I thought it looked like a small unit for the evaps lol. Thanks for leaving it in. If you say it has never happened to you, you haven't been working long enough 😂.
Funny and humble! I was on a Brooklyn call and 3 roof units were labeled "2". I definitely diagnosed the wrong 2. But was able to clean the egg off my face with no additional cost to Customer. Ty for this awesome video. Also, you schooled me with the new use for amp meter on solenoid!
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂....give the box a sniff....oh boy....love the sense of humor Rick. Had to get a new Stratus....i forgot to put it away....watched it fly out the bed of my truck and land on the freeway....then watch a car run it over....it was a sad day in HVACland. Lesson learned...bought another one. Thanks for the video Rick.
Excellent job. I used epoxy once that held for a while. They had open jars of pickles that was eating everything copper and aluminum. Far as I know it is still working. Not recommended though. Thanks for the video.
Another excellent video, thanks! So many of those suction tees are piped wrong, the one you see in this vid is bullheading where it should be one suction straight through and the other coming in at 90 degrees The old Carrier and Trane piping manuals from 60’s and 70’s advise against this Probably why the compressor oil level was low, poor oil return from that tee, oil logging in the evaps, even with the suction trap which was downstream of the tee
The leak lost a lot of oil in the condenser. I thought the Bull tee made sure it was more equal at lest on the liquid vs strait tees? Suction I can see that though
@@HVACRSurvival From the vid you could def see the oil outside 👍🏻 Exactly, on the liquid you want a bull tee for equal distribution and equal length to each evap as well Suction is opposite to prevent gas turbulence, pulsing, pressure drop, poor oil return, etc Respect for the channel, enjoy your work, looking forward to more supermarket fun!
Good job, Rick. Can you share what kind of tip you were using at this wideo and why it is good for this kind of work? Thank you (trying to learn something new) Cheers
@@briansmith6135 because it was about 6 inches higher than the Txv valve and heat rises. It don’t usually drop much. Not to mention if you keep the body so cool that it doesn’t allow the brass to heat up you’re gonna be on that body for even a longer duration of time, if you look at any of the manuals, they say use enough heat, get on and get off of the valve don’t dink around all day. And that’s what usually happens when you wrap Txv, generally I’ll take the Txv apart and do it body only without the sensitive components.
Man a distributor leak ? that would have ruined my day ! Now for us fancy folks who can't find a rosebud anywhere , would you advise heating up one capillary at a time with a low flame , or maxing out the capacity of the b*tch @ss tip I have and tryna keep up the heat at the base let's say one side at a time ? Cheers Rick , brilliant job again 👍
Number 3 or 2 will work. Brass is a hog for heat so put it mainly there and slightly on the copper once it flows smooth. I also stopped refluxed twice when I did this. The video was a hour long. I was thinking of uploading full length videos for the members as an extra. 🙂 not sure if that would be a selling point or not
Good job Rick, Another tech destroyed his Strauss with a hammer, because he didn't understand or know how to use it, I can't even watch him anymore, make dumb decisions, you are a lot better than amateur.
People are morons. It’s cut n dry and if there’s a problem, they take care of it for the first two years, swapping it out over the counter nobody does that other than them
Why in God's name does such a box need 2 evaporator coils with 5 fans each?? Just installed a new WI factory speced with just a single fan evaporator, same size fan as these 10 are for an 8 x 13x 8' high inside of box designed to maintain 36° that we, given our choice of 448A or 449A we go with the more popular by our supply houses for the slightly cheaper 449a. Seeing 10 fans/ 2 coils. I think always way way over kill for such display cases even a door is opened on every 5 seconds. What do you guys think? Of one coil became completely shot. I would cut it out and see what one coil with 5 fans on it will do for such a box
Yeah..toughest part of job is sometimes just figuring out the correct unit to be working on. Like a 5 story building with 60 AC condensing units on the roof with almost none of them labeled as to what inside unit they belong to!
