I can't even guess what the repair bill was on that job. There was probably a couple of techs that looked at it for a while and thew the towel before this guy came in and found the leak. A 800,000 house with spliced up lines, I bet it was hard for the installer to solder that with a regular tip, which is probably all he had. I usually swage the lines myself, but that's just me. I feel that it is one less joint and the first joint doesn't get weakened by the heat from the second braze.
@douglas787 No doubt, swaging that splice would've been the way to go. Most guys (including me) don't have a swage kit. I get by with the hook tip and a mirror in tight spaces. I found another braze leak in this same neighborhood a few months ago. Same floorplan, different routing of the refrigerant lines, twice as much fun!
@death2opposeme A leak as old as this (5 years) would definitely present with oil. That's what I was looking for. I video'd a similar leak not long ago. Same job site, same floor plan, similar video title.
Finding and repairing that leak wasn't my call. I was told to do it because it was an annual pain in the rear for my employer. Four years is too long to keep returning to a problem system that consistently requires adding refrigerant. I found it, I fixed... I kicked its ASS!
@randyflyjr You're probably right. If a circuit leaked at a rate of 1lb/year, that would be negligible for a rack system. A pound per year isn't acceptable for a residential split system that holds about 8pounds.
i am in agreement. Anyone using superseal. that is the most confusing product on the market. if you ask 100 techs 50 say yea, 50 say nay. any successes or horrors?
@randyflyjr I had a compressor failure due to SuperSeal. I strongly suspect the bullet-type liquid line drier was already compromised by oxidation that had accumulated in the basket screen. It was just a matter of time before that compressor gave itself back to God.
sniffing alot
hvacdude32 6 months ago
is this guy on coke?
hvacdude32 6 months ago
How did you know where to cut the hole to find the original splice?
yrtuag 7 months ago
Baltimore accent?
c243mx7tr 8 months ago
Interesting "Captain hook" torch.. Makes it nice doesn't it especially in that space..
9020powrmax 1 year ago
I can't even guess what the repair bill was on that job. There was probably a couple of techs that looked at it for a while and thew the towel before this guy came in and found the leak. A 800,000 house with spliced up lines, I bet it was hard for the installer to solder that with a regular tip, which is probably all he had. I usually swage the lines myself, but that's just me. I feel that it is one less joint and the first joint doesn't get weakened by the heat from the second braze.
douglas787 1 year ago
@douglas787 No doubt, swaging that splice would've been the way to go. Most guys (including me) don't have a swage kit. I get by with the hook tip and a mirror in tight spaces. I found another braze leak in this same neighborhood a few months ago. Same floorplan, different routing of the refrigerant lines, twice as much fun!
PutSome5tankOnIt 1 year ago
@douglas787 I agree
therohvac 7 months ago
least you saw a bubble... some of em, i had to use some that damn glowing injection shit.
death2opposeme 1 year ago
@death2opposeme A leak as old as this (5 years) would definitely present with oil. That's what I was looking for. I video'd a similar leak not long ago. Same job site, same floor plan, similar video title.
PutSome5tankOnIt 1 year ago
@PutSome5tankOnIt true true... about the oil. but to be fair i didnt know that leak was 5years.
death2opposeme 1 year ago
Finding and repairing that leak wasn't my call. I was told to do it because it was an annual pain in the rear for my employer. Four years is too long to keep returning to a problem system that consistently requires adding refrigerant. I found it, I fixed... I kicked its ASS!
PutSome5tankOnIt 2 years ago
thats not a leak. if i found that on a rack system i wouldnt even repair it.
shanemm1 2 years ago
a residential system only holds less than 20lbs of ref.
A rack system is usually in excess of 500lbs
randyflyjr 2 years ago
@randyflyjr You're probably right. If a circuit leaked at a rate of 1lb/year, that would be negligible for a rack system. A pound per year isn't acceptable for a residential split system that holds about 8pounds.
PutSome5tankOnIt 2 years ago
i am in agreement. Anyone using superseal. that is the most confusing product on the market. if you ask 100 techs 50 say yea, 50 say nay. any successes or horrors?
randyflyjr 2 years ago
@randyflyjr I had a compressor failure due to SuperSeal. I strongly suspect the bullet-type liquid line drier was already compromised by oxidation that had accumulated in the basket screen. It was just a matter of time before that compressor gave itself back to God.
PutSome5tankOnIt 2 years ago