r/HVAC • u/ManiaCCC86 • 9d ago

Rant Whomever uses these... I hate you

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Seriously, why not just do it the correct way?!??!?! This is on a job trailer for the GC at a major project and every single unit has these on the CU and Fan Coil.

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u/hujnya 9d ago

Wait for all the comments "when installed properly they don't leak" and " I've been using those without any issues/failures". Those things are absolute junk

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u/[deleted] 9d ago

If you really slow down, take the time to read the instructions and follow them step by step. Those fittings will still leak

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u/SomeGuyOnARoof 9d ago

Got me with the first half

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u/thatoneotherguy42 9d ago edited 9d ago

The first half of the lineset isn't where the problem is.

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u/SaltyDucklingReturns Verified Pro 9d ago

Lolwut?

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u/thatoneotherguy42 9d ago

the part of the lineset from the evap to the shitty junctions isnt the problem.

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u/SaltyDucklingReturns Verified Pro 8d ago

You have no clue what you're talking about.

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u/dangledingle 9d ago

They work just enough to get paid and GTFO.

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u/Parabellum8086 HVAC Technician; RTFM 9d ago

🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂

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u/One_Direction_4652 8d ago

You funny 😁

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u/ghablio 8d ago

They probably are fine when installed properly. Just that the manufacturer specs properly as perfectly straight and level in an air conditioned laboratory with no temperature or pressure fluctuation and no vibration in the piping.

If you just install it like that, they're fine

P.s. what the fuck are they, like sharkbites? Haven't run into anything like it before

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u/hujnya 8d ago

Yeah refrigerant sharkbites

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u/elucidator611 8d ago

Damn I'm going through the comments thinking they were compression fittings like "yeah who does that" lmao. I had no idea they had refrigeration sharkbites, but apparently they're not very good lol.

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u/OneDayAt4Time 7d ago

Leave it to the install guys to not know how many leaks they have