I have drive in warehouse refrigeration I service. The same people design that did this job so I’m sure it’s more about the shape of the box and the glass doors that are a poor insulator.
Thank you for including the first part. Shows you are human. The rest shows you are a master at this trade. Thanks for your effort to post these.
Thanks Jay! I’m definitely human and make mistakes and don’t always do it perfect.
I thought it looked like a small unit for the evaps lol. Thanks for leaving it in. If you say it has never happened to you, you haven't been working long enough 😂.
Exactly
That opening sequence was amazing 😂
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i want to label my sniffer "Biden" now.
Funny and humble! I was on a Brooklyn call and 3 roof units were labeled "2". I definitely diagnosed the wrong 2. But was able to clean the egg off my face with no additional cost to Customer.
Ty for this awesome video. Also, you schooled me with the new use for amp meter on solenoid!
I learned that from another TH-camr a few years back. It works great.
You got er sealed up good. She was wanting to get her holes plugged. Good job.
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I like the installation of the outdoors, neat af linesets
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The title, the caption, the first 3 seconds of the video. Lining up very nicely! 😂 give the box a sniff ❤❤❤ love it
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Great job Rick.
Excellent fix
Thanks 👍
Great job Rick! Always have hated brazing distributor tubes.
You and me both!
Nice work Rick.
normally you sniff the box after a shower. 🤣
I was getting paid to sniff it 😆
Now did you go in for a taste 😂😅
@@marcoferreira226 🤫 that’s a secret
Man your Rad
@@marcoferreira226 funny thing is that’s my initials
Dude you freakin awesome !! Thanks
Outstanding 👍
Thanks a lot man!
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂....give the box a sniff....oh boy....love the sense of humor Rick. Had to get a new Stratus....i forgot to put it away....watched it fly out the bed of my truck and land on the freeway....then watch a car run it over....it was a sad day in HVACland. Lesson learned...bought another one. Thanks for the video Rick.
I would get a hold of them if you still have it and see if they’ll repair it? They are a pretty dang good company
Great job on the distro tubes! Glad your Stratus had a good time, too. lol
You got the box sniffed and fixed
Excellent job. I used epoxy once that held for a while. They had open jars of pickles that was eating everything copper and aluminum. Far as I know it is still working. Not recommended though. Thanks for the video.
Very cool!
I think we all worked on the wrong unit at one time or another.
Like your real world attitude, good post.
Top notch work Rick
Just got myself a stratus , looking forward to trying it out 👍🏻
You’ll love it. Make sure it’s the latest firmware. I think 1.5vr
I’ll check now 😬👍🏻
my man LOVES his stratus 🤣🤣🤣
It’s my most used tool.
Clearly a Speedway!
Clearly not 😂. Show me a speedway with a drive thru. Good try
Returned my stratus for (2) D techs. Maybe I got one built on friday b4 holiday! 😂😮
Dtek3?
😂. Thanks, Rick, for the knowledge and the laughs!
Very nice work.
Another excellent video, thanks!
So many of those suction tees are piped wrong, the one you see in this vid is bullheading where it should be one suction straight through and the other coming in at 90 degrees
The old Carrier and Trane piping manuals from 60’s and 70’s advise against this
Probably why the compressor oil level was low, poor oil return from that tee, oil logging in the evaps, even with the suction trap which was downstream of the tee
The leak lost a lot of oil in the condenser. I thought the Bull tee made sure it was more equal at lest on the liquid vs strait tees? Suction I can see that though
@@HVACRSurvival
From the vid you could def see the oil outside 👍🏻
Exactly, on the liquid you want a bull tee for equal distribution and equal length to each evap as well
Suction is opposite to prevent gas turbulence, pulsing, pressure drop, poor oil return, etc
Respect for the channel, enjoy your work, looking forward to more supermarket fun!
I curious to see an example of the correct piping .@@19thcenturyfuture
Man you deserve a vacation
Great Video. Thank you for sharing. Have a nice weekend. Which is solder rod you're using ?
