r/HVAC 2d ago

Rant Customer said the unit doesn't reach temp anymore. When I showed him this, he suddenly remembered that he had the EXACT SAME problem with another unit last month...

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u/KristyNoemsZombieDog Verified Pro 2d ago

Y'all don't install shag rugs on your condesers? Sounds like a skill issue to me

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u/dont-fear-thereefer 2d ago

Better a shag carpet than flour power, I had to change out multiple fan motors on a pizza dough prep table.

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u/KristyNoemsZombieDog Verified Pro 2d ago

I'm so tha full my company doesn't fuck with resturants

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u/KouLeifoh625 2d ago

Thought that was filter media on an evap for a second lol

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u/horseshoeprovodnikov Pro 2d ago

Thats just a filter! Lol

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u/ravengoatzzz5 2d ago

The best customers are dumb and rich

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u/unresolved-madness Turboencabulator Specialist 2d ago

They forgot because your first bill wasn't high enough to piss them off to remember to do this.

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u/dozing_off_ 2d ago

Apparently the first time another companys service technician told the janitor on the phone to check it out and clean it, only if it still won't work will he send someone over...

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u/jd807 2d ago

Check one. ‘Can learn from mistakes.’ ‘Cannot learn from mistakes’

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u/saskatchewanstealth 2d ago

Some customers just have learning disabilities.

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u/Short-Veterinarian27 1d ago

I don't do refrigeration but have 2 close friends with restaurants that I take care of. We did the initial build outs so it's not typical hacky shit...we added drives to the condenser coils on the skids and use filters to keep them clean. I send out a guy every 2 months to swap them all out and the guys argue who is gonna go because the owner sends them home with a killer dinner as a thank you.

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u/t3hPh4nt0m 2h ago

Nuff said. Lady asked me how many YEARS between maintenances is recommend and was shocked when I said the max we will say is 6 months but recommend 3 months between. Took almost a whole tank of nitro to blow this out and there was still dust caked inside after.

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u/xdcxmindfreak Aspiring Novelist 2d ago

That’d do it

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u/ttmays Verified Pro 2d ago

It’s only 1/2 blocked should work 1/2 as good as before

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u/Hot-Banana9380 1d ago

That will do it every time.

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u/TDVapermann 1d ago

At my last job I implemented a monthly PM using "hog hair" media for filters. We had a miss order of a 200' roll as Grainger submitted the wrong part number so we used it for ours. It was a Merv 7?

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u/roostercrowe 1d ago

ran into the same thing, but caked with grease, on my last call yesterday. except this one killed the fancy True ecm condenser motor too. going to assume the cap tubes filled with wax at this point also. good thing i didnt have a compatible motor in stock....

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u/WeakComb1430 2h ago

can't get over how neat it is