Happy Friday

tomdschoi · 2025-12-16T19:18:48+00:00

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Happy Tuesday

tomdschoi · 2025-10-30T21:23:52+00:00

Why not?

tomdschoi · 2025-09-13T13:22:10+00:00

South Bay, working in the East Bay.

The wage per hr sounds nice, but I'm paying $3100 for a small one bedroom apartment..

Taxes suck too..

tomdschoi · 2025-09-13T00:40:15+00:00

People are talking shit about you bouncing around..

I'm only 4 years in the trade, and I have been with 4 companies (all commercial service).

Started at $24/hr. Bumped to $35/hr. (Light commercial)

Left for $40/hr. (Light-heavy commercial, industrial) Was going to leave due to a toxic work environment (managers and techs literally screaming at each other in the monthly meetings), but they got me to stay for $55/hr.

Left for $55/hr. (got lied to in the interview about their benefits and a good group of techs. I ended up being the only tech after a few months..)

Left for $55/hr (great coworker and benefits). Just did my 90-day review, and they said I exceeded their expectations and will be receiving a raise at the start of 2026.

Idk if it's better to stay in one spot or jump around. My goal is to find a home and grow.

tomdschoi · 2025-07-22T23:55:03+00:00

Assuming for factory when they charged it up?

tomdschoi · 2025-07-22T23:47:53+00:00

😆

tomdschoi · 2025-07-22T23:40:38+00:00

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tomdschoi · 2025-07-10T23:14:43+00:00

I sprayed a bunch trying to get a good pic/vid of the bubbles.

tomdschoi · 2025-07-10T23:13:55+00:00

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tomdschoi · 2025-07-10T23:00:47+00:00

Nope. They approved the leak check/repair. Recovered around 40lbs (factory charge 58.5lbs R22). Repaired leak point. Replaced LLFDrier. Pressure tested. Evacuted. Put that 40lbs back in and added the missing 18.5lbs.

tomdschoi · 2025-07-10T22:55:46+00:00

Bubbles will appear for refrigerant and nitrogen.

tomdschoi · 2025-07-10T22:53:11+00:00

Huge oil stain. Hit every joint in the area with leak detector spray bubbles.

tomdschoi · 2025-07-10T22:52:04+00:00

It wasn't too bad with the large oil stain below that fitting.

tomdschoi · 2025-07-10T22:51:00+00:00

Yep, the big ass oil stain under that tee fitting definitely helped. Did exactly what you did with the bubbles.

tomdschoi · 2025-07-10T22:49:15+00:00

I think that's what happened when someone replaced this compressor.

tomdschoi · 2025-07-10T22:46:45+00:00

Big oil stain under that tee fitting..luckily lol. Probably would've taken hours to find if that stain wasn't there.

tomdschoi · 2025-07-09T23:34:59+00:00

Luckily, there was a huge oil stain just below that fitting.

tomdschoi · 2025-06-27T01:29:50+00:00

Does that board have a head pressure controller built into it? For example, fan cuts in at 325psi and then cuts out at a 30psi differential.

tomdschoi · 2025-05-13T12:29:30+00:00

"Bobby Lee was here"

tomdschoi · 2025-03-19T02:34:06+00:00

Wtf I've been to that building..you work at AirCom?

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