I’ve been in this trade for years started out in new construction and worked my way up to service and inspections your advice to the apprentice is spot on I believe they need to learn the basics first we hired new inspectors that have never been in the field and it’s a nightmare going behind them awesome advice I wish every company would practice this the last question I have is what has been the worst service call you’ve been on mine was a nursing home that had no heat in the attic it was below zero for a few days she froze up and blew out a Vick on 4” and blew a ice rocket out and destroyed half of the ceiling and rooms it was a very neglected business that is now shut down
Acknowledge/panel silence just silences the panel buzzer. If you press signal silence it should silence the horns unless they have the low air programmed as non silenceable.
Yeah, not sure why I hit panel silence other than I was still half asleep. However, that panel is programmed not to silence if an alarm is still active. They have the low air programmed as an alarm so we power that panel down until we reset the valve. Since I left the system down, I flipped the N.O. and N.C. on the low air switch temporarily so I could power the panel back up without an alarm. They only have two panels programmed that way. The others are silenable. If I had remembered that when I got there, I would have powered the panel down first and not listened to the horns, lol. Thanks for comment.
hey man, I love these videos im sure you know by now how valuable theyre to us apprentices. I would like to know about your background in the field, have you always been on the service side of things? ever done new constructions and what not?
During my apprenticeship I was hanging pipe, but got to go on a lot of service calls and do a lot of inspections. When I became a Journeyman I did both installs and service. I was pretty lucky working for a few different companies and getting experience in different areas of our trade. Since I started working for AFS in 2016, I have done strictly service work and inspections, no new installs.
@@FireSprinklerTech Interesting. Right now I'm a first year apprentice working at a 99% service company and I find it extremely overwhelming.. we do a lot of retrofit and as someone with no experience in construction, its extremely hard and thinking of switching to new installs for a few years.. would you recommend?
Completely agree with FST. I been in the union 11 years and I did mainly new install work my first 3 1/2 year or so then got to experience service. Fell in love with service and I been on a service van since I was a 5th year apprentice on permit. If you enjoy going to same job for months or years then install is for you. But service is where you expand your knowledge, get to use your brain more than your back and make the most money. My advice to you is learn as much as you can. Read your code book. Ask a ton of questions. Don’t stop learning.
@@fitter5423 I prefer going to new places everyday, but to be honest, as an apprentice I dont get to have the perks of a JMAN in a service company, such as the truck, high hours and calls. I feel like I could learn a bit more on a construction site for a year or 2.. especially that sometimes we dont even take out the groover or threader and since we do small day jobs, my fitters dont let me do much too..
I’m curious as to why that compressor wasn’t running….ive seen where the compressor was tripped out on thermal overload, compressor breaker was tripped, etc. You would think that compressor would have been running when you got there. That is strange that ITV wasn’t blowing water out when you got there if the valve was open. Has to be clogged.
The compressor wasn’t running because the system had 60 psi of water on it. Since the AMD is set at 30 psi there’s no demand for air. Yes, the ITV is plugged up.
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I’ve been in this trade for years started out in new construction and worked my way up to service and inspections your advice to the apprentice is spot on I believe they need to learn the basics first we hired new inspectors that have never been in the field and it’s a nightmare going behind them awesome advice I wish every company would practice this the last question I have is what has been the worst service call you’ve been on mine was a nursing home that had no heat in the attic it was below zero for a few days she froze up and blew out a Vick on 4” and blew a ice rocket out and destroyed half of the ceiling and rooms it was a very neglected business that is now shut down
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Acknowledge/panel silence just silences the panel buzzer. If you press signal silence it should silence the horns unless they have the low air programmed as non silenceable.
Yeah, not sure why I hit panel silence other than I was still half asleep. However, that panel is programmed not to silence if an alarm is still active. They have the low air programmed as an alarm so we power that panel down until we reset the valve. Since I left the system down, I flipped the N.O. and N.C. on the low air switch temporarily so I could power the panel back up without an alarm. They only have two panels programmed that way. The others are silenable. If I had remembered that when I got there, I would have powered the panel down first and not listened to the horns, lol. Thanks for comment.
Hope we get an update video
Absolutely. Hopefully I can have it uploaded this weekend.
Next video...obstruction investigationa! Lol
hey man, I love these videos im sure you know by now how valuable theyre to us apprentices. I would like to know about your background in the field, have you always been on the service side of things? ever done new constructions and what not?
During my apprenticeship I was hanging pipe, but got to go on a lot of service calls and do a lot of inspections. When I became a Journeyman I did both installs and service. I was pretty lucky working for a few different companies and getting experience in different areas of our trade. Since I started working for AFS in 2016, I have done strictly service work and inspections, no new installs.
@@FireSprinklerTech Interesting. Right now I'm a first year apprentice working at a 99% service company and I find it extremely overwhelming.. we do a lot of retrofit and as someone with no experience in construction, its extremely hard and thinking of switching to new installs for a few years.. would you recommend?
@@Execoo I think an apprentice should work on a job site for the first 2-3 years before doing service work. They need to learn the basics first.
Completely agree with FST. I been in the union 11 years and I did mainly new install work my first 3 1/2 year or so then got to experience service. Fell in love with service and I been on a service van since I was a 5th year apprentice on permit. If you enjoy going to same job for months or years then install is for you. But service is where you expand your knowledge, get to use your brain more than your back and make the most money. My advice to you is learn as much as you can. Read your code book. Ask a ton of questions. Don’t stop learning.
@@fitter5423 I prefer going to new places everyday, but to be honest, as an apprentice I dont get to have the perks of a JMAN in a service company, such as the truck, high hours and calls. I feel like I could learn a bit more on a construction site for a year or 2.. especially that sometimes we dont even take out the groover or threader and since we do small day jobs, my fitters dont let me do much too..
I’m curious as to why that compressor wasn’t running….ive seen where the compressor was tripped out on thermal overload, compressor breaker was tripped, etc. You would think that compressor would have been running when you got there. That is strange that ITV wasn’t blowing water out when you got there if the valve was open. Has to be clogged.
The compressor wasn’t running because the system had 60 psi of water on it. Since the AMD is set at 30 psi there’s no demand for air. Yes, the ITV is plugged up.