Sunday Emergency Service July 4th Weekend

[@stevent1074]

To many guys show up and say buy a new unit. I always appreciate real technicians that can troubleshoot AND repair. Can’t believe you had that little filter/drier on hand. Another good one! 1AM though? 🤦🏻‍♂️ Getting too old for this crap

[@HVACRSurvival]

I carry several dryers, 032 052 083 163 164 165 up to 1 3/8

[@joshuabest100]

You are one of my top favourite HVAC KZbinrs because you are straight to the point no cutting corners and ain't showing some crazy expensive equipment you get the job done with what you need

[@HVACRSurvival]

I will show done fancy tools but I didn't have time or effort to, I was worn out.

[@joshuabest100]

@@HVACRSurvival but I like how you get straight to the point no corners cut but still get the job done right and timely manner other than these other ones that spend an hour explaining one tool just gets boring and repetitive

[@HVACRSurvival]

@@joshuabest100 🤭🤫👍👍

[@jaymartin5095]

Masterful even when stretched and under pressure to get to the next one.

[@chaseherigstad8576]

Most people that talk crap wouldn’t film their own work. You’re top of your trade.

[@HVACRSurvival]

Your to kind! Thanks for the feedback🤜🤛

[@gregbowman3598]

Good one Rick

[@scottsugerak9363]

On call Get it done Ignore the haters. Been there,good job buddy.

[@HVACRSurvival]

Thanks Scott 🤜🤛👍👍. 🤙✌️

[@jasonjohnsonHVAC]

Awesome job Rick.....you jammed that out fairly quick and it wasn't a hack job...you gave them quality work.

[@HVACRSurvival]

Thanks Jason🤜🤛. I have higher standards that take more time and I catch shit for it but this is one where I did it right but not quite as well as I normally would have.

[@jasonjohnsonHVAC]

@HVACRSurvival i can totally understand that. I would say im the same way. You didn't short change the customer and thats all that matters. Some jobs we can do it up to the 9's....some we can't

[@eastcoast186]

Awesome video 1st class service

[@carlsmith5919]

Truly awesome job. The way you made that all cooler it is better than the one that came from the factory. That cooler will evaporate the water much faster. There are units that were did back in the 80s without nitrogen and they are still running without any problem. Also the copper was better grade back then also.

[@HVACRSurvival]

Thanks Carl🤜🤛👍👍✌️

[@dougking7592]

Hay brother doing things perfect when on call nope, get thing’s working and follow up tidy up after a check come off call this morning and followed up with boilers and a pump motor replacement today all good nice video brother Rick 👊🏻

[@HVACRSurvival]

Thanks Doug, I could serve it up on a silver platter, and it still be somebody would tear you apart for something lol

[@dougking7592]

Yes I agree and the ones that say all this I wouldn’t have done this and that are the ones we have to bail out because they’re too lazy Happy 4th brother and HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA 🇺🇸

[@HVACRSurvival]

Happy independent day💪

[@Holop88]

Job well done. I work on those reach-in's myself and head pressure is always like that because of small condenser coils.

[@eastcoast186]

Awesome video 1st class service

[@HVACRSurvival]

Thank you very much!

[@tonydelgrego2906]

Nice professional troubleshooting and repair.

[@HVACRSurvival]

🙏🤜🤛👍👍

[@basshead12.]

Have a happy 4th 😊

[@HVACRSurvival]

Thanks bro, I'm officially off call Monday morning. 🤙

[@jrsmyth9761]

On the 3/8" tubing, the instructions say to do 1/2 the expansion, release, turn the swage tool 90° and complete the swage. If you look at the expansion parts you see that this is to put a more even pressure on the entire tube. The heating method is a good idea, too!!

[@HVACRSurvival]

I actually will rotate it three different times when I do it that way, but it doesn't always work very well. Usually I'll have to add braze rod to the outside of the socket as a precautionary.

[@andrewmcdonald4519]

If you unscrew the hilmor a few turns and swag, then screw fully tight and swag again it won’t split

[@hvacrnortheastern2110]

Great video take TXV bulb off warm it up to see if expansion valve open if not then it the head of the bulb lost it charge plus pour hot water of txv if it start feeding you got moisture in system.

[@jamesashley3827]

Nice job in tight space 👍

[@briancarlisi2224]

Nice work! Thanks for the swaging tip!!

[@karizmatic5]

Love your work, Rick. Thanks thanks thanks for the vids. It keeps me sharp.

[@HVACRSurvival]

Very welcome, thanks for letting me know! I makes me feel like I have a reason to keep making these.

[@fshn76]

Great work Rick. Had to make a small condensate loop on a True double door glass front merchandiser a few weeks ago. It was actually easier then I thought it would. Luckily had just enough tubing to make it work. It was on an r 290 setup so I had to make sure it was exactly the same because of the system being critically charged.

[@stuartkillian6195]

Seems like on call in NW Ohio lately has been like a regular work day but with only one guy working.

[@CM-ou4zr]

We have 290 tickets on the desk in a company with 4 techs in rural Wyoming

[@HVACRSurvival]

Sounds logical to me, thanks for watching!

[@mikedillon6233]

Nice job.

[@Eddy63]

Typical good job and typical good content as well ... Thx Rick

[@helmsajr]

Great job Rick.

[@stanleyroberts2461]

Good repair!

[@HVACRSurvival]

Thanks Stanley👍👍

[@johnwalker890]

Great job Rick, the only thing I would have done is wipe out the pan, to clean out the old oil, job well done.

[@throttlebottle5906]

bypass that crap coil and pop in an heated evap. pan, if you think power will be an issue, pvc hose to floor drain(lol) none near? condensate pump and to whatever nearest drain.

