AC Not Cooling Contaminated System Overheating Compressor HVAC
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- On this, No AC Service Call I run into an overheated compressor and the r22 is contaminated and extreme hi pressures. It almost appears to run at 410A suction pressure yet head pressure shoots up. I have to cool off air conditioning compressor to get the windings to close. Then I remove refrigerant evacuate, and recharge the Ac system
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Wow you are a caring man you completely put the needs of this elderly Lady in your hands and looked out for her . And you just flat out fought for her. Blessing and more blessings to you and your family in Jesus name Amen 🙏🙏❤️🙏
How does one hire this guy? Geezus. We can't find an honest hard-working dude like this to save our lives. Just work for yourself.
C3 Studios where do you live, that you can’t find a honest repair technician
@@bonefishgraveyard The United States of America. Crooks everywhere looking for a quick buck. If most of your techs have been true an honest and fair, you're either living in another country or have been had!
@@C3studios there are honest techs around bruh, sometimes you just gotta look a little harder.
oh you need a waterboy 🤣🤣
You watch out for that lightning young man. Haha. That Lady’s awesome. She just wanted a friend to eat lunch with.
Aww she’s such a nice lady. I wish everyone was that sweet.
She was great, long tiring day with another call behind this one yet getting her back online was worth it
What a sweet old lady. " you come right in and ill call a resturant and we will eat here" . sweetness
I wish I had many customers that nice
Thanks
What a nice customer, you explain the bad news and she says "you must be hungry by now". She focuses on you and puts the system problem to the side for the moment. I had to pause the video do post this. Nice work!
She is a nice lady.
My compliments on helping her. Probably half the HVAC guys would have upsold her on something. I liked her ask: "I can get a pizza?" We are all going to get old.
Absolutely 💯
I hope you gave her a senior discount after all that hard work.👍💪
What a sweet old lady. She reminds me of many of my customers when I worked in service. Old people for the most part know when someone is trying to rip them off. they're so grateful when you get their equipment running again after another company condemned it for a bad contactor, and quoted a new system. It'szing how honesty can is the cheapest, and best advertising.
What an awesome old lady :3. Knowing my grandma i might have said yes. Having company is just so much fun for the elderly.
It was late and another call wiring for me to get to
@@thehvachacker these things happen. Hopefully she's got a grandkid or something
I grew up in Sussex County NJ awhile back since 1955 now I'm in Pocono's Pa 25 yrs. about 3 weeks ago i went to my sisters in Newton NJ, her Steam boiler (a Thatcher installed 1959) was leaking and not coming on, i fixed it, its been working perfect for last 3 weeks she said,, she called for 2 estimates, they told her it was 2 old and cost be $10,000 so she would have heat,, i fixed it for her free,, its ok now, no leaks not using water, running perfect
Good Job. There will always be haters. She is cool again and you didnt immediately call your sales guy. You could have probably made more on the commision of the new compressor or entire condensing unit but you fixed the problem rather than the service fee and repair. Mission accomplished.
Getting a system up and running is more rewarding than making commission on a system sale.
I just love old people like that she didnt know you and was offering to feed you while you're there doing the repairs. Coming from an automotive background I've had that a few times where customers on side work would bring me food before during or after repairs on basic things. The worst though is people who act like children and expect things to be fixed immediately, I'm sure you've seen that a time or two.
She was really nice and kept offering me stuff. She knew I was working hard to get her system back online. Many of those customers you are explaining. I have customers who think their pool house not having Ac is an emergency. Due to their contract, we just have to go.
that woman sounds really nice. very concerned about your safety. what a good customer.
She is I feel bad someone screwed up her system
Just a tip i carry a empty recovery (vacuum pulled)tank when I come across this problem I recover the charge. Then change the drier ,pull a vacuum and connect to vapor valve (flip the recovery drum) and put charge back in in liquid form while watching the sight glass and stop when liquid starts to disappear from the sight glass and if needed top off with virgin. The non condensables stays in the recovery drum. This is legal as you are putting it back in the system. Now I've only tried it on single component refrigerants like r22 and r134a. Haven't tried on blends.
It might not of worked here since I believe this system was charged with 410a. I could be wrong yet suction was about 125 and head went around 500.
