I used to work on POS equipment. (in both senses of the acronym) Had the same thing--waited for managers or employees that never showed up. Better yet, for the stores for which I had a master key, it was always nice when they wouldn't tell you there was an alarm, or had given you an alarm code that didn't work. Nothing like setting off a very loud siren at 6AM and having the alarm company calling and or police showing up. I don't do HVACR for a living, but love your channel and your meticulous attention you put into your work. Hope 2022 is prosperous, safe, and peaceful for all of us.
I did the same thing at a power sports place. The manager gave me the wrong alarm code and when I tried to enter it, the alarm went into robbery mode and went into silent alarm. I thought the code was entered correct but the thing had to give me some archaic code like 01 ready. After about 5 minutes I had 10 cop cars and lots of police staging for a stand off situation and had me on the ground in 2.1 seconds asking what the hell I was doing until they noticed the work van.
or they gave you keys and said no alarms are on from X to X time, only to find the alarms are on from far earlier (time change and lack of them paying X alarm corp. lol yep nope, alarm co dude walk in with hand on pistol, after I seen an odd truck arrive and someone walk in on cameras, that could have been very bad on his end (do not play with with the IT and heavily multiskilled folks) nearly was a major alarm co. delete
@@throttlebottle5906 imagine you're working on something after hours for a customer who doesn't communicate and you get shot and killed by a trigger happy armed security dork from some shitty alarm company 🤦♂️ jeez man that would be a terrible way to go
@@HVACRVIDEOS Ah. I'm over on the Testo 550 side of the fence, and as best I remember, the backlight just stays on constantly with it. (I don't really care for the Fieldpiece design and its beeper sounds like it's passing a stone.)
I do like tools like the Falcon Thread Fixer because it's a tool that you buy once and put in your bag. Then you never touch it until you really need it then it saves the day.
Chris, I recently picked up some new line dryers at the scrap yard. I'll be donating them to the HVAC lab at a local trade school.15 ¢ a pound is a bargain, especially for a state school. I really hate waste.
I have found that it far easier to change a plan than to not have one. Just as I have figured out a better way of doing something, so do others. Always good to lay out a plan and ask for feedback. Have saved lots of time and money from other people's good ideas or experience.
Only charging them for travel time and the time you waited for them is letting them off easy. I'd be tempted to charge them for as many hours as the entire job was booked for.
I've seen it more and more the slag from them welding the tanks getting on the threads and not cleaned off. As we a know once you break the seal distributors won't take back a jug. Cool tool. Stay safe and be well.
I’m thinking about taking a course for HVACR.my cousin does HVAC work ( I don’t know any details about his work though )and It’s caught my interest a little bit.so I clicked on your video and reading some of the comments to get a better idea of what i would be getting into.I’m bad with math so I’ll have to get some help with that lol
Chris, I hope you and your family have a safe, happy, healthy and prosperous new year. I am sure you know this but the threads on the drums is 7/16 × 20 thread I keep a di in my charging package. Used it many time on drums and service valves. Now if they could come up with a tool for stripped valve stems.
if you look in the new filter drier ends with flashlight, you can see which way they go, one end will have shiny metal (outlet/emergency high pressure bypass spring), the other end will be whitish-dull fabric/pad looking (inlet). bi-directional filters are usually different and both ends may look the same, good luck there. me adjusts old nerd glasses 🤓
I must be the luckiest son of a gun to turn a wrench. In the 23yrs I have been doing this I have never had a messed up thread on a jug. I had one jug that when I opened it the valve locked and wouldn’t close….. luckily I had a ball valve hooked to the tank, took it back to the supply house with my gauge hose still attached and they gave me a new jug and hose.
Happy New Year Chris... could the suction pressure come back up from a pump down if the system was leaking initially? That was the reason you were there right? The evaps were leaking? I'm just trying to make sure that I am getting your education correct... Love the content! I am a huge fan of the package unit vids. The SC480 kicks so much ass! Thanks again for the gift from 1 year ago!
