I like how you teach without all of the detailed commentary blurring the hands on. I think it’s easier to actually watch you instead of describing everything in a single detail thank you for moving in a slow enough motion for me to see exactly what the sequence of operations were.
Beer cooler troubleshooting. Boy, I love HVAC. This was a pretty cool demonstration Taddy. Got to get back to my studies. God bless you and your family.
You can use the compressor to recover,and you can use a sharpie to pump it down,also you can put a screwdriver on the solinoid coil so it does not burn.too much test pressure,could cause problems if valves leak.You need to add the winter charge it is on the booklet,educational video for everybody.
Mistakes have been made and will be made on this side of the fence. I'm trying to learn and stay safe every damn day 😅. Imho you're killing it Taddy, human is a good look. Ty for sharing a "booboo".
Just a suggestion: draw an arrow with your sharpie on the solenoid valve to indicate the direction of flow. it would make it extra clear to anyone handling or replacing the solenoid valve. I really enjoy your videos and appreciate you take the time to teach. Tell your son he's a good camera operator too!
Did u notice when You put the solenoid coil on the valve it went click. Solenoid coil was ENERGIZED the whole time it was off the Valve body. ALLWAYS DE-energize solenoid coils when removing them. Solenoid coils WILL Burnout &/or Melt if Powered up when Removed from a Valve body.
Back when i was an apprentice we used to put in a shed load of lennox TSA/LCS model straight cooling units, we would be given a txv and a one way drier. Well you bet the first one of did unassisted, i left the piston/orifice in the liquid line on the evaporator and installed the txv AND put the drier directed to the condenser…lets just say that never happened again
Also be careful pressure testing at a higher pressure then whats on the other side of the service valves . Nitrogen can leak past service valves and mix with refrigerant I always pressure test to a lower pressure then what’s on the other side of the service valves
Yep. You Gotta know what pressure is on the other side of those valves. nitrogen in a system not good. nitrogen does NOT Compress. i never pressure test over 150. it's just not necessary in refrigeration under normal circumstances.
@@TaddyDigest yeah but you added two extra joints for no reason. It’s your business you do what you want but it just seems unnecessary, especially since you ended up sweating those two shorter pieces and swapping them anyways
@@TaddyDigestafter watching this again, it made more sense why you cut it out instead of sweating it out. I’ve been watching your videos for over 4 years and now I’ve learned a lot from your content sir. I’m glad you’re one of the few that still uploads 🙏🏽
I'm curious as to why you put your micron gauge on your pump. Isn't it best to have your micron gauge connected to the furthest point from the pump? I don't particularly work on much cooler boxes, either way very informative video thank you.
I just wanted to pump the line sets down And the evaporator There was refrigerant in the condenser. You're talking about the liquid line and suction line service valve right?
He believe he thinks you have a king valve, from the video you definitely do not have a king valve. From my experience not every refrigeration system has king valves, however if it did have king valves on this system backing the valve all the way out closes the ports where your gauges go and leaves the rest of the system to flow freely, mid seating the valve allows you to read the pressure, and front seating your valve means only the lineset is open and you can pull vacuum with the condenser separated from the rest of the system. Hopefully I helped shed some light on this for you Daniel.
Did you add a lot of unnecessary refrigerant? Might not have had to recover any refrigerant at all. Maybe receiver was at 80-90% pumped down even after you adding gas
Back when i was an apprentice we used to put in a shed load of lennox TSA/LCS model straight cooling units, we would be given a txv and a one way drier. Well you bet the first one of did unassisted, i left the piston/orifice in the liquid line on the evaporator and installed the txv AND put the drier directed to the condenser…lets just say that never happened again
I appreciate people on TH-cam trying to educate, I’m sorry but this guy needs a lot more training in refrigeration techniques. Other than diagnosing this issue the repair should have been a 10 minute fix. If you know you know.
Awesome Tad. This was a great learning video for me. Especially on that low pressure device.
Glad to hear it!
Nice job and Top tech is responsible I agree Stay safe Brother 💯
I like how you teach without all of the detailed commentary blurring the hands on. I think it’s easier to actually watch you instead of describing everything in a single detail thank you for moving in a slow enough motion for me to see exactly what the sequence of operations were.
I appreciate that. I try to do my best and I do worry that i'm not doing my best so thank you.
Happy Easter to you and your family.
Beer cooler troubleshooting. Boy, I love HVAC. This was a pretty cool demonstration Taddy. Got to get back to my studies. God bless you and your family.
You can use the compressor to recover,and you can use a sharpie to pump it down,also you can put a screwdriver on the solinoid coil so it does not burn.too much test pressure,could cause problems if valves leak.You need to add the winter charge it is on the booklet,educational video for everybody.
150 psig is a good practice.
Mistakes have been made and will be made on this side of the fence.
I'm trying to learn and stay safe every damn day 😅.
Imho you're killing it Taddy, human is a good look. Ty for sharing a "booboo".
awsome i keep learning from your videos am truly greatefu for the lessons
Happy to hear that!