Good job on this service call. Forget all the haters saying you forgot this and that. At these crunch times all that matters is that you saved the customer money and gained respect.
The ones who try to be so critical on everything I wonder if there coworkers talk smack behind there backs. At crunch time the only thing that matters is the outcome
Everyones a critic making negative comments Should of ,could of, would of ! This tech did a professional job. 👍
It is easy for someone to find fault watching a video yet can the same finding fault with the video find the fault with the machine and make it operate again?
I really love your way of explaining how you want to fix her system instead of replacing it. So much win!
My job is mainly generators; with refrigeration as a side hobby more or less. Thanks for sharing your videos!
Love all the tech talk you gave the lady -think she didn't understand 80% you told her 🖒-keep up the good work.
The way you go all the film till you find the problem and fixing it it's remarkable. Thanks
Such a sweet lady, I love people like that and your such a gentleman and one helluva good person..
Thanks, I do the best I can for my customers
Judging from majority of these negative comments, it leads me to believe some people have only done work in controlled environments 🤔 sometimes you have to do what you have to do to get it up and running, I've seen systems just purged with gas after major works no vacuum and is running perfectly more than 10 yrs with regular schedule maintenance
The trade has become really scientific with all this superheat and subcooling. Older units that were just purged or barley evacuated would go 30-50 years. When 100 degrees are hitting it’s all about providing comfort not leaving a system down. Many when I started would pressure tested with r22.
There’s the perfect world(classroom/ lab), then there’s the real world!!!!!
Reading comments, better than watching tv, stay honest brother, you do good work
Just wanted to say that your interaction with the customer was perfect. It's awesome to see a service tech that is interested in saving/repairing equipment not just replacing it. Great Job!
He talked way over her head. A good technician will put the problem in terms she can understand.
I had to stop at 20:35 because bro that lady has no idea what you are talking about! Lol. Shes a sweet old lady though and shes more worried about you being hungry than her AC you gotta love her! Lol. I emagine other comments say the same things i havent read them ... Aright back to the video! Lol
I love the customer she went grandma mode to make sure you be safe and was going to order food for you and her aww
Non condensables in it ..
You're on the right path.
Recover the dodgy gas, replace liquid line filter, purge with dry nitro, evacuate and vacuum to 500 microns then bomb charge the liquid side and see what happens.
Should come good.
Someone before you has either not vacuumed the system properly and has possibly had atmospheric pressure build up or put the wrong gas in it. Big no no !!
You are an excellent tech. You treated that lady with respect and honesty. Good for you man !
Very cool no pun intended, Aces for working with your customer the way you did and and not worrying about what "Might" have happened. There are only a few that walk around with an Ace in their back pocket; you my friend are one of them.
Can't control or live in fear what might have happened. Only can do whatever it takes to make it happen.
3:45 Plants: "Hmm, condenser coil cleaner... YUMMY!!"
Bless her heart so sweet ❤️ I’d definitely hook her up. Good job tho invest in some low loss fittings.
I have ball valves don't like the low loss fittings. I can't empty my hoses of whatever gas is in them before connecting to a new machine. Would hate to spread contaminated refrigerant from one unit to another. this lady was nice
sweet lady. i come across customers that not even offer something to drink when you are all hot from working your ass off.
Many don’t offer a drink on a sweltering day after getting their ac up. They don’t even care how hard you worked to help them find comfort
@@thehvachacker these folks dont get extra's just a fix and i think up yours then.
I have customers on residential side that I never met. They think because they are famous they are too good to talk to those working in there house. Dr oz and Alicia keys are on that list. Those I am in and out of there homes and go through motions. I work so hard for the ones that give me the same respect I would give others. I keep my truck stocked with a cooler of water but it’s the thought or trying to take care of me that makes me go above and beyond at times.
I loved that line about sales not being your department, I'll have to remember that one
This tech is unique.. most techs would replace the unit but he took his time to find the problem an fixed it after so much work done.. good job an (God bless you)
Thanks this was an interesting service call. I didn't want to leave that old lady with no AC.
she is such a sweet lady if I was an hvac tech I would have spent some time with her without charging her time for it and knowing I don't have a ton of calls piled up I don't mean any offense you are a great tech who does a great job and cares I wish i worked in that field but im a bit old now i bet
God bless this lady's kind soul
A tough but honest job, from daylight to darkness. [edit: Oops, also purge the suction service valve side before you charge].
