Recent content by Kogashuko

Just a quick update. Everything is working fine and no evidence of leaks. The average air temp coming out is around 100deg. This changes slightly with outdoor temp. If you put it in the chaos wind mode or it gets really cold out it ramps up and the air is around 130. One think I notice which...

Finished everything tonight. Found the pressure loss was the same each time I hooked up the manifolds. I hooked up the vacuum pump while connecting the last few wires and left it on for around an hour I think. I didn't think it would take but 30min but my toes kept getting cold while finishing...

If we had NG here we surely would have gone tankless. Since we don't I would have needed something like 3 30amp breakers to make it work. We have 200 amp service which is required but with electric stove, oven, dryer, air compressor, two heat pumps with strip heat, and everything else I figured...

Hey we are good. I can respect you speaking your mind in that way. Can you honestly say that everyone that puts stuff in for a living that is worried about getting to the next job does a good of job checking things as they should? Some do and I know a few guys personally that I trust. Problem...

I love how some HVAC guys become \%÷×$ when you disagree with them on something. The point of leaving it is to determine if I have a slow leak and really doesn't matter because I was waiting until today to run the electrical in case I have to kill the panel I will have sunlight instead of a...

Your absolutely right. I know of a couple I would trust. Several being close friends that don't live near here. One local contractor that would be good. However, I don't know of any that would pump the system full of nitrogen, test for leaks, and then come back the next day and then the day...

Well installers F up plenty. Hints one of the reasons I decided to do mine. I cant see paying someone over a grand in labor to do what I just did and leave not having a clue rather I have a leak or not.

You could put it under the trusses under the roof deck. Probably with that much space between you would be fine.

I get the feeling that after all of this I will have done a better job testing the system than if I hired an HVAC company to do the install. Worst case scenario I release the refrigerant, use the leak detector, and then look for oil on the fittings every few days. Not ideal but with enough...

So doing the leak test I found nothing with bubbles but the psig dropped about 10 in 24 hours. I tried again this morning and the loss was about 7. I need to determine at this point if the loss is from attaching and removing the manifolds (since I purge all the co2 each time,) from temp change...

Yep, picked up the yellow jacket blue handled flaring tool with height stop. My only complaint is that it doesnt have a ratchet stop for it. However, after a couple of flares I got the hang of the process. I put the vacuum pump on it yesterday and got a vacuum down in the 200 microns which is...

Yeh I think I got it straight. I had no problem with the torque on the condenser unit. I think the flare was just messed up and wasnt making a full connection on the little cone shaped brass thing which caused the flare nut to just crush it. I ordered the port adapter from amazon Saturday...

I am using the flare that came with the split. I cut both of the flares that came with the lineset, removed the crappy nut, and installed the LG ones. I think my issue with the first one was that the flare I made, first one of course, was jacked up. I had no problem reaching the torque settings...

That's why you need a good insurance company. I have heard of some coming out and requesting to do a site visit later. It happened to my father in law and they told him they needed to fix a cinderblock in the foundation he removed because it was cracked (I don't know why he would do that anyway)...

So, I have done two normal heat pumps but this is my first with flared connections. I have all the 410 tools and the flares are straightforward. However, I dont have a minisplit torque wrench but a normal torque wrench. I am using crows feet and the error for additional length (also tried at 90...