When you removed the schrader cap I could hear hissing each time. Nice find.
@HVACRSurvival2 жыл бұрын
You have better ears than me, wear your hearing protection if you want to keep it. (I have ringing all the time and testing shows I have lost a little hearing. )
@briancarlisi22242 жыл бұрын
Interesting video. Thank you. I’m impressed by the craftsmanship of the pipe work by the installer. Actually the whole facility looked top notch.
@HVACRSurvival2 жыл бұрын
They work for the store but he sold his business to them. They do nice work.
@Ismael721102 жыл бұрын
@@HVACRSurvival i wonder how is the battery life in this updated version of testos cause first gen eat batteries like there’s no tomorrow
@HVACRSurvival2 жыл бұрын
Don-I believe they are good so far, I don't leave them on all the time but I can get two or more months out of the batteries. I actually think I've gotten 4-6 months. But I use the 5 min was auto off.
@PhillipFrischman-vo8gm7 күн бұрын
Hey you're doing better at explaining.. thanks for that...
@mainj542 жыл бұрын
Top notch service. I hope you are paid well. Your attention to detail is exemplary.
@HVACRSurvival2 жыл бұрын
I get paid better here than I have any place at work. Thanks for the support !🤜🤛👍👍
@jaymartin50955 ай бұрын
Exemplary thoroughness. Thanks for your example and for the effort to educate.
@HVACRSurvival5 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@jasonjohnsonHVAC2 жыл бұрын
I love the Stratus. Thanks again for answering all my questions about it. Another great job at being precise, using the E2 to let you know the issue and implementing a proper repair
@HVACRSurvival2 жыл бұрын
I'm glad you like it man! Thanks for the feedback!
@glenjones44045 ай бұрын
My favourite compressor is frascolds as they can take a lot of stick and are suction cooled not fan cooled like prescold and Copeland's Plus frascolds are a bit cheaper than the makes of semi hermetics but I've worked on all makes of compressors tbf in my lifetime
@toddmaxwell98032 жыл бұрын
To get it out of defrost faster, you can select "clean" then "end manuel mode"..goes right back into refrigeration
@HVACRSurvival2 жыл бұрын
I've never tried using that? I'll see if that's an option on the ones we use. Thanks for the info! 👍👍
@kpc5 Жыл бұрын
Really good videos, and i like the fact you do not replace parts that were not needed that were not in the quote.
@HVACRSurvival Жыл бұрын
Thanks! I enjoy the hunt for the real problem👍👍
@joshwf41 Жыл бұрын
Should have pulled the charge, R404A is a zeotropic blend and may not perform as well as with a virgin charge of R404A. This means that the mixture of gases in the refrigerant will boil off at different rates so when a leak happens one or more of the blend will leak out before the other resulting in a system that does not perform well.
@HVACRSurvival Жыл бұрын
That was a concern in the beginning but hasn't panned out from what I have experienced. I have had that happen with R410a, but not with any of the other blends.
@berylwhite29832 жыл бұрын
I totally agree with you a lot of little buckets can carry out more than one very large bucket.. you did a great job! You went far above and beyond going up that ladder. Be careful and remember you are a Craftsman everybody should be proud of you.
@HVACRSurvival2 жыл бұрын
You're too kind! Thank you for all your support!
@harrydickson45752 жыл бұрын
Excellent job 👍👍👍
@HVACRSurvival2 жыл бұрын
🤜🤛👍👍
@HEFTYLEFTY30311 ай бұрын
I love how you said you see how those are flat 😅
@hvacrnortheastern21102 жыл бұрын
Your getting comfortable with refrigeration system from last year that flaring tool is awesome l wish l had tool when l was in a service van.
@HVACRSurvival2 жыл бұрын
I am getting better in the grocery stores, but I still don't have all the answers for stuff I haven't worked on yet.
@thesilentonevictor2 жыл бұрын
Great work finding the leak
@coldfinger459sub02 жыл бұрын
Our old hands , wrist and tendons I really love all these new NAVAC swage and flare and the Milwaukee battery powered tubing cutter of course Purchased at True Tech Tools 👍
@EverythingHVACR2 жыл бұрын
Nice job Rick!
@HVACRSurvival2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Steve, dang computer crashed and couldn't get it to reload my editing software until late yesterday🤦🏻. It's still locking up😩
@r1cky422 жыл бұрын
Nice video I been in refrigeration for a year now and I’m still learning
@HVACRSurvival2 жыл бұрын
Awesome, it's a great career choice👍👍
@tcstom12432 жыл бұрын
Great looking refrigeration install. Don`t see that to much any more. And they know how to use a bender to eliminate joints when possible. Today all ya see are line sets that generally look like crap. If you noticed your leaks except for the flair was in valves and schraders . Perhaps the manufacturers need to step it up a bit. Nothing like having valves to isolate system components. Great job on your patience to keep checking for those nasty leaks
@HVACRSurvival2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the support!