The hacker in me was apparently caught there. lol
The poor woman was totally lost about what you were talking about, like high side pressure low side pressure
She was I need to learn to keep it simple at times.
Dealing with the negative comments sucks . The customers opinion and comfort is the only one that matters . You came and did what your where asked off . Saved her some bucks . And she will be good for a hot while . At least till winter and you can plan on coming back and pulling it down and throwing a filter on that hog . That can’t be much time . It’s the second week in January and I been working on mostly commercial fridges and freezers . Down here in Florida summer season starts a little after February . It’s how I catch up on my paper work bull crap . I find that if your following the sight glass you have to run the machine under load almost 24 hours especially on smaller machines before they settle down . If the charge is right you can watch the compressor come on , the air pushes out , then finally after everything gets running and warm the Bubbles disappear . Any ways good work . Your hired . Lol .
We are swamped with no heat calls in Jersey now with temps barely getting up past freezing marks.
Fun tip, whenever you cool a compressor I recommend using your toner at the compressor wires off the contactor so you know as soon as its done cooling. easier than constantly checking or guessing.
I just don’t want to get my meter wet. Yet if it was a cheap toner why not
what do you mean by "toner"? Are you talking about using the ammeter probe? can you elaborate. Trying to look up toner and all I see is those devices used for network cable Id's and copy machine toner.
powerpooch2000 he’s referring to the resistance check of meter. When low resistance most electronic meters beep to let you know it’s a short.
Hey man, I’m in my second year of hvac repair, I do some things differently, and would love to hear how/why you do some of the stuff you do! I know it’s an old video but a very familiar call. Thank you!
The way i see it is the job was done very thoroughly. Great way for upcoming techs to learn from. Real life scenarios.
That is my videos. This is what I run into. Only work I don't make videos of is new equipment warranty work.
😂😂😂 I was laughing my ass off When he starts talking about txv's to the elder lady
I do appliance repair, I swear old people are the nicest people ever
She was all she wanted to do was feed me, and all I wanted to do was repair her ac
I can see how this happened.
Our older next Door neighbor seems to constantly get taken by the -tradesman- that knocks on her door, sends out an urgent looking mailer or is referred by someone at the places she socializes. Who is always able to do the job for less than some guy with a company name on the truck. Or at least that's what she believes.
You showed some great people skills when you were dealing with the customer.
I do my best dealing with a customer even when I believe they are lying to me. I just want to fix her system. I work sometimes in a van with no labeling. I never work less than what I know other companies make since I hate working when I could be home with my family. I need the money to motivate me or what is the point. I do know my worth so I refuse to sell myself short. Never trust anyone advertising cheap work.
@@thehvachacker How about Realtors, there's always someone cutting their price, we all have to cut our prices to win customers sometimes. It's an over saturation.
Everyone is entitled to charge what they want. Since I mostly work for a rather large company. They don't budge on there prices. We have lots of the hi-end homes on lockdown. Also the same with the commercial buildings. They all think my company is expensive yet word of mouth and manpower when needed keeps getting us into newer homes and commercial sites. If I was attempting to start my own company and had to compete with where I am working I understand where your question is coming from. But if you start working for cheap customers, will you ever be able to raise your rates to what you want or will they keep looking for deals? May I ask where you are from? So I can have a better understanding of the market, you are competing in. I am in the North Jersey market which is saturated for the smaller companies trying to start out. It is possible to do. Many do go with a smaller company cause they like the tech that owns the company.
@@thehvachacker Real Estate is also entirely different than your field in terms of how money is made. There is no hourly fee or diagnostic fee or travel time in real estate. I am in northwest Indiana, southeast of Chicago, Illinois.
I also doubt people shop around much for HVAC work when their equipment fails, and they certainly can't screw you over once you drive out, because you're already billing them before you even get there. In real estate, you can spend hours and drive fifty miles with a potential customer only to have them disappear, which happens a lot. Lots of time spent working for free and burning that gas to be perfectly honest.
