So I made the ultimate rookie mistake today

[coolerik]

Doing a compressor/heat exchanger change out on a -87 ultra low today, warrenty job for Thermo Fisher, everything changed out yesterday, tripple evac and on the pump over night. Both stages holding under 500, charge stage 2 with1oz propane and 13oz 508b, ok, charge stage 1 with 21oz 404a..ok, go to startup and comp runs for 5 sec and trips breaker....wtf recheck all my wiring, start electrics, etc (all new obviosly) all is good... wtf, look at comp nameplate Arrrrrgggggg 115v comp in 208 unit.. bastards sent the wrong one and I didnt catch it... in my defence the packing slip said 208v compressor.....oh well all billable to thermo fisher under warrenty... lesson learned though bah

[ClimateCntlJohn]

Ahhh that sucks man but it happens haha Just like installing a 3 phase package unit when your present voltage 240 single phase

[coolerik]

First time for me in over 10yrs in this damn trade..lol oh well

[2sac]

[refrepairman]

Been there, had that.

[Core_d]

Hows that motor doing? I put put a light bulb on 240v its was very bright.

[coolerik]

She spun really fast.....

[coolerik]

Yup...oops

[Joehvac25]

I put a recovery machine on 220, shut it off before it **** out but It blew some smoke!

[coolerik]

I put a recovery machine on 220, shut it off before it **** out but It blew some smoke!

Sweet, that should cut recovery time in half...lol, I love this trade :-S

[coolerik]

Over 10 years and I still cant win...

[Joehvac25]

Sweet, that should cut recovery time in half...lol, I love this trade :-S

Lol ya, some sparky didn't mark the white on a roof, some idiot (me) didn't check, it was a weird situation.

[MikeySq]

...oh well all billable to thermo fisher under warrenty... lesson learned though bah

so does that mean they will pay 3 hours labour because that is how long "they" say it takes....

I don't know thermo Fischer but that is a crack at othere warranty expectations ! hahaha

[R Mannino]

Hows that motor doing? I put put a light bulb on 240v its was very bright.

Me too, but I only had 5 seconds of light!

[Core_d]

Me too, but I only had 5 seconds of light!

That was my hypothesis but never did blow. It was on for better than ten minutes.

[craig1]

I put a recovery machine on 220, shut it off before it **** out but It blew some smoke!

I used a cheater cord and connected my recovery machine to the stinger leg on a 3 phase disconnect. The cooling fan motor burned out, but there was no other damage.

[Tommy knocker]

Oh that's never happened to me

[Dowadudda]

I had a RTU one time. Oddball Carrier. Spring. Both scrolls bad. Quoted and awarded replacement. put 460v 3 ph in when should have been 208 3ph. Sucks. But. It happens. Oh well. Git er done.

[coolerik]

so does that mean they will pay 3 hours labour because that is how long "they" say it takes....
I don't know thermo Fischer but that is a crack at othere warranty expectations ! hahaha

Fisher is actually really good with warrent, mabey because we are the local factory rep, no sure.. its all t&m work... they want it done right and pay accordingly, its a goog gig. These ultra lows are pretty finicky machines

[coolerik]

1 lb of 508b is worth over 600 bux list
The charge for this autocascade -150 system im workin on next week is over 2000, its a blend of somthing like 10 different refrigersnts, including argon... crazy stuff