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What is ZONEFIRST’s Bypass Eliminator, also known as the BPE?

For use only with ZONEFIRST Plug-In zone dampers and control panels, the ZONEFIRST Bypass Eliminator, also commonly known as the BPE, will control your system’s static pressure to ensure that it does not surpass your systems Upper and Lower Limit Set Points.

An HVAC system is designed to manage a determined volume of air flow. With zoning, a call to a zone to either open or close an area can result in a change in your HVAC’s static pressure, causing your system to possibly not work as efficiently as expected. By installing ZONEFIRST’s BPE, this will monitor your system’s static pressure level and open or close dampers to either release or increase the static pressure as needed. This results in your system working at its optimal capability, while eliminating the need to install a separate by-pass duct and damper directly into your return duct.

The BPE can control up to 4 zones on a single HVAC unit and up to 10 dampers per zone on the output terminals. When the BPE gets a signal from the Zone Controller that a zone damper is to be powered open it immediately opens the corresponding zone damper(s) on the output terminals. Anytime the BPE’s pressure sensor detects that the pressure in the supply plenum is higher than the Upper Limit Set Point, it will modulate the closed zone dampers open to relieve the excess pressure into those zones. As these dampers modulate open the air pressure should drop below the high set-point and the zone dampers stop. Once the pressure has equalized to higher than the Lower Limit set point and lower than the Upper Limit set point the BPE will signal the dampers to stay in their current position. When the BPE’s pressure sensor is below the Lower Limit Set Point, it will close the zone dampers resulting in complete HVAC efficiency as we outline here.

For more information on this product, please visit http://zonefirst.com/product/bpe-bypass-eliminator/.

ZoneFirst

April 26, 2016

Energy Savings, HVAC, Product Info, Temperature Control

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At ZONEFIRST Zone Controls we try our hardest to make installing zoning easy and simple. We’ve come up with EZ-Wire control panels and Plug-In-Play zoning systems which cut installation time in half!

But what happens when you are servicing a call that you didn’t install? Sometimes the homeowner or contractor throws away the installation and operating instructions. Now you must call in for tech support. And lets be honest, most of the time you are in an attic or basement where you don’t get good cell phone service, making the call a hassle and most likely has you going up and down stairs. This sparked an idea at ZONEFIRST.

Now, when you are on a job site and need operating or installation instructions for a zone control panel, zone damper, or any zoning accessory, you can now get it at your fingertips! WHAT!?

Yes, at your fingertips. Every single one of ZONEFIRST’s products now comes with a QR code printed on the label. So if you have a smart phone, all you have to do is scan it and it will automatically bring you to an online pdf file containing everything you need to know about that specific product! How cool is that?

Try it out for yourself….

What you need:

– A Smart Phone
– A QR Reader App installed on your smart phone (search “qr code” on the app store)

Let’s Try it!

Below is a QR code that is located on the wiring diagram of our MMP3 Control Panel. Just launch your QR reader app. on your smart phone and scan it. Then see what happens….

ZoneFirst

April 26, 2013

Home Improvement Tips, HVAC, HVAC Sales Tips, Special Offers

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Welcome to 2013, where “wireless” technology and smart devices rule the world.

Today, almost everything is controlled from your phone or tablet, including the comfort of your home. We are seeing more and more companies produce wireless, communicating, smart thermostats that allow you to control the temperature of your home from anywhere!

This is the same mindset and technology innovation that ZONEFIRST had back in the 1950’s when we invented zoning for forced air systems.

Take a thermostat such as the new NEST. Well, we did. We bought 3 of them and tested them with our control boards. Turns out, these “smart” thermostats are compatible with our panels. What does this mean? The complete home comfort solution!

By adding a wireless communicating thermostat to your home, it allows you to control your ENTIRE home. But, when you add zoning into the mix, you can control certain areas of your home from anywhere.

Let us paint a picture. You are on your way home from work, it’s hot and you don’t want to walk into a warm house. You take out your phone and set the temperature for 67 degrees. Your thermostat picks up the call and brings on your AC. Now your entire home will be nice and cool for your arrival. But, what is the benefit to adding zoning?

Let us paint another picture. You are on your way home from work, it’s hot and you don’t want to walk into a warm house. You take out your phone and set the temperature for 67 degrees on zone 1 (which is your downstairs). Your thermostat picks up the call and brings on your AC. Now your downstairs will be nice and cool for your arrival. By adding zoning to the mix, you can pinpoint what zones you want to cool because the panel will shut automatic dampers to the zones not calling for AC. This way you are not wasting energy cooling down rooms that you wont be occupying when you get home (like your bedroom for example). This mix of technology allows for extreme comfort, convenience and energy savings!

Take it form us, be a home comfort professional, not just another “HVAC Guy”

ZoneFirst

April 12, 2013

Air Conditioning, Comfort, Energy Savings, Green Remodeling, Home Improvement Tips, HVAC, Temperature Control, Wireless Comfort

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Our engineers at ZONEFIRST have been working hard to make installing zoning easier than ever before! We understand that time is money and we want to help. We came up with a series of control panels that on average takes half the time to install than our competitor’s systems. How?