I have never caught a live nor had time to watch them post-show, but Clive is a cool channel/person. plenty of fun joking puns and silly errors he admits to, vs. trying to hide them. NONE of us are perfect and should always listen to input from others, even if they're your first day apprentice! because they very well may have seen something you missed/overlooked/ it may or may not be helpful depending on your open mindset and aptitude. it may not happen daily and may waste some of your time gong off-track, but still plenty of jammed up situations that cause major damage and accidents, vs. alternate ways. so always listen to and think about co-workers thought about the job, even with 30+ years experience , you may not always have the best solution or end up with a better plan via input from the youngers.
Scheduled an evap changeout on an under counter reach in cooler at 5am at customer’s request. 2 hours from home. Showed up at 4:30, waited until 6:30, no one ever showed up or picked up the phone. I left and we rescheduled for normal business hours
I just ran across a Honeywell R404A tank with bad threads, and it was great because it was the only damn one I had left in my truck, lol. I knew that tool existed and wished i had it there. Never in my 7 years of HVAC have I run across this, I what is going on with QC? Did Creed from The Office take over? Lol, great vid chris
Yes they would love that, but out of principal I say they have to be there, it's a slippery slope having them allow me to be in there overnight when they aren't there. They start wanting it more and more and it's a massive inconvenience for me
@@HVACRVIDEOS I sorta mean related to this video, could they give you a key at some point before the job, to be used when you arrive early in the morning, then they show up later on. On another note, I assume you work on some jobs when the biz is closed, such as on a Monday for some restaurants. Does the business rep have to be there the whole time you are there, or can they be there to open the building for you, then come back when you are done?
@@mrtodd3620 I think for a corporate restaurant the risk is pretty low, but for a non-corporate restaurant, there's a good chance that something that's broken will be blamed on the techs when it's not their fault at all and everybody involved will have a better transaction if a representative of the restaurant shows up.
@@HVACRVIDEOS Just to clarify, my idea about getting a key was not about night work. Instead, my idea was to get a key so that you could come in very early in the morning (as you did in the video) ahead of everyone else, and not suffer the customer being a no-show.
I will discuss this on my Livestream on TH-cam this evening, 1/24/22 @ 5:PM (pacific) to come over and check it out th-cam.com/video/lbSNs2Wizok/w-d-xo.html
I've been watching these videos for quite a while now. I work in HVAC in Australia. I'm curious how common CHW systems are in the US? Ok I haven't seen every video on this channel but so far it's always been DX.
I’m a US HVAC guy that might be able to answer your question, but I suspect you either use different phrasing than we do or I’m just too tired to properly parse your question out. Could you expand the shorthand you used for me? I don’t recognize those acronyms offhand, at least not at 3 in the morning. Apologies if it’s super obvious and I’m not catching it
@@PraetorianAU Sorry, 3 AM woes, used to hearing just water or air cooling. Water cooling with standard small businesses or residential applications is usually considered pretty rare here from what I've seen, at least in the regions I've lived and traveled through. My guess is that the cost incurred through digging wells and subsequently treating the water to prevent corrosion is just outweighed by the relatively low cost of DX systems in most cases, or that density of installations just isn't too large of a concern. That being said, for larger commercial installations like warehouses, school campus buildings, offices and such, where it would be realistically or cost prohibitive to have multiple separate systems for what amounts to a shared cooled space, the most common way to address it is either with DX VRV/VRF style systems and many cassettes to cover zoning or a large chilled water/boiler combination chiller type system. Usually the older installations that I've seen are the ones using boilers and dedicated chillers though, as usually VRV/VRF type systems have a lower total cost of ownership, and allow for more convenient fine tuning across many offices that may have different usage patterns or heating requirements (underground surrounded by concrete vs two glass walls with people milling around) without requiring a dump zone or at the very least a lower bottom limit for when the system can actually do its job, as chillers usually have to wait for a set number of rooms to call before it can engage, where banks of VRV/VRF type systems aren't as strictly beholden to this, and can act as a heat pump as well. On top of this, Chiller systems usually use more toxic refrigerants like R-123 which require more stringent controls and ventilation requirements in place, and when maintenance is required on VRV/VRF type systems, you're taking a smaller portion of the system down at once. Chillers also have the downside of exposure to some pretty severe diseases like legionnaire's when servicing, which, among other factors can make maintaining chiller systems just more expensive. Most of this is speculation on my part with what I've seen and people I've spoken with, so other responses from people who've seen more than I have are certainly welcome, but personally, at least with what I have seen, the only really compelling uses I've heard of here for direct water systems is for geothermal heating with heatpumps, and that the cost benefit analysis for other uses of chilled water just don't end up saving money over the lifespan of the equipment. As for the complex factors behind that assesment, I don't have enough information to truly speculate. Hope that answers your question. In short, in standard construction, DX tends to just be cheaper and more practical for the situations I've seen and worked around, and the more common chilled water systems I've seen tend to either be niche or older, being slowly phased out in favour of DX VRF/VRV from my experience. Hopefully someone else has a better answer than I do though.
