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Hmm, looks like you bumped yourself right into banned camp. :whistle:

Anyways, here's another one.

This was a headmaster valve that ruptured and released the charge from a little process...

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Well, unfortunately you're almost 20 years late on giving mlock your advice. You may also be the first person (assuming that you are an actual person) who has converted a...

It might be worth it if you are replacing cheap Chinese ones with better quality American made ones. I hear Amrad is a good brand to look for. Also going up on the voltage rating is a good thing as...

You put the reefer in. You take the reefer out. You put the reefer in. And then you scream and shout.

Then you go to Lowes and you buy a brand new fridge. That's what it's all about.

I say go for it. What do I care if your customer has non stop problems with them?

There are formulas for putting condensing units indoors, which dictate the amount of air exchanges per hour and...

With this description, the louvered wall will be the LEAST of your worries. Assuming these are conventional units that discharge upwards, I think most require at least 5' of clearance above them.
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Yeah, but then they might want you to be a licensed customer. :whistle:

Wow, must be nice. I can't afford to retire.

I can afford an endless supply of plugs and fix-a-flat though. :whistle:

My kid is working on getting his GED right now, I'm not sure which path he wants to take. Lately he's been saying he wants to go to HVAC school. :eek: :Faint:

Have you ever seen the movie "That Thing You Do" with Tom Hanks? That's a hint.

(I didn't know what OHW meant either, had to look it up). :cheers:

It should work, but it's not that good for the compressor.

The condensing unit isn't what dictates pressure. For the most point, box temperature is. If it's warm, the suction pressure will be...

Go to the office supplies section and see if they have it over there.

The cans will be a different shape and will be called "electronics duster" instead of R134A, but it should be the same stuff...

Roh roh Shaggy. :eek2:

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What is the deal with that cap? I'd assume it's a run cap since I don't see a start relay, although it being 50mfd and made out of plastic is against what we're used to dealing with.

To figure...

Interesting story.

A few years ago I went on a search for some made in the USA winter boots, and the Rocky boot co came up as pretty much the only company that had any. They apparently make (or...

Yeah, I figured that on your first post where you said you "went downstairs to the unit".

Is it a finished basement that's heated and/or cooled just like the rest of the house?

Either way, a...

Why are you so concerned? I'm assuming this furnace (or whatever it is) is located within the conditioned space of your home?

If so, what's the worst that can happen? A little bit of extra...

I HATE you for even thinking of doing that!!!

Just kidding. Nothing bad would happen, it would just run in high stage all of the time.

A better solution is to install a cheap delay-on-make...

I really like my Fluke 325. It doesn't get much mention, but I think it's a solid choice for an HVAC meter. It pretty much does the same stuff as the 902, except it trades microamps (which it can't...

Yes. The reason they would use non-UL tape IS likely because it is slightly less expensive. That doesn't mean it's bad though, just that it doesn't have UL logos printed all over it.

Did you...

We've run into the leaking ceiling panel joint issue many times. Our walk-in install team has finally resorted to sealing over the outsides of the ceiling joints with either duct mastic or Vulkem or...

I just looked up that unit on my Johnstone app. Holy Hanna, those things are expensive!

I also looked up a Bosh BOVB unit for comparison, and the Bosch is almost 1/2 the price.

I now see why...

I once did the refrigeration install of a W.I. cooler and freezer. The kind where you have to walk through the cooler in order to get to the freezer. Often times heated vent ports will only be in...

Is that Coleman minisplit condenser actually like a old-school conventional-type condensing unit, or do you really have no idea what you're doing? :whistle:

I've never seen one of those before. ...

Wow. I always assumed those things were to prevent the freezer from sucking itself into a vacuum and making the door hard to open, I didn't realize it was to prevent excessive pressure as well. I'm...

P.S... They do make different springs for regulators to allow for more pressure (or you can sometimes remove the spring and stretch it out, but you didn't hear that from me).

Most equipment can...

One of us still isn't understanding each other (it's usually me, so I apologize in advance if this is the case).

Are you saying you have 2psi gas running through the 2" piping through the building...

I wonder why when they built your piping, did they choose to put the regulator outside? I'm guessing it's 2psi service? If so, we would have run the 2psi gas right through all of the piping all of...

I think you're on the right track with thinking it's a gas pressure issue. It should be easy to figure out what's causing it.

If gas pressure drops when all units are running, check the pressure...

Nope, that's not how PSC blower motors work. If there is restricted airflow the squirrel cage will essentially be free-wheeling and not doing much work. It will easily get to it's 1725 RPM and it's...

In my experience, the actual amp draw will be almost the same with both motors.

If the old 1/6 hp motor was cruising along at 1725 rpm and drawing 2.9 amps, I would expect the 1/4 hp motor to also...

Yes, it's computer data flowing through those wires. Besides turning on and off the compressor, those 2 wires also carry data from an outdoor temperature sensor that's hidden inside of the outdoor...

Huh? How does picking a job in the military have anything to do with Dave Thomas naming his restaurant Wendys?

As you mentioned, having too big of a motor can sometimes cause issues with overheating. Having a motor that's undersized is usually worse though.

Without knowing what the load or actual running...

Here's a dumb theoretical type question...

What if one were to try to compensate by lowering the frequency? Could this 380V motor possibly live a long and happy life, at say something like 480V...

We aren't supposed to help much with DIY advice, but if it were mine I would try installing a "3 in 1" before completely giving up on it. The RCO810 is probably the one I would try.

There's a...

No, and I also don't use those stupid locking caps either unless an inspector makes me (and they usually don't).

I do know that they technically are required though. :cheers:

Are you sure it's not code where you are? Just because you and/or your local inspectors might be ignorant to what the codes are and/or may chose to not enforce them, it doesn't mean that the codes...

Why would he do all of that if the furnace he already has can be made to work how he wants it to fairly easily?

I don't know if it can or can't be easily made to work, but his question isn't a bad...

Could you install an actual double hung window into the wall, and then install the window unit into that? You know, kind of like it's supposed to be?

You are missing the entire meaning of superheat/subcooling.

Superheat and/or Subcooling is the DIFFERENCE in temperature between what a PT chart says the temperature of the refrigerant is supposed...

I'm pretty sure all gas pipes valves and fittings are supposed to be single use only.

Find me one manufacturer that says it's ok to reuse something that's made to have gas flowing through it.
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Sometimes there is no perfect place for the thermostat, and you just have to do the best that you can.

Some thermostats have an "offset" or calibration setting that you can play with that might...

An extra hole is better than no holes.

Just last week I was at a place installing 4 new Bryant RTU's. After getting the gas lines hooked up and getting done with all of the start up stuff, we...

Did you ever apply for pro status? I'm pretty sure I never did. I thought all of us old timers who joined 20 years ago were automatically given pro status without having to do anything, probably...

The "window" is the little round plastic thing above the giant warning sticker. You sometimes have to get on your knees and tilt your head to a few different angles to see the red LED light, but...

Funny, I just learned about their deal recently as well.

Apparently they went out of business about 2-1/2 years ago. While that was happening somebody else (Mastec Co.) bought up their...

Was your overall experience good or bad?

My son just turned 18. He dropped out of high school a couple of years ago and is currently going through the "ALC program", which is an alternative...

CSST has no rubber. It's 100" stainless. Except for the thin plastic covering it's all metal. As shown in VTP99's picture, the thin plastic cover is meant to insulate it from electrical hazards.
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What you want sounds like a perpetual motion machine. Kind of like putting a condensing unit and evaporator in the same room.

With that being said, there are specialized units made for indoor...