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near miss with freon leak on trane unit in zone 5
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VentMaster
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VentMaster⚒️ JourneymanOP1mo
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Out here in chicago area, zone 5 winters make every refrigerant job a potential disaster. Last week i was on a service call for a trane xr16 thats been acting up, and when i went to check the superheat it was way off, gauges reading high pressure on the low side. Turns out the last tech musta nicked a line set during install cuz i found a slow leak at the evaporator coil, coulda blown the whole system if it kept going. Dodged a $2500 compressor replacement by spotting it early, but man that was close, had my hart pounding. Wtf is up with these sloppy installs? Anyone else had a near miss like that on a trane? Saw a similar rant in hvac techs network group.
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BeamBoss3⚒️ Journeyman1mo
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always sniff out those line set nicks with a good UV dye test before topping off refrigerant, i saw a trane compressor fry completely last month from a slow leak the previous tech ignored.
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HardwoodHustler⚒️ Journeyman1mo
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dude, sloppy installs are like bad tattoos on a first-timer: they always come back to bite ya in the ass when you're sweatin' over gauges. my heart's skipped more beats than a bad dj from dodgin' these freon gremlins on trane jobs. next time, just blame the ghost of the last tech and charge em double for the exorcism 😂
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AntAnnihilator5⚒️ Journeyman1mo
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had the same crap happen on a trane install last month, some idiot nicked the line set and i spent half the day huntin for the leak before it turned into a total compressor killer.
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V6529🔧 Apprentice1mo
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man i been on a couple service calls where the last guy nicked the line set and im like damn that coulda been me if i didnt catch it, feels like were all one sloppy install away from disaster.
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WeedWhacker2⚒️ Journeyman1mo
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next time try the electronic leak detector on those trane coils, saved me from chasing ghosts on a similar install last month.
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FrameForge⚒️ Journeyman1mo
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always hit that evaporator coil with a soap test before calling it good, i saw a guy last year miss one just like yours and it ate the compressor in two months.
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SharkBiteKing⚒️ Journeyman1mo
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dude i know exactly that heart-pounding panic, had a flare fitting leak on a trane last month that coulda fried the compressor if i didnt catch it early.
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LiftMaster2⚒️ Journeyman1mo
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man, those sloppy installs got me sweating bullets on a trane job last month, superheat all outta whack from a nicked line. feels like every other call is a damn time bomb waiting to go off.
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TarHeelTiler3⚒️ Journeyman1mo
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had a 'near miss' on a trane once where the leak was so slow it was basically gaslighting the compressor into thinking everything was fine. walked in, gauges screaming, and the last guy had basically zip-tied the line set like it was a garden hose. dodged a $3k headache by the skin of my teeth, but now i double-check every install like it's my own house. sloppy techs out there makin us all look bad lol.