One thing I forgot to add, is that in a lot of regions of the US, there's simply too much humidity on average for it to be appreciably more effective than an equivalent DX, when price to performance and total cost of ownership is considered, on top of the other factors I mentioned. *edit* kind of conflating water *cooling* with chilled water systems, but most of the systems where I've seen one also tend to use the other. not technically accurate, but a lot of the factors I mentioned for one tend to also apply to the other for one reason or another in the circumstances I've seen them in, sorry for the conflation however, I'm tired.
Nylog doesn't stop leaks, the copper crushed against the two brass faces is what seals the joint. In my case i don't even have nylog available in my market so its not even a question. I just use the same oil the system uses to lubricate the joint when tightening it. Whateever you use its not to stop leaks but to lubricate the metals in the joint to stop scoring and gauling that will hurt the seal.
@@LMSILVIA sure, but it definitely does stop leaks. That’s it’s primary purpose. If you apply it to the face of the flare part it will fill any little void you have. Threads on a flare fitting only serve to hold the bearing surfaces together.
@@stanpatterson5033 I don’t know why people are calling a product marketed as a sealant not for stopping leaks. I promise it stops leaks. Try it. It gives you that extra security against call backs and is fully miscible with refrigerant oil so you need not worry about contamination.
@@scottkasper6378 Nah, if the flare is flawed or cracked or overtorqued you can put all the nylog in the world and it won't stop the leak. I suggest you do your homework and research. Flare fittings were invented a hundred or more years ago and its engineering is solid. Nylog is not sealant, use a drop of oil and do good flarings torqued right and you will find the same results.
Do you happen to know what those threads on the gas bottle are called? I'm trying to find some hose to attach to a helium bottle with that same thread, and can't find out what to search for..
I'd be surprised if they're identical to a refrigerant cylinder, but if so, the size is 1/4". You might want to look up a list of CGA (Compressed Gas Association) fittings.
In my line of work of loading and delivering, we follow customer-made appointments, whether made by shipper, buyer, consignee, whomever. We confirm things before we show up. When we do show up, the clock begins ticking. They get 1 free hour to do what has to be done, either load the shipment, or unload the shipment. We charge beyond those boundaries, but what really becomes a problem is when we go in to deliver a load and for whatever reason (closed/no-show, full, refused, whatever) then the "problem" becomes my problem when I don't get emptied out and can't go on to the next pickup with empty reefer. Now I have to take the load to a secure place, and find another reefer to take to the next pickup, which by now will be so far out-of-schedule that it likely will have to be rescheduled. It's not my business to levy charges, that's done by our office staff and ownership, but I wish that there were inconvenience charges for stupid, avoidable screwups like no-show, or when the receiver is running so far behind that they end up telling the driver "We're going to refuse the load. Reschedule another appointment". I just shoot right back with "No, sorry, you didn't accept the load despite the fact that we showed up on time for YOUR appointment, so YOU reschedule with us for when it will be convenient for you." I wish that the company would hit these bungheads up for huge charges. When they blow their end of the deal, it has huge consequences for US (the hauler) and also impacts the next customer, too. It's not fair.
