Are you even a tech if you don't have a hanmock
Got this to take naps on my lunch since I have a new born at home. Daughter was helping me test it out.
u/pyrofox79 — 8 hours ago
r/HVAC
▲ 12 r/HVAC
Are these real Yellowjacket hoses?
I needed some new hoses so I bought them off of eBay. They were supposedly yellow jacket brand but the came with a cheap little sticker that came off right away. So they’re probably not yellow jacket. They work fine and I can return them which I probably will but just wanted to ask first.
u/New_Annual_2008 — 7 hours ago
▲ 27 r/HVAC
Customer Said a Raccoon Must Have Fallen Off Their Roof
Client said they heard a noise when unit was cycling and that they went to investigate and saw this. Said a raccoon must have fallen off their house onto it.
u/aseparatemind92 — 8 hours ago
▲ 25 r/HVAC
Sleeping in work van(helpers)
How do you guys feel about this or deal with it? I get if you wanna nap at the EOD, but on the way to job sites the helpers are practically useless for the first half hour until they fully wake up.
Then I have to deal with holding their hand while leaving them with basic tasks to complete only to find them on freaking TikTok or in zombie mode because they choose to come into work with only 3/4 hours of sleep. Not to mention they also wait to have their boots put on until I pick them up after they arrived at the shop late.
u/Remarkable_Salad_508 — 10 hours ago
Customer asked why I started laughing when seeing the unit.
u/FullaLead — 11 hours ago
▲ 5 r/HVAC
Best way to melt ice without flooding the walk-in?
Usually this isn't an issue, but sometimes the entire back of the evaporator is a giant block of ice, and I need to melt a lot of that ice before water will actually get into the drain line. Result is, a lot of water. A lot of the Walk-ins I work in don't have floor drains either. I usually kind of just slowly melt the ice, put some pans down to catch the water, and vacuum and mop as needed. Anyone have a better strategy to save me some headaches in the future? Would be appreciated.
u/bartman2326 — 9 hours ago
▲ 45 r/HVAC
Finally found one in the wild
Finally found me a chunked out compressor 👀
u/Gggitgudkid23 — 11 hours ago
▲ 12 r/HVAC
I’m new and trying not to get stumped… is this low?
My last thought is to say it’s low but I can’t tell if it’s just restricted or low, TIA
u/Ok-Rest-8066 — 16 hours ago
▲ 4 r/HVAC
Losing 24v
Carrier system with 3 transformers. All are sending out 24v but I am not receiving 24v to my control board. I verified that there are no smoke detectors or wet switches wired in series that would be cutting off my 24v. There’s no voltage present at the limit switch in the blower section either. What else can I check? Having a bit of trouble reading the wiring diagram. I’m not sure which transformer supplies voltage to my board.
u/Yung_Presby1646 — 14 hours ago
▲ 13 r/HVAC
Vacuum setup recommendations?
Finally talked me company into buying me a “gauge-less” vacuum setup. Got the NAVAC NEVK3 kit. Decided to go into summer with a new setup so I purchased myself the Fieldpeice probe/psychrometer setup as well. Feels like Christmas! Can someone make a recommendation on best way to use this setup. Remove cores and hook both vacuum hoses to the back of core removal tool? Have micron gauge on liquid line side of schrader remover ? It came with a T fitting and 5/16 adapter as well. In what scenario would I need that? Trying to become a better tech each and every day, thanks for the advice !
u/Itchy-Bobcat-5175 — 13 hours ago
▲ 35 r/HVAC
Building owner wanted to use their own roofer instead of ours.
Cheaper ain’t always cheaper miss ma’am.
u/chickenluvins — 17 hours ago
Coworker going to get fired and I can’t tell him.
We hired a 12 year service tech. At premium pay. So far I’ve had to explain what a capacitor is, teach him how to use gauges, and when to clock in..
u/heldoglykke — 1 day ago
Messed up today
Let me preface, I’m an apprentice. Was in residential install for 2 years and joined up with a commercial/industrial company as a maintenance tech about 2 months ago (so a lot of the more technical knowledge of HVAC equipment is still new to me, especially big equipment).
Well I accidentally turned on the fucking heat strips briefly (which come to find out had a piece of insulation stuck in the coils) and smoked out a building causing the entire plant (about, oh…450 some odd people) to have to evacuate as the Fire Department showed up and evaluated the situation.
Boss laughed and said “won’t be your first fuck up!” So at least there’s that but Jesus Christ…anything like that happen to any one of you?
u/Icy-Sock8159 — 1 day ago
▲ 11 r/HVAC
After a fresh rain.
Sometimes if you just stop for a moment, even this job can be beautiful.
u/Hrealtheveiled — 15 hours ago