Well that was a bit more nasty than I expected, but then again these days not much surprises me.
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One of your better videos. There is so much more to be learned from the 'non-homerun' cases.
Compressor taking a dump sucks…You're one of a few people who actually use a torque screwdriver… Most people including myself just torque till its tight as can be. Either way, its right but maybe you just need to apply more pushing force when torquing the lugs to avoid rounding the heads. Nice job in the end. 👍
I cought that reference to Earnest, LOL! You're showing your age young man 😂
The Manitowoc compressor has different discharge for harvest. Standard compressors will not harvest ice as well. Are you in Kanata ?
Another good one Chris! 2 weeks ago I changed out a evap coil on a non warranty system. .. 2 days ago the compressor locked up. It sucks but it happens. All we can do is be as diligent as possible and take pride in our work. The rest isn’t up to us. Keep up the great work bud
You've officially made me never want to get ice from a restaurant again…
restriction
I guess it’s good that most of us have a good working immune system. This looks gross because we’ve become so convinced that we live in absolutely sterile environments (not true at all, but it’s what we believe), but our bodies are designed to deal with much, much worse than this. Not saying they shouldn’t ever clean their ice machines, but the people who are like “I’m never using ice ever again!” are just being absurd. Most people’s individual cooking habits are way, way more disgusting than what you find in a restaurant. Are you in Ottawa ?
I'm NOT a motor expert but what you described/showed sounds like their is a short in the rotor windings on the over-current phase, either that or the bearings are shot causing the rotor to bind up/jam…
Regardless, as you mentioned, they need a new compressor…
Once you do replace it, can you cut open the bad one and show us what you find please…
You're the normal dude turning on a camera that teaches me, and many others, what to do and not to do. I appreciate everything you do. Helps me be a better tech. We can all learn. No matter how old you are, you can ALWAYS learn something. Like my boss says, always read the instructions. You may have done this a thousand times, but ya know what, maybe they changed something.
Holy shit this is dirty. This is what normal ice machine loom like!? Are you in Nepean ?
"Know what I mean, Vern?" Loved the Ernest reference. I'm not in HVACR but love watching people problem solve and fix things. Keep it up! Service area Orleans??
As a hvac/r tech myself man this was something to see!!! My Lordy
By the way I think compressor is tight. I agree need’s to be replaced
I’ve seen lugs on disconnects and contactors for several years. The quality of the metal is so much less now compared to 15 years ago. Got to take your time and go slow, make sure you have good pressure leaning into the lug. Then turn slow and tight, it’s ridiculous shouldn’t have to baby it like that.
Never could figure out why you wear gloves
You gotta watch those cube guides. Little bits of plastic can break off when the ice machine cleaners come and then the platic bits clog everything up. Cant make this shit up
Hate flathead screws. Would it be that much more expensive to use hex or square head lugs? Service area Ottawa??
now I'm going to have customers calling me that have already pre diagnosed their own machine and have their own parts xD parts is where my money is at. love the content !
I like my dry climate! Our machines DO NOT get nasty like that. Just hard water deposits lol
I’ve always been told not to use bleach just to be safe with safety issues. I just use them on bin drains where slime is always visible
This is why I never get ice in my drinks.
The only restaurant I've ever gotten ice in was the one my buddy and I ran together. I knew it was clean because he and I did it ourselves. That's also why I'm so surprised at how filthy some of these restaurants you have to go into are.
Our kitchen stayed immaculate because all of my back of house staff and myself took a great amount of pride in it unlike some other businesses.
I guess the most important thing is is the ice machine still working it doesn't need to be clean and safe for consumption
Ice machines always look disgusting inside with all the mold mildew and weird brown streaks and spots. Makes you wanna stay away from fast food spots.
The FDA food safety rules require that ice machines be cleaned per manufacture recommendation and most manufacturers require ice machines to be taken apart and cleaned and sanitized once every 3 months. Are you in Barrhaven ?
Health Department must love them……………………..
Do you know anyone hiring in the south carolina area that'll hire an apprentice straight out of trade school with Universal EPA???
Please tell me you contacted there regional manager or Corporate about this filth?
I officially don’t want ice in anything anymore Service area Barrhaven??
This would be a great place for a thermal camera to watch for hot spots in the disconnect. Great videos and always interesting stuff to learn even for someone not in the trade. Thanks so much.
Who ever thought of the flat head screw/driver was a text book case of darwinism, and should be added to the darwinism awards. Talk about looking through the barrel of a loaded gun here. All electectical screws/lugs should be hex/torx or philips headed, period. Another awesome video from Chris, Thanks for sharing. Cheers from Adelaide, South Australia Service area Nepean??
We would take those screws out and apply some red grease on the threads then install and torque them with the largest flat blade that will fit the slot. I used to work in the food industry and would rather not think about how actually nasty restaurant equipment like ice machines are. Especially true when everyone is short staffed, using inexperienced employees, and just kind of skirting along doing the bare minimum or less on everything.
Free bugs in your ice!
Awesome video!
10 seconds in and I'm grossed out at how dirty that machine is… them you show fruit fly maggots!
The average Joe has no idea how filthy restaurants and C-stores are. I wish I still had that blissful ignorance!
So THAT'S why restaurant ice has flavour…..
I really wish these manufacturers would put phase monitors in this equipment. I'm a commercial electrician, and I can't count the number of times we've had equipment fail due to a blown fuse single-phasing a compressor… We usually install phase monitors between the disconnect and contactor when we install new HVAC gear.
I absolutely hate flat head screws. Out of all the screws I have screwed in or out, theses are by far the screws that I strip the most.
Wouldn't it be cheaper to just buy bagged ice vs buying an ice machine and paying for all the maintenance?
"Just a normal dude" unfortunately in the world of hacks that we live in, you are far from normal.
I make the mistake of eating while watching this video
Great advice about bleach and ice machine cleaner getting mixed. Bleach reacts with Phosphoric acid to produce Chlorine gas, which is obviously very toxic and also corrosive. Unfortunately, there have been instances of people dying from accidentally mixing them. Luckily, you reacted swiftly in your story and saved yourself. Many people wouldn't even consider that they could become mixed inside the sewage line.
Typical Californian you are with your peace and love everything speak.
Where you have fused disconnect and 3ph equipment why dont they fit a phase fail relay to the circuit? ie if a phase is lost it prevents the unit from restarting…
I saw 48 amps on that meter just before it went out of frame. That compressor motor is toasted.
the more I see these machines being cleaned. The more I Don't get ice with my drinks.
Learning a lot, even though I'll never do commercial HVAC myself. Still learning how to do at least some diagnostics that might apply to residential.
Little Picture, lol. yep, know that feeling.