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Wait till Trane hears about this!

Oh, wait...nevermind :-)

I still run into those plastic suction lines from time to time...hate them with a passion!!

Saturday is mow the lawn day. Fortunately, we can volunteer to work on Saturday, which I'm doing so we can sock away some $$ for winter. The great part is that my Wife will cut the grass if I'm...

We do service calls for Rheem (who makes those quality GE water heaters that Home Depot sells). You just haven't lived until you've run a few of these calls.

My favorite was the 50 gallon gas...

Dang, your solder joints are purty...

Nice work!

Reminds me of my days at the spaghetti factory...

For What It's Worth, that's a pretty slick repair...not sure I could have done it that well.

Just out of curiousity, did it have the plastic suction line? Had one just like that yesterday and the compressor was toasted too...bad part is it had the plastic suction line, so he's looking at a...

That's what I was wondering...how can you make those sounds and NOT be a smoker? I'm thinking it would take 20-30 years of 3 packs/day to get your voice to that point!

I guess that music is the...

Type #1 is the most troublesome to me...especially when I'm trying to get to the next service call. The worst part is I'm usually in a hurry and I have to behave myself. As my Boss has pointed out...

Showed up at no cool call today, went straight to the Stat, made a call for Cool, go to check Evaporator, blower running like a champ, but can't hear/feel any refrigerant moving thru the lineset. ...

Yeah, NOW it's funny, but it was NOT funny at the time...

As far as looks go, the material the furnace rests on needs to be stable and durable...looks are secondary. We use plain red bricks, one at each corner.

On the other hand, we DO take a lot of...

I get a backache just looking at that contraption!!

Did they tell you why the heat exchanger cracked in the first place? There are a lot of reasons it could have cracked, but if the underlying cause wasn't corrected it may be cracked again. The...

I'll be walking out on that thing...

I tried to play it, but I was laughing so hard I couldn't hit anything....great stuff!

I've seen that one before...hack didn't bother to unscrew the pallet...just set the whole thing right on the ground, no concrete, no poly pad, just bare wood on dirt.

You need a worn out pair of Chinese pliers...perfect for rounding off the heads of every nut/bolt/screw in sight.

Code?
WE DON'T NEED NO STEEKING BUILDING CODE!!!!

Man, that looks like a good time...suprised it isn't in a closet too, just to make it extra special.

Yes, there IS good money in this business...problem is, the IRS found about my good money and now they want it all :-(

I agree with Maxster. The rule of thumb we use is the temperature of the discharge line (the big one when in Heat Pump mode)should be 100 degrees above ambient temperature. In other words, if it's...

We went through this spell of using cheap unions from China and a lot of them leaked...sometimes in more than one spot. I trust elbows and nipples more than a union.

My understanding is that up...

The Pentagon announced today the formation of a new 500-man elite fighting unit called the United States Redneck Special Forces.

These Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri,...

We have two hispanic techs, and my boss is after me to learn Spanish. Seems like a smart move, given the way the hispanic community is growing...

How do they know a bear hasn't pissed in it??

The Geo metro is pretty gay...

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The ironic thing is that people that kill for sport do WAY more to conserve and protect wildlife than people who think like you do fridg.

Take, for example an organization like Ducks Unlimited.

Why do we kill rather than buy meat? For the same reason many folks grow vegetables in their back yards... for the same reason amateur musicians play music rather than buying it... for the same...

I wear carpenter jeans because I like the thigh pocket for my cell phone
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Yep, that's why I wear carpenter jeans too...cell phone on the left leg, 6 in 1 on the right leg. Keys...

I get to take 4, 5, or sometimes more breaks during the day...of course the Office thinks driving as fast as you can from one service call to another counts as a break!

Hmmm...you have a dog problem and I got a new paintball gun for Christmas (and I'm running out of targets)...maybe we can help each other out??

Got a 4 year Bachelor's degree, worked as a Headhunter in the Computer Consulting industry for 13 years, got laid off one time too many, said screw it and worked as a career counselor in the state...

Blue screwdriver...must be in the 2% of geniuses!

Didn't think Red because adding stuff dosen't make me mad. Must have thought Blue because my KC Chiefs just got their butts by the New York...

I grew up 150 miles West of Salina (extreme farm country), so a couple of these were pretty easy, for example:

3. If a load of wheat weighs 3942 lbs., what is it worth at 50cts/bushel, deducting...

How come natural gas and pvc prices aren't being reduced now? Greed!!!
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I was at the largest plumbing supply house in Kansas City today, and they were out of 2" PVC traps. Guy at...

I get 40% of the labor I bill, plus 3% of parts profit. They let me drive the truck home, but I pay $40/week for privilege. No paid vacation, 5 sick days, 6 holidays, employer dosen't contribute...

I went to HVAC school and rode with a really good troubleshooter for a couple of months. When I was on my own for the first time I did a lot of simple calls and gradually got pushed out of my...

A woman brought a very limp duck into a veterinary office. As she lay her pet on the table, the vet pulled out his stethoscope and listened to the bird's chest. After a moment or two, the vet shook...

Hey, I know all about Colby...grew up in Quinter and went to Colby Community College years ago. How big of an area do you service?

8. "Smart" Valves

Here's what I learned after reading all five pages of this thread: I learned that I want my ten minutes back!

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If Martha had half the cotton I've removed from condensers this summer she could make more than a few king size bedsheets...

Well put, commrade. I couldn't have said it better myself.

Regards,

K. Marx

I'm suprised one of you geniuses hasn't jumped in and blamed Karl Rove and Dick Cheney for the price of gas.

EDIT: On further review, I see several of you have. My Bad.

Whatever you do,...

I always bring my 6 in 1, flashlight and meter (including jumper wires, K-type thermocouple and alligator clip adapters) with me when I first go into a customers house. I can troubleshoot 95% of my...

WOW

You'd need to be a dwarf (and a skinny one, at that) to service those units!

SHAAAAZAM!! What a great idea! Which gives me another idea...on Gas water heaters, why couldn't you unscrew the thermostat and drain from that opening?

I seem to get the water heaters in a...

So they canceled the launch because of a bad gas gauge? Why? Were they gonna stop for gas somewhere along the way?

I can see it now...
"Oh, look, there's a Shell station"
Be quiet,...

It depends entirely on you...if you have a firm grasp of the obvious and the ability to learn from your mistakes things will go better.

From what I've seen, few, if any of the really experienced...

The topics you mentioned sound pretty good, but what would make me part with the really big bucks would be a lesson, or series of lessons entitled "Things that make you scratch your head and what to...