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June 22nd, 2008

Lennox used parts...


Lennox used parts


June 21st, 2008

Lack of maintenance...

This cooler was suffering from a lack of maintenance...

condensate

suction pressure
June 20th, 2008

Low suction pressure...

Check out why this conventional system was short cycling due to low suction pressure...

Condenser fan pressure control
June 19th, 2008

Condenser fan pressure control...

R22 Johnson Controls head pressure control...

bad wiring
June 18th, 2008

Bad wiring...

Dangerous commercial refrigeration wiring...

R410A Heat pump
June 17th, 2008

R410A Heat pump trouble shooting...


Tyler refrigeration case repairs
June 16th, 2008

Tyler refrigeration case damage...

Check out the damage to this Tyler deli case...

June 15th, 2008

Cool cop...


car hvac

ice cube machine
June 14th, 2008

Scottsman ice machine overheating...

Check out the why these new air cooled Scottsman ice machines failed...


June 13 th, 2008

York Pride: Time to get comfortable...

Check out this exceptional York roof top installation...

York Pride: Time to get comfortable


June 12 th, 2008

Condensate Heater fire...

Check out the damage from this self contained refrigeration unit condensate heater fire...

hvac fire


June 11 th, 2008

Unnecessary condensate line...

Check out this 25 foot double trapped condensate line...

condensate line


June 10 th, 2008

Plugged TX valve strainer...

Check out this plugged TX valve strainer...

Plugged TX Valve strainer


June9th, 2008

Rusted TX Valve Power element...

Check out this rusted out TX valve power element...

Car Air conditioning

June 4th, 2008

Condensate pump not working...


Condensate Pump not Working

ice cube machine
June 3rd, 2008

Cracked Piping Repair...

Check out the why this discharge line cracked...
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May 29th, 2008

Car Air conditioning...

Check out this do it your self car air conditioning system...

Car Air conditioning

ice cube machine
October 23rd, 2007

Ice-O-Matic Maintenance...

Check out this Ice-O-Matic ice machine maintenance...

Fluke meter
October 21st, 2007

Undersized Rack Feeder cables...

At full load the electrical feeder cables on these racks were over heating due to under sized cables...


October 19th, 2007

Budget Condenser Fan...

Check out this budget solution to a burnt out condenser fan motor...

Poor HVAC, budget condencer fan

HVAC electrical
October 17th, 2007

Burnt HVAC Electrical Controls...

Service Call: Check out this HVAC condensing unit electrical damage...

October 17th, 2007

Condenser Chemical Cleaning...


Condenser Chemical Cleaning

modulating output boilers with Tekmar controls
October 15th, 2007

High Efficiency Boilers...

Check out these modulating output boilers with Tekmar controls. The savings in oil consumption will pay for the installation with in two years...


October 13th, 2007

R-410A Quick Reference Guide...

Check out this R-410A Quick Reference Guide...

R-410A

poor HVAC piping
October 11th, 2007

Poor HVAC Piping...

Check out this unique HVAC piping job...


October 9th, 2007

Fluorotech fluoromizer Recovery Unit...

New Fluoromizer recovery unit was used to recover R12 from collapsing walk in cooler...

Fluorotech fluoromizer Recovery Unit...

double trap condensate drain...
October 7th, 2007

Evaporator Double Trap...

HVAC Installation: Check out this fully functional double trap condensate drain...


October 5th, 2007

Fujitsu AC Split...

Service Call: See the importance of the remote thermostat location...

Fujitsu AC Split...

October 3rd, 2007

HVAC Transport...


HVAC transport


October 1st, 2007

KES Misting System...

Service Call: KES misting system not working...

KES Misting System...


September 29th, 2007

Messy Work Van...

Check out my disorganized work truck...

messy work van


September 27th, 2007

An Open Cooler Costs Money...

Financial consequences to an open cooler door...

An Open Cooler Costs Money...

Carrier Heat pump
September 25th, 2007

Carrier Heat Pump Condensing Unit Installation...

Check out this new Carrier heat pump condensing unit installation...

Failed Vibration Absorber...
September 23rd, 2007

Failed Vibration Absorber...

Check out this failed compressor discharge line vibration absorber...

Furnace Inspection...
September 21st, 2007

Furnace Inspection...

Check out this routine furnace inspection...

September 19th, 2007

Unit Disconnect On Fire...


HVAC Unit Disconnect On Fire

thermal mastic
September 17th, 2007

Thermal Mastic...

