HVAC Service Call (small chiller water leak)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.ย. 2024
- Join me as I make an HVAC repair to the water side of a small air cooled chiller for a baseball stadium.
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Nice work. I haven't seen a chiller that small in ages.
I’ve been working in at a district heating plant as an auxiliary operator and I do maintenance work occasionally. Totally interested in this type of troubleshooting and repair more than operating. Glad I found this channel.
Love your videos man! Working on becoming a HVAC technician as soon as I am out of high school! Half of a year left then training begins!!
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Sometimes a simple fix turns into a damn headache. Been there bro...multiple times. Lol. Great job!
You can say that again...lol
I'm Brazilian and refrigeration technician, I love watching your videos, congratulations !!!!
I'm and electrician by trade, but worked as multi-craft maintenance for over 25 years, yes like Justin said, you just need to be careful! really enjoy your video channel!! LOTO!! love it!! and you even stood to the side when turning on the power!!
I'm highly considering getting into this trade. This type of work for me looks like it would be very mentally stimulating. I tried getting into automotive repair and even went to school for it, but that didn't quite work out for me. HVAC looks so much more promising. In a nutshell, if I could get paid to work with my hands and fix things with tools all day, I'd be happy as a clam. You mentioned in one of your other videos that in this trade you'd most likely be working by yourself all day, and as an introvert myself, that makes it sound even better to me.
Tube in Tube is better than shell in tube. Good skills all around pvx, lock out tag out, and insulating. AWESOME video. Thank you AK.
Appreciate that Ray!
Americans makes any job look like it is the coolest job in the world
Broken threads suck.... nice repair. If you have not seen the Reed Solutions Kit for cutting and fitting PVC for a perfect joint every time, it’s worth a look especially for pipe under pressure in my opinion. After watching a video on the best way to cut and fit pvc, I feel like I have been doing a less than professional job for many years. Peace
Link.
You make the most mundane task suspenseful and exciting lol it's cool edit skills awesome!!
I really appreciate your show. Keep them coming.
Great job, I saw where you also use a kneeling pad, I started having problems with my knees and man those things are a life saver
Soooooo you get a brand new titanium chiller andI get 25 yr old RTUs LOL.....lucky gut Andrew....fantastic video my friend
I like this kind of video. Thanks! Thinking of hvac r
Sometime I wish I could make TH-cam videos because I get to go into places like this all the time and I think, "Man this would make great content!" Great video AK ....I love watching this sort of thing.
for pvc/other fairly soft flexible material unions, you'r best off using a strap type wrench to grab them without causing distortion, which will in fact squeeze them tighter and make it harder to remove or cause you to break everything off.....
and I said that way early in the video, as you text commented about it ;)
Did you just call me sloppy? 🤣😂🤣
I have a client that specifies Titanium is used on heat exchangers where the water is used in a swimming pool. If they are using the chilled water to cool a plunge pool, this could be why it’s titanium. It’s a pain in the arse because not many contractors know, so I’ve replaced stainless steel pool heat exchangers that are a year old because they’ve scaled up and the baffles have failed...
double prime every time, sanding the fittings with the rough sand screen works wonders
Very cool job experience there
Nice job man! Excellent point on that pressurized sch. 80 👍🏼🤙🏼🤘🏼
Great job...clean, professional...as usual
At least they did not cheap out and they had forsight to put in shut off valves. Had those jobs were there are no valves.
I'm surprised the didn't stick.
Blue Monster!!👌🏼🤜🏼👍🏼
Dirtbags HVAC sorry man I think blue monster and tru blu suck. Gotta stick with the rectum seal #5...!!!
lol, careful as not all "dopes" are rated for all chemicals...... most are alcohol based, so you do the math.....
Great job...!!! and that titanium tube&tube cooler its just fucking nice....!!! 👍🏻👍🏻🇵🇪
Awesome video👌🏽✊🏽✌🏽& by the way the music is cool and it's not too loud either I personally think it's a good choice for the videos
that allen heath qu16 tho
solid mixer
great video, I believe i also seen a York VRF simplified CIS01A and a CIW01A wall controller.