Ok sorry, are you are as a real estate agent? Then yes you will spend time showing lots of houses and hope your customer buys the house through you. Home buyers are tough since like you said you can spend hours showing yet end up never seeing them again. Yet I find when someone finds a buyer a home quickly they are fast to recommend to others that agent. It is a tough industry. How is the housing market in Chicago? Is there much good inventory out there? or a supply problem.
a lot of rough comments, good job bro keep up the good work
Thanks! I try to do the best I can for my customers
Damn bro. Can't believe you turned down a pizza from a sweet old lady. She probably just wanted to some company while eating or just wanted to share a pizza.
I didnt want to stop working it was late and I had another call after this one. Usually I never turn down food
Compressor overheated, electrical fine, i’d wager a stoppage on suction line before compressor was there. Not enough to cool compressor, not enough movement to lower pressure on low side, as you said pressure was suction of R-410A which is about 118psig or 68ish degrees saturation for r22. Rise in low side pressure indicates suction restriction, rather than orifice restriction. Which leads to one of two culprits: first is a misplaced king valve, but i can’t see it, or a noncondensible, like you diagnosed, caught in the suction line
It’s been so long yet I think it was a cocktail of 22 and 410. Compressor couldn’t compress at those pressures. Only thing that matters in the end is this machine is operational since that repair
That could do it
This Technician is one of the best!! I do mostly supermarket refrigeration and some A/C, this technician check and do a very acurate diagnostic, others HATERS a/c guys would sold a new unit to this old lady, but he insisted and repaired. On this industry I noticed that most of the A/C guys they dont like dealing with repair units, they push on sell new units on most of their service calls, I found on 3 diferent times that techs were trying to sell new units, one unit was tripping breaker due to bad relay making contact with unit housing,this was a $20 relay, other time because of blowing fuses due to bad disconnect switch... Way to go HVACR!!!!!
So, next year when it fails, she'll have to replace it since R22 will be gone. There's some give and take here.
WileyDean thats the problem with A/C Tech that dont know work ethics, always trying and pushing to sell new units, can't they just repair the unit or if they can not fix it ask for help, dont try to sell new unit just for a bad motor or bad wires,
So this summer is almost over and the system is still running without anything but maintenance done to it since my repair. Also r22 won’t be gone just not manufactured. We have 5 skids of 22. Yet unless a system leaks r22 isn’t a problem
when you had the system evacuated you should have changed the filter/dryer - especially when you suspect contamination
I should of yet without a drier left on my truck I had no choice.
John everyone who works on HVAC at some point has to evaluate the entire situation given to them. In real world situations EVERY tech eventually has to break protocol for one reason or another. The end result and the most important result is that the elderly customer has an AC unit that is now blowing 59 degree air in a hot summer night. Instead of suffering and having to wait until the next day for a filter dryer to arrive and more time to have to install it.
I love all the expert here. I don't think this guy is making how to videos....if you don't like just find something else to watch.
These aren’t a how to video just documenting my adventures, others can learn from my experiences what to do or not to do
Hey grandmothers always try to feed you. Must be in there DNA !
Your a good man making a good name for ac repair guys buy staying and fixing it instead of just taking advantage of her and charging for new stuff
for my personal taste you did a good job and I think a good detail explanation to the customer, it would have been great to change the filter dryer .. Greetings from the Port of Veracruz. Mexico ,,, a hug Friend ..
Greeting I wish I had a drier left on my truck to change it. Used 2 driers earlier that day. I just wanted to see if I could get that system to cool for that nice old lady
That sweet old lady has absolutely no idea what you’re talking about. Haha
Yeah I was thinking, does he really think she understands what he's talking about,is he obvious or just trying to sound smart. He did a good job troubleshooting though.
Great video ...good call on replacing the refrigerant..... a sigh of relief when the pressures were normal for r22
This could be a once in a lifetime service call. I was so relieved the system was able to pump correctly after the beating that scroll took trying to compress the wrong gas, causing it to overheat, luckily I didn't get the burnout smell from the oil.
i wonder how much was the bill? he spent half a day working on that thing plus the R22..
I have learned so much from you brother, thank you
I kinda believe the lady when she said no one serviced it, I kinda think there is a leak in the low side and over time it has lost its charge. Pumping in air will cause a higher head, I did not see the litmus paper in the sight glass I think I would have changed the dryer and left the vac pump on over night, was the dryer cool when the vac pump was on? Check it in the near future to see if it has the same charge the dryer will hold close to a llb of r22. I have seen a lot of units with moisture and good thing for the dryer
I enjoyed your video you did a good job to that senior lady.