@punchpunchowned2 жыл бұрын
Can you explain a little bit more on how you didnt vacum that part of the system? I didnt completly understand. Thanks.
@HVACRSurvival2 жыл бұрын
Next time when you unhook your gauges watch for refrigerant to boil off from your hose. You'll see what I'm talking about, hold it up to a bright background and look through the distortion from the refrigerant.
@juliochavez4028 Жыл бұрын
That’s a good find, since it’s not a rack system I’d agree on the shrader valve being the leak in the system, if it was a rack I’d definitely suggest a more thorough leak search
@rookierefrigeration43572 жыл бұрын
Good job bro. Good to see you’re still making videos.
@HVACRSurvival2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Rookie! I hope you're doing well my man!
@Samuel-xb8ti2 жыл бұрын
End of the field piece of equipment I know you might prefer the stuff that you use but try it out and I bet you it will change everything
@gregmiracle95602 жыл бұрын
Just an idea ... Do like acservicetech take the brass caps drill a small hole in center put on shrader and you can apply the bubble solution to the tip of cap at hole and not fill shrader hole! Lol just sharing! Good work! Stay safe! 👍👍
@HVACRSurvival2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing!
@MikeB97712 жыл бұрын
You're the man Rick!
@HVACGUY Жыл бұрын
Love that leak detector
@HVACRSurvival Жыл бұрын
I've been impressed, I did a lot of testing prior to switching to it.
@scottdavis6717 Жыл бұрын
Now we know why sight glass is yellow. There was no pressure on half inch line so guarantee air in system now. You pumped down using king valve, could have easily pulled vacuum using suction schrader.
@HVACRSurvival Жыл бұрын
The moisture indicator was like that prior to me getting there and I didn't pump it into a negative prior to repairing it so I disagree. I changed the drier and purged the line after the repair, there's not much more you can do to dry up the system other than keep changing driers.
@PhillipFrischman-vo8gm7 күн бұрын
So funny with the nilog.lol
@refrigerationconfidential43762 жыл бұрын
Awww that sweet E2
@HVACRSurvival2 жыл бұрын
Yep, I like that better then the Danfoss I seen.
@nickcampbell80962 жыл бұрын
very thorough leak search, nice work 🤘
@HVACRSurvival2 жыл бұрын
🤜🤛👍👍
@Freezier134a2 жыл бұрын
That flaring tool is awesome! I may have to look for one at some point! Great work as usual!
@HVACRSurvival2 жыл бұрын
It's not cheap but if you do a lot of mini splits or flare fittings it definitely can save you time.
@Freezier134a2 жыл бұрын
@@HVACRSurvival I don’t to a ton of them, but I do love tools that make my job easier!
@markcarpenter3600 Жыл бұрын
You can drill a small hole in the end of a cap to test schrader ports. With small amount of bubble leak detector applied to the cap with a finder the it won't go into the port at all. Also for larger leaks you can use Nylog as a test liquid.
@HVACRSurvival Жыл бұрын
That's a good idea on the hole in the cap🤜🤛👍👍
@xishxander85102 жыл бұрын
Quality video. Making it look easy.
@Eddy632 жыл бұрын
Good job as usual and good vid Sir ... Thx for sharing ...
@billmiller50752 жыл бұрын
Nice work
@xelaju82 жыл бұрын
Awesome video again. Thanks for posting and I will definitely use your code for True Tech Tools next time.
@HVACRSurvival2 жыл бұрын
Thanks man! Have a great week!
@johnwalker8902 жыл бұрын
Good job Rick, I guess that flare tool is worth the money.
@HVACRSurvival2 жыл бұрын
If I was the business owner and had the call backs that I see happening, that tool is a wise investment to make the job as brain dead as possible to prevent callbacks.
@johnwalker8902 жыл бұрын
I hear you.
@Syphonfllter Жыл бұрын
Had a handful of Schraders go bad on me lately, and the stems were bent and would get caught on the access fitting, I had to install swivel tees in some cases where I couldn't get some out. Don't know why they'd become bent outta shape like that but it happens, oh and loose packing nuts ahd bad flares.. I started using these blue caps you put inside flares, seem to work pretty well still use nylog on the rim and threads though.
@HVACRSurvival Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing👍👍
@Syphonfllter Жыл бұрын
@@HVACRSurvival sure thing, I've only been on the field about a couple years now since I transitioned from ammonia, so your videos are super informative for me at this point. I recognize a lot of the equipment you work on so its much appreciated.
@HVACRSurvival Жыл бұрын
Awesome to hear! Thanks!
@richvacrdyazhi55322 жыл бұрын
Great job man!
@HVACRSurvival2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for checking it out!
@awyeh12342 жыл бұрын
We have the navac at work best tool we own so much more efficient than hand flaring
@HVACRSurvival2 жыл бұрын
I agree
@DanO1819192 жыл бұрын
Maybe I missed it but you were about to explain what the purpose of the fan on top of the compressor is for.