He will never reveal the name business and/or location where he’s working at. Speaking from my own experience, and Chris will tell you the same thing, all restaurants are “gross” like this. This one isn’t even that bad.
@@gregmercil3968 I wasn't really asking, I was pointing out just how disgusting the chiller food draws are. while this is more than likely the norm for the US, I am not from the US and here these places would be shut down due to just how contaminated the food draws are. there really is no excuse for having chillers that disgusting. I have to ask though, do the chillers get paid a wage when the mold and bacteria grow to the point of intelligence?
Likely to stay within budget? The benefits of recovering and doing a system wide vacuum are usually lost on a customer when you tell them it'll add additional billing hours to a quote.
@@Eetsohaad The only refrigerant left in the system was in the compressor and receiver. He waisted a bunch of time second guessing leaks and service valve bypassing and possible compressor valves. A simple recovery would have sped up the complete process, and he would have evacuated the system properly for enhanced system longevity. Now we have old refrigerant, possibly chemically compromised due heat from running with a low charge in a leaky system.
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I used to work on POS equipment. (in both senses of the acronym) Had the same thing--waited for managers or employees that never showed up. Better yet, for the stores for which I had a master key, it was always nice when they wouldn't tell you there was an alarm, or had given you an alarm code that didn't work. Nothing like setting off a very loud siren at 6AM and having the alarm company calling and or police showing up. I don't do HVACR for a living, but love your channel and your meticulous attention you put into your work. Hope 2022 is prosperous, safe, and peaceful for all of us.
I'd posit POS systems are just as bad as far as headaches go
I did the same thing at a power sports place. The manager gave me the wrong alarm code and when I tried to enter it, the alarm went into robbery mode and went into silent alarm. I thought the code was entered correct but the thing had to give me some archaic code like 01 ready. After about 5 minutes I had 10 cop cars and lots of police staging for a stand off situation and had me on the ground in 2.1 seconds asking what the hell I was doing until they noticed the work van.
or they gave you keys and said no alarms are on from X to X time, only to find the alarms are on from far earlier (time change and lack of them paying X alarm corp. lol
yep nope, alarm co dude walk in with hand on pistol, after I seen an odd truck arrive and someone walk in on cameras, that could have been very bad on his end (do not play with with the IT and heavily multiskilled folks)
nearly was a major alarm co. delete
@@throttlebottle5906 imagine you're working on something after hours for a customer who doesn't communicate and you get shot and killed by a trigger happy armed security dork from some shitty alarm company 🤦♂️ jeez man that would be a terrible way to go
@@MegaDysart shoot first?
It's nice when the designers include a backlight. Now if only they'd realize the backlight should stay on until the *user* turns it off!
there is a setting in the manifold to keep the backlight on all the time....
@@HVACRVIDEOS Ah. I'm over on the Testo 550 side of the fence, and as best I remember, the backlight just stays on constantly with it. (I don't really care for the Fieldpiece design and its beeper sounds like it's passing a stone.)
@@KevinBenecke Make sense much?
There’s a setting for that. Depends on how soon you want to change your batteries.
I prefer it to time out. I'd rather not waste batteries and if I am using the meter, I am paying attention to other things besides the backlight time.
that thread chaser is awesome! speaking of which. we have a tank of r22 with a broken valve, been sitting around since 2004....
Is it just the plastic handle that broke?
I do like tools like the Falcon Thread Fixer because it's a tool that you buy once and put in your bag. Then you never touch it until you really need it then it saves the day.
