True, but sadly they wouldn't know a pressure switch from a on-off switch. We tried that once..........lol
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Ah yes, love my ISP...........sorry bout the double post.
I totally agree! In my 14 years of mostly install ive spent probably a total of 6 doing service work. It definitely gives a different perspective on what to do. I would hope that this thread would not involve any actual installers with the intent to have a career in this field but then again.... I will say the service side has helped me
Thats a mighty big plenum for such a small entry!
how can you not tell by the way the furnace sounded alone. The pressure build up probably had the unit shaking like crazy. I would have been able to tell as soon as I started the system and by the way the fan sounded. That big of a unit for sure
I just had a call the other day, one room never cooled or heated properly. Started looking around the furn in basement, saw a header and some panning missing. Followed the ra boot out of the furnace, up to ceiling and tapped into a 4' piece of duct w 2 end caps. Originally was supposed to jumper over to another trunk line through the joist space, but the duct never got cut out on top. System 6 yrs old, everything still working....how? The only place for the return to pull was through the opening of the filter rack...
You really have to learn both sides of the trade for residential.I remember when I first started 15 yrs ago we had sheet metal crews, lineset and condensate crews and service techs who did all calls and start ups. I know alot of service techs who have no clue how to size ductwork or static pressure or how many cfm according to duct size. I did sheet metal only for 5 yrs and got that down and then started running linesets and then low voltage and before long I can do everything. It really does help when doing service work to know how to install properly
Forget teaching them how to do duct sizing some one should teach them how to use snips first.