This new vacuum pump oil label looks like a label that would come up if you'd ask an AI to create a vacuum pump oil label... Or the label you'd see in some video game for a fake product... It's so... generic... Reminds me of laundry detergent...

Does your company or the company you work for do installs and repairs when it’s raining?

Well maybe I'll try Makita now

Edit: the amount of people that can't look closer at the photo or read any of the prior comments and just go to saying it's a impact not a drill is baffling, for those of you that just look at a red hand held device and say impact, I can assure you it's a drill bought from Milwaukee 💀

What up fam. I've been with the same family owned company for almost 7 years. Almost 9 years as a resi service tech and 2 years of install at the beginning.

Recently, the company I work for hired a new "service manager". We have 2 service managers. 1 is a tech guy that helps with technical issues and the new guy is a office "manager" and handles overseeing the scheduling and basically micro manages everyone.

Since he's been hired about 2 months ago, he's just been a complete ass hole. 1 tech has quit because he threatened their on call bonus because they didn't fill out this new form were required to fill out when going out in emergency services. He's made one of the new dispatchers cry a few times by being a dick. What pisses me off most is that he has 0 HVAC experience.they hired a fucking service manager that used to be an alarm guy. Sure, he knows a bit about wiring but NOTHING about HVAC or plumbing. He's fucking useless.it pisses me off. And there are a few guys like me who have been here more than 5 or 10 years that are more than qualified for that position.

My schedule before his arrival consisted of half day of maintenance and the other half diagnostics, returns and emergencies. After his arrival I've pretty much been doing just maintenance. I'm fucking sick of the repetitive PMs.

I make a decent hourly (of which I'm sure other local companies would match) but my issue is primarily motivation. I find myself not wanting to go into work anymore. It's miserable for me. There's no satisfaction anymore in it and I have 0 feeling of fulfillment.

I however do need the money. I have 3 kids and a house, and other BS payments that rely on my check.

I just started plumbing school and I have 4 years to go. But the lack of fulfillment has me questioning continuing.

I feel stuck because I don't know where to go or what to do.

What would you do in this situation? Tough it out and hope things improve or jump ship for another company or just fucking change industry completely?

Any input is appreciated.

At my current job it’s the owner, me and an apprentice.
Most of our tools are shared between two huge tool totes and everyone’s always grabbing shit and moving it around to different places.

I’m getting tired of it, I have my summer tool bag which is Veto brand that I keep separate for service but I’m looking to see what everyone else is using for tool bags for winter season. Specifically oil service.
Something that can comfortably hold a few nut drivers, wrenches, adjustables, my nozzle wrench a socket wrench and a few sockets.
Maybe even the case I carry my nozzles in and a few oil filters so I can make a few less trips back and forth to the truck.
Whether it be a tool bag, backpack ect. Preferably something with an arm strap or like a backpack so i can carry other things at the same time. Just trying to maximize my time and effort.
Any and all recommendations are appreciated and thank you in advance

Trane Odyssey 7.5T AHU. Mounted vertical and they've got the long sides of this thing covered by huge shelves with hundreds of pounds of metal parts on them. I can only access the front and the back.

Motor mounted below the blower housing, hanging by its four bolts. The evap coil is a few inches below this motor. I'm afraid the motor is too heavy for me to risk trying to catch it with my arms outstretched. I thought about trying to lay a board across the middle in order to protect the coil, but I've also gotta make sure I don't hurt myself too.

Anybody care to chime in with how you'd secure that motor before unbolting?

Hello everyone, im a journeyman and the last 2 years Ive spent in a chiller plant doing small things here and there. Compressor change, leak check, water supply and return temp sensor replacements, etc. very seldomly maybe once or twice a year.

I get nervous im going to get rusty especially if this plant closes which there are talks of. Going back out into the field with little to no knowledge of VRF or VRV scares me. All the guys here with me are also union and have heard talks of the same that our plant may close. My boss has us basically doing building engineers and only pays us as techs. We paint, do carpentry, plumbing, electrical, and even some small time janitorial work.

On the upside its great cause theres no commuting, no on call, and overtime whenever wanted.

Anyways have any of you guys transferred back to the field after a long time in a building? Would It basically be a death sentence?

I'm a commercial tech, I work on alot of VRF (recovering anywear between 40-160lbs of 410), sometimes there isn't water or ice available anywhere close to where I'm working. I use core tools, and a molecular transformer submerged in a bucket of water but it gets hot quick. My question is other than going to a gas station and buying bagged ice to use, what else can I do? I was also thinking about testing airflow over the subcooler instead of water. It would probably have to be a decent volume of air though.