So I'm changing a compressor today. I just want to point out some things I like to try to make my job more efficient. I preach about this in my videos. The law working smart, not hard, try to make the least amount of trips up and down the ladder.

So here's our roof hatch and what I did was first thing I did was I brought up my EZ up and see it's already put up there and every time I come up, I bring something up, even though I got my rope, I still bring something up. Each trip up the ladder - I know that seems silly, but it cuts down on your trips. Okay, your climbing up the ladder anyways so bring something up with you every time and another tip too is you know, I'm doing a compressor change out. So I'm gon na pretty much bring my entire van up here on the roof, with recovery machines back and you know everything.

Okay, each time I go down to my van to get something I'm taking something I'm done with okay, so I brought my tool bag up with me this time and I brought one into the rope and I've got everything tied off to where I can grab it With my hook on the other side, so that way, you know these hooks really help tying them onto your rope and then that way I can reach down and don't have to go up and down the ladder every time now so I've got my the other end Of my rope has a carabiner on it and it's already hooked around something, so I'm gon na pull that up. Then I'm gon na lower down the hook side of the rope and grab those items and you see how I strategically place them down there. So I can just grab them with my hook and bring just one of those silly little things, but trust me. It will make your day go easier.

Okay, so remember try to remember every time you go down to your van take something with you or bring something else up that you know you're gon na need. You know like, for instance, I'm gon na need a wet towel here in a little bit because I'm gon na be praising a compressor. So you know when I go down I'll make sure I take a towel with me and bring it up. I might need a bucket, depending on how hot it gets today to cool down my recovery tank.

You know it's those little things that are gon na help with the job. Okay, when we install these 1094 case on door closures, see how the wheel is nowhere neat. Nowhere near the catch, it's got to be touching that wheel when the wheel pulls away from that. So what's happening is it's popping because, like look what I'm gon na, do I'm just gon na push down on the wheel cuz, it's not pushing it down into the locked position, so notice that and then I pull it out.

All it takes is a bump to the door, and that's gon na say notice that so here we go alright, but watch what I do with my fingers see it can still go down more, that's where it needs to be so that the the strike on the Wall needs to push that wheel all the way down to where it's at so what I'm gon na do is lower these screws down and then I may even have to bend the strike so now. Listen, I've adjusted it and watch it's gon na lock itself into the locked position. Now what happens? Listen, click! It went down far enough that it's locked in down and this won't go down anymore. So you see if this piece right here pushes the wheel all the way down, so it just barely needs to be touching not enough to hold the door open so notice.

The weight of the door is still gon na pull a shut there. You go see it clicked it all the way down and into the locked position it's on the 1094, whether it be the exposed tabs or the concealed tabs. Alright, today we got a walk-in freezer and we've got a dirty condenser coil. This is pretty basic, but you know always make these videos to help up the next guy.

So this is a micro channel condenser. So you do want to be careful about using chemicals. You want to make sure, but that thing's very dirty, so we're gon na be using a Viper aerosol cleaner today, because it's a microchannel, safe, technically, it's non rinse but we'll be rinsing. It see if we can't get this guy nice and clean.

So my method to go about this is we turn off power to the unit. I've already confirmed that power is de-energized and the disconnect is working properly. We're going to wet down the condenser coil with water, see if we can push any of the stuff out with water. First, then, we're gon na apply the Viper foaming cleaner from the opposite side of which the dust is collected, so the condensers Direction is this way you know through it, so we're gon na push the foam out.

That way, it's going to be our hopes. You know it's not gon na, be perfect, so test this out, just gon na wet it down and not really pushing anything. Okay, doesn't take much with something like this, because it's not impacted per se, it's more or less of dust, but the micro channels can be a little difficult to clean. Sometimes, so, that's why we're gon na use the foaming cleaner.

So we're just pushing that through see how it's coming through nice and good, but we're still going to use the foaming cleaner, just get the condenser, nice and saturated being careful not to get the motors wet. We just need. My preference is to have a smooth surface for the foam to push out. I don't know if there's any science behind this, but I choose to use a wet condenser that way the phone doesn't get stuck on the dry condenser.

