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Not trying to be a Ball Buster, but...

If you get stuck in a crawl, you're too fat for crawls. If you feel like you're gonna have a heart attack in a crawl, maybe some personal responsibility is...

Maybe you could explain the isolation relay?

Not that I am invested in the "Nest", but perhaps I could "solve" my next Homeowner install problem.

In the mean time, I am telling them that their...

36" waist? Is it possible that perhaps you're only measuring where you're pants hang? I mean, you might be a 50+ waist, but a size 36 fits when it sags?

For example, this fellow is also a size 36...

This is EXACTLY what I do every time.

(The bad part is that 9 out of 10 times it was my co-worker that wired it all screwed up to begin with)

I have run into this problem many a times. It's the cheap sand casting used by the chinese manufacturers. They have almost zero quality control.

There are American made fittings available, but...

Let me google that for you.

Here is one:
http://malcoproducts.com/images/products/ds1.jpg


http://malcoproducts.com/product/hvacr/metal-duct/duct-tools/duct-stretchers

For what it's worth, I have already had two homeowner installed Nest thermostats fail. For whatever reason the switch inside the unit will not allow a full 24V on the W wire. This was on two...

What does this even mean? You are the only NATE tech in town?

Two weeks? Yikes, I would hope that if this was a legit contractor working on a customers furnace, that customer would have called someone else, because this is way too long.

That's what I would...

Well that could be a double edged sword.

Too tight, especially on hot water piping, and you could get expansion noise. But that can be eliminated if you use straps that allow for thermal...

Check the system pressure. If you are getting more than 75 psi from the water meter, you need to install a PRV, just like you would do on your hydronic closed loop systems. Except this one will limit...

Yep good olde Nylog. Works every time. As a matter of fact, I insist that my installers use it on all refrigeration flare connections.

Well, yeah. Only after the homeowner brought it up to my attention. It went a little like this: "hey there, you know that new heat pump you installed for us last week? It's working great and all,...

LOL!!!

You ask what kind of ding dong would do this? Well, I am one of those ding dongs.

I installed an air handler the wrong way once. I was just on "auto pilot" and forgot that it was a...

Sounds like divorce is the only option at this point.

A co-worker of mine did something similar years ago. The customer refused to pay for some minor plumbing work he did, so he took her water meter with him.

The customer called the cops, and he got...

I hate working in restaurants. Some of them are just like this! They just toss crap anywhere where it can't be seen.

LOL, The complete heat...

I have installed many of those when they first came out. People loved the idea. Now I just rip them out. People hate them. Usually you get a twofer out of the...

Ahhhh, the venerable Trane GEHB018. I have replaced dozens upon dozens of compressors on that unique Trane POS. Even at times the new compressors only last about a year.

You're better off...

Probably to ensure that there is water flow through the condenser prior to the compressor coming on. Also it keeps pump volume down during down times when VFD controlled building water pumps are...

So, the customer was not really interested in getting the problem fixed properly? More worried about the price, rather than a good repair?

I hate customers like that.

I had a case of someone stealing refrigerant from one of our installs a few years ago. We put in a new system in a new auto dealership. One of the systems ended up having the condenser close to the...

Streamlight SL20X. Brighter than any of your little belt lights. rechargeable too.

But for every day use, a cheap home depot head light. Works great for those crap jobs on top of a 12 foot tall a...

My Veto LC's zippers both took a dump on me after 4 years. They no longer engage the "treads" so I use them like "pins" to keep the bag sort of closed.

I did not over stuff the bag, nor did I...

Sounds like you have already been storing them the wrong way. How long have they been storing them this way?

Sorry to say, but they might be ruined at this point.