I do what I can
Charge it till it sweats and feels like 45° on the Suction. Bam! 😎😂 I miss R22 😪
Why do you miss it. That and 410a is all I use. R22 hi price is the cost of comfort or system should be replaced
@@thehvachacker 20 Years ago there wasn't a such thing as Subcooling or Superheat and most seasoned installers back then could just charge by Feel and Deltas and it wasn't expensive then I remember getting it for $50 a drum, but then as production got limited during the introduction of Puron 410a all of a sudden it skyrocketed. Now it costs me about $550 for a drum and is more economical to just swap to 410 on leakers instead of prolonging those dinosaurs. I wish that they'd produce 134a systems (Carrier made 3 prototypes that are used in a couple homes). But R22 was simple and easy and delivered excellent results. Also don't get me wrong I do follow 608 and only charge once a year and on the 2nd trip I repair or replace
That was also before a Micron Gauge, Nitrogen Purging, and unlike today we used Driers, but somehow those old Nordyne's, and Copeland's keep on kicking season after season.
That was excellent customer service!!!! 👍👍
How old was the drier? Probably should have changed it. May have been the cause of flashing in the sight glass.
None left on my truck or I would of. I used two driers earlier that day and wanted to give her ac.
And did you check the filter dryer?
a few questions
1. why not use a micron gage during the evacuation process?
2. when you finished the evacuation you disconnected the evac pump before you closed the valve on the gauges did you not introduse air in the system
3. why use the old gages when you could use the testo during the troubleshooting and evacuation process?
He can use whatever the hell he wants, as long as he knows he's job and what he's doing and all the years of experience are better than any micron gauge or expensive gauges.
Maybe he likes analog better, I do for trouble shooting
It's impossible to find a micro leak without using a micron gauge, and you should always take your gauges off with positive pressure. Granted, you might not notice any moisture issues immediately, I find that copper carbonate builds up on the threads of the txv needle over time from moisture and causes it to stick, and in some case's even seize.
There are legitimate reasons why 0% moisture in a system is critical, especially with poe oil.
Very much like the way you treat your customers ... Very respectable and honest ... I shall do a shot in your honor ... Lol ... Good vid Hackster ...
wonder what happened-unit shuts off i hope-no crazy running in a vacuum. stumped how this system got noncondensibles in it-nice job taking care of it for that nice lady-kudos to you
Did you see how high the suction and head pressure were jumping to before I shut it down. I think that was an r22 compressor attempting to compress 410a. Which caused the compressor to shut down on thermal OL. I believe that her ac couldn’t keep up with nj temps over design temp for almost 2 weeks and called another company or a neighbors kid. she was under the impression if she needed r22 we weren’t recharging residential units. So whoever she called gave her some Freezon out of the pink can.
A restriction in the liquid line from a plugged filter can cause flash gas in the sight glass on a fully charged system. Change the filter. It may have caught a lot of stuff from the overheating.
Forgot to mention, move your thermocouple clamp before and after the filter and sight glass. Excess flash gas reduces cooling capacity.
Don't worry about these opinions. Every call can be done better in one way or another. At least you are trying to do the right thing. Sorry but these techs who are working for companies that are driving them to sell replacement systems at all costs should be ignored due to the fact that "most" of them do not know shit and nor do the owners. Those companies hire young guys to run the numbers game period and quite frankly it's criminal behavior. They can talk some lingo but wouldn't know where to start beyond changing a capacitor. Example: I was training a man last week who had worked for another company for two years running maintenance and service. I let him know that we were going to work on airflow all week and we'll start with Delta T's. He asked me what a Delta T was. In his head, he knew what he was doing in the field, but found out quickly otherwise. I'm just glad he wanted to learn. He had only been trained to cycle the system, clean the condenser, check for a rusty or leaky coil and call for a TURN OVER. This is a rampid problem across the country. The people who bought the company I work for don't know shit about HVAC. They are simply trying to make their investors happy. They are implementing the " if the repair is $500, call for a salesman" program. Their capacitor price is $300. Sorry but this is bullshit and not true service. They are criminals and that's why I am leaving asap.