Good video tech we make mistake its a learning curve
Great video as always, learned something watching it as I am trying to learn something everyday.
Awesome, thank you!
Thanks Tad! Always enjoy these videos.
Glad to hear it!
Good to know you do low temp refrigeration. Here in CA we need different license
Good video tech we make mistakes it’s a learning curve
Very true!
Just a suggestion: draw an arrow with your sharpie on the solenoid valve to indicate the direction of flow. it would make it extra clear to anyone handling or replacing the solenoid valve. I really enjoy your videos and appreciate you take the time to teach. Tell your son he's a good camera operator too!
Great tip!
Did u notice when You put the solenoid coil on the valve it went click. Solenoid coil was ENERGIZED the whole time it was off the Valve body. ALLWAYS DE-energize solenoid coils when removing them. Solenoid coils WILL Burnout &/or Melt if Powered up when Removed from a Valve body.
I did not notice but I am so glad that nothing was damaged.
Thank you for letting me know
I keep a Hitch pin in my bag to put in coil to keep from burning it up.
Back when i was an apprentice we used to put in a shed load of lennox TSA/LCS model straight cooling units, we would be given a txv and a one way drier. Well you bet the first one of did unassisted, i left the piston/orifice in the liquid line on the evaporator and installed the txv AND put the drier directed to the condenser…lets just say that never happened again
We are only human mistakes happen great video
Thanks I did learn something new on this video 😊
i learned that i did not know that about the selonid valve thanks for the video
Glad to help Thank You for watching
Also be careful pressure testing at a higher pressure then whats on the other side of the service valves . Nitrogen can leak past service valves and mix with refrigerant
I always pressure test to a lower pressure then what’s on the other side of the service valves
Thank you for the tips bro
Yep. You Gotta know what pressure is on the other side of those valves. nitrogen in a system not good. nitrogen does NOT Compress. i never pressure test over 150. it's just not necessary in refrigeration under normal circumstances.
Excellent video! Thank you!!
Glad you liked it!
Would system not pump down? Leaking valves? Confused why you had to recover. Also you can hold contactor in and not have to adjust switch.
Great job
Hi sir , your video is always tech us . Will you share if anyone need air conditioner technician .
You could’ve got power from the line side of the disconnect, instead of from the contacted?
12:30 I really thought you were gonna unsweat it out. Wouldn’t that had been easier than cutting it out? 🧐
I had the R LSI wanted to use it so that's the reason I used it.
@@TaddyDigest yeah but you added two extra joints for no reason. It’s your business you do what you want but it just seems unnecessary, especially since you ended up sweating those two shorter pieces and swapping them anyways
@johnstrh1 great suggestion thanks for watching
@@TaddyDigestafter watching this again, it made more sense why you cut it out instead of sweating it out. I’ve been watching your videos for over 4 years and now I’ve learned a lot from your content sir. I’m glad you’re one of the few that still uploads 🙏🏽
I'm curious as to why you put your micron gauge on your pump. Isn't it best to have your micron gauge connected to the furthest point from the pump? I don't particularly work on much cooler boxes, either way very informative video thank you.
I do it out of habit
It happens, we all just wanna get out of there lol. Thanks for the very informative videos please keep them coming!
Thank you for sharing
Would it work to bypass the low pressure switch with alligator clips?
you could do that to keep equipment running yes
It reverses the refrigeration Cycle? Only kidding. 😊
I had a quistion when you pulled a vacuum why was ur king valve closed? Are you still able to pull a vacuum on the line set even if is closed?
I just wanted to pump the line sets down
And the evaporator
There was refrigerant in the condenser.
You're talking about the liquid line and suction line service valve right?
He believe he thinks you have a king valve, from the video you definitely do not have a king valve. From my experience not every refrigeration system has king valves, however if it did have king valves on this system backing the valve all the way out closes the ports where your gauges go and leaves the rest of the system to flow freely, mid seating the valve allows you to read the pressure, and front seating your valve means only the lineset is open and you can pull vacuum with the condenser separated from the rest of the system. Hopefully I helped shed some light on this for you Daniel.
Excellent video
Glad you liked it
Need to add in winter charge. System has headmaster and wont work unless condenser is completely flooded.
Nice 👍🏼 work 😊
Thank you thank you thank you
Kind of didn’t know it had the valve it was hidden
Good video
Did you add a lot of unnecessary refrigerant? Might not have had to recover any refrigerant at all. Maybe receiver was at 80-90% pumped down even after you adding gas
I did add refrigerant thinking that it was low and I had a leak.
So I wanted to recover just to make sure
Back when i was an apprentice we used to put in a shed load of lennox TSA/LCS model straight cooling units, we would be given a txv and a one way drier. Well you bet the first one of did unassisted, i left the piston/orifice in the liquid line on the evaporator and installed the txv AND put the drier directed to the condenser…lets just say that never happened again
💯👍👍👍
I appreciate people on TH-cam trying to educate, I’m sorry but this guy needs a lot more training in refrigeration techniques. Other than diagnosing this issue the repair should have been a 10 minute fix. If you know you know.
Thanks for watching