Been using the Knipex plier wrenches for about 5 years now. They are an indispensable part of my kit. Use them every day.

Keep up what you're doing Rick. Let em whine and complain, real people are in the field doing the work. When you know you know.

instead of wet paper/rag by itself, I usually wrap a bit of aluminum foil around the stuff I want to protect, I stick the wet paper towel under the foil. The foil reflects the heat away from the wet paper towel or rag back towards the joint I'm making....and I can throw the foil away when done, but the rag can be reused (usually). Anyway, I'm not so worried about close burnable or electrical stuff in the vicinity....

I may try that captain Hook torch

Rick is angry today emptying his box on everyone who hates on his stuff😅😅😅

I use paper towels all the time they work great. I hate keeping the old wet cotton T-shirts in my van.

Rick you keep doing what works and let the couch complainers sniff a burn-out. LOL 😂

Wish i had that hook torch last week i did a city multi unit 8 ton all outside air ceiling unit with 7/8" suction had to use 2 torches to get it hot enough fast so i could braze my lines. but hey it worked.

Im not wrong amen thank you for the grace.......

Great Video Thank you! The People who criticize Never make their own videos I Call them Libtards! They always Point out others mistakes while they do nothing. Where are their video's? Never Let Them get to you 99% Love your video's,. HVAC Tech 10 years +, GOD BLESS!!! GOD WINS!!!

You could have used Stay-Brite 8 on the filter/dryer.

Oh my Rick I got the same Knipex smooth jaw pliers

Good video 👍 buddy

Old garden hose through the dryers always does the trick 😅 here thanks to hvacrvideos glad I’m here!

You rock Man 👍👍

Just woke up, made a cup of coffee, and watching your video.. Big thanks, i love your rants because then i know I'm not the only one who feels like this.. Makes my hole day Rick. When I'm forced to work on equipment like this I right a hole A4 page explaining why the complet setup have to be changed, because you know they will blame you when that turd dont work in a month's time. Keep up the good work.

That's '' snot '' a bad brazing job at all 😂 I think you should rant more as it keeps your system cleaned out ... Great job by the way ... Hey to Lora ...

Amazing how at trade shows your asked for feedback like making the stubs on filter driers longer and six months later there shorter. You see that makes the box they come in shorter which means more room to fill seaboard container.

The pliers are fine... Just keep Crescent wrenches away from my brass fittings... People have trashed my flare nuts with those.

Great video Rick! Great teacher. I am new to refrigeration. Can you do a video on components of refrigeration and how they work and how to test them.

Love that style of Plier, use it every day, and nary a round bolt head one.

I absolutely love those plier wrenches. I use mine about every day. And they can take a lot of pressure. I've about out all my weight on mine (and it didn't slip or round). Knipex makes top notch shitm

Knipex designed those pliers specifically to NOT round things off. Anyone who says otherwise has most likely never seen a pair. Just a random KZfaq commenter whose mother needs to watch him more closely than she has. I wouldn't worry.

I’ve been using the Knipex for years. They are the best. People just don’t realize all the different tools we have available to us. Spend a lot of money on tools.

If the worst you do is use channel locks to loosen a nut like that you have nothing to worry about bro

Alright... Doing the _Max Headroom..._

Pupm down compressor too test if it works.

Great video, good to know how black that was even without a burnout. I actually found out about those pliers from watching your videos got me a set and their great I use the heck out of them

"Rant Time"🤣 I'll say it again:, Knipex are fantastic tools. Very versatile, can re-round obrounded pipes easily. The detractors are always in these comments. Good work.

I respect your tools 110%. I actually bought a couple of tools for my jobs thanks to you. I enjoy your videos a lot. And yes I did subscribe to your videos. Thank you so much for your knowledge

Hay I love the Capt hook 5 flame at 1st I didn't care to much but after a bit of using it I love it now one thing you must keep in mind is run the hook with higher pressure or else the Capt hook will clog and the for flames will disappear

Hey great video, do you have a video on making proper electrical connections , crimping etc

First time I encountered the Bohnmizer TXV was in the mid 70's about midnight on a Red Lobster walk-in R-12. I thought it needed head pressure control as it was about 25 degrees outside. Researched it and came back the next day. I can't remember what the actual fix was.

I have to say man, been watching your stuff for a while now and you put out some great refrigeration content. I was first introduced to those Knipex wrench pliers thru your videos and I went and got me a pair of the 10 inch ones and those things are THE ABSOLUTE SHIT! So screw anyone giving you crap, I haven’t met a job yet where they’ve let me down, and I deal with some nasty stuff. 11/10 would recommend to pretty much any kind of mechanic or tradesman.

By the way at 16:45 couldn't agree more : " get her hot fast get on and get off " that's also my philosophy but fir something else ...

I'm going to tag on the other guy and add my love for Knipex too. I have 3 different sizes like you showed that replace literally everything I used to use. My ultra mini lives in my pocket and is absolutely clutch for 1/4" caps and loosening packing nuts. Great video Rick! I've never come across a Bohnmizer setup but I'll be saving this one for future reference. Appreciate everything you do and all the hard work you put into your content! Please don't stop haha.

I love the Rick Rants I think that is something sets you apart

Excellent video Rick. Stop paying attention to the idiots that have never used the pliers wrench and don’t know how awesome they are. Those guys don’t matter anyway. 👍

Hey Rick Love your rants btw. Spot on in my book. Glad to hear i am not the only only that thinks this about this manufacturer's drier. But some bean counter at the home office said we can SAVE... if we only put a 1/4 of copper. 🤣

Love the rant !! Great work as usual 👍👍👍

Yeah, I see you have some tools, but I only see you have one van😎🤣🤣🤣

Soft copper expanders offer a deburring tool. The small part on the front of the expanding head

Hammer time! That Cpt. Hook tip is the bomb.

