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It sounds like he tried to balance by blocking the flow of air at a vent that was getting more than the rest, forcing that blocked air to find another way out (the vent that wasn't getting much air)....

Thank you for the information. I got way more than I thought I would. He was going to go to school because he has the GI bill from the Army. He may decide to do school for an intro, then go to a...

I have a friend who lives in New York. The other day he expressed some interest in going to HVAC school. He called me to ask if I had any information for him. Since I have never been to New York, I...

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I used to drive from Ft. Lewis to Bothell quite a bit. I can remember hearing about fatal accidents on I-5. I can't remember when, but I heard that the police were looking for a semi truck that lost...

The best one I ever saw was at an engineers house in Maui.

So he would not lose conditioned air, he vented the fart fan into the return plenum!

Even better, when I asked him if he wanted me to...

lol, looks like somebody misread the cieling height on the print!!

when did Chainsaw start caring enough to put return plenums on the return side?

I heard that they went union. Anybody else hear that?

matt_tech, if you open your eyes while you work, you could be their king.

If you used your brain while you work, you could be their king.

If you cared at all, you could be their king!

I had to change one of the gable units out last summer. It should be on the wall of shame!

HO wanted DIRECT REPLACEMENT, but boss said they didn't make the same unit in straight cool anymore, but...

Thanks for the reply,
Does your company just keep them around and hope that they learn the basics, or do you make their employment conditional upon learning to do simple tasks?

Hey Payson,
I get out that way (Sun City) once in while, but I worked there 3 days in the past two weeks. It seems like everyone out there wants to tell you their life story and watch every move you...

Okay, some people seem to have gotten it. When I said I made fun of him, it was like the standard hard time that everyone gives their co-workers. He took it as it was, and he was laughing the next...

When I worked in Hawaii, we would send a brand new unit over to the painting bays next door. The guy would spray on a protective coating similar to factory color. They held up well with the coating.

Sorry to break the rules by not having a picture to post with this, but it truly does belong on the wall of shame.


I do some service, but I'm officially an installer. I walked into the office...

I work part-time for a company while going to college. The owner is awesome, and they allow me to have the flexible hours I need, but.....

I've taken several pictures and my boss says he can't...

Been there, done that!

Watch out for fire sprinkler pipe hiding underneath all that insulation, too!

Last summer I spent half of a day in the attic fixing a Chainsaw Charlie job just like this....

Oops. I was trying to be funny but I messed up the intersection. I was trying to say your office was at 19th ave and Mountain View. It was a low blow though. That's where the crooks in the Chainsaw...

My thoery on the A/S & Trane is that there is a reason they manufacture like units under different names. From what I've heard people go with A/S because of a price break. I know from my experience...

It's not just us talking about how bad goodman units are. I read a consumer reports article that showed statistics on failure rates of units by brand. They were reporting on residential gas furnaces....

Common things elsewhere - such as the importance of a visible secondary drain termination, 7/8 & 3/8 copper is not the only size lineset available,the quality of system does not increase with the...

I had that happen on a Rheem before, Primary Drain pan cracked, when I started it up condensate appeared to be fine. A week and a half later we get a call from the HO asking if it's normal to have...

Yeah, I have one on my house. It's an 18 year old model and I'm waiting on it to go out to replace it, but since I've seen ones older than that running, I'm thinking it may be a while. I'm ready...

I'd say you were in the metro area on that second one. Oh, maybe Castles & Coasters. I believe it's a short drive from your shop at Dunlap and 19th ave! Sorry, that was a low blow! Forgive me Payson.

Maybe Goettl/Del Web was the start of it! I nly met two guys who worked at Goettl and didn't think much of either of them! I don't think much of their design, but I can't really knock the tanks that...