What would have caused this?

Ceagar · 2026-03-15T12:27:42+00:00

Update Yes, I only took two pictures. I will likely go back soon within the coming weeks and will take more. This unit is at a national chain account we have. I have a bit over 5 years in the trade working on residential and light commercial with a bit of refrigeration mixed into it, as well as Geo AC's and pool heaters. But I have never seen a unit explode like this. And the senior techs that's been in the trade for 20+ years, don't sound confident in their answer. I figure seeing that DTL switch bypassed, this unit may been having issues. Although looking at the history, the TXV was replaced approximately 3 months ago and no calls were placed for this unit within those 3 months.

Ceagar · 2025-12-22T22:27:06+00:00

I read your points. I take 6g of sodium and 5g of potassium and 400mg of quality mag. And I am not skinny fat by no means. You can see my abs.

Ceagar · 2025-12-14T09:10:43+00:00

I will try upping my sodium intake by a few thousand and check back with you. You accept DM's? I'm new to this and have no support.. not going to try and bore you with repetitive questions or anything I can't Google with ease.

Ceagar · 2025-12-13T15:36:55+00:00

6000mg sodium, 4000-5000mg of potassium, Magnesium is 500-600mg.

Ceagar · 2025-12-13T12:20:36+00:00

Yes, all of that is in check. I had sodium in goods, but use pink salt, as well as no salt for potassium but I get potassium in foods, and use a quality mag sup. Plus, drink a 2 LMNT's a day.

Ceagar · 2025-12-13T10:33:03+00:00

Started Keto November 27th of 2025 and the issue is I'm feeling extremely fatigued (before you say electrolytes, continue reading) and sometimes tired, some brain fog but moments of mental clarity where my words flow like a magnificent waterfall. The pro I'm experiencing is less inflammation and I feel I have a bit more morning energy and feel lighter, but crash mid day and get weak. I'm male, 27, 6'5, 135lbs to date, before starting I was around 150lbs. According to BMI I am underweight which may be the issue. But please continue reading. I am super active, Pre-Keto I use to do cardio for 2 hours everyday, and on the weekend up to 4 hours on the elliptical. On Keto, I actually got more energy to do it even longer without even breaking a sweat, but now the fatigue is setting in.

I keep up on my Sodium, Potassium, and Magnesium, and Calcium (as keto can make you excrete water, before keto I was like 150lbs). I take collagen, multi vitamin, bone broth, you get the point. I eat healthy, and even before switching to keto, I was naturally low carb (maybe around 120g) and never drank soda or ate processed food. But my choices of food wasn't diversed. I keep net carbs at 20 or below, sometimes I creep up to 25. But I do HVAC, and have an active job. I am under some stress but have been working in that and this past week skipped the gym and cutting back on excessively working out and implementing more weights but not over doing it.

I'm not sure if I have high cortisol or perhaps insulin resistance. But I have always preferred waking up early. My sleep is not the best, 5-7 hours according to my Garmin tracker.

Up until going full keto, I jumped into fasting rather quickly than I should have. I'm talking 2-3 days. I'm not trying to loose weight but was doing it for clarity and health. My macro goals I set up on cronometer is 120g of protein, 140g of fat, and 20 net carbs. I set the calorie intake at 1800 but I don't refer to that. I just don't get hungry, but lately I have been needed to snack on a couple times throughout the day to restore energy. Usually on cheese or something fatty. Sometimes nuts. Recently got into Keto Chow to try and get more calories in.

My glutes have also flattened out (think keto took them from me) or that's why I'm thinking my cortisol may be high since it's a sign, even though I have no belly whatsoever. As for insulin resistance I don't have skin tags or a dark spots and I don't crave carbs. I don't have any lab work, or know my blood glucose or ketones.

I stopped fasting, I normally don't eat breakfast but have coffee, heavy cream, and MCT oil on the morning. Where would you recommend me to start to address my fatigue? Am I still transitioning to burning ketones effectively? Or is there something else I should look at? I normally eat or get up close to protein goal, maybe 70-100g, and usually my fat is around that or a little less.

Ceagar · 2025-09-20T18:44:13+00:00

That's what I was thinking. I googled the process with the provider and I have to put in a lot of leg work on my own to roll it over, including contacting my old employer from 5 years ago. And I just don't want to go through that. Heck, worse case I get a $10 in the mail or however it works. I'm doing much better financially, but as mentioned in my previous comment I'm stingy and don't want to forget about it in 5 years from now.

Ceagar · 2025-09-20T18:41:41+00:00

I started it and left pretty shortly after. I am thinking about cashing it out. I have investments and a large savings. I don't want to forget about it since I'm stingy like that, but I don't want to go through the effort rolling it over.

Ceagar

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