Oh you sure did. There are ten Gen II systems here, I’m still working through all the bugs. Mostly wiring issues and some integration problems with metasys
oh, nice! we have one as well a 6 systems, 86 heads that we have been fighting with. its a gen one system though. I did a start up at one of our larger contracts with metasys and they intergrated the vrf into it. just a little gen 2 6 ton 4 head system. heck that went over with out a hitch. they tied it in, tied in H link, hooked it up to bacnet, went into the gateway and set up a few settings and then discovered it in metasys and mapped the points. Also passing on a little info. if any of your equipment is made in 2017 and has a low ambient kit installed there is a bug in the firmware that wont let the system use the kit. we found that out on a install. installed the low ambient kit wired it in and set it up then went to put it in test and it wouldnt do anything and wouldnt display across the 7 segment display. come to find out that due to a firmware problem that wasnt fixed until this year it wont use the low ambiant kit even with the dip switch set and also will not go into test mode. you need to contact your TSM and have them install the updated firmware.
Cameron Brown appreciate the tip. Having a flash drive fedexed to me as we speak with new updates for service checker. Have had some issues with it recently. I am good friends with our RTSM so I have great resources in that regard. Are you with jci
well thats good. Last time i checked I have the current updates for service checker. And yes i am, out of the Indianapolis branch. 1 of 2 of us that went to the class on VRF. I work on RTU with simplicity, or competitor, as well as assist with water cooled and air cooled chiller repairs and PMs. sort of just a little bit of everything. still getting chillers under my belt. and want to tackle boilers next. ive been with JCI a few years and have been in the trade for 7 years. with a mixture of service and fitter/ plumbing work.
I've had lots of problems w/ schedule-80 fittings to non-plastic materials, what I've found that works best is a hardening style pipe dope.
careful with the type of dope and fluid in the system.......... much of the dope it is alcohol based...
We just finished a controls project in a manufacturing plant near Middletown, CT and we had to install eight wet taps on schedule 80 CPVC because we could not drain the process cooling water. Doing it on the larger diameter pipe like from 3" up to 8" is pretty straight forward using a mechanical tee like a Victaulic or Gruvlok, however we had a few small ones to do on 1-1/4" and 1-1/2" and it is risky because the pipe can break. Our mechanical subcontractor who specializes in piping found some stainless steel saddles that did the trick, but boy were they $$$. I have seen that same setup as you worked on in a similar size, however it had glycol for freeze protection. Nice work as usual.
I grew up in Middletown. Lived there my about my entire life till I graduated high school! Thanks for watching Kenny👍
@@AKHVAC I grew up in Westchestertonville Iowa..me and Billy Madison
snap, SPLOOOSHHH, plant down! plant down! danger will robins, as you get hung out to dry....
IRL, they should have installed parallel piping with valving so circuits or sections could be drained and modified without halting the whole plant... but once again, being cheap, with a large side dish of poor planning and haste, does a huge waste make..............
You are very welcome
Love ya videos bro, I’m 19 nd thinkin Of doin this trade at job corps lol.
Did you start HVAC?
mark the position of the "bypass valve", open it fully, then close isolation valves to service. but seeing you was there during down time, minimal usage, no bother ;)
Nicely insulated
Good vid Drew ... Nice ,neat repair ...
Very useful video thanks sir.....
Reckon I would of been looking for an ez out while I was at the plumbing supply house then billed it to the job.
@UC0ZXEoSP3PaTD86T0MfGE-A . Wouldn't be the first time I've billed for a tool. "Gotta" ;) ;) have it to finish the job lol
Looks like sch 80 PVC... I've done the PVC extraction game also... Why they didn't just metal piping instead?? Prolly factory design or like you said cost savings... They get really El cheapo i guess
most any type of metal commonly used would likely very early fail and/or cost through the roof at the same time.
that leaves me wondering how it got broke, bad craftsmanship from install (threader worn out/chinesium pipe), some clown over-tightened or hit it with something to break it....
I'm starting to get a hair-brained idea. I think I'm going to invest in an ultra-sonic leak detector. Bacharach makes a nice one. I've been liking the idea of being able to check for leaks under nit only, but I looked at your application here, and wondered if you were running enough water pressure to make the ultra-sonic work here. Had it been practical, it would of saved a call-back were you not planning to return the next day by letting you know immediately if it was holding pressure. I wonder.....
I learned a lot today sir
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.
Ray Ray you as well
That’s schedule 80 pvc correct?? Never mind u answered in the video 🤘
So do you work around that area mostly or do you travel all around? New sub btw. Also, I'm considering getting into hvac repair.
Curious about joining the local steamfitters union. Already passed the math test. Interview is next week. I’ve been on industrial for a little over a year and been in vocational school for 4 years. I think I’ll do okay and I know someone who works for Johnson controls. Any tips?
