Heating and Refrigeration (HVAC) Repair

[grapeHateraid]

do you have to go to school what about on the job apprenticeship stuff?

[amyamster1]

Fluorotherm did a wonderful job, I am happy to recommend their products. Heat Exchangers replaced our old tank(s) heating system. We are saving money with the new products.

[wolfofworld]

RSI sucks and you will learn next to nothing.

[hvacleads]

Great video!

[9dySixXChEvYRiDdiNn]

kinda gayy

[StemDFpiaK]

looks like an old video.

[hvacrdude1]

HvacrTalk . com welcomes Techs contractors and consumers to join free and discuss and trade infor and learn meet others in the trade. good links and resources...all you need is a valid email to activate your account.

[kaelAJgurl]

many of you guys sound resonably smart and thats nice. i would have probably liked to work with you...but one of the often over looked parts of the industry is that an intelligent, educated man may have to spend a couple of years installing mini splits with dumb construction workers they have noting in common with and who are their supervisors ...yikes...

[BANDITBRON]

interesting comments by you guys in HVAC... just into refridgeration work for a large commercial company making fizzy pop in england. I can assure you whilst I'm on my knees etc with a commercial sized fridge deck out from underneath, bloody public comes along, leans over you and grabs a bottle from fridge and says " Duh, drinks are warm mate!" No academy winners in this field.

[speaks2all]

Try working for a wholesaler at counter level the move right into installers postion or helper. THEN go to tech school. Making money while you learn. And for the record homeowners and commercial customers do not give a hoot if you ar NATE Certified.

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[Aquasepian]

Gotta love the mullet,, Dats a Beuty,lol

I would say that ya gotta be on your toes when dealing with hvac equipment,, i could tell you storys about guys pulling a blower without turning it off(no door switch) or touching an ungrounded rtu in the rain,

RULE NUMBER 1,, TURN IT OFF,, RULE 2,, DONT FORGET RULE NUMBER 1, RULE 3,, DONT FORGET TO TURN IT BACK ON BEFORE YOU LEAVE!!!!

[Aquasepian]

Gotta love the mullet,, Dats a Beuty,lol

I would say that ya gotta be on your toes when dealing with hvac equipment,, i could tell you storys about guys pulling a blower without turning it off(no door switch) or touching an ungrounded rtu in the rain,

RULE NUMBER 1,, TURN IT OFF,, RULE 2,, DONT FORGET RULE NUMBER 1, RULE 3,, DONT FORGET TO TURN IT BACK ON BEFORE YOU LEAVE!!!!

[Aquasepian]

Gotta love the mullet,, Dats a Beuty,lol

I would say that ya gotta be on your toes when dealing with hvac equipment,, i could tell you storys about guys pulling a blower without turning it off(no door switch) or touching an ungrounded rtu in the rain,

RULE NUMBER 1,, TURN IT OFF,, RULE 2,, DONT FORGET RULE NUMBER 1, RULE 3,, DONT FORGET TO TURN IT BACK ON BEFORE YOU LEAVE!!!!

[Aquasepian]

Gotta love the mullet,, Dats a Beuty,lol

I would say that ya gotta be on your toes when dealing with hvac equipment,, i could tell you storys about guys pulling a blower without turning it off(no door switch) or touching an ungrounded rtu in the rain,

RULE NUMBER 1,, TURN IT OFF,, RULE 2,, DONT FORGET RULE NUMBER 1, RULE 3,, DONT FORGET TO TURN IT BACK ON BEFORE YOU LEAVE!!!!

[seungr1]

how old is this vid? did you see that old furn? what about some new equipment operation videos...vairiable speed,410a systems,laptop diagnostics...etc...

[dieper2dieper]

it's the same overhere,

but homeowners don't care, it's got to be cheap,

so they get the crap they ordered for.

gas heaters is a different story,

it's just too risky,

people actually die because they have to be cheap, or because the company who install's the heater needs to make more and more profit.

[mrpittboy]

Im from Minnesota and right now the housing industry is flat lined and theres not a lot of work, however you can still always pull a nice cash job now and then...

[dieper2dieper]

yeah i heard about the problems with the housing industry, it's real bad.

one good thing is, i agree, the occasional

nice cash job.

it's easy in this line of work.

