What's your current headache?

Ac started leaking through the intake filter. When we had new unit put in and they routed the drain tube where it was a tight s . There was no way to be able to run a snake to unclog it. Fun time re routing it .
Generator Is earching a Happy idle with a new carburetor so rebuilding th original. Hurricane may hit Wednesday, happy days. All y fault for waiting.
 
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Ac started leaking through the intake filter. When we had new unit put in and they routed the drain tube where it was a tight s . There was no way to be able to run a snake to unclog it. Fun time re routing it .
Generator Is earching a Happy idle with a new carburetor so rebuilding th original. Hurricane may hit Wednesday, happy days. All y fault for waiting.
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You don't mean the p-trap, do you? Cause ya need that. Though I've seen some pretty wild, non-graded condensate lines in my time.

If your brand new AC condensate drain is getting clogged often enough to require regular clearing, you've either got insufficient filtration on your return, OR live in an environment that is extremely condusive to microbial growth. If it's the latter, I wholeheartedly endorse "Viper Pan & Drain treatment": treat your evaporator and pan with a handful of sprays of that stuff a couple times a year and it'll head off clogs. Refrigeration technologies, a 22 dollar bottle will last ya the lifetime of your unit.

Stickman, resident HVAC/R professional at the forum's service.
 
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My current headaches:

A jobsite where a server room got so hot that it popped a sprinkler head. Brand new chilled water doors dropped like flies on leak detection before the room got flooded.

We're talking like 180 degrees F, here. My suspicion is that the chilled water doors got down below dew point and condensation started trickling off and landing on the leak detectors, which causes the unit to go into alarm, shut it's chw valve, and drop the fans to minimum speed.

Facilities guys tell me that couldn't be the case, cause they weren't able to identify a time when the loop dropped below dew point. Not that I dont trust the guys, but it's awfully frustrating to not have all the data at my fingertips so I can double check their work.

It's gonna be a solid 40k in replacement controllers plus a ton of labor. Couldn't have come at a better time, though, cause the workload out here is deader than dead at the moment. The time off has been...just...fantastic though.
 
The boss at work has turned so toxic I'm at wit's end. He did this a number of years ago and it lasted about 3 years but he seemed to turn it around for a while. Back in full force. I sliding into home plate for retirement in a few years so seems like a crappy time to be looking for a new gig.

Sigh.
 
I work for the city here and I recently switched departments at workrfrom street to water department. At first I was worried and wondered if I'd made the right decision. After a couple weeks I'm 100 percent satisfied with my choice. The job is being the parts man, but I also install/repair water meters and transmitters, plus installing taps and repairing water lines.

My headache is that I only got a few days training with the parts guy I was replacing. Right now I'm trying to figure out what the hell he's had on order and what's coming in. His writing on his PO book is like a doctors signature, we use different parts numbers from the vendors for the same parts, plus we have three different vendors to order parts from. So I'm figuring out who has what, what the hell half the parts even are to begin with, and what parts numbers are what. I like it, but there is a lot to take in at once. Thankfully, I'm getting trained on the other aspects of the job with the other guys.
 
After 17 years with the company I’ve worked at, I’m most likely going to have to find a new job in the next couple of months due to all this restructuring and reprioritizing of software products and structure.

God damn, where’s my resume…
 
Stickman393 said:
You don't mean the p-trap, do you? Cause ya need that. Though I've seen some pretty wild, non-graded condensate lines in my time.

If your brand new AC condensate drain is getting clogged often enough to require regular clearing, you've either got insufficient filtration on your return, OR live in an environment that is extremely condusive to microbial growth. If it's the latter, I wholeheartedly endorse "Viper Pan & Drain treatment": treat your evaporator and pan with a handful of sprays of that stuff a couple times a year and it'll head off clogs. Refrigeration technologies, a 22 dollar bottle will last ya the lifetime of your unit.

Stickman, resident HVAC/R professional at the forum's service.
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My problem was it wasn't draining to the pan. It was filling up the housing (evaporater case automotive term)I think I fixed that I think. Also the drain from the case was not able to be cleaned due to a tight s configuration. I rerouted that. Still not 100% sure why it would not drain into the pan. Thank you for your reply
 
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