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Thread: First New furace/ac install
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01-15-2013, 08:25 AM #1
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First New furace/ac install
I am a 22 year old 4th year student at Ferris State University in the HVACR program and this is one of the jobs i did over Christmas break before heading back to school. I took out two old 20+ year old Trane furnaces and condensing units that were were barely working.
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01-15-2013, 09:18 AM #2
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Wow didn't expect that out of a student, must have a good hvac program. Is this by yourself or with more experienced help?
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01-15-2013, 10:26 AM #3
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A bachelors in HVAC -wow. Impressive work.
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01-15-2013, 01:15 PM #4
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Yea the first two years of the program are service work then the last two years are the engineering side, pipe/duct work sizing, controls, equipment selection. I had more experienced help there one day to help me pull wire because the old condensing units were 3 phase with 12g wire and the customer wanted 1 phase condensing units so we has to pull new 10g wire.
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01-15-2013, 06:18 PM #5
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just to be an " A-hole" the traps are too shallow... j/k top notch work man.
read,learn,grow.....repeat.
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01-15-2013, 06:24 PM #6
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At least there not vertical like some of the others we have seen ha ha
Originally Posted by samejj
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01-15-2013, 06:29 PM #7
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go for 2" deep... had 3 poor trap calls this week and its only tuesday
read,learn,grow.....repeat.
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01-15-2013, 07:07 PM #8
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Looks great! Is that galvanized pipe for gas?
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01-15-2013, 07:22 PM #9
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Spend the extra and use a new pad.
Are those elbows or did you use a bender.
I use a bender, love it. Less brazing joints
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01-15-2013, 07:27 PM #10
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You have state license already?
Do those units have factory LL driers?
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01-15-2013, 07:40 PM #11
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it is black iron. the existing gas piping is painted grey
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01-15-2013, 07:43 PM #12
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why would i get a new pad when there was cement already there that i wasnt going to take out. i used benders and soft copper on the inside for the liquid line just to get me outside where i could run hard copper. the suction line is all hard copper.
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01-15-2013, 07:46 PM #13
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the units have factory LL dries. and the other cool thing the furnaces were internally trapped so i didnt have to worry about one outside the unit. No state license yet, i am taking the test in march. I dont really need one because i can work under the company's mech license.
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