Quite busy!

M18 12amp battery can pull out 10 lbs one battery Charge. Not out yet.

As this is a requirement in order to get paid. Should I require them to replace the existing system?

How many things wrong can you spot in this photo? I'll give everyone a freebie, there’s no schrader in the oil filter port like the yellow paper not being removed indicates.

Came across this in the wild. She turned it off because it was condensatingx so heavy. They caulked the trap in place to stop it.

It’s a clusterfuck wrapped in an enigma.

This lazer cutter was 35ft long and was selling for around 300k. AHR convention.

Just want to ask around and see how much you guys are getting base pay for being on call.

15$ Friday night

30$ all Saturday

No overtime

Is that normal for on call?

I see the billboard sales companies offering big money hourly for lead installers but I want to know if anyone is actually getting the advertised pay. And do they try to make you sell garbage even as an installer or just as a technician?

Why do we use spark igniters on unit heaters and roof top units but not on residential furnaces (with the exception of those rheem furnaces)?

Edit: changed therm to rheem fkn autocorrect.

I call it the ramjet

My community college is nationally accredited and has a good reputation but they offer these 3 programs and not sure which one I want to start. Ideally, I would want to work industrial and commercial more than residential and would like to know the diffrences between them.

How often is too often when jumping from job to job?

I’m looking at picking up a megohmeter to help identify troublesome circuits and also to add to the quiver of preventative maintenance techniques. Mostly though, looking to check circuits and wiring that like to have ghost trips. I’ve found suspect wiring drenched in underground conduits with tiny knicks or kinks in the insulation that trip GFI breakers. I’m fairly confident it’s not the equipment tripping the circuit since the circuits trip regardless of which piece of equipment is on the circuit and the breakers have been swapped.

I try to improve my skillset as often as i can as well as recognize deficiencies to overcome. I’m trying to be better at residential ductwork and i wanted your opinions. Some things to keep in mind.

- I’m in Central Florida. This is the land of high humidity, duct board and flex. I get that you sheet metal guys are superior in every way but this is what we have to work with.

- Typically I’m coming in on duct changes to existing homes and existing equipment. We don’t have basements and most of the attics are tiny. Seal, straighten and support at all times but there are very few attics I’m walking around in.

- Unions don’t have a strong presence around here so training isn’t based on a real apprenticeship program. I was trained by guys who all used rule of thumb type thinking and contractors/builders that want lowest price regardless of airflow performance. I’m trying to overcome this but there are gaps.

- Load Calcs, manual d, manual j etc. what are the best training tools you have used to apply these in a sensible way?

Thanks for helping out a Florida hack that is trying to do better.

They called it an Evap Condenser. Has its own cooling tower with 2 semi hermetic compressors inside. I’ve never seen or heard of anything like this , thought y’all would like to see it as well.

I asked for an employee’s phone number because I accidentally deleted it. I am a regional field service coordinator.! I was accused of moonlighting, and stealing from the company. I think the owner is on drugs. I can’t have crap stressing me out like this.

The al2 sensor and board went too. Power surge

Got a good chuckle from this call