Yes, there are time and procedure issues on every service call. As long as you communicate and charge properly they eventually work out. The calls that I make the most on, are the ones I walk away from and don't waste any time on. Asking questions and weeding out the bullshit calls are a techs best start. Low cost service calls get a lot of home warranty calls because they are cheaper than the HW service call and the home owner usually only wants you to diagnose it and not repair. Example of a Big Waste of Time.
My company is starting the corporate route. Hopefully they don’t change and screw up what’s been working for 80+ years. they still expect quality work from techs and what’s best for customer. You always get the new guy who thinks he is the greatest tech since where he worked no 3xperienced techs worked there. We get the guys who say they are commercial service techs. Not realizing how severe the commercial work is. I screwed myself when I first started with this job I told them I am strong on the essential service side I do some commercial yet not a lot. Took many years to get a solid workload of commercial yet they know what I can do and what I will figure out yet might take me a little longer. I am @ good tech not the best nor the worst. Do I always need to get better and learn, always.
Don’t use technical terms when talking to the customer. That lady has no idea what high side and low side is. It confuses people and confused people are more likely to give you resistance and complain about pricing. It’s natural for people like us to talk like that and I still catch myself doing it sometimes. But when I do I try to back track and dumb it down as much as I can.
It’s hard not to. I have same problem talking to new service manager. He was never in the field. Just one of the owners kids.
@@thehvachacker well what good is he
He trying but I feel he should of done a year out in the field to learn what we do and go through. Instead he went from sales to resi service manager
The HVAC Hacker oh boy
Since you had the system down, I would have added a small liquid line filter to trap any moisture or solids that were left in system..
R 22 tends to ice up at fixed orifice or cap tubes when moisture is present. Woah..big guns..testo 550 😲
Awsum job though..night service I loath.. thumbs up. 👍
I used my last 2 driers earlier that day on repair jobs. I miss my tests 550. Yet them getting zapped on a 30 ton start up caused me to get those probes I use now. Not sure if I could return to using the manifold. It was sent out for repair 2 weeks ago haven't heard anything yet on my 550's. yet they were solid for 7-8 years. Step up from my yellow jacket gauges and a fluke pipe clamp on my multimeter that I did before the 550. Technology is interesting how my tools have changed since I started 20 years ago
Thats what i was thinking, havent had this issue have had liquid line be aroynd 400 and suction like 25, they had changed a blow comp the year before and i guess tjeu didnt flush or something cause i ended up with a clogged con coil
I love my testo 550s, they havent failed me yet
I love how your work on these machine ... great job
Thanks I do my best to make my customers happy
This trade is fascinating to me, wish I had worked in this field when I was younger!!!!!
Hey Mr. Hacker, good video and good catch. I agree with you about cleaning the condenser before gauging up. My guess is a slimy sideshow Bob stole her 22 and dumped the contents of a recycle tank back in, maybe sell her some locking caps or ask her to get a video surveillance camera... thanks!
It’s a guessing game what happened. That was a rough day for me since it was my second day back to work after a nice vacation in Poland. My internal clock was still 6 hours off and the day before I worked till midnite. Not a good choice of mine to be on call when I return from a vacation with a 6 hour time difference and near 100degree weather. I still need to check out that uei meter you asked about
The HVAC Hacker you lucky dog, Poland is an awesome country and Polish women are beautiful... I’m trying to convince my Polish friend to go with me to Krakow and Warsaw and be my tour guide.
We go every summer since my wife's parents live there. We go to visit for 2 weeks. We landed in Warsaw yet spend the whole time northern Poland. It is nice you should go if you get the chance. Easier to have someone who speaks polish with you. Alot speak english but I took a solo trip to gdinsk by myself it was interesting.
I think you did a great job. I only wish your truck wasn't limited to two dryers/filters. I'm a retired tinner/installer that started working residential around 1972 then changed to commercial/industrial about 5-6 years later. Enjoyed your video, started to get a little dizzy at times.
That lady was clearly lonely and wanted company. Kept offering you food and everything. Lol
Yea I ate right after talking to her on the phone. Hard to stop working to eat at least for me. I need to finish before I can let myself relax.
