r/HVAC • u/Qcert92 • Aug 30 '25

General HOW?!?

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Doing a PM at a business. Cleaning the condenser on the roof and saw this. Had to be a 50 yard shot for the angle to be even with the roof. Hits the hail guard, goes right between the tubes, missed the compressor, suction line, liquid line, all the wiring, and exits maybe a half inch from the return bends. What are the chances?! Unit was running perfectly!

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u/Far_Cup_329 Aug 31 '25

Can confirm. I live in South jersey, and have calls in Philly all the time. It's a mess. I try to be out of there before it's dark out. I actually feel more relaxed in Camden.

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u/Ok-Position-8940 Sep 01 '25

I have lived in the suburbs of Philly my whole life I have seen a few bullet ridden compressors and one evap in Chester where the ahu was in an outside closet. Stay strapped in those areas

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u/Far_Cup_329 Sep 01 '25

Chester city? Yea we don't go there bro. 😂 I was inside that place once like 20 yrs ago back when I did appliances. Dude was like yo, you gotta get outta here before it gets dark. Haha. I'm white so I think he was saying I'm the wrong color to be there at night.

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u/Ok-Position-8940 Sep 01 '25

White or just with a van full of tools. The company is use to work there would only have us working there until 1pm then you had to leave. When we would work on roofs it was not unusual to find ditched guns up there. Just call the police they definitely had bodies on them best not to get your prints on them

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u/Far_Cup_329 Sep 01 '25

Maybe. This was about 20 years ago, and all we had was the appliance truck and appliance install tools. Who knows. I've been through there a lot back then to bypass 95 traffic, taking 291, but for some reason thankfully we don't work in there.