Wednesday, October 22, 2014

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Snips decrease completed air conditioning ductwork.


The standard factor apparatus lacks the Accoutrement to repair a national air conditioning development. A heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) technician must manage tools that safely utilize hazardous chemicals, such as refrigerant, and use sharp-edged components, such as leaf metal ductwork. With a uncommon exceptional additions to the average tool instruments, a do-it-yourselfer can diagnose and repair central air conditioning systems.


Refrigerant Detector


HVAC technicians custom refrigerant detectors to establish leaks in an air conditioner's refrigerant assistance edge. Refrigerant is a hazardous chemical, so air conditioning repair technicians never search for leaks by running their hands across pipes. The refrigerant detector allows the technician to set pinhole-sized leaks from a guarded distance. The detector consists of two parts: a detection sprig and a control panel. However, open flame soldering is dangerous in close proximity to hazardous chemicals, such as air conditioning refrigerant. The electric soldering tool not only provides a safe method of soldering in proximity to combustible or hazardous compounds, but also quickly heats tubing joints with minimal equipment. Whereas the fuel-based propane torch requires a torch tip and fuel canister replacement, a single electric soldering tool plugs into the average outlet and provides years of use.


Snips


Essentially a pair of metal-cutting scissors, snips cut air conditioning ductwork. Snips appear and function similar to scissors; snips have two hinged handles and a set of sharp-edged cutting blades. The most common variety of snips, called "aviation" snips, has an internal mechanism that increases leverage and makes cutting through thick metal easier. The HVAC technician uses snips to perform on-site cuts for repairs and renovations.


Electric Soldering Tool


An HVAC technician uses an electronic tool to solder an air conditioning unit's copper supply lines. The wand connects to the control panel by a wire. At the wand's tip, an electro-chemical sensor searches for traces of air conditioning refrigerant. The sensor relays information to the control panel, which emits auditory or visual clues upon detection of chemicals. Adjustment knobs on the detector's control panel adjust the equipment's functions and sensitivity. To use the electric soldering tool, an air conditioning repair technician cleans and applies flux as for flame soldering. The technician clamps the tool's heating plates over the joint, activates the tool and allows the heating plates to heat the pipe and fittings. Small lights often indicate when the tool reaches optimum temperature. Following heating, the technician applies solder as normal.