@@thehvachacker I get that. Before joining the Army, I was an electrician and would do work at places and people would also offer me food. It was awkward for me when it would happen.
Depends on the job for me. This one was tricky and unusual that I couldn’t stop or allow distractions. If it’s a easy boring job then it’s easier to stop.
Great job Bill, this was a job well done. I'm sure the elderly woman was happy and well satisfied that you fixed her AC, I was lol. I noticed you didn't try to sell her a new unit, thank you. You are one of the few honest techs out there, stay that way and you will be Blessed. I was a victim to that scheme, I had a bad capacitor and didn't know squat about A/C, he sold me a whole new unit, heater and condenser unit, over $5K. Since then I've learned, wish there were more honest men out there like you. Thanks again.
How would you know that now?
Sorry last comment!!! Great fuckin job brother!! Funny I do it just like u. We get a bonus if we set up a sales lead but we also get a percentage of our truck so I just enjoy fixing it and making the customer happy. I treat everyone like my grandmom if that makes any sense. U just made that old ladies nite!!!
I get 50 bucks per piece of equipment replaced yet if I don’t attempt a repair this lady has no ac for 2 weeks until an install crew is free. This was beginning of August and temps were near 96f+ most days. I get nothing extra on pulling repairs off except knowing I did the best I could for my customer. Plus I feel like I lost a patient when the system is headed to the scrap yard
Admirable honest work. Salute
talking to her like she know hat your saying lol
I forget most don't yet had to let her know what I was doing
and only 1/2 the current draw!!! 👍👍 Great job young man!
I'm a little late here to this. You did well, you sound passionate about your work and good with customers. You sound a lot newer than 20 years in the trade ( I think that's what I seen in a comment).
I didn't hear your quote anything or give customer any sorta options. Yeah you wanna get them cooling but still if that repair was $900 to reclaim and refill and she didn't know a new AC would cost XXXX, Your not giving her a fair chance. It's not your equipment or home to make that decision for her.
Also on your recovery I let that recovery machine sit on it down below zero and then drop nitro thru it. Soon after I usually replace drier and then pull vacuum.
Pull vacuum with good house and not thru ball valve hoses/gauges
Your showing quite a bit on video and that's hanging you out there in the open to all these guys.
Shhhew lol you got your heart in your work I like your work ethic!!
Also I usually find systems that have been over charged were done so by an untrained eye mistaken low charge for system that had really bad indoor coil airflow
The only thing is I am not allowed to give quotes. I was there to get her ac to run she was hot and told me she needed it to work. It could take 2-3 days for a salesman to get there with a quote. Plus we were 2 weeks backlogged on the resi installs so it would be 2-3 weeks with no ac if no repair was attempted. I did tell her I was going to attempt to get to operate with no promises. Yet how do I not do what I can to get the machine to operate or find out with a fresh weighed in charge. This way I can find out what might need to be repaired. Hard to do when the pressures shot up like they did when I cooled off compressor. My Appion hoses failed on the job I was at before this one where I used up my last filter drier. Have to do what I can to make it work.
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Man it is what is mission accomplished , this industry have 90% of people who do not know what there are doing and everyone sound and look 👀 the same , all they want is to talk less and recommend new unit because they can’t fix nothing .
Plug C coil and over charged he did bleed hoses enter non-condensables.Good job, that's exactly what should have been done. Great repair.
I don't know if someone put 410 or what into this yet those pressure were wacky for r22
Non condensable will crowd out refrig liquid in condenser = super high superheat & head pressure. Overheat trips overload. Contaminated with 410A possible by hack.
How much did the drum weight after recovery, to make sure you didn't miss if unit had been over charged. Back in the day my vacuum pump was used. Been at this for 40 years.
I don't remember the recovery cylinders weight yet I only pulled less than 5 lbs out. You might have used your pump many when I started didn't. They would do a fast purge. Before setting up their pressure testing with r22.
After all that work why would you leave the old filter dryer in?
If you read any of the previous comments I send the two on my truck already. So this was a make it work job
Was gonna ask the exact same question, but sometimes you just do what you gotta do, in order to help some people out. Lady needed that unit working badly, you can probably come back later with a new filter drier and recover/replace/recharge. Good work.
@@fidelalgarin7216 yeah but if that freon was really contaminated then the filter dryer is definitely getting replaced.
