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Sorry to hear this.

RIP

I've got the 550.

It's useful for some things but I don't like it for everyday use and don't EVER let it get rained on.

I've been eyeing the probes but they are spendy. Maybe when my latest...

Klein and Greenlee are my favorites. Klein had a dip in quality about ten years ago which caused me to switch to Greenlee for a while but they've gotten that solved for a while now and both are about...

How's that Crescent bag holding up?

I bought one when they first came out but ended up sending it back because the stitching failed in the first couple of days. I was bummed because I liked the...

I used Fluke for more than 2 decades. Still have 6 or 7 of them in the hoard.

902 is a good all around meter for general service, but they only last a couple of years if you use them a lot. I am...

I needed a job.

Good to know, I'll call them tomorrow.

Thanks!

I hit it with the blue bubbles under 500 psi of nitro and got nowhere. I suspect the leak is internal, haven't had a chance to open it up yet.

Same here.

Although mine seem to have developed an internal leak which renders them useless for pressure testing. Wonder if anyone else has run into this problem and was it fixable?

Nope, not talking about non-sense.

I'm talking about the fact that lacquer thinner will destroy every kind of commercially available o-ring except Viton.

Which is just one of the reasons it...

Pretty sure lacquer thinner eats o-rings.

So yeah, I guess you probably would have to replace quite a few service valves. Probably want to just stock them on the truck.

Then you've been lucky so far.

In general, if you're just installing resi systems with short, soft copper linesets you're doing what? 4 joints? Six if you install a drier? So there's not really a...

^^^ This.

It's slow right now, but there are a bunch of places looking to crew up for the summer. Can't hurt to look on Indeed and Craigslist, maybe put out a resume or two. Never know, you might end up with a...

Preheat it and braze it up with silicon bronze rods. Then wrap it up in a welding blanket and let it cool down SLOWLY.

That's not side work, it's larceny. And you're right, it shouldn't be tolerated.

Or just get the license, pay for the insurance and bond and do as much side work as you want. All nice and legal. Really not that hard to do, either.

And if something bad happens, you're covered...

Perhaps, but this one has a lot more miles on it.

Yeah, I'd like to hear more as well.

For $100k/yr I'll put this house on the market and move to Georgia without a second thought. I've had enough Jersey weather to hold me over for the rest of my...

Sweet Baby Ray's is my go to for ribs when I'm too lazy to make my own sauce.

I like Stubb's too, but use it more for chicken than pork.

If you rub the ribs down with plain old yellow hot dog...

I've used the G-5 for years to pull charges up to 800 pounds from chillers and vrf systems. If you use push-pull and then use a 50 foot length of copper tube, submerged in a 5 gallon bucket of ice...

Came here to say this.

I've had the black box since I bought it new in 1992. Still works great, had replaced a couple probes over the years.

Don't know if they still build them like that, but I'd say it was the best...

I've had the D-Tek Select for years. It's ok, btbh I wish I'd spent the extra coin and just gotten an H-10.

Was found two weeks ago when we had a couple of days in the 80's after a long stretch of cold weather.

It's on top of a 6 story building which probably sits around 30-40 feet above sea level, give...

I own probably a dozen Flukes of various vintages and flavors.

Used to be a Fluke Nazi, actually.

But, for the last year or so I've been using the Fieldpiece SC-640. Like it so much I bought...

And by blew up, I mean went up like Roman candle. Must've been quite the arc flash show before it took out all three 800 amp line fuses. Also took a bunch of other stuff with it. I'm looking at about...

The best way to figure load in a data center application is to look at the total KW of all the UPS's that serve the space, add them all together and convert the KW to Ton IME. That will give you the...

See, now that's just not nice.

We let you guys in, most of you followed the rules and were welcomed with open arms. Some are still there, as welcome members of our community.

Some of you...

So very sorry to hear this.

Digi-Cool still for sale?

Streamlite JR.

I'm on my third one, won't buy anything else.

SK is nice stuff, but I don't really like the ratchets.

As my old craftsman and husky stuff is wearing out, I've been replacing the sockets with Wright and JH Williams. The ratchets are getting...

Sorry for your loss.

I've had jobs I liked, jobs I hated and a couple in between.

My current job, I love working there. Plan to stay until it's time to retire.

No, not over charging.

More refrigerant is required during low ambient operation in many systems, which use a head master setup to back liquid up into the condenser. This reduces the amount of...

Have a Gerber someone gave me years ago. Rarely used it and it's been in a drawer for years.

My Leatherman Wave, on the other hand, is one of my favorite tools and anytime I've left the house for...

It's a wide spot in the road to store excess refrigerant charge until it's needed.

It's worth it for the educational material.

It's also worth it for networking at the local meetings, good place to find a mentor or two and possibly even a very good job.

My GPS, especially the little button marked "go home".

Honestly, I'd be looking into finding employment elsewhere.

I know people who have done it, but it's not easy.

Or not....

Yes, twice.

Both when I was much younger and worked exclusively in one of the worst ghettos in the country aka Camden, NJ.

First one ended when I pulled my pistol after the guy threatened to...

We're hiring.

PM me for details.

Can't tell you.

First rule of Fight Club and all that.

That's probably KeyTite.

I still use it once in a while, pretty serious stuff.

I hate the Robinaire pumps.

JB or Yellow Jacket, FTW.

I prefer #5 for most things, although I find Hercules Pro Dope is better for steam lines.

Expando is best for specialty jobs.

This^^^