Curtis, we love watching your videos each day, but I don't understand why you don't do certain things or other methods you have shown before. You didn't use your Trublue two hose kit to pull a vacuum and we know those are faster and better. You pulled a vacuum through the manifold instead of a micron gauge for better speed and accuracy. You did not use your temperature lineset probes to have the manifold calculate Superheat and Subcooling, so how did you figure or measure your charge as we didn't see you put a bottle of 410A on a scale but just the end of the video showing suction and liquid line pressures. Also, the coil you swapped was kind of cased but not the same model you pulled out which I believe was an uncased N coil. I am just thrown off or the maybe it was edited out. You didn't find out how or why the coil was so incredibly dirty and rectify the situation so that doesn't again in the future. That coil was gnarly and will happen again unless you put a better filtration system for them. I am an HVAC business owner and technician, so there are so many things that should have been done and normally you would have done from other videos. As I said, we love watching your videos each day.
Okay, I used my gauges because getting a core removal tool on those valves is nearly impossible. I didn’t need to add any more refrigerant. This place doesn’t have ventilation for a restaurant, but they are making baked goods, thus all the flour, which I brought up to owners. I can’t put it all in the video.
Oh and the the new aluminum coils come with metal in front of the turn around tubes to prevent old oxidation from getting on the tubes, which they have determined to be a a cause of leaks.
Each and Every job is Different and the Methods used on some occasions Don’t make Sense to use on another occasion. There are so many Different Variables.
@@kens.3729 This is what I do for a living. I own an HVAC company and a technician. I would never have skipped all the steps I mentioned. I asked why because they are all necessary steps to follow to correctly finish the job. Of course every situation is different. But how could he possibly know the refrigerant wasn’t needed to be added or removed without figuring SH or SC? Just because he recovered a certain amount doesn’t make it right bases on measured pressures? The ventilation issue alone will void the warranty.
hey quit hogging all the rain, we here in Central Illinois need it now, also did the "few choice words" help any, because when i say a few to what i'm doing......................yeah they don't help much lol
i hate working on those A frame coils , they're always in the shittiest of spots to work in but great work my guy i like the torch set up and the umbrella too that was cool ,never seen an umbrella set up before .
That was a nice job. You guys are getting all our rain. We can't get enough lately. You're the man when it comes to brazing, you should have a happy customer. Preach to them about changing the filter regular.
noticed gauges were set for r22 but clearly 410a pressures. great videos keep up good work. any real-world field tech understands things are not always textbook.
How much do you charge for coil replacements? I see you repair so many older systems. The company I work for charges so damn much people usually just opt to replace it. I figure you must be giving a super fair deal.
Coil change-outs really depend on age of the unit, which refrigerant the system uses, obviously the cost of the replacement coil and how much brazing needs to be done. An R22 system are rarely fixed these days because the cost of refrigerant and the poor quality of drop-ins. You can easily expect to pay $1500-$1800 for a 410A system to replace the coil. It can be quite a bit of work.
No real HVAC technician would ever use Stay Brite 8 on a 410A system as it is low temperature solder and not made for brazing because of the high pressures. We flow nitrogen so there is no oxidation and braze ACR copper because that is the proper way in HVAC/R. Stay Brite 8 is mostly for plumbing and low-pressure systems.
@@danwittels5542 LMAO!! Only a fool would believe Stay Brite 8 is even remotely as strong as Sil-Fos 15. Stay-Brite isn't even meeting code requirements. It is made for a low-pressure system like water copper and not ACR. Stronger than brazing? HAHA.. that makes me laugh out loud. You literally have no idea what you are talking about. I wonder why code requirements do not allow it. Why doesn't ever HVAC installer use it? Weird don't you think? Thank God you aren't working on systems around here. Best of luck with those lawsuits or code inspectors making you do it over again until they sign off.
How old is the system? You can tell the owner you have to do the same, X amount of years. OR, relocate the return air grill just out side the kitchen. Either they are using a cheapest filter they can find. Or seeing the filter looking clogged. They are taking it out and running it with out one. Or, depending on how long the owner has been there. It could have been from a different type of restaurant. Maybe a pizza restaurant????