Looks like a older AMANA Ac unit. Good work man.
Same color
a tip: dont ever overwhelm a customer with all those details, just ask some questions and give a 5 word summary, "its not working right" I can fix it, let me keep working" "ill give you a quote"
this lady has NO CLUE what the hell your saying, i used to talk to customers like they know and soon as i started talking to them like a 4 year old but with respect i get a lot further with them.
I did overwhelm and should of kept it dumbed down.
@@thehvachacker Its a skill dude, you can be detailed but have to break down the technical terms into simple terms that people can understand.
I'm a forklift tech (just watching out of interest 👍) but one of the common feedbacks I get from my customers is how I explain in detail but in a way they can understand. Try not to use technical terms and if you have too, explain what they mean or try and use an analogy to compare with something the average bear does understand.
It helps people feel their not getting ripped off when you explain things, knowledge empowers people - that's why I don't necessarily agree with the 'it's broke, I'll fix it' way. Using too many tech terms also makes people feel their being ripped off because it's a gut human reaction when we don't understand something to automatically go on the defensive.
Get that skill nailed down and people love you for it!
Good advise
23 yrs of service work. I talk to them how they understand. No two customers are alike. Some understand a lot some understand nothing.
I am here to read the comments mostly.great job.
So many haters but he's actually doing some decently good troubleshooting. Keep up the work mate!
Very professional job and you went the extra mile to get that damaged unit working. Hopefully no one else will tamper with the unit anytime soon.
I hope not also I feel bad for that old lady. She was nice and kept offering me food
You didn’t purge your liquid line hose before adding new refrigerant.
What multi meter are you using and how do you like it? Looking to get a good one
I use the fluke 902 and it has been my go-to meter since 2010. I do like it and would only go with fluke from this point forward. Before this meter, I was using fieldpiece meters and they would only last 2 or 4 years before part of the meter failed and I needed a new one. I am looking at the fluke 87v and 376fc for my generator work yet for HVAC the 902 does everything needed
Your out here just making videos and all the keyboard warriors are slaming you. Dont stop believing
when the system is contaminate the refrigerant stink bad ? you need to clean the system change oil vacume and ad refrigerant ? sorry for my questions i m learning and thanks for your video
No it was 410a and r22 mixed most likely by someone that didn't know better. I usually would change the filter drier but didn't have any left on my truck since I used 2 earlier that day. In the field sometimes you break protocol just to try to give someone cooling on an almost 100 degree day
@@thehvachacker So, if you had the proper time and equipment, a filter change was the only thing missing? Since 410 could still be trapped in the filter? Assuming the incorrect refrigerant was 410 since it's common. I imagine pulling a vacuum would draw it out of the oil. I see people saying a new system would have saved time and money. Not seeing that to be true until r22 is 100% gone, or am I missing something?
@kd9bwi: you change the filter-drier because they can “fill up” with moisture or particulate crud. Ideally you’d put on a new one any time the system is opened.
Great job wish you could help me out I think I have the same problem Big THUMBS Up.
That’s not good
I have worked very hard to mark everything I have been on is year with Freon make. I have had this happen to me with a 407c unit and R22 mix. psi was close but got low or no cooling it was just not right. Pulled charge add new R22 it’s working great Thanks you great video (it was a R22unit)
I've never had an issue when it comes to mixing 407c with R22. I've done it multiple times and I've never had a call back.
Sauce Clipz The problem with the practice of adding a different refrigerant to a system will be eventually seen if refrigerant leaks out due to zeotropic azeotropic blends...which seems to be the problem here
Nice job, getting it running for the lovely old lady and I hope the idiots the put the wrong refrigerant in get hauled up for all the possible damage they did to this system.
Most likely a neighbors kid in trade school.
Been watching your videos and would like to thank you for the after work hours education on service I do install but have been working on switching to service a lot of your videos has helped me out in the field thank you
That is awesome to hear Cody! Hearing this makes the time spent creating these videos worth it! Best of luck with your transition into service.
Good job man, out of curiosity, how much was the bill?
He takes so long I don't understand. I guess that's just the speed man and then with the head camera you know half the you time you can't even see what he's doing get a tripod dude
somewhere along the line someone must have mixed refrigerants with noncondensibles in the unit--good save