How many hours are you guys doing right now? Past month I’m getting 15-22 hours. Small shop in Ohio, about 10 technicians & we’re all in the same boat.

Is this normal, or is this an issue with my contractor? I didn’t even make enough money over the summer to justify this. I barely even went over 40 hours in the summer, if at all. 1st year here

Im installing a walk in cooler freezer combo box
The freezer has a floor but the cooler floor is set on uneven tile, cooler shares a wall with the freezer

I have about a 5/8” gap from the bottom of my walk in cooler wall to the floor, can I shim the screed this high?

I was thinking about putting some pressure treated
1x4s under and securing it to the floor then laying my screed ontop. Not sure if this will work.

I was then going to lay some diamond plating over the wood inside the box to cover the gap with butyl behind.

My boss sent our junior most tech (<1 year) out to a DAIKIN shipping container. It’s about 2 hours away and I’m heading out for a second look. I’ve repaired CARRIER and KLINGE but not touched a DAIKIN. According to my tech, the service ports are automotive. Clip on style. I have the carrier adapters for my gauges but not automotive. Are the Daikins really automotive hookups? Thanks. Heading to RSD now.

I’ve bought a ton of tools over the past 6 years. I’m still looking for any and all usable tools that maybe your day to day or a random helper that gets you out of a snag in a pinch. Any and all suggestions for any new tools is appreciated. I do refrigeration, light industrial/ heavy commercial.

Tengo un problema, compré un Testo 552i hace 3 meses y recién en estos días lo empecé a usar.

Primero lo probé al hacer vacío directo y a una instalación de split y funcionó perfecto, sin embargo lo conecte al manifold de manera incorrecta (izquierda: UE, Medio: vacío, derecha: manifold) y tuve que cortar vacío.

Luego las mediciones (al ponerlo de manera correcta) solo llegaban a 2000 micrones y no lograban bajar (el mismo equipo donde en 25 min llegué a 500 micrones).

Por último hoy, ya no registra nada. Solo muestra eso.

Ya limpie la camara con alcohol isopropílico (sacándome el oring y el depresor con cuidado) pero sigue igual.

¿Que puede ser? ¿Puede ser el aceite de la bomba de vacío? Noto que tira mucho vapor y está amarillo.

Estoy bastante perdido en este tema, agradecería cualquier consejo.

I'm by no means a qualified technician. I'm just a guy that tries fixing things. I scour reddit and YouTube videos for help.

Lil history on our situation. We have a Manitowoc RFF1220C Flaker. Several weeks ago, we noticed a clicking sound and the crusher was not making a full rotation because of the ice buildup. Called out for a repair guy and he said we would need to change the spider coupling. He let the crusher thaw out and started the unit just fine.

I just changed the spider coupling a few days ago since we had some downtime. Pretty simple job. Turned the unit on, and everything was fine until the next morning we heard the same clicking sound. Same problem, bin full of ice and crusher frozen solid not allowing any rotation. I'm suspecting either the sensor at the top of the chute or the rotation sensor.

I have a new spare rotation sensor so, I will change it out and see if that resolves it.

If anyone has any suggestions, please fire away. Thanks!

$70 for a 50lb tank is pretty good. Just a junk brand