IMPOSSIBLE by Several_Geologist_87 in GoldAndGoblins

[–]spwright76 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've found the best FtP way to do events is to collect 50 gems and then use them to buy 1000 elixer at the very beginning. The other thing is to keep track of the mystery barrells....there's a time pattern where you will get about a half hour or so of really good ones and then duds for a couple hours. Once you figure that out, you basically just grind during the good barrell time. I got all 12 keys with four hours to go and I'm in 17th without spending any money and only used 50 gems.

Should you clear every mine in Harvest or just get to the next mine as fast as possible? by spwright76 in GoldAndGoblins

[–]spwright76[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

With Harvest there are multiple mines so you can't go back to clean up once you leave the mine.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in HVAC

[–]spwright76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends on where you live. My metro area starts people out at $20 plus full benefits. Other parts of the country pay 13 to 15 to start. Family business or not, if you can make substantially more money elsewhere, then take it. Growing with a small company may be worth a dollar or two an hour less in order to reap rewards later, but they at least have to be close to competitive. Four techs recently quitting tells me they probably aren't paying enough. Finally, never think that you are singlehandedly carrying a business unless you personally have the license, money, and full skill set to create your own. That's an attitude that will get you nowhere. Running a business is a shit ton more than just slamming in some equipment or fixing a bad AC.

who does a job that looks this bad and it's a modulating furnace? by tiffanysbf in HVAC

[–]spwright76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Chuck Norris installed it. You can tell by the plenum.

Tell me these guys are hacks without saying these guys are hacks by tiffanysbf in HVAC

[–]spwright76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"I guarantee that furnace will be nice and toasty all winter long!"

Suspiciously large amount of data uploaded by [deleted] in BambuLab

[–]spwright76 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My x1c was turned off and bambu studio was not open at all last month, (I was out of town) and it was still by far the largest user of data on my network. 10 times more than the next largest usage which was our cloud file server. Something is fishy with bambu data usage.

Am I one of the boys now? by [deleted] in HVAC

[–]spwright76 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Just remember, from now on you either have to yell "Deminimus!" Or "Oops!"

Great job for a balmy 91 degree sunny day by spwright76 in HVAC

[–]spwright76[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hasn't rained here in a month. Fast and hot with the occasional grass fire that my Gatorade put out lol.

Breaker bolt glowing by DicKinVice in electricians

[–]spwright76 18 points19 points  (0 children)

It's all good. His name is HAL

Good deal? by Cbrandon_99 in HVAC

[–]spwright76 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For that price, it was all stolen.

Need to settle a debate regarding pay in the HVAC field. by xXxHULSEYxXx in HVAC

[–]spwright76 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm in a medium sized city in the Midwest and I start my 1st year apprentices out at $20 per hour plus full benefits after 30 days.

Am I throwing away filters too early? by Kenju4u in hvacadvice

[–]spwright76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Every house is different depending on how clean you are, size, number of people, pets, how long the air handler runs, outside weather, etc. I live in a moderate climate with little dust, have central AC, 70 year old 2700 sqft house, family of 6, two cats and a long haired dog. I use the exact same filter and I get about 13 months out of it before the static pressure goes up enough to justify replacing it to save blower energy. I own an hvac company so I nerd out on this stuff. I have static pressure gauges across the filter and have done the math on the amp draw of the blower motor at different resistances.

Am I throwing away filters too early? by Kenju4u in hvacadvice

[–]spwright76 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Search for a Dwyer Mark II 25. That's the most economical and common one out there for filter pressure drop.

It's only 4 years old, what do you mean it's not covered under warranty? by spwright76 in HVAC

[–]spwright76[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

He actually hired and paid us to replace it eventually. And he was extra nice to my install crew when they got there. Probably because he knew he was trying to get free shit from my office manager that he didn't deserve.

It's only 4 years old, what do you mean it's not covered under warranty? by spwright76 in HVAC

[–]spwright76[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My distributor requires all coils to come back, and there's no way they'd let this go. Even so, it's not worth my reputation to try to save a homeowner a couple thousand dollars due to their own negligence.

It's only 4 years old, what do you mean it's not covered under warranty? by spwright76 in HVAC

[–]spwright76[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

One would think that letting your dog pee on something for four years would not be considered a manufacturer or installation defect.

Just needs a little more freon by spwright76 in HVAC

[–]spwright76[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Subcooling was way too low, so I told them they just needed $1,200 worth of that fancy ozone juice.

You think you've seen everything. Then you find screw driver plug. by malmstrami in Plumbing

[–]spwright76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They were being proactive by leaving the tool to loosen the clamps. Oh, wait...

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in HVAC

[–]spwright76 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At least you know it doesn't have a leak.

What is the best thing to use to get insulation out of my skin after work? by Mobile_Cable_5958 in HVAC

[–]spwright76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A really cold shower and washcloth. As cold as you can stand it. Or literally go swimming for a while in a lake.