This is the most severe June weather for as long as I can remember here in central coastal Florida. It's not just up in Alabama and Georgia; hope the Lt. has a nice dry dog house. 😎
It was nice that our rain barrels filled (edit: East TN), but enough is enough! I like your videos because at the end of them, something will be working that wasn't when you started. I hope that is something that brings you great job satisfaction.
Curtis, we love watching your videos each day, but I don't understand why you don't do certain things or other methods you have shown before. You didn't use your Trublue two hose kit to pull a vacuum and we know those are faster and better. You pulled a vacuum through the manifold instead of a micron gauge for better speed and accuracy. You did not use your temperature lineset probes to have the manifold calculate Superheat and Subcooling, so how did you figure or measure your charge as we didn't see you put a bottle of 410A on a scale but just the end of the video showing suction and liquid line pressures. Also, the coil you swapped was kind of cased but not the same model you pulled out which I believe was an uncased N coil. I am just thrown off or the maybe it was edited out. You didn't find out how or why the coil was so incredibly dirty and rectify the situation so that doesn't again in the future. That coil was gnarly and will happen again unless you put a better filtration system for them. I am an HVAC business owner and technician, so there are so many things that should have been done and normally you would have done from other videos. As I said, we love watching your videos each day.
Okay, I used my gauges because getting a core removal tool on those valves is nearly impossible. I didn’t need to add any more refrigerant. This place doesn’t have ventilation for a restaurant, but they are making baked goods, thus all the flour, which I brought up to owners. I can’t put it all in the video.
Oh and the the new aluminum coils come with metal in front of the turn around tubes to prevent old oxidation from getting on the tubes, which they have determined to be a a cause of leaks.
Each and Every job is Different and the Methods used on some occasions Don’t make Sense to use on another occasion. There are so many Different Variables.
I agree with Curtis man I really do !
@@kens.3729 This is what I do for a living. I own an HVAC company and a technician. I would never have skipped all the steps I mentioned. I asked why because they are all necessary steps to follow to correctly finish the job. Of course every situation is different. But how could he possibly know the refrigerant wasn’t needed to be added or removed without figuring SH or SC? Just because he recovered a certain amount doesn’t make it right bases on measured pressures? The ventilation issue alone will void the warranty.
I was scared for the sensing bulb 😂
Just north of you in Atlanta. SAME! Been held of working on my truck for days.
Your guages were reading R22, was that a mistake? And its really R410a?
It was 410
Curtis...that pressure looked high for r22?
I saw that too, I'm assuming it's 410a and at the end he was only looking at pressures in the rain...
It was 410
Great job curtis, for a one person job that was pretty smooth.
Thanks 👍
Like that in upstae Greenville all week also.
And curtis I love using my tourch the joint won't leak if done right good job 😊😊
send some my way hvac guy i mean the rain
im glad you have rain going on 2 mo where im at with none
Pro. Work
Too much rain very beautiful weather
Good. Moirnig
Send that rain to SW Michigan we need it bad no measurable rain here since May 19
every one of these videos has its condensate drain dripping at the slab. in Texas its required 2 feet from the slab as its conducive to termites.
I'm about sick of this weather. I'm in east Tennessee
I’m just above you in Va and I can add ME TOO 😊
they need to be running a prefilter maybe
Dust collection system
that was an r22 system?
Curtis, couldn’t you use one of those big blue canopy to work outside over the condenser? At least it’ll keep you dry as it rains.
Yes.
hey quit hogging all the rain, we here in Central Illinois need it now, also did the "few choice words" help any, because when i say a few to what i'm doing......................yeah they don't help much lol
No, they don’t help
Amazing view ❤
Hey Curtis, just curious as to why you didn’t use the Press Fittings for that job, or Staybrite 8?
I’m not practiced with staybrite, and I was goi g to have to braze one of the joints anyway.
@HVAC Guy if you have a Johnstone,they carry a bbq style sparker for the torch thats more reliable IMO.
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We are desperate for rain here in Wales UK, perhaps you could push some across the pond 👍😊
Seems like y’all would be tired of the rain.