Today, all of ZONEFIRST’s Zone Control Panels have EZ-Wiring. What is EZ Wiring?

PUSH-IN TERMINAL BLOCKS (no screwdriver required, just push in and it locks itself, equipped with release button)
COLOR-CODED (color-coded terminals to match up easily with both thermostat & equipment wire)
LED TROUBLESHOOTING (each zone control panel is equipped with LED’s that indicate system status & damper positions)
PLUG-IN (our Plug-In-Play zoning systems use modular cord to connect and power all the dampers)
MODULAR CORD (rj11 phone jacks, 25′ supplied with every damper, daisy chain up to 10 dampers per zone)
TEST BUTTONS (Plug-In-Play zone control panels are equipped with test buttons which allow you to test every damper connected)

Learn more about each of ZONEFIRST’s Control Panels

ZoneFirst

February 18, 2013

Air Conditioning, Comfort, Energy Savings, Heating, Home Improvement Tips, HVAC, Temperature Control

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When we talk about forced air zoning we typically tie it to our 4 C’s.

Comfort
Convenience
Conservation
Common Sense

Comfort is obviously number 1 here. What is the reason we put heating and air conditioning in our homes and offices in the first place? So people stay comfortable! Going back almost 50 years ago when ZONEFIRST invented HVAC Zoning, the main focus was how can we make it even more comfortable.

HVAC Zoning allows you to control your comfort in every room or “zone” of your home or office. If you’re too hot or too cold, just simply adjust the thermostat to your comfort level and everything else is automatic.

Convenience is our second C. Having a thermostat in every zone of your home or office is extremely convenient. Most houses that are not zoned will have a central thermostat located in a downstairs hallway. That’s great for the hallway, however what about the living areas that are occupied more often?

Some houses only have 1 thermostat all together. So in the middle of the night when you are cold, you might have to walk downstairs to change the temperature. You can throw convenience and comfort out the window if that’s the case.

Conservation. With energy bills on the rise, more homeowners are looking for ways to go “green” or save on energy. Zoning is a great way to decrease your monthly energy bills. Studies even show, adding zoning to your existing HVAC system can save you up to 30% on your monthly utility bill! How? With zoning you can shut off rooms that are not being occupied. This way you’re not wasting heat or AC on rooms that no one is in.

Common Sense is our last C and probably the one that is overlooked the most. We mention common sense for the simple fact that adding zoning to any HVAC system will increase your comfort, add convenience and save on energy bills.

Imagine being able to keep every employee in your office comfortable and happy. The less they complain about the temperature, the more work gets done. Think about it.

Most homes stay hot upstairs and cool downstairs. Wouldn’t you like to control the temperature upstairs and downstairs at the same time. Now you can by adding zoning without adding any other heating or cooling equipment.

ZoneFirst

February 01, 2013

Air Conditioning, Comfort, Energy Savings, Heating, HVAC, Temperature Control

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After sitting in on a handful of meetings and presentations about social media marketing, I came to the conclusion that it does not stray too far from traditional marketing and sales.

The only thing that changed is technology and the way people do business these days. More baby boomers are finally taking interest in social media that my generation (y) grew up on. Not only are they taking interest but they are using it.

As I mentioned, I attended many seminars and meetings in Dallas, Chicago and New Jersey the past few weeks on social media marketing and the one thing they all had in common were pain. Yes, pain! Each one of the presenters mentioned the strategy of introducing pain to your target market in order to spark interest in your products or services. This works in face to face sales as well.

It seems that the more you pitch a pain problem in your sales, the more the audience can relate to what you’re selling. Pitch pain and then hit them with the solution!

For example, selling HVAC Zoning:
“Are some areas in your home uncomfortable, too hot or too cold? Does your upstairs stay warm while the downstairs is freezing?” – The key here is to get them to say “yes!” After they agree with your pain pitch, hit them with how zoning can fix their problems. Adding in the fact that it can save up to 30% on their energy bill can help you close the sale.

With zoning, you want to relate to their uncomfortable hot or cold home and then introduce them to your solution. Always hit them with comfort first, not convenience or energy savings, those two are a bonus to you closing.

In all, the steps look like this:

Introduce your pain pitch that they can relate to.
Get them to say “YES!” The more they agree with you, the better your chances are of closing.
Introduce a solution to fix their problem. In the case of an uncomfortable home, ZONING!
Close the sale by throwing in the facts: zoning can save up to 30% on your energy bill and it allows you to put a thermostat in every room or (zone) of your home = convenience.

ZoneFirst

January 17, 2013

Home Improvement Tips, HVAC, HVAC Sales Tips

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What is ZONEFIRST’s Bypass Eliminator, also known as the BPE?

Smart Phones on the HVAC Job

What you need:

Let’s Try it!

Home Comfort Technology

HVAC Zone Controls Made Easy

Benefits of HVAC Zoning

Using Pain to Sell HVAC Zoning

Install Guides & Troubleshooting Documentation.

How-to videos and product training tutorials.

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