I just received my thread fixer. They sent a hand written card as well. Thank you Leslie Orm
2:44 For anyone trying to understand pump down. Quick and easy explanation 👌
Chris, I recently picked up some new line dryers at the scrap yard. I'll be donating them to the HVAC lab at a local trade school.15 ¢ a pound is a bargain, especially for a state school. I really hate waste.
I have found that it far easier to change a plan than to not have one. Just as I have figured out a better way of doing something, so do others. Always good to lay out a plan and ask for feedback. Have saved lots of time and money from other people's good ideas or experience.
Good morning! Thanks for your continued service into 2022!!
Thanks for sharing the video, Chris !
Only charging them for travel time and the time you waited for them is letting them off easy. I'd be tempted to charge them for as many hours as the entire job was booked for.
I will discuss this live on TH-cam tonight 1/3/22 @ 5:PM (pacific) come over and check it out th-cam.com/video/2UhZaKfPILY/w-d-xo.html
Oh, I know WHY, you've said so before, you want to keep customers not punish them.
... I'd still be tempted. I'm evil like that.
I've seen it more and more the slag from them welding the tanks getting on the threads and not cleaned off. As we a know once you break the seal distributors won't take back a jug. Cool tool. Stay safe and be well.
Great video I do commercial hvac/r for grocery stores and have had multiple issue where we schedule overnight work and show up with now way to get in.
I’m thinking about taking a course for HVACR.my cousin does HVAC work ( I don’t know any details about his work though )and It’s caught my interest a little bit.so I clicked on your video and reading some of the comments to get a better idea of what i would be getting into.I’m bad with math so I’ll have to get some help with that lol
Bad threads are a pain in the ass,but only thing worse is a valve that wont shut off.I had to leave a set of gauges all summer once,super annoying!
Chris, I hope you and your family have a safe, happy, healthy and prosperous new year. I am sure you know this but the threads on the drums is 7/16 × 20 thread I keep a di in my charging package. Used it many time on drums and service valves. Now if they could come up with a tool for stripped valve stems.
Amazing as usual.
Great work Chris I hope this year gives you much success!
Thanks for the tip. Ordered me one falkner tool.
I remember seeing this short when you posted the customer no show.
Is that a Fenix Flashlight?
Season greetings to you Chris
Morning Chris !!!! Hope you have a great new year !!!!
Its so fun climbing into those during an emergency ot call with all the sauce and who knows what else all over the walls.
if you look in the new filter drier ends with flashlight, you can see which way they go, one end will have shiny metal (outlet/emergency high pressure bypass spring), the other end will be whitish-dull fabric/pad looking (inlet).
bi-directional filters are usually different and both ends may look the same, good luck there. me adjusts old nerd glasses 🤓
As usual, another great video.
Thank you and happy new year!
HAPPY NEW YEARS TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY CHRIS. MAY 2022 BRING MORE SUCCESS WITH LESS STRESS.
Great video Chris, that thread tool is handy
The fans I see in those coils look similar to what I see in fireplaces lol
Good job Chris.
Happy new year to you too!
Happy New Year, Chris. May 2022 treat all of us better as we treat those around us better than they treat us!
10:38 HVACR VIDEOS is an alien confirmed, his voice modulator broke for a short moment here ;)
I thought you were suppose to put nylog on the seat too, the flat smooth part that actually touches the flare not just putting it on the threads only?
Happy New Year friend!.....Thanks for sharing this video and the knowledge you have sir!.....it is appreciated!
I must be the luckiest son of a gun to turn a wrench. In the 23yrs I have been doing this I have never had a messed up thread on a jug. I had one jug that when I opened it the valve locked and wouldn’t close….. luckily I had a ball valve hooked to the tank, took it back to the supply house with my gauge hose still attached and they gave me a new jug and hose.
Happy new year from the Netherlands :-)
Happy New Year Chris... could the suction pressure come back up from a pump down if the system was leaking initially? That was the reason you were there right? The evaps were leaking? I'm just trying to make sure that I am getting your education correct... Love the content! I am a huge fan of the package unit vids. The SC480 kicks so much ass! Thanks again for the gift from 1 year ago!
