A homeowner in Boise last month said my truck looked like a 'rolling junk pile' because I was saving old motors and control boards. I started recycling copper and plastic separately, but I miss having spares for testing. Do you keep a stockpile or strip and scrap everything right away?
I was reading the latest NATE technician report from last year and that number really got me. It means a huge chunk of what we think are refrigerant issues are actually dirty filters, blocked coils, or bad blowers. I've started checking static pressure first on every no-cool call now. How many of you have seen this shift in your own work?
Last week, I got a call for a fridge that was only making half sized ice cubes. The customer said it started after they moved it to clean behind it. I checked the water line and filter, but they were fine. Turns out the water inlet valve was getting just enough pressure to start the fill cycle, but not enough to finish it before the timer cut it off. Has anyone else seen this happen after moving a unit?
Turns out the high-limit thermostat was also bad, which I only found after checking the whole circuit with my multimeter, so what's your go-to method for diagnosing a thermal cut-out loop?
All for the same high end brand's french door unit with the dual evaporators. The pattern is clear, the main board is cooking itself because of a bad placement near the condenser coil. I'm talking a 90% failure rate on units between 3 and 5 years old. The part is on a 6 week backorder and the repair bill is over $600 just for the board. Has anyone found a reliable workaround or a third party board that doesn't fail in 6 months?
A new drive belt was all it needed. The owner's smile made my week.
Just had a job where a dishwasher only had a broken door latch. Everything else worked perfectly. The customer decided to replace it instead of fixing it. Now that machine is waste. This is so common with today's appliances. They get tossed for the smallest issues. We're creating tons of unnecessary trash. Something has to change in how we value repairs.
Inspecting them now stops so many fires before they start.
I used to think it was a waste of time if the fridge was cooling okay. A unit overheating and tripping the compressor made me see the light. Do you clean coils on every service call or just when there's an issue?
The toaster kept burning bread no matter what I did. I finally found a tiny spring was missing, but ordering it took forever. Anyone else get stuck on what should be an easy fix?
Manufacturers are cutting corners and it's killing our repair business.
It found a faulty capacitor my digital unit called fine.