[@johnwalker890]

Okay, throttle bottle, I was just thinking that the oil in the pan would set off the detector, the stratess detector, if he was going to test for leak again, but it worked out.

[@HVACRSurvival]

I wish I could have said and shown more about where I was. Normally I would have wiped it out, most guys would have recharged it and left. That kind of repairs are why I got hammered this weekend.

[@johnwalker890]

It's all good 👍Rick.

[@CM-ou4zr]

@@HVACRSurvival I'm getting leak after leak, r22 which my company won't sell. Which means full conversion after leak repair new filter drier etc etc. It's like every call is hours of work finding the leak then fixing them converting etc can only get a couple done a day

[@stevenb9913]

Nice fix

[@JCM2LA]

Great work as usual mr.

[@HVACRSurvival]

🙏👍👍

[@stevencossaboon3237]

Great job Rick. Thank you.

[@HVACRSurvival]

Thanks for watching!

[@stephenbullock-yn3vh]

Excellent fix 👍

[@richardl.993]

Sympathy for you being on call July 4 weekend, but a least the money is good I hope. Happy Fourth 🧨🧨🧨🎉🎉🎉

[@HVACRSurvival]

Thanks man!

[@throttlebottle5906]

before watching past 0:06 it must be an beer cooler. 🤣🤣🤣

[@HVACRSurvival]

You wouldn't want these people drunk.

[@hh-oq8gc]

Yooo On those traulsen txv 1/4 ton can it be switch to 1/2 ton for better cooling on evap on days wit hot ambient days in kitchen? ?

[@BridgeWater94]

Awesome job. I’m very new to the trade so I have a question. Why couldn’t you braze the hole in the coil that you cut out? Instead of making a new one. Thanks

[@Holop88]

Easier to make a new loop. By the time you located the exact leak spot and clean it really nice and bend it out of the way to braze it might as well make a new one and braze it up top.

[@HVACRSurvival]

@bridgewater that's exactly why as the other person said. Time and reliability is the name of the game in service.

[@GabrielEnriqueMendozaOrdoñez]

Hola saludos cordiales y el aceite no era conveniente combiarlo pues la fuga era por el lado de descarga y se ve claramente que expulso aceite

[@HVACRSurvival]

I know this is getting translated back-and-forth and maybe there’s some errors but I don’t understand if there’s a question here or if there is a statement.

[@GabrielEnriqueMendozaOrdoñez]

@@HVACRSurvival hello, Best regards, and it was not advisable to chance the oil because the leak was on the discharge side and it is clearly seen that oil was expelled

[@Taylor-bx8op]

Stratus for the win again. Have a good 4th Rick!

[@HVACRSurvival]

I'll better here in a few hours and then I'm off call for 5 weeks.

[@zack9912000]

​@@HVACRSurvivalSame just for off call

[@HVACRSurvival]

Congrats, I feel like I crossed the finish line

[@donwilliams9693]

Just curious you work on lil systems (ric and rif) to supermarket stuff along with heat and and cooling of all different sizes much respect but why? What don't your company work on.

[@HVACRSurvival]

Right now we don't work on ammonia, we sent one person to work on it but that's about the only thing we don't work on. You got a remember where I'm located at, I'm in the middle of nowhere in Ohio. We have over 100 employees doing residential commercial and industrial, service, installation, and sales, we also do controls welding and design. We got to keep people working so we do a little everything. That's how we became so large. And what a lot of people don't realize is we actually are a lot cheaper than what other companies would charge in larger cities. But yet were paid as good or better than the large city company's. We have employees that have been here 40 years. We know our customers by name so reputations pretty important.

[@Casal70]

How much real time is a repair like this, started counting from refrigerant recovery?

[@HVACRSurvival]

2-3hrs

[@Casal70]

@@HVACRSurvival Thank you!

[@shine-cg9uf]

🇺🇲💪❄️👍 great job Rick

[@TheModelmaker123]

Did you use staybright solder and nitrogen just to test for leaks?

[@HVACRSurvival]

I brazed it and did a basic nitro purge, I used the stratus for testing. Not how I normally do it you can see that in my other videos. I didn't have time to do it perfectly. I had 35 hours of overtime

[@harrydickson4575]

👍👍👍

[@carlocurotto7555]

were do you get the small brush from its so good , love the videos mate

[@HVACRSurvival]

Which brush are you talking about? The coil brush that's orange or the stainless steel black handled brush? Or none of the above?

[@MirrorRealityHD]

@@HVACRSurvival all of the above

[@HVACRSurvival]

I believe they both have Mars part numbers. I'll have to look tomorrow if they still have a tag on them. The stainless steel brushes come three in a pack. I've been using those probably the last 15 plus years if not 20. The orange thing is the same as the blue and until I started doing refrigeration they weren't very useful because they mainly work really good for brushing off condenser coils whereas in residential we always had water available

[@carlocurotto7555]

Thanks 👍

[@commenter5469]

No floor drain?

[@HVACRSurvival]

Very doubtful, and that doesn't help if they decide to move it to a different location.

[@commenter5469]

@@HVACRSurvival True.

[@steveblake8766]

503 thumbs up

[@brendanklassen3931]

6:30 that's too many PPM

[@HVACRSurvival]

Any ppm is bad in my book, It doesn't hurt the IR sensor in the detector otherwise.

[@Laker4life760]

You’re supposed to weigh in refrigerant with your right hand only.

[@HVACRSurvival]

I only have two left?

[@publicmail2]

I guess the CIA buys their food there?

[@HVACRSurvival]

Sure! They are your friends and they are here to help😎