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I use vacuum pump oil, never have leaks on flares or hose gaskets. Nylon destroys my hose gaskets. I used it a few years back. Never thought it did anything special. I prefer a thread lock to prevent vibration leaks down the road. Sent from my iPad using The Garage Journal mobile app

Mitsubishi is the most reliable advoid lg. We use to be an lg dealer so many burned out compressors. Almost no problems with Mitsubishi, Fujitsu makes a solid unit. Stay away from the cheap units or you will just toss them in garbage when they break. Daiken is ok. I was working on a bunch of...

I installed a 20x25x5 merv 13 Honeywell filter, it came with the filter box. Never go over merv 8 on a 1" filter. What I did to compensate for the thicker, higher rated filter was install a 20x25x5 return and filter box and transition to the back of my air handler 20x20 opening. The larger...

I don’t understand, as an hvac service tech ( the hvac Hacker) on youtube. Did this guy even test your system to find out why it quit?i would fix problem before looking for install violations. Then if something from a bad install is reason of failure then bring up to be addressed. What is wrong...

A heat pump is suppose to freeze. It should go into defrost mode to melt the ice off every now and then Sent from my iPad using Garage Journal

Radiant heat needs to be on most of the time to provide steady heat. You don’t want your slab cooling off or it takes hours to heat back up. Yes turning the water temp up helps. Don’t turn off the unit or you are wasting energy trying to warm up the slab. I hope you have glycol in that system...

The makeup air for combustion on most power vented water heaters is drawn from basement. Air has to get into burner section for combustion. The down draft is why my power vented 75 gallon water heater runs non stop. The tank leaked back i April and I soldered it shut. Now I noticed it is leaking...

The fan control limit on this unit, have a temperate dial, that turns as it heats up? If so many those temp activated fan control has a push button jumper. An auto or manual run fan feature. Sent from my iPad using Garage Journal

I have used pipe dope, pro dope or Teflon tape for my sprinkler system. A barbed fittings can be used with a hose clamp or a stainless crimp ring. Don’t use a pipe joint compound that sets. You always need to take stuff apart in the future. Be careful not to over tighten the joint. Metal can...

Get a lockinvar Knight boiler Sent from my iPhone using The Garage Journal mobile app

Why not use only water? Nu-Calgon Calclean if you really want to use a cleaner Sent from my iPad using The Garage Journal mobile app

I have the m12 fuel 3/8 ratchet and use it everyday. I don’t want to turn a ratchet if I can just pull a trigger and out comes the fastener. It fits in most spaces I needed it to. I also use my m12 1/4 hex impact driver everyday at work also. I am an HVAC Service tech and charge my battery...

Just use acetylene mc tank and just keep getting the tank filled. Acetylene is all that is used in HVAC these days. I used map when starting but acetylene is just better for brazing Sent from my iPhone using The Garage Journal mobile app

It’s good info to share for others that may experience a similar situation Sent from my iPad using The Garage Journal mobile app

I’m a hack working on this Sent from my iPad using The Garage Journal mobile app