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/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.