The two common 60k and 80k carrier furnaces use the same secondary 🤦‍♂️

Any silly things you guys learn?

So the maintenance team and I completed the build back of the damages. My lead tech 1.5 weeks ago quit without any notice to anyone. I’m left by myself for the second time. (I have so far seen 3 HVAC guys come and go in a span of a year).

Today I have received my yearly review and it was apparent, all my boss thought of was the disaster from 2 weeks ago. I was told I would be getting a 2% raise which isn’t even 50€.

The company has been saying they have a remote learning/ apprenticeship program in place, but my boss has been kicking it down the road for a while now.

We just hired two guys with a large amount of experience, one is retired and the other one came from a big name HVAC company (Trane, Carrier etc.)

IDK what to do. See how much knowledge I can get from the new hires or find a new job

Hey guys im 18 years old and am thinking of trying to do hvac programs. I live in london ontario and im not sure which trade program to get into, the fanshawe one is too far and i heard the nats one sucks. I heard of this 5 month program from himark, has anyone done it before, would u recommend it? if not where should I look for programs.

Probably still not crackhead-proof.

When changing filters on bard units. there’s stupid things fall so easily and get lost in the grass? What’s the name for them, where can I order them? I’ve tried looking online for an hour

hey i’m 17 and looking all over the place for a job. i just got my universal certification but no job has called me back. so i was considering this, which def would secure me a job: migrate to another state where my uncle is living. he’s a HVAC pro. that way i can become an apprentice and well.. find work finally.

Brand new install by another company lines buried in the walls all over the place and this shit is what they used to go through the side of the house... You can bend 3/8 by hand into a 90 I don't get it

Is there anything special or especially difficult with branch boxes, I do residential and have done many single/ multi head units but never with a branch box and I’m quoting a job that’s using one thanks

Hi everyone, I’m a 24yo commercial service tech finishing up my last semester of school. My current company is amazing, I wouldnt work for any other commercial company from my area over them. Ive been working here for about two years, currently making 24/hr, overtime every week, bit of a junker but i have my own van. First year or so I was mainly pming equipment, helping with installs, or helping on service calls, now I still take care of the pms at one building but im also running service calls on my own/ on call and Ive really been enjoying it even though it can be intimidating at times (heating season is my saving grace right now, its much easier to troubleshoot than ac issues for me).

Recently I was approached about becoming partners of a company ran by a friend/mentor of mine. It sounds like it could be a very good opportunity but I would be in resi and doing a lot of installs. It would be just him and I for now at least, i wouldnt start as a partner but i would be brought in in 2 years or less.

Im really interested in being my own boss and running a company, but at the same time its so hard for me to leave the company Im at. With the company I’m at I know 100k/yr is obtainable down the road with overtime. I get along with pretty much everyone I work with too and consider many of them to be my friends.

Any advice is appreciated, this is a pretty loaded post so I will end with one simple question- Would you rather be a commercial service tech making 100k/yr 50 hours a week or become partners of a company where you could make more and presumably have more control over your schedule (and more headaches running a company)?

Thanks everyone!

Why is lennox making me buy the evap coil for $2,200 when its just an ADP 5 ton coil, and then do the warranty claim? Coil isn't even worth $1,000 LMAO. I have the evap coil taken off of customers AC unit and wanted to just do an even trade. They said they'd refund credits after 5-7 days? Is that true or are they just trying to get me to buy an evap coil at my expense. Coil is clearly leaking used dye to search and has multiple leaks. 6 years old. System has extended warranty.

Currently working at a company as an assistant doing residential new construction installs. Going on a year and am about to be trained to lead a truck (2 man crew) in the next few weeks. As of right now I am making $17/hr and the lead spot should bump me up some but based of the guys I’ve talked to that have been here for years, I am not sure that I want to stick with new construction. I want a career in Hvac and ik there can be good money to be made but I feel like I need some guidance on where to go in the industry to make a good living. I have heard good things about the commercial side and being a service tech with a good company and I am interested in refrigeration but I figured i could hear some of your professional/experienced opinions. Thank you for any advice!

So my friend runs a roofing company and is doing a re-roof project on a single-story home in my local area. He reached out to my for a quote to do the following mechanical work on a subcontract basis for his project: Check superheat and sub cool on two 2-ton splits, remove the two 2-ton condensers from two different flat roofs on this property, furnish and install two temporary cooling units to provide cooling for the two week duration of the roofing project, lift and reinstall the two condensers following the roof replacement, recharge and check operation. My quote so far is every bit of $7,000-9,000. He said he has another mechanical able to do everything for less than $2000. Am I missing something?

Almost finished with the master set only know of 2 I’m missing but these range from 1909 to 1980’s.

Hi. I'm a little stumped but also fairly green so that might make it easy to stump me.

I have an issue with a 2.5 ton packaged heat pump. Basically it didn't go into defrost for a couple of days during freezing rain and during that time built up a several inch thick layer of ice. The tenant didn’t notice or call until the heat stopped working. 

I replaced the defrost board and when I started the unit in heat mode to test it, it immediately went to high head pressure and tripped the HP switch. Immediately = less than 1 minute. I confirmed 600+ psi with my gauges. Clearly freezing for two days messed something up in the unit. 

I recovered the charge, verified that the fixed metering devices weren’t blocked. 

Evacuated the system, weighed in the factory charge. Restarted and it immediately tripped on high pressure. 

I didn’t get a temp diff across the indoor TXV or the filter dryer because the unit tripped on HP so quickly. 

Weirdly the system seems to run in AC mode fine. At least it’s running normal pressures and rejecting heat. It was too cold outside to get an accurate superheat reading. 

The unit is 11 months old and has been running great for 11 months until the defrost failure. Thank you.

Ruud commercial package unit.

Not much for conversation, but he's been pretty chill so far this morning..

I am interested in attending HVAC school, but I am unsure where to start. There's a community college where I live, but there's also Ultimate Technical Academy. Do you have any advice for someone looking into starting an HVAC career?

Hey everyone, I have a customer that just built a new home with a high efficient heat pump system along with a high-efficiency boiler and radiators. The customer is headset on using the radiators as his primary heat and setting the heat pump as a back up. Has anyone ever had to set the system up like that? And if so, are there any thermostats out there that will allow me to set the heat pump as the back up heat? Thanks for the help.

I traced it down to Carrier 320725-753 Draft Inducer Motor Assembly. Swear to god, if I could find the instructions, it said to use a special silicone then use nothing but Pam cooking oil on the inducer itself after outlining where the old gasket was in a particular sealant then included a whole essay on why Pam cooking oil and no other brand, down to the detail of which Pam cooking oil will work. Never got Pam cooking oil and never had an issue. Does anyone else remember this wild ass thing?

19M I'm in texas and about to finish up an associates in hvac and plan on doing Lone-Star colleges "Trades Management" Bachelors' degree. After I finish the associates I plan on working and want to go anywhere where the pay is good. I've been hearing alot about unions and apprenticeships and unsure about how it works.

Can't find much about the pay at houston's union and also not sure if I still have to do all 5 years if I already have an associates.

If anyone can give me some advice on how to go about it after leaving trade school, it'd be very helpful.

I'm trying to go to classes at night for HVAC, I'm just wondering if anyone knows if Texas Technical Trade School is good option or Houston Trade Training? Texas Technical is $6,000 to attend and Trade Training is $2,000 to attend.