PLEASE RESPOND im 21 years old and dropped out of college and im pursing a career in a skilled trade. What is the best way to enter this industry. Is a 6-12 month trade school such as lincoln tech credible as a good entry way to land a job? electricians seem to take too long as i would have to complete a 4 year apprenticeship to achieve journeymen status. Any advice would be much apreciated from anybody!
Belo trabalho amigo👊
man that was great , nice work
I want to be like when I grow up 💪💯
Hey aka i want to get into the trade and ive been watching ur videos and i was hoping u or somone could answer my question but i do a program called new horizons and i take hvac its a school year program that i get hands on training goodman donated 50k in brand bew units for us to work on and so far i can teouble shoot thermostats and trouble shoot almost any solution for a unit based on evidence and i have my universal certification i graduate this year and with that being said sence i have knowlege and training and all my certifications would an employeer still want me to hang out with a more expirence person or start me right away?
Awesome Video
I was kinda of wondering why they would cheap out on the water piping, but yeah, it's all about the bottom line.
What a GOAT
What does boosted water mean
What is the difference between grey and white pvc? Schedule?
Nate Gadow nope, it is schedule 80 but you can get it in white as well. Was just the customers preference
AK HVAC how do you handle walking up on a new piece of equipment? I work for residential/light commercial company and we get called out on a 40 ton Trane with intellipak and none of our Technicians are real familiar with the unit but two of us just start the normal diagnosis process and between that and the manual have gotten it working again. But I had another one go out and flip out cause he doesn't know how to work on it. So again how do you handle a new piece of equipment? Any suggestions form you follower would be great as well?
about the best you can do is try to find a full service manual in advance, assuming you know what it is or try to get one as soon as you arrive and get the model/serial as muchy as I hate "electronic junk" for field work, now days it's very needed because none of them have real paper or hardback service manuals and when they do, it;s chock full of errors anyway, but so it the "digiturd/junktronic" version ;)
Leak Ender 2000 or Flex Seal Tape and your good to go !! Lmao
You have to imagine doing that in a space you have to crawl in.
I just subbed bro im 22 an really thinking about takin this trade
Easy-out or internal wrench
oh look it's "MIKE JOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONES" I hate rap but lol anyway and I'm sure you've grown tired of hearing it :))
Hey man,,any relation with ZZTOP...
some of the "domestic" homes around here, I've found nightly "city" water pressure as high as *120psi* and it made me panic, after having installed some 300' of CPVC 10 years prior, as well as flexible lines.
no it wasn't caused by check-valve/back-flow preventer/pressure regulator, without an expansion tank or failed tank. because that is exactly what I installed to bring it up to code and then some. he real city WP there would top 120-PSI at night, when the electric is cheaper and cheapskate water department/city refills all the towers (insider info or a brain that works better than shysters and button pushers) ohwell...
How about cleaning salt from the cap tubes?
There is no salt or cap tubes on this system
Do you see the evil face on 13:50 .. that scare me 😟
Man just hire a insulator 👍🏻
Hahahah that’s really funny it’s a “compa chill”ac unit if you’re Mexican you’ll understand
Any primer?
Lance Rudy yes at the 6:42 mark I show priming and gluing.
The o lock out tag out.
VuuuuRY niiiiOce
Your videos are great. Music is too loud though
By far the thing I’m worst with. I have partial hearing in one ear and it shows in my editing. Something I’ll continue to work on, thanks for watching.
I hate PVC with a passion. I have a hospital that has schedule 80 for its HHW lines. Such a pain especially since they seem to have been put in as an afterthought. Many long poorly supported runs. That foil insulation looks like trash. Like the factory uses the foil left over from employees lunches to insulate their equipment to save money
We call it “value engineering”😁
maint. needs to get off their dead arse's and change smoke detectors/batteries. least i guess that's what I was hearing, the big echo makes it ring on lol
throttle bottle hmm I didn’t notice that? Then again a can hardly hear. If you meant the ping sound once and a while, this pump room was right next to the indoor batting cages where they were hitting balls.
yeah, that very well may have been it. it sounded like an alarm chirp with major echo from the un-dampened concrete "hole" ( append sh!t) :))
PVC IS CHEAPER
AK, we can no longer use terms like, male adapters. We live in a new world, we have to use more inclusive pronouns that are gender neutral...and yes the foil tape is totally GAY
Man ... That sucks ... Lol ...
Great use of the long nose pliers to remove the male insertion threaded pipe from the female pipe.
cold bathes and physical therapy, lol. I think they should go back to real old time sports, with leather helmets at best and enough common sense to warm up and prepare for the challenge vs. the complete moronic money bleeding idiocy of today... I refuse to watch 99% of any commercial sports for that reason...