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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⚒️ JourneymanOP20h
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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⚒️ Journeyman19h
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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🔧 Apprentice19h
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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⚒️ Journeyman19h
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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.
