Eddiegoodfellar

Grocery and industrial refrigeration is more mechanical than HVAC. The commercial HVAC guys are very good with electrical troubleshooting if that interests you.

I'm a refrigeration mechanic and enjoy a six figure income (obviously varies by location). I make approximately twice as much as I did as a Journeyman Plumber. Almost half of our refrigeration mechanics are also Journeyman Electricians and 75% hold another Journeyman licence. Elevator Mechanics make very good money as well.

Are you getting into sheet metal or HVAC/R?

I'm a Journeyman HVAC/R mechanic (mostly grocery refrigeration and commercial HVAC), Journeyman Plumber Journeymen Gas Fitter And hold other credentials. Feel free to ask any questions.

I've gone through 3 pairs. They have all failed on the locking mechanism.

How do you like the NWS needle nose pliers? Is that a fieldpiece LT17a meter? Nice to see Knipex in the mix as well.

The reason is to have a motor between you and the spinning blade if something goes wrong on the corded models. Electric brakes used to be rare on circ saws. I was expensive to change the manufacturing process to switch it and people were used to the blade on the other side anyways. Most (maybe all) battery powered circ saws have electric breaks. It's easier to see the cut line with the motor out if the way.

If you're a concrete guy id go Hilti if possible money wise. Then Milwaukee.

They blatantly ripped off a company called "Euerkazone". I would purchase from the original manufacturer personally. They also have some pretty cool other tools UEG Cabinetmaker The Eazyone Eurekazone.com

They work very well. Get to the general area with an electronic leak detector and then isolate with soap and bubbles. I have not used the ridgid but have used the Bacharach, UEI, Extech, Accutools, Inficon and CPS. I have used electronic leak detectors very often. Usually for refrigeration leak checks in grocery stores but they are used exactly the same.

Pex has a greater feet per second flow rating than copper and sometimes can actually be sized differently to add to the savings Pex will allow contractors to have lower insurance premiums due to not needing to use a torch in a residence No need for "harmful" flux or solder in the drinking water Grade A pex (expansion style connection) is pretty burst resistant (from freezing compared to copper) Pex is more resistant to corrosion, pitting and scaling Expansion style pex cannot be "dry fit" (less likelihood of leaks). Crackheads don't steal pex from job sites If kinked (grade A pex) can be heated with a torch and return to its original state It's cheaper to purchase and install Retains more heat in hot water lines due to less heat teansfer I perfer copper personally but I just like soldering.

Currently working for Gateway Mechanical Services doing mostly Grocery store refrigeration service and some commercial HVAC service.

Small contactor blew up on a 600V 3 phase motor serving a condenser. I'll be rewiring everything tomorrow.

Couple boilers I installed a few weeks ago

Yeah things like 30 years old and on its last legs.

Old Tyler refrigeration rack in a grocery store.

Wera, Witte, Felo, and Wiha all are noticeably better than Klein in you your hand. I have some 20 year old klein drivers that outlasted a set I purchased last year. If I wanted a round tip screwdriver or a chipped one I would go with Klein because that's what I end up with after a month.

I think Milwaukee would sell a ton of these. 1) A battery powered swage tool from 3/8" to 2-1/8" copper. I would assume this would be very easy to adapt the propex expander into a swage ( different heads may be all it requires). Here is an example of a popular swage here is the milwaukee propex expander that seems like it could be easily adapted (might be under powered) 2) A battery powered version of a ratchet tube bender. It would be nice if you could have automatic stops at 22.5, 45, and 90 3) Tubing reamers that can be run on a cordless drill. Pretty much all tubing reamers suck. The best reamer I have ever used is a uni-bit.......