Rick you went medieval on them lol show em' who's boss 😆

Good work Rick on this one

Hey Hoss you know as well as I do people pointing a finger at they have three pointing right back at them 😂. You Rock solid Sail on Captain

Just signed up and wow great video with lots of information. Just ignore / block the trolls as all they do all day if go from video to video saying anything they can to cause drama. Can't wait for the next video. :)

Knipex is the shit

Imagine if the mechanic told you to buy a new car every time you took it in for something. An hvac company tried to get my brother to replace his unit for a $90 gas valve because “something else will break next”

Dude my torch is doing that too . Drives me nuts I hate new stuff

You’re not wrong!

Great job, Rick. A lot going on with that one.

Very nice video and explanation of your doing, leave the haters behind your doing a great job. Greatings from Holland.

Nice work Rick. Thank you.

4:20??? Time for a safety meeting! 😵‍💫

Great video, appreciate your attention to detail!

Heard a new word...shcrap POE seems to be a great solvent

Oil looks like the way you like your ☕ or the way mrs. Douglas makes it I don't know which case it is! Once again you did a wonderful job keep up the great work the world needs you 🐱 you even admitted you're wrong when your wrong around your wife and kids I would bet my bottom dollar

Great video Rick appreciate the content and hard work! 👌

Clean up the screen on expansion valve while you gotter down

Good job Rick.

I'm an automotive mechanic, not an HVAC technician, but I feel like people who complain about using pliers on bolts or even using them to beat on things instead of a hammer just don't know what they're talking about. If you are opening and closing your pliers then you're not going to round a bolt out, and if you did then that bolt was weak to start with. And anything makes a good hammer lol.

I have all the faith in your choice of players

Good ol paper towel 😂

Your video are entertaining and educational.....happy hvacing bro...

Sir where did you get that torch head that’s bad ass and works well. Hey can you send me the info where you got it. Your videos are great .

I've been debating on getting a knockoff pliers wrench - mostly for hose clamps. I likely won't use them for nuts and bolts - because I have a roll of wrenches that I use for those. (Okay, I'm strange. I won't use sockets for a lot of things, because .. well, moving parts - and those don't like hammers much.)

If they ain’t replacing, then the repair ticket ain’t high enough. Lotta shit for you man. I hope they made it worth your while at least. Hell of a job. Wtf was that attachment for the impact? That’s nifty as all hell!

“Rant, stand by”. I was 💀

👍🇺🇸❄️🙏 great vid. ?’s What would b considered a good color when oil is Removed ? N fan cycle switch is used if unit is outside with no headmaster, correct?

Pound it to fit, paint it to match. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 (just kidding) Great vid

Out of all my colleagues I'm the only one using the plier-wrench . Part of it because its my own and Mr bossman won't buy 'em for us , but some guys see 'em and start hating on 'em just because they don't know how to use 'em . The same guys will then use a Philips on a Pozy screw and F it upto the point where it's now unusable 🤣

Rick where did you get battery adapter for naval pump. Thanks

What pressures you use for oxygen /acetyline

When you sewage the hard copper do you have to anneal it first?

Did you have to add oil back into the new compressor?

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I've never seen that fancy txv before, some old school tech I assume? Nice vid Rick

Where did you get the adapter? Think you could send me a link.

Did Rick get up on the wrong side of the bed this morning? I loved your rant though. Have you taken the pliers wrench, and laid it on top of an open end adjustable wrench, (cresent wrench)? I can see an advantage with the pliers wrench. The tighter you grip the handles the tighter it will grip the nut. There is slop in the cresent wrench and that is where you will round the edges of the nut. In all this work the electrical circuit is my weak point. Do you have any suggestions who has a program that starts with a simple circuit and then builds from there? I don't have a problem working with electrical. Thank you for all your videos.

Why do you have to rotate the pipe on the himour swag kit?

🙋🏽‍♂️… what do you mean TXV does the low ambient? “Bonemizer” ? Just curious I don’t do much refrigeration but I try to absorb as much as I can in case I get a call while on call

Why would that solenoid get fried if there wasn’t a screw driver inside of it

I use knipex cobras on those nuts so the next guy can remove them with their knockoff knipex cobras.

How are liking your battery powered Navac vacuum pump?

you got tools. Plenty tools

Good job Rick, Batman and Iron Man use the paper towel, Spider Man and the Hulk use the copyright Wet Rag, Just kidding, Duh?, I think your pliers are great, I think maybe you have too many tools, Your a celebrity Rick on You Tube, Didn't you read the fine print, these things happen, Just kidding again, Good job.

Where did you get the navac to Milwaukee adapter from?

Save the silver from your contactors. It might come in handy one day.

That oil was like from diesel engine after 30k miles 💀

why did you use a hammer ? I use my linemen pliers for things like that.

16 cubic inches not 164 👍🏻

Copper plate steel go with 45%

all that work 😂 woulda been cheeper for them to have a new unit

Where can i buy the "captain hook"? and whats the actual name of this

Pocket/Socket/Stem/Etc. Easier to say "male/female." They could also make the brazing of filter driers a ton easier if they made the female stub longer than 1/2".

Rick do you have a link for the navtek vac pump battery converter? I am after one for a Milwaukee M18 battery

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That oil, was mostly metal.

Good job bubba you are doing a great job keep it up my fellow HVAC friend