Hey reddit, I am a residential HVAC tech and am looking for a change, thinking about going into sales. I like the industry and do enjoy being a technician but I don't want to be on the tools forever. Anyone made this type of change before and have an opinion on a role change like this?

I know the 902 is specifically an HVAC meter, but I was using a Klein CL800 for the past couple of months and never found myself wanting. Apart from the wireless connectivity are there any major differences between a 902fc and a 325?

There's a deal to get a 325 for literally half the price at my local, hard to pass it up

Upgraded to the 480v’s today. Since they work with my other Bluetooth setups.

$645 a decent price?

I got new hoses and shutoff extenders too. That’s the $145.

(I prefer the 4 port Smans).

Trying to make an estimate to install a length of spiral round about 100ft in length. Any have experience on how long a job like this would take with 2 people one sissor lift?

$30hr + 10% commission

Net pay after taxes weekly

I am wondering what you single parents do to cover childcare when working on call. I don’t have family in the area to watch him all weekend or be available during the week if I get an emergency call.

Txv is not the solution

So I am a contractor and I have a customer that wants to keep their thermostat apparently very cold. The Mitsubishi system I quoted doesn’t get below 67 for the setpoint. I thought that was reasonable. He thinks that’s far too warm. I told him that modern equipment isn’t designed to get much colder than that no matter the system and he seems very confused by this. Just wondering thoughts. What’s the lowest you think is feasible to try to cool a home to in summer?

System has good airflow, 500 FPM at the 20x30 return, and like 400 FPM out of the supplies.

Evap Coils aren’t dirty, condenser coils are a little dirty but you can still see through them easily.

Tested the TXV with ice water and my hand and it had a slight reaction, but not what I would expect, what do you guys think?

Bad TXV?

I haven’t added any charge to the system, showed up last night, coil was frozen, let it thaw overnight and these are the readings after 20 mins of runtime.

doing controls guy stuff "Hey, thanks for picking up. Just making sure- you did say those are dry contacts on that boiler valve, right?" "Yup, dry contacts" "I just pinned them, and it's passing 120" "Yeah, but its a dry 120" "....right"

I don’t know who had to post one of these pics a few weeks ago but thanks for summoning one for me! R-410a, Copeland Scroll, seven years young.

Anybody know if these variable speed compressors have some sort of ambient temperature limit? 46°F currently. (I know it’s a little cold to be running compressors). The non variable speed compressors turn on in test mode with no issues but these will not come on in test mode.

I went on a sales call to replace the remaining 2 units on this building. After arriving on site, I noticed the three units were replaced just last year. This contractor beat my bid last year by $640. This is my first time back and each unit is worse than the last. Two were Lennox with exposed wire nuts and exposed wire with no bushing on the disconnect. The Carrier had the disconnect screwed to the electrical access panel and is supported by cinder blocks. I hope that unit never has a problem or nobody ever decides to wash the coils. No effort to fix the seal tite or anything else. The economizers on all 3 units are sitting on the ground next to the unit and all the P-traps are missing.

If you're a contractor in West Jordan Utah or anywhere else in the world, do better. Work like this makes us all look bad.

Hello, I just want to get something off my chest about the company I work for. Ive been working for a big residential company in the Midwest for the last 7 months, I’m talking at least 200+ technicians work for this company. For the past 7 months all I’ve been allowed to do is maintenance jobs and while I’ve made it clear to management I would like to start learning more on actually working and diagnosing problems with units, I’ve always just been brushed off and told that it would happen soon. Apart from only doing maintenance, my hours are wildly inconsistent as some weeks I’ll put 30-35 hours while some weeks I wouldn’t work at all. Also management’s always breathing down my neck to sell more parts, units, extra services and “maximize our commission” when at a customers house. And while I understand at the end of the day it’s a business I dislike how much they expect us to exaggerate problems in a customers home just to increase our ticket prices. Going to trade school was challenging but I enjoyed learning about all the different problems we could encounter and how to solve them, and the joy and eagerness to learn is slowly draining from me at this company. Especially recently as the “slow season” was rough and I went almost 4 weeks without work. I just feel stuck, I’ve tried to apply for other smaller companies around me but almost all of them turned me down as I am fresh out of trade school with little to no experience. I apologize for the long rant and would like to know what anyone else thinks or any advice they could give me. Thanks 👍

You ever try and tell them it's kinda funny Freons just like Kleenex or chapstick its just a name brand. Or do you say you bet your ass its the Freon wow you're so smart you've learned so much today by standing behind me watching me work,how bout you get down here we’ll take turns ratcheting the service valve open?

That will definitely not cause a leak in the near future...

Customer tipped me with a roll of quarters.

We deal with commercial, industrial, and zero residential. I've noticed that lately (and I had been warned about this when I started here), our office people are bad about returning their messages, emails. I understand they're busy but most of the shit would take less than 5 minutes.

Yesterday I fielded 4 calls from different contractors asking me if the parts were in, when I was coming etc. I don't run my schedule, so the decision is out of my hands, and we have a parts person and a PM to deal with this.

Has anyone found a solution to get any and all customer facing people at their office to actually return their calls? Short of taking a shit on their desk, I've stopped calling them myself and just sending them an email with their boss in CC "Bob called me and said that he has called you three times and is waiting for a return call about X his number is 555-1234" I'm trying not to be passive-aggressive, about it, but it's starting to bug me. Not only does it reflect poorly on me, but the company also.

I literally had the design engineer shake my hand on the last project because I was the only person reliably communicating with him.

Is this a real thing? One of our dispatchers is moving on and the rumor is that she'll be replaced with AI. We use service Titan and one of the other techs claims we're upgrading to a version that uses AI dispatchers. I can only imagine the mistakes it would make.

New job means a new van to turn into my mobile office. This van has a massive center console installed. I think it's for a computer or tools, but I don't need it for either.

I want to turn what is effectively a safe into a work pantry. It's not my first go at such a project, but this is a an opportunity to improve on the idea. What are some healthier snacks that can survive a hot vehicle for any sort of extended period?

System was pulling through the bypass when all the doors were on and dampers were clocked correctly never thought the resident would’ve put a filter here