@HVACRSurvival2 жыл бұрын
I butchered the wording so I cut it. Basically the compression ratio on a freezer compressor is a lot more than a cooler commodity, so the heads run hotter, the fan helps keep it cooler. Sometimes they will use direct liquid injection to help cool the head instead.
@DanO1819192 жыл бұрын
@@HVACRSurvival Thank you.
@andrewedis99072 жыл бұрын
That's a fancy flaring 🔧 tool 🔧
@HVACRSurvival2 жыл бұрын
It's fast and almost error free. I don't do a lot of flares but I mainly wanted to show it to my company's install manager. Install has to many service calls for leaking flares.
@sterlingarcher462 жыл бұрын
by the way : no vac = Super Tech badge pulled Sir ! And I'd like to speak to the manager please ( I couldn't find a Karen emoji though...).
@HVACRSurvival2 жыл бұрын
🤘🙄🙄
@Beko500ProGolover Жыл бұрын
I ask what type of compressor is that. Is it a scroll compressor?
@HVACRSurvival Жыл бұрын
That's a Copeland semi hermetic compressor. I don't remember exactly how many horse but it's probably 5 or 7.5
@MichaelBartonMTS2 жыл бұрын
Awsome Job, Just got the Testo 557s Kit, Ill have to grab that scale next! Any other good Testo tools I should grab?
@HVACRSurvival2 жыл бұрын
That's the only new stuff I have from them. I like the Testo manifolds better but I like the Fieldpiece for my gas and static pressure gauges.
@edorofish2 жыл бұрын
20:44 would a telescoping pole work? For a quick check?
@HVACRSurvival2 жыл бұрын
You know I never thought of it...yeah you could do that👍👍. I would n need to have something on the truck that I could do that with. Maybe one of those things they use for light bulbs. It's not often that I have to search like that but there are times.
@leonardolimon83712 жыл бұрын
Nice
@SupermarketRefrigeration2 жыл бұрын
Nice work. Purge > vacuum all day.
@HVACRSurvival2 жыл бұрын
I'll catch some crap about it I'm sure. But that's why I brought it up before they do and showed there wasn't a easy way to do it without adding a refer port.
@shine-cg9uf2 жыл бұрын
👍💪❄️🇺🇸 Nice work 🙏
@Samuel-xb8ti2 жыл бұрын
Why don’t you use a fieldpiece scale
@HVACRSurvival2 жыл бұрын
I tried working a deal out with Fieldpiece BUT there girl in marketing snubbed me so I'll try out the equipment Testo sends me. I have Fieldpiece stuff, some is great and some is junk, same with Testo. No-one make everything great...
@anthonyaldridge2 жыл бұрын
Perhaps the gasket has just given up over time due to heating and cooling of the unit cycling or vibrations.
@HVACRSurvival2 жыл бұрын
That's about the only logical thing I can come up with.
@SombraLocs2 жыл бұрын
That flaring tool is too bulky. No way I would buy something to take up more space than necessary in my van.
@HVACRSurvival2 жыл бұрын
It's really more useful for people that are using it for a large multi head mini split install and installers that don't know how to make flares that end up leaking then casing a call back.
@smithno41 Жыл бұрын
But the time you save on a large job with a lot of flares is worth it, IMHO
@Irilia_neko2 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised the computer haven't start an alarm as soon as the graph was changing
@lathiat2 жыл бұрын
Watching HVACR videos and being an IT guy we graph everything. Drives me crazy they don’t even have a basic graph like this one does. Let alone an alarm. The tech for the basics is not at all expensive. I think I saw one AC controller that worked like that only.
@HVACRSurvival2 жыл бұрын
This Emerson controller is the industry standard for grocery stores, I'm not sure why they didn't tie this in next door to the main store network that is monitored.
@HVACRSurvival2 жыл бұрын
I don't think it's on the network like the main store.
@Irilia_neko2 жыл бұрын
@@HVACRSurvival don't even need to be on the network a 3 light poles green orange red is enough. Orange you contact the technician, very simple
@HVACRSurvival2 жыл бұрын
This was a remote building to the grocery store, they only use it for cooking and no customers are in it. So no one would even see the lights in that building. Just run a CAT5 cable over to our other real racks and tie it in
@steveblake87662 жыл бұрын
194 thumbs up
@HVACRSurvival2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Steve
@joeshearer12472 жыл бұрын
I get on everything with my cobra’s and yea it leaves teeth marks but who cares to be honest?
@HVACRSurvival2 жыл бұрын
I care 🤣🤦🏻, those weren't the cobra's, are you missing with me? 😳
@sterlingarcher462 жыл бұрын
" insert tool company name here " : dumbing down the industry one electronic tool at a time ... Next step : Uber hvac coming to you !
@kentdaily7107 Жыл бұрын
cut out those allways leaking flare fiiting pooooor skills
@HVACRSurvival Жыл бұрын
Poor skills are why It was leaking. People just don't care anymore.