An external leak wouldn't raise the pressure above ambient/atmospheric.
Cool video!
Also the crane in the closing words background is holding a zoom lock fitting and not an expansion valve
Happy new year Chris.
As soon as he said reach-in I knew I would need a shower.
Great video. Happy new year n hope for the best for all.
Happy New Year Bro.
I have never caught a live nor had time to watch them post-show, but Clive is a cool channel/person. plenty of fun joking puns and silly errors he admits to, vs. trying to hide them.
NONE of us are perfect and should always listen to input from others, even if they're your first day apprentice! because they very well may have seen something you missed/overlooked/ it may or may not be helpful depending on your open mindset and aptitude.
it may not happen daily and may waste some of your time gong off-track, but still plenty of jammed up situations that cause major damage and accidents, vs. alternate ways. so always listen to and think about co-workers thought about the job, even with 30+ years experience , you may not always have the best solution or end up with a better plan via input from the youngers.
You don't used dry nitrogen when you weld?
Happy new year!
Scheduled an evap changeout on an under counter reach in cooler at 5am at customer’s request. 2 hours from home. Showed up at 4:30, waited until 6:30, no one ever showed up or picked up the phone. I left and we rescheduled for normal business hours
I just ran across a Honeywell R404A tank with bad threads, and it was great because it was the only damn one I had left in my truck, lol. I knew that tool existed and wished i had it there. Never in my 7 years of HVAC have I run across this, I what is going on with QC? Did Creed from The Office take over? Lol, great vid chris
Would a business owner ever consider just giving you a key to open the door so that they don't even have to be there?
Yes they would love that, but out of principal I say they have to be there, it's a slippery slope having them allow me to be in there overnight when they aren't there. They start wanting it more and more and it's a massive inconvenience for me
@@HVACRVIDEOS I sorta mean related to this video, could they give you a key at some point before the job, to be used when you arrive early in the morning, then they show up later on. On another note, I assume you work on some jobs when the biz is closed, such as on a Monday for some restaurants. Does the business rep have to be there the whole time you are there, or can they be there to open the building for you, then come back when you are done?
@@mrtodd3620 I think for a corporate restaurant the risk is pretty low, but for a non-corporate restaurant, there's a good chance that something that's broken will be blamed on the techs when it's not their fault at all and everybody involved will have a better transaction if a representative of the restaurant shows up.
I will discuss this live on TH-cam tonight 1/3/22 @ 5:PM (pacific) come over and check it out th-cam.com/video/2UhZaKfPILY/w-d-xo.html
@@HVACRVIDEOS Just to clarify, my idea about getting a key was not about night work. Instead, my idea was to get a key so that you could come in very early in the morning (as you did in the video) ahead of everyone else, and not suffer the customer being a no-show.
Just return the tank back to the suppler providing that you have not damaged the threads??
I will discuss this on my Livestream on TH-cam this evening, 1/24/22 @ 5:PM (pacific) to come over and check it out th-cam.com/video/lbSNs2Wizok/w-d-xo.html
The link for the thread chaser isn't working.
wat model of camera is that on the shelf next to the crane ?
it's a Cannon XA-11 kind of out dated cause it only does 1080p
I've been watching these videos for quite a while now. I work in HVAC in Australia. I'm curious how common CHW systems are in the US? Ok I haven't seen every video on this channel but so far it's always been DX.
I’m a US HVAC guy that might be able to answer your question, but I suspect you either use different phrasing than we do or I’m just too tired to properly parse your question out. Could you expand the shorthand you used for me? I don’t recognize those acronyms offhand, at least not at 3 in the morning. Apologies if it’s super obvious and I’m not catching it
@@L4rgo117 CHW = Chilled Water. DX = Direct Expansion.
