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Overview

Flexible ducts are used extensively in HVAC systems. The Air Diffusion Council has information that may be used as a comprehensive guide in evaluating, selecting and installing flexible ducts in heating, air conditioning and ventilating systems.

In this course the student will learn about applications requirements and recommendations for the use of flexible air ducts including ratings, listings and certifications. In addition, the student will learn specific information about Thermaflex products that can be used as a basis-of-design in project specifications.

The student is expected to read and review the material contained in Flexible Duct Performance & Installation Standards, ADC, Fourth Edition and the Thermaflex Residential and Commercial Lines - HVAC Applications, Rev. 11/04.

The student must take a multiple-choice quiz consisting of twenty (20) questions at the end of this course to obtain PDH credits.

Specific Knowledge or Skill Attained

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

  · Proper industry terminology
  · Codes and standards regulating flexible ducts
  · Testing, listing, reporting and certifying flexible ducts
  · Selection and sizing of flexible air ducts
  · Acoustical ratings
  · Thermal ratings
  · Static pressure and temperature ratings
  · Leakage ratings
  · Permeance ratings
  · Thermaflex specific model ratings and specifications

State Board Acceptance

This course can be used by professional engineers to fulfill PDH requirements mandated by state and provincial licensing boards. Decatur Professional Development is an approved provider of continuing education in all states that pre-approve course providers. In all other states that mandate continuing education for engineers, it is the individual engineer's responsibility to determine the suitability of activities for PDH credit. The state boards typically accept online* courses that cover technical, managerial** or ethical content and which are relevant to the practice of engineering. The course must have a clear purpose or objective with a content that will maintain, improve or expand the skills and knowledge of the licensee's field of practice. For questions about your mandatory PDH requirements, visit the website of your state licensing board.

*Online courses are accepted by all state licensing boards that mandate continuing education. Other than New York (which limits online courses to 18 PDH) and Iowa (which limits online courses to 6 PDH), there are no limits placed by other states on the number of hours that can be earned through online continuing education. Consult with your state licensing board if you have any questions about the acceptability of online courses.

**The New York State Board of Engineers does not accept general office management courses, but will accept project management courses that are offered by an approved provider and that are technical in nature and contribute to the engineer's professional practice.

Please Note: Continuing Education credits for this course are awarded as PDH (Professional Development Hour Credits).