So...that would make YOU the spare parts bandit?
Found a bad contactor in this 70's vintage York "Tombstone" condenser.
I couldn't help but notice the 4 extra wires on the contactor running to old parts that had been abandoned in place.
2 wires from the primary of an old transformer, guess it was originally a 2 transformer system.
1 wire from the old run cap for the condenser fan motor.
1 wire from the common terminal from an old potential relay.
What a mess!
Cleaned it up a little, still a mess though.
So...that would make YOU the spare parts bandit?
Leadership...the ability to move forward even when you've burned your foot.
Good save there Mark......Everyone knows that units days are numbered..... They should know you will fix them up...
Gotta love happy customers...
Life goes on long after the thrill of living is gone.
Nah, its a rent house owned by a cheep landlord. If it can be made to blow cool air by changing a part or squirting refrigerant in it, that's all it gets.
I thought he was gona stroke out on me when I gave him the bill for the contactor, a pound of refrigerant, and disposing of the trash left by the handyman types he usually gets to hack new parts in on top of the old.
Amp draw is probably off the charts. Landlords don't care.............guess I got a problem with 'em.
KX500......the original big green meanie
i like how the condenser air pulls in thru grilles and blows out thru coils,always seemed wrong to me
PITA to change the compressor on them ole bastages also.
alot of them trinkets on apts out here.
Hate those "tombstones". PITA also for cond.fan motor and blades. Half the time find mice make nests inside the elec. area.
meanwhile, back at the ranch.....
Good clean-up. Lot of folks wouldn't take the time.
Be safe not fast. body parts don't grow back
The question I have is this. At what time do YOU recommend replacement of such an old unit? I don't know how much the ticket was for the contactor and clean-up (nice work) but if the thing craps out in 2-months, will the client get his money back on the repair or what?
If YOU want change, YOU have to first change.
If you are waiting for the 'other guy' to change first, just remember, you're the 'other guy's' other guy. To continue to expect real change when you keep acting the same way as always, is folly. Won't happen. Real change will only happen when a majority of the people change the way they vote!