[whiskeywilliams]

I do HVAC in the Air Force active duty. You think outdoor work is tough? Try doing it in 120 weather with a slight chance of.....mortars, lol. I know alot of guys that retired from the air force doing HVAC and are still doing it into their late 50s. I have respect for this job, you could do this stuff for a life time and never learn everything.

[AlexIsUber]

im going into air force and im gonna be doing HVAC as well...

[billybbob18]

I would argue that outdoors is the best place to work....just keep hydrated. I know people in the industry over 55 who look great. Good equiptment, a respirator and hat are all you need to solve the outdoor problems. An indoor enviornment can be over 5x as hazardous as outdoors. Massively growing industry in my part of the world

[dieper2dieper]

notice how the workspace is either outside

or in some hard to reach dark, dusty attic or basement.

almost nobody can work till retirement in this line of job, it's just too heavy on your body.

you'll be looking for a new career before you are 50, why whaste time and your health ?

get a normal job WITH career possibillities

[hvacruniverse]

hackatosa magmatosa

[littlefatzrow]

They left out what installation looks like. You'll spend lot of time on duct-work crawling under houses.

[paysonbadboy]

Sheeeeeet. Come to the Arizona Valley where it's MUCH worse. They spend time crawling through 150 degree attics! Not too mention NO code enforcement, NO OSHA, and 50% are hacks! I bet the Refer School recruters never mention THAT kind of a thing when they talk someone into going to HVAC school LOL!!!!

[dieper2dieper]

yep, the truth !!

you'll probably need new knees before you are 40

[paysonbadboy]

Bad Knees IS a common problem for aged HVAC techs. :( I recently got out of residential and got a all commercial UNION job. Which is RARE in the Phoenix area :) These residential companies in my area are 99% HACKS!

[dieper2dieper]

don't know what you mean by "hacks" exactly,

but i guess it's the same thing here in europe.

it's all corrupt cartel based operations for the building/construction buisyness overhere.

as a employee you'll had better done as your told, or find another line of work.

so lots of irregular overtime work,

duty-shifts (working yor ass of all day and night, short or no lunchbreaks at all.

and the pay isn't all that great.

[paysonbadboy]

Yup. In this part of the USA they don't enforce building codes or have educated people traing the new guys so it's the "blind leading the blind"!

Go lookup the username "hackfreehvac" on youtube and look for youself! :)

[dieper2dieper]

same here in europe, my "boss" excuses the insane workload by saying: " i can't get more mechanics/engineer. there just aren't any more around" he actually thinks they grow on trees or something. that retard. maybe most people don't understand that todays problems can't all be solved by a oldfashioned plumber with a set of pliers and a hammer ? all great stuff, domotica, high tec "smart buildings" and all, but if there is nobody to maintain it, it's totally useless.

[DtheProfessor23]

I got a good solution for that knee problem...ever heard of knee pads? haha start using um'  saved my knees.

[dieper2dieper]

yeah, ofcourse i heard of those, what do you think i'm retarded ?

they do help, a little.

i used them allways, and maybe at best i should outlast some of my more macho ( read stupid )

co-workers, big deal, a few years longer

before i need replacement bodyparts.

[paysonbadboy]

The best thing I ever used was buy one of those plastic fold up stools from Ace hardware. Then I could sit in front and work on some units. Now that I'm not doing residential I never use the stool. I am standing at larger units now. :p

[freespeachrulez]

Yeah I have one of those rolling tool cases from stanley and my top tray sits on the handle bar. I mean sure you do allot of standing and bending and I even have to lay on the floor sometimes but these people all talk like there old and crippled. Get lots of calcium and go for walks.

[dieper2dieper]

calcium and go for walks ? are you for real ?

[freespeachrulez]

Yes I talked to many old timers in the industry and they told me about going into HVAC to get lots of calcium and walk allot. And stay away from smoking and caffinated drinks especially colas.

[dieper2dieper]

yeah, the job does sort of push you to smoke and drink loads of coffee.

much like truckdrivers do.

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is it custom in the states to drink loads of beer after work on friday afternoon too ?

[paysonbadboy]

I don't smoke. But I drink lots of Cola. Especially when I'm at a retaurant working on refers and there's a fountain machine to get unlimited free refills all day! :p

I TRY to bring bottled water in my toolbag when I'm up on roofs so I drink SOME water day to day. I do get lots of excersise just climbing suicide ladders.

[dieper2dieper]

if you are realy only 20 years old,

you can't say that it saved your knees.

i'll talk to you in 10 years.

[hzmtupe]

good