@@PraetorianAU Sorry, 3 AM woes, used to hearing just water or air cooling. Water cooling with standard small businesses or residential applications is usually considered pretty rare here from what I've seen, at least in the regions I've lived and traveled through. My guess is that the cost incurred through digging wells and subsequently treating the water to prevent corrosion is just outweighed by the relatively low cost of DX systems in most cases, or that density of installations just isn't too large of a concern. That being said, for larger commercial installations like warehouses, school campus buildings, offices and such, where it would be realistically or cost prohibitive to have multiple separate systems for what amounts to a shared cooled space, the most common way to address it is either with DX VRV/VRF style systems and many cassettes to cover zoning or a large chilled water/boiler combination chiller type system. Usually the older installations that I've seen are the ones using boilers and dedicated chillers though, as usually VRV/VRF type systems have a lower total cost of ownership, and allow for more convenient fine tuning across many offices that may have different usage patterns or heating requirements (underground surrounded by concrete vs two glass walls with people milling around) without requiring a dump zone or at the very least a lower bottom limit for when the system can actually do its job, as chillers usually have to wait for a set number of rooms to call before it can engage, where banks of VRV/VRF type systems aren't as strictly beholden to this, and can act as a heat pump as well. On top of this, Chiller systems usually use more toxic refrigerants like R-123 which require more stringent controls and ventilation requirements in place, and when maintenance is required on VRV/VRF type systems, you're taking a smaller portion of the system down at once. Chillers also have the downside of exposure to some pretty severe diseases like legionnaire's when servicing, which, among other factors can make maintaining chiller systems just more expensive. Most of this is speculation on my part with what I've seen and people I've spoken with, so other responses from people who've seen more than I have are certainly welcome, but personally, at least with what I have seen, the only really compelling uses I've heard of here for direct water systems is for geothermal heating with heatpumps, and that the cost benefit analysis for other uses of chilled water just don't end up saving money over the lifespan of the equipment. As for the complex factors behind that assesment, I don't have enough information to truly speculate. Hope that answers your question. In short, in standard construction, DX tends to just be cheaper and more practical for the situations I've seen and worked around, and the more common chilled water systems I've seen tend to either be niche or older, being slowly phased out in favour of DX VRF/VRV from my experience. Hopefully someone else has a better answer than I do though.
One thing I forgot to add, is that in a lot of regions of the US, there's simply too much humidity on average for it to be appreciably more effective than an equivalent DX, when price to performance and total cost of ownership is considered, on top of the other factors I mentioned.
*edit* kind of conflating water *cooling* with chilled water systems, but most of the systems where I've seen one also tend to use the other. not technically accurate, but a lot of the factors I mentioned for one tend to also apply to the other for one reason or another in the circumstances I've seen them in, sorry for the conflation however, I'm tired.
@@L4rgo117 thanks mate. Very informative response. Appreciate it.
Nice video
I put nylog on the face of the flare. The threads don’t stop leaks, it’s the beveled face that does
Nylog doesn't stop leaks, the copper crushed against the two brass faces is what seals the joint.
In my case i don't even have nylog available in my market so its not even a question. I just use the same oil the system uses to lubricate the joint when tightening it.
Whateever you use its not to stop leaks but to lubricate the metals in the joint to stop scoring and gauling that will hurt the seal.
@@LMSILVIA sure, but it definitely does stop leaks. That’s it’s primary purpose. If you apply it to the face of the flare part it will fill any little void you have. Threads on a flare fitting only serve to hold the bearing surfaces together.
Nylog isn't for stopping leaks, it's for lubing up the threads and mating surfaces, so that there won't be material removed by dry contact.
@@stanpatterson5033 I don’t know why people are calling a product marketed as a sealant not for stopping leaks. I promise it stops leaks. Try it. It gives you that extra security against call backs and is fully miscible with refrigerant oil so you need not worry about contamination.
@@scottkasper6378 Nah, if the flare is flawed or cracked or overtorqued you can put all the nylog in the world and it won't stop the leak.
I suggest you do your homework and research. Flare fittings were invented a hundred or more years ago and its engineering is solid.