Stay silv I believe. I have solder weld but haven’t got much so I use the company provided stuff
Harris
Always interesting, but can you tell me what is a drive-through beer cooler?
You drive your car into the building and get your stuff then drive out.
Louisiana has drive thru daquiri shops, but I think the drive thru beer store may be more of a cold weather climate thing.
@@davejohnsonnola1536 Never heard of such a thing. Thanks for letting me know.
@@HVACRSurvival Thanks for explaining. I guess that cool lol
Good stuff, keep it up :)
Thanks, will do!
Touches the txv for two seconds no it’s not hot😂😂
Good job, Rick. Can you share what kind of tip you were using at this wideo and why it is good for this kind of work? Thank you (trying to learn something new) Cheers
In the description👍
I hear that low gas hisssssss
I'd say you deserve one of those cold beverages. 👍👍
I think so too!
Rick, great job! May I ask to borrow your sniffer so I can send it to Mr. Biden!
Any plans on doing a loadout video on your MB5B?
I’ve done it before. I might consider it
What I don't understand is why you didn't keep the tx valve cool why you were welding the inlet distributor?
@@briansmith6135 because it was about 6 inches higher than the Txv valve and heat rises. It don’t usually drop much. Not to mention if you keep the body so cool that it doesn’t allow the brass to heat up you’re gonna be on that body for even a longer duration of time, if you look at any of the manuals, they say use enough heat, get on and get off of the valve don’t dink around all day. And that’s what usually happens when you wrap Txv, generally I’ll take the Txv apart and do it body only without the sensitive components.
Contactors not pulled in, thats bad i guess 🤷♂️😂
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So they have a beer box running at 32-34 degrees and have it loaded with produce. How is that working out for them??
I didn’t say they were smart. They aren’t using it the way it was designed.
What leak detector would you recommend?
Inficon stratus or dtek 3
Man a distributor leak ? that would have ruined my day !
Now for us fancy folks who can't find a rosebud anywhere , would you advise heating up one capillary at a time with a low flame , or maxing out the capacity of the b*tch @ss tip I have and tryna keep up the heat at the base let's say one side at a time ?
Cheers Rick , brilliant job again 👍
Number 3 or 2 will work. Brass is a hog for heat so put it mainly there and slightly on the copper once it flows smooth. I also stopped refluxed twice when I did this. The video was a hour long. I was thinking of uploading full length videos for the members as an extra. 🙂 not sure if that would be a selling point or not
@@HVACRSurvival thank you for the tips , I hope I don't have to do distributors that's just a headache !
yeah, it helps to work on the right equipment. 🤣🤣
you know its a bad leak when the sniffer alarms higher on the front of the box than the back.
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👍🇺🇸💪❄️ hilarious cracking me up 😂👍
I try!😁
Good job Rick, Another tech destroyed his Strauss with a hammer, because he didn't understand or know how to use it, I can't even watch him anymore, make dumb decisions, you are a lot better than amateur.
People are morons. It’s cut n dry and if there’s a problem, they take care of it for the first two years, swapping it out over the counter nobody does that other than them
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Why in God's name does such a box need 2 evaporator coils with 5 fans each??
Just installed a new WI factory speced with just a single fan evaporator, same size fan as these 10 are for an 8 x 13x 8' high inside of box designed to maintain 36° that we, given our choice of 448A or 449A we go with the more popular by our supply houses for the slightly cheaper 449a.
Seeing 10 fans/ 2 coils. I think always way way over kill for such display cases even a door is opened on every 5 seconds.
What do you guys think?
Of one coil became completely shot. I would cut it out and see what one coil with 5 fans on it will do for such a box
Yeah..toughest part of job is sometimes just figuring out the correct unit to be working on.
Like a 5 story building with 60 AC condensing units on the roof with almost none of them labeled as to what inside unit they belong to!
I have drive in warehouse refrigeration I service. The same people design that did this job so I’m sure it’s more about the shape of the box and the glass doors that are a poor insulator.
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Sniffy joe
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Nothing worse than a leaky box.