Refrigeration Installation: One of the guys showed me this product called Thermal Mastic...

liquid line filter drier
September 15th, 2007

Incorrect Liquid Line Filter Drier Installation...

Service Call: I can't believe some one would install a drier like this...

fan shaft bearing
September 13th, 2007

Engineered Air...

Service Call: Air flow trouble due to bearings...

boiler maintenance
September 11th, 2007

Boiler Maintenance...

Planned Maintenance: Check out these boilers getting a cleaning.

repaired condenser
September 9th, 2007

Refrigeration Emergency...

Service Call: This supermarkets refrigeration system went down due to a single fan blade...

September 7th, 2007

Ridgid Pin Up Girl...


ridgid pin up girl

rusted cooling tower
September 5th, 2007

Electrical Vault Air conditioning...

Service Call: I found this Carrier unit with some control problems...

rusted cooling tower
September 3rd, 2007

Rusted Cooling Tower Mounts...

Maintenance: Its going to be a major problem if the cooling tower mounts rust out...


September 1st, 2007

Rheem Control Board...

Service Call: Air conditioning not working...

rheem control

honeywell vision pro
August 30th, 2007

New Vision Pro T-stat...

The customer wanted a high performance thermostat. I got them a Vision-Pro...

hot ceiling
August 28th, 2007

Hot Summer Ceiling...

Multiple outdoor units that are inside, heating things up...

hvac plumber
August 26th, 2007

Waste Water Over flow...

Just one of those days...

hvac wasp nest
August 24th, 2007

Electrical Panel Wasp Nest...

The wasp nest made for difficult service work...

August 22nd, 2007

Redneck Camping...


redneck camping

Carrier HVAC Unit
August 20th, 2007

Carrier HVAC Unit Relocated...

Just had to hook up the electrical and the natural gas...


August 16th, 2007

Blanchard-Ness Evaporator...

Freon leak in the evaporator with near failing rusted power element on the TX valve...

tx valve

amc-1032-monitor
August 14th, 2007

AMC-1032 Monitor...



August 12th, 2007

Baldor Capacitor...

On scheduled maintenance I found this 115 volt baldor exhaust fan motor tripping the breaker on locked rotor...

Baldor Capacitor

heat craft
August 10th, 2007

Heat Craft Transformer Failures...

These new Heat Craft evaporators are starting to get a transformer failures...


August 8th, 2007

Gigantic keg cooler...

Check out the water leak from this gigantic keg cooler...

fan blade

rheem control board
August 6th, 2007

Rack high head pressure alarm...

Check out this easy solution for a high head pressure problem...

August 4th, 2007

Burnt contactor...


bad contactor

rheem control board
August 2nd, 2007

Defective Rheem control module...

The stat was calling for cooling yet the board failed to energize the fan contactor...


July 31st, 2007

Bakery freezer not working...

After hours call. Bakery freezer not working...

fan blade

nu-calgon
July 29th, 2007

Chemical cleaning your evaporator...

This produce evaporator was filthy!

hvac controls
July 27th, 2007

No AC...

Had to trace all the controls for this one...


July 25th, 2007

Freezer door fire...

Check out this Anthony glass door electrical damage...

glass door freezers


July 23rd, 2007

Warm cake island cooler...

This was the third compressor to go on this island cooler...

cooler fans

July 21st, 2007

Is that an oil trap?


oil trap


July 19th, 2007

All Building HVAC systems not working...

This is what happens when a electricians fish tape goes wild in the circuit breaker...

fluke meter

manitowoc
July 17th, 2007

Manitowoc ice machine broken...

No ice production and the sump was over flowing with water...


July 15th, 2007

Oil failure switch constantly tripping out...

This one goes to show you how important it is to keep a log book on site...

oil failure control


July 13th, 2007

Meat freezer bunker sparks...

Underneath all that ice was a little surprise...

burnt plug


July 11th, 2007

Unit relocation...

This crane had just enough reach to relocate this refrigeration equipment...

crane


July 9th, 2007

Phat HQ...

Watch refrigeration Mechanic Robert Hollis racing his 400 HP Phat HQ against this Ferrari...

fan blade


July 7th, 2007

Hussman fan motor replacement...

Dairy walk in cooler fan motor replacement on Hussman evaporator...

fan blade

July 5th, 2007

Rush hour...


bad traffic

york high limit
July 3rd, 2007

Tripped high limit on York unit...