Nylog is not sealant, use a drop of oil and do good flarings torqued right and you will find the same results.
With an early start like that, I'd tell them to call us when they are on site.
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Describing that filter/dryer probably got you demonetized. Haha. I will be passing on that link after I buy that tool.
Do you happen to know what those threads on the gas bottle are called? I'm trying to find some hose to attach to a helium bottle with that same thread, and can't find out what to search for..
I'd be surprised if they're identical to a refrigerant cylinder, but if so, the size is 1/4".
You might want to look up a list of CGA (Compressed Gas Association) fittings.
SAE flare
On a long enough time line all king valves leak.
The catch all with the fittings like that were a complete bitch to braze the fittings on. I hated that position at Sporlin.
1:13 oh no 😮
Who would complain about getting paid too sleep
Filter drier was truck RaPeD. 😂🤣
Do you "fine" customers that don't show up for scheduled things? Like charging OT levels for it or some? :P
I would deduce that all time on site is billed even if no work can be done.
In my line of work of loading and delivering, we follow customer-made appointments, whether made by shipper, buyer, consignee, whomever. We confirm things before we show up. When we do show up, the clock begins ticking. They get 1 free hour to do what has to be done, either load the shipment, or unload the shipment. We charge beyond those boundaries, but what really becomes a problem is when we go in to deliver a load and for whatever reason (closed/no-show, full, refused, whatever) then the "problem" becomes my problem when I don't get emptied out and can't go on to the next pickup with empty reefer. Now I have to take the load to a secure place, and find another reefer to take to the next pickup, which by now will be so far out-of-schedule that it likely will have to be rescheduled. It's not my business to levy charges, that's done by our office staff and ownership, but I wish that there were inconvenience charges for stupid, avoidable screwups like no-show, or when the receiver is running so far behind that they end up telling the driver "We're going to refuse the load. Reschedule another appointment". I just shoot right back with "No, sorry, you didn't accept the load despite the fact that we showed up on time for YOUR appointment, so YOU reschedule with us for when it will be convenient for you." I wish that the company would hit these bungheads up for huge charges. When they blow their end of the deal, it has huge consequences for US (the hauler) and also impacts the next customer, too. It's not fair.
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does food go in where it is being chilled? what is the name of that place? so I know where to send people I want to get food poisoning?
He will never reveal the name business and/or location where he’s working at. Speaking from my own experience, and Chris will tell you the same thing, all restaurants are “gross” like this. This one isn’t even that bad.
@@gregmercil3968 I wasn't really asking, I was pointing out just how disgusting the chiller food draws are.
while this is more than likely the norm for the US, I am not from the US and here these places would be shut down due to just how contaminated the food draws are.
there really is no excuse for having chillers that disgusting.
I have to ask though, do the chillers get paid a wage when the mold and bacteria grow to the point of intelligence?
I had a tank of 410a destroy a hose because it had a glob of metal on the threads for whatever reason. Hose leaked because of it.
That's awesome I get so aggravated when that happens..
bigclive wow
These drawers need cleaning, that restaurant is not gonna pass inspection with that much gunk in there, just ewww
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The money spent on that job, why didn't you recover all the refrigerant? Pull a system wide vacuum?
Likely to stay within budget? The benefits of recovering and doing a system wide vacuum are usually lost on a customer when you tell them it'll add additional billing hours to a quote.
@@Eetsohaad The only refrigerant left in the system was in the compressor and receiver. He waisted a bunch of time second guessing leaks and service valve bypassing and possible compressor valves. A simple recovery would have sped up the complete process, and he would have evacuated the system properly for enhanced system longevity. Now we have old refrigerant, possibly chemically compromised due heat from running with a low charge in a leaky system.
@@cdog3257 and the customer is probably happy as a clam at high tide with the money in his pocket and his old gas cooling the cook drawers.
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Union I highly doubt it
Huh? I don't understand what your saying
I'm early
Scab lmfao
I dont understand what your getting at here?
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