Guys, come on! This video’s purpose is to teach techs how to charge a unit with job link probes... the video’s purpose is NOT to teach proper procedures when dealing with a unit low on charge.

Excellent video we need more videos like this to inspire and show the young technicians just coming into the field how to use tools so they’re not intimidated. The only problem My son and I have the Fieldpiece sensor kit and the range sucks (“ unless it’s a simple wooden structure for the signal to go through the walls it does not matter how far sensors will connect in open free air with no obstacles in between at line of sight in the real world we don’t work with in line of sight”!.) in the past several months I use them every day or try to the buildings with brick or concrete walls or just one floor with a concrete floor below you spend more time trying to connect the signal move your phone around or move your senses around if you had to charge by the hour while fiddling with the Fieldpiece software you to go bankrupt first in the real world. But I do like them for simple close proximity jobs I give them a thumbs up in that situation just waiting for them to come out with some better range in depth to penetrate walls in commercial buildings and office buildings. Until then I would wait before purchasing the sensors until they come out with the next generation then I’ll give them a try once again. For those Techs who purchase the Fieldpiece sensors a little word of advice for some reason the Fieldpiece sensors do not always work very well with the Fieldpiece software download the Measure Quick software and that usually fixes fieldpiece sensors problem with connectivity and reliability issues.

Where's the Leak Dude? Are you a tech or an Actor

Those smans are surprisingly durable. I just bought the sm480v and plan to keep it for a long time. I hope they work out the kinks in the app that others reported last year. Data logging is a must. I was able to connect to the app without issue so far.

One thing you might want to add is that You may want to find the source to why the system is low on charge to begin with before adding. Also when we need to charge using super heat with fixed device how important is our sub cool? Next video? Thanks

That bleeding didnt look right lol. That air went right into the system.

@2:55 nice uv light shining through the return grill hahaha. Hope the dog doesn't lay there .

Nice work and excellent editing

The way you bled the hose before adding freon didn't look right. Hate to be like everyone else and judge every little dumb thing when you're just trying to prove your point but some viewer's are watching with very little experience. Your valves were open on the system and at the tank when you bled your hose, so any air was already pushed into the system. Good video otherwise👍🏻👍🏻

OBNOXIOUS LOUD MUSIC IS NOT NEEDED. This is suppose to be a video to charge a system. At the start you said the system was low on refrigerant. Hopefully you found the leak and fixed it before charging the system.

Great video and demonstration.

You make me wanna learn more thank you

good video

Great video. Bret.👍

Great job Burt.

You’re crazy but do you make so good video thank you sir

Just a question, if I bought that kit and added a 3rd psychrometer probe to measure the outdoor dry bulb at the condenser, would the app automatically calculate the dry bulb from that probe to calculate target SH, or do you have to enter DB manually like you did? I'm just debating whether to buy the extra psycrometer probe or not... Thanks.

Good video

Your comment about the 0 superheat at the evap coil is wrong. The evap coil in flooded at 0 super heat therefore refrigerant is NOT evaporating in the coil. Also the way you were bleeding your charge line is wrong. You should have bled at your bottle with its valve closed. Your line was hooked up to the system that already had charge in it which would have pushed air in the line to the bottle.

So, with those probes you don't need gauges..

Can I ask why you put your clamp on the liquid line after the dryer? I was always taught 2-3 inches away from the condenser

Thank you for this video 👍🏻👏🏼👏🏼

Nice werk Bert

Nice video

dude you are awsome

so if it was r410 a ,,, we only charge it via liqiud ?

Would you guys be able to make a video on the FP probes using My measure quick? Thanks

Check out that custom flush mount disco

Good video bro

Was the unit valved off before he purged the lines? It looked like the schraeder valve core was already depressed when he purged the charging hose. If the unit’s pressure was less than the charging tank pressure from say the tank being stored in a hot truck, then the air in the charging hose would have been forced through the open schraeder valve into the unit’s system before he purged the line.

Good stuff 👍 I've recently wanted to learn the difference again between checking suction pipe temp/ superheat at compressor vs evaporator.. with the new probes, it seems more possible to check at evaporator, but why again?

Great video thank you.

what's with the music?

good to know if i ever need to go to outer space when checking charge. Thanks

Nice

Bad ass video

Never seen someone charge with the bottle upright.

100% the leak is in the evap

It's against EPA regulation to add refrigerant to a leaking system... lol

Purge air? You completely did that wrong lol. Now you have air in the system

Im no tech...and I feel fine.....lol.....

Point of being a technician is to find the leak and fix it. Not just add more refrigerant to the system that will leak to atmosphere. Fuck

Wth......