You have to find the high limit before you can reset the high limit...


July 1st, 2007

Quality ducting...

Check out this quality ducting job...

qaulity ducting


June 29th, 2007

Greenheck birds nest...

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Check out what I found on top of this Greenheck air handler...

hvac bird

ducting
June 27th, 2007

Herbert ducting...

Pictures of Herbert's ducting...

evapco
June 25th, 2007

Cooling tower maintenance...


ignition module
June 23rd, 2007

Carrier ignition module replacement...

The heating on this carrier roof top unit failed to operate due to a failed ignition module...

capillary tube
June 21st, 2007

Plugged capillary tube...

This beer chiller had a plugged capillary tube...

June 19th, 2007

Manifold showdown...


HVAC manifold gauges


June 17th, 2007

Broken pop cooler...

Electrical problems on this pop cooler...

pop cooler


June 15th, 2007

Manitowoc series 1800 not working...

Quick fix o this Manitowoc series 1800 ice machine not working...

manitowoc series 1800

hvac helicopter
June 13th, 2007

HVAC helicopter...

Check out this giant helicopter move 34 roof top units in 1 hour...


June 11th, 2007

Iced up bakery walk in freezer evaporator...

Bakery freezer coil ice up...

iced up heat exchanger


June 9th, 2007

Horrendous air conditioner installation...

horrendous a/c installation


June 7th, 2007

USB drink cooler...

Check out this computer USB drink cooler...
usb drink cooler


June 5th, 2007

HVAC vandalism

You never know what your going to see every time you walk on a roof...

hvac vandalism

June 3rd, 2007

Cleaning the burners again...


boiler cleaning

stadium hvac refrigeration
June 1st, 2007

General Motors Place...

RSES held a tour of GM place GM Place...

belt driven condenser fans
May 30th, 2007

Lennox old style condenser fan set up...

This old Lennox roof top unit had belt driven condenser fans...


May 28th, 2007

Evaporator drain pan plugged

The butcher said his walk in cooler was a waterfall and that the last time the drain lines were cleaned was three years ago...

plugged evaporater drain pan


May 26th, 2007

Computer room air conditioning maintenance...

Simple computer room A/C maintenance goes a long way...

air conditioning maintenance

worn fan belt
May 24th, 2007

Worn fan belt...

RPM down due to a very worn out fan belt...


May 22nd, 2007

Seasons 4 HVAC roof top unit...

Monster of a system this Seasons 4 unit is bullet proof...

seasons 4


May 20th, 2007

Lennox control board troubleshooting...

This Lennox unit diagnosed its self. I just had look up fault code...

lennox HVAC

May 18th, 2007

Service work made difficult


difficult HVAC service work


May 16th, 2007

Worn contactor...

The contactor on this carrier unit was in poor shape, time to replace it...

contactor


May 14th, 2007

Pulley replacement...

Routine maintenance led me to this exhaust fan that was prematurely wearing out fan belts. I took a closer look and found the old pulley was worn and warped...

pulley

freon recoverory
May 12th, 2007

Freon recovery...

We were called in to recover the R22 refrigerant on this old AC split...


May 10th, 2007

Exhaust fan motor change...

We replaced this exhaust fan motor had electrically failed...

exhaust fan motor

EPR
May 8th, 2007

EPR adjustment on supermarket refrigeration case...

Case temperatures were a little warm. I checked system operation and ended up adjusting the EPR...


May 6th, 2007

Ghetto HVAC unit...

This ghetto carrier unit made for a challenging service call...

ghetto hvac system


May 4th, 2007

No heat call...

It took only seconds to figure out why the heating was not working...

carrier unit no heat call

May 2nd, 2007

Refrigeration girl


refrigeration girl

reznor unit heater
April 30th, 2007

Reznor unit heater installation...

New Reznor unit heater installation...


April 28th, 2007

Fan motor rebuild...

The bearings went on this fan motor. Rather than replace it it was cheaper and faster to rebuild it...

motor rebuild

unsafe ladder
April 26th, 2007

Unsafe ladders...

Life threatening ladders make for unsafe work place...


April 24th, 2007

HVAC technician goes to hospital...

This apprentice had to go to the hospital after nearly losing his hand to the fan blades...

HVAC hospital

carrierHVAC unit
April 22nd, 2007

Office smells like bakery...

They had enough. Office staff called us in due to strong odors entering their ventilation system...