag/programming/">programming</a> and <a href="/articles/tag/software/">software</a>
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<p class="mt-4">
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<a href="/articles/2023/introduction-to-programming-for-hvac-3/">In this article we will put together some of the pieces from the last 2 articles, and build our first program. If you have missed the first
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articles, then you can catch up here before continuing with this article.
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Getting Started
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We are going to make...</a>
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<a class="[&:hover]:border-b border-orange" href="/articles/2023/introduction-to-programming-for-hvac-2/">Introduction to Programming for HVAC Part-2</a>
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<span class="border-r border-gray pr-2 mr-2">September 22, 2023</span>537 words, posted in <a href="/articles/tag/hvac/">HVAC</a>, <a href="/articles/tag/programming/">programming</a> and <a href="/articles/tag/software/">software</a>
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</div>
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<p class="mt-4">
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<a href="/articles/2023/introduction-to-programming-for-hvac-2/">In this article, learn about installing a package manager. If you missed it, check out the
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first article in the series where we learned about using your terminal.
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This article builds upon that foundation.
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What is a Package Manager
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A package manager...</a>
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<section class="mb-10">
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<h1 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-2">
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<a class="[&:hover]:border-b border-orange" href="/articles/2023/introduction-to-programming-for-hvac-1/">Introduction to Programming for HVAC Part-1</a>
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</h1>
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<div class="text-gray gray-links text-sm">
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<span class="border-r border-gray pr-2 mr-2">September 21, 2023</span>1650 words, posted in <a href="/articles/tag/hvac/">HVAC</a>, <a href="/articles/tag/programming/">programming</a> and <a href="/articles/tag/software/">software</a>
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</div>
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<p class="mt-4">
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<a href="/articles/2023/introduction-to-programming-for-hvac-1/">This is part one of a series of articles to help HVAC technicians (or others) get started in developing their skills to program. This can
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help to automate everyday tasks or just familiarize themselves with some of the tools used by programmers.
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Why
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I...</a>
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<a class="[&:hover]:border-b border-orange" href="/articles/2023/calculate-seer-degradation-by-age/">Calculate SEER Degradation by Age</a>
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<span class="border-r border-gray pr-2 mr-2">September 19, 2023</span>395 words, posted in <a href="/articles/tag/hvac/">HVAC</a>, <a href="/articles/tag/formulas/">formulas</a> and <a href="/articles/tag/tech-tip/">tech-tip</a>
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</div>
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<p class="mt-4">
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<a href="/articles/2023/calculate-seer-degradation-by-age/">This is a quick tech-tip to learn how to calculate the degradation of SEER based
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on age.
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The degradation of SEER is due to fouling of the evaporator coil with dirt and
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refrigerant charge losses. It should be noted that this is not true for...</a>
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</section>
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<h1 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-2">
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<a class="[&:hover]:border-b border-orange" href="/articles/2023/introducing-psychrometrics-cli/">Introducing Psychrometrics CLI</a>
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<span class="border-r border-gray pr-2 mr-2">September 18, 2023</span>538 words, posted in <a href="/articles/tag/hvac/">HVAC</a>, <a href="/articles/tag/psychrometrics/">psychrometrics</a> and <a href="/articles/tag/software/">software</a>
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</div>
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<p class="mt-4">
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<a href="/articles/2023/introducing-psychrometrics-cli/">Today, I’m releasing a command line application that is built on top of my
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swift-psychrometrics package, that I open sourced over 2 years ago.
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The application consists of many calculations / conversions for psychrometric properties of an air stream....</a>
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<a class="[&:hover]:border-b border-orange" href="/articles/2023/sizing-dehumidifier-by-latent-load/">Dehumidifier Sizing by Latent Load</a>
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</h1>
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<div class="text-gray gray-links text-sm">
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<span class="border-r border-gray pr-2 mr-2">September 15, 2023</span>267 words, posted in <a href="/articles/tag/hvac/">HVAC</a>, <a href="/articles/tag/design/">design</a>, <a href="/articles/tag/formulas/">formulas</a> and <a href="/articles/tag/tech-tip/">tech-tip</a>
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</div>
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<p class="mt-4">
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<a href="/articles/2023/sizing-dehumidifier-by-latent-load/">This is a quick article to show how to calculate the size of dehumidifier needed based on the latent load of a building. This is useful if
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you’ve done a load calculation and know the latent load of the structure.
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Formulas
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The formula above is used to...</a>
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<a class="[&:hover]:border-b border-orange" href="/articles/2023/why-mini-splits-stink/">Why Mini Splits Stink</a>
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<span class="border-r border-gray pr-2 mr-2">September 14, 2023</span>758 words, posted in <a href="/articles/tag/hvac/">HVAC</a>
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</div>
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<p class="mt-4">
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<a href="/articles/2023/why-mini-splits-stink/">In this general article, I explain why I don’t generally like to use mini-splits.
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The Positive Sides
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When people say mini-splits, in general we mean “ductless” style units. These can either be high wall, floor mounted, or ceiling mounted
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consoles....</a>
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<a class="[&:hover]:border-b border-orange" href="/articles/2023/pounds-of-water-removed/">Pounds of Water Removed</a>
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<span class="border-r border-gray pr-2 mr-2">September 08, 2023</span>381 words, posted in <a href="/articles/tag/hvac/">HVAC</a>, <a href="/articles/tag/formulas/">formulas</a>, <a href="/articles/tag/psychrometric-chart/">psychrometric-chart</a>, <a href="/articles/tag/psychrometrics/">psychrometrics</a> and <a href="/articles/tag/tech-tip/">tech-tip</a>
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<p class="mt-4">
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<a href="/articles/2023/pounds-of-water-removed/">This is an article that shows how to calculate the pounds of water removed from an air stream, given the entering conditions (return air
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stream) and the outlet conditions (supply air stream).
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This is useful in the field when you want to calculate the...</a>
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<span class="border-r border-gray pr-2 mr-2">August 10, 2023</span>166 words, posted in <a href="/articles/tag/how-to/">how-to</a> and <a href="/articles/tag/software/">software</a>
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<p class="mt-4">
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<a href="/articles/2023/rss-feed/">In this article I will show how to add this site’s rss feed. In particular, we will be using NetNewsWire as the
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rss reader.
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What is an RSS Feed
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An RSS feed will show you new posts, generally from a blog, without having to remember to check the...</a>
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<a class="[&:hover]:border-b border-orange" href="/articles/2023/coil-bypass-overview/">Coil Bypass Overview</a>
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<span class="border-r border-gray pr-2 mr-2">August 10, 2023</span>1010 words, posted in <a href="/articles/tag/hvac/">HVAC</a> and <a href="/articles/tag/design/">design</a>
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</div>
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<p class="mt-4">
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<a href="/articles/2023/coil-bypass-overview/">This is the first article in a series that explores the idea of a coil bypass strategy in an HVAC system. This article introduces you to a
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coil bypass strategy at a high level, future posts will dive deeper into the features, benefits, as well as the...</a>
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