But again that could make no sense. That's just how I roll this isn't going to be perfect, but without getting it on the motor. I just want to spray as much into this area as I can just kind of again. I'm gon na have to hit it from the other side smooth, but I'm just going to try to get some from this side.

It's kind of tricky without pulling out the condenser fan blades. I don't think it warrants pulling the motors out completely she's gon na. Do our best and that's pretty much all I can do from that side. So now we're gon na hit it from this side, but you can see it's already combing through itself, we'll go ahead and being careful that this isn't hitting the motors again and I try to get as much on the other side first and then get it from This be careful, though, because you know, as I'm doing, that I'm seeing it come through the other side, so you don't want to get this in the windings of the motor really cautious about that.

As you can see, it's still, even though I'm going the opposite direction, it's still pulling the dirt out because look at out dirty the foam, the brand-new foam that I'm getting on there, it's getting so stuff works really well getting into those spots. It's important to again a personal preference when you're done cleaning a microchannel coil take some co2 or nitrogen, something like that and push the moisture out because a lot of times it gets stuck in the micro Channel. So we're foaming through nice and good nice and good again, this stuff is technically in no-rinse, but I try not to leave in chemicals, let it sit for a minute and then we'll rinse it off. Okay.

We just sat for a couple minutes. So now we're just going to give it a good rinse, try to rinse the surface stuff off first and then I'll get deep down inside once I get the surface off and now we're gon na push one of the cool things about smaller micro channel coils. Is you really don't need an actual the pumps birth of the work on something this small Miles's, completely impacted with grease or something give it a good good, rinse, we'll rent from the other side too? Okay, now we're going to rinse from the other side coming through nice and good, see the waters coming through the other side. When I push up instead, I'm just getting the surface stuff off and then we'll get in there a little bit more detailed and rinse them.

The inside of the condenser out here in a second just trying to get the surface stuff off so that way we don't push the nasty stuff it's on the surface back into the condenser, so, okay, so we're coming through nice and good do my best to run Out the down, it's not gon na be perfect. Just do your best. I think I said I'm gon na have to hit some of it from the other side to the opposite side, though I just want to do my best bit as much from the opposite side of where the dust is collected. Like I already said about all we're.

Gon na get on that, so we're gon na go ahead and pump this guy up a little bit more and then push the rest of this through I'll go and get right up in there trying to push out this, I'm going to go to downward direction when You're right behind the motor that way, you're not pushing right in then when you're not near motor, just go for okay. I didn't spend a lot of time, but I did my best to go ahead and rinse out the bottom of condensing unit. Two again, I'm not gon na shine. This thing up just got most of the big dirt off okay.

So now I'm gon na you know I've. Let it sit for a little bit. We're gon na give it out of quit time. Just in case one of my motors got wet and then we'll start it up.

So I inspected everything something you want to watch out for was. I noticed that got an open electrical section with a defrost time clock, but I made sure I didn't get it wet. You know you just got to pay attention to what you're doing you can't just blast stuff. Okay, you don't want to soak those motors that kind of stuff.

I gave it an adequate time to dry out still a little bit of moisture, but I'm not gon na wait forever started it back out. All the motors are running. You want to make sure everything works. You don't want to leave and then find out that you shorted out a motor or something so let it run for a little bit and then, if you're doing other work, then you proceed from there.

But you know at the same time trying to be smart and not have this area full of my tools so that way they could get wet. You know I kept all my stuff up high, so that's pretty much it kinetic or clean, and nothing too fancy just follow the proper procedures and you should be good to go. You always always want to be careful when using chemicals on a microchannel, aluminum, condenser. Okay, what I used is the Viper aerosol coil cleaner, and this is aluminum, safe and also safe for microchannel condenser coils, any Valkyrie clothes, it's technically non rinsing, but you know I really only.

I don't even do that very much even on evaporating clothes, but on an evaporator coil I'd be a little bit more okay with the non rinsing, because you've got condensation. Theoretically. That would drain this off. But I like to rinse my stuff, because when a microchannel condenser stuff gets stuck in the little micro channel holes - and I just like to get it along personal preference of mine - okay, so we're doing good.

Now, we've got nice air flow coming out. That condenser actually see through it it's nice and good. I could feel massive air flow through it. We're good nice and good nice clean condenser,.