11:30 😂😂
great video tech learnt a lot from you past year keep up good work
I use a 10x10 tent, try that
I did one of these coils today on a 8' ladder...what a struggle
Those coils always a pain in the butt to slide in !
Send it to Indiana
This turning out to be one of the wettest summers for you?
How much is R22 or equiv. do you charge a pound?
i hate working on those A frame coils , they're always in the shittiest of spots to work in but great work my guy i like the torch set up and the umbrella too that was cool ,never seen an umbrella set up before .
That was a nice job. You guys are getting all our rain. We can't get enough lately. You're the man when it comes to brazing, you should have a happy customer. Preach to them about changing the filter regular.
noticed gauges were set for r22 but clearly 410a pressures. great videos keep up good work. any real-world field tech understands things are not always textbook.
Someone needs to buy this man a new inspection mirror, lordy.....
How much do you charge for coil replacements? I see you repair so many older systems. The company I work for charges so damn much people usually just opt to replace it. I figure you must be giving a super fair deal.
Coil change-outs really depend on age of the unit, which refrigerant the system uses, obviously the cost of the replacement coil and how much brazing needs to be done. An R22 system are rarely fixed these days because the cost of refrigerant and the poor quality of drop-ins. You can easily expect to pay $1500-$1800 for a 410A system to replace the coil. It can be quite a bit of work.
We are all pretty tied of this rain everyday but I am really tied of mowing grass every 4 days. 😁😊
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Hey Curtis, nice brazing job! Have you ever considered using Stay Brite 8? No nitrogen flow needed.
No real HVAC technician would ever use Stay Brite 8 on a 410A system as it is low temperature solder and not made for brazing because of the high pressures. We flow nitrogen so there is no oxidation and braze ACR copper because that is the proper way in HVAC/R. Stay Brite 8 is mostly for plumbing and low-pressure systems.
@@Balticblue93well I guess I've been faking it all these years. Stay Brite 8 works fine for 410a and is stronger than brazing.
@@danwittels5542 LMAO!! Only a fool would believe Stay Brite 8 is even remotely as strong as Sil-Fos 15. Stay-Brite isn't even meeting code requirements. It is made for a low-pressure system like water copper and not ACR. Stronger than brazing? HAHA.. that makes me laugh out loud. You literally have no idea what you are talking about. I wonder why code requirements do not allow it. Why doesn't ever HVAC installer use it? Weird don't you think? Thank God you aren't working on systems around here. Best of luck with those lawsuits or code inspectors making you do it over again until they sign off.
How old is the system?
You can tell the owner you have to do the same, X amount of years.
OR, relocate the return air grill just out side the kitchen.
Either they are using a cheapest filter they can find. Or seeing the filter looking clogged. They are taking it out and running it with out one.
Or, depending on how long the owner has been there. It could have been from a different type of restaurant. Maybe a pizza restaurant????
How come you didn't use your press tool? Seems that would have been easier then hauling up the torch in the attic and safer. Great job.
This is the most severe June weather for as long as I can remember here in central coastal Florida. It's not just up in Alabama and Georgia; hope the Lt. has a nice dry dog house. 😎
At first, the video perspective looked like you could have inadvertently heated up TXV bulb, but you were further than I thought
Would one of those pop-up canopies work to go over the unit as you are working in the rain? I have seen them used on construction sites
You need to stress the importance of filters 👍👍
Nice work as always Curtis.
a tip for you is to use wet rag or something similar so you dont damage the filter/dryer accidentaly
Your the man curtis.high humidity and rain 🌧 you doing excellent work 👌👌
Thanks 👍
It was nice that our rain barrels filled (edit: East TN), but enough is enough!
I like your videos because at the end of them, something will be working that wasn't when you started. I hope that is something that brings you great job satisfaction.
Plais Ian also ac mechnic. Ian. Iooklng. Foor. Job. Pleas help
You not using your crimping tool up in the attic rather soldering
Another rheemjob coil done well 🤣. Who doesn’t like a rheemjob?
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Risky Business,living on the wild side.
Global Warming ? You Said there was Ice which apparently Melted causing Rain for the better part of a week. 🤔😬👍
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You need a gopher