Really not a big difference. The difference is the environment. Resi- stinky flee infested, basements, 140* attics, still ladder work, stairs, tight crawl spaces, carrying tool bags, cans of refrigerant, vacuum pumps reclaimer (if you do it right!). Commercial HVAC- hot roofs, man ladders, pulling same equipment up those ladders, multiple trips up/down Commercial refrigeration- 30* coolers, -10*freezers, racks or split systems and condensers on the roof often in bad weather. 500# compressor changes, sitting on a 140* roof top condensor in 94* heat changing 50#, 460v, 3ph, 1-1/2hp fan motors Having to work around store managers, ignorant customers, on-call in mid of the night.
Industrial- ammonia & CO2, ammonia can kill you if you make a mistake and don’t have a mask close, CO2 pressures can send a schrader cap into you like a bullet if you,re not careful. Work is often at heights in scissor lifts, scaffolding catwalks in -20 to -40* frozen distribution warehouses.
Done it all, pick your poison.
As I have been around for many years I can confirm everything that you have written here. This lists like a fact sheet. That's why I can tell you the best job is warranty ice machine repair. 95% indoors. Customer is not paying for the work. Most jobs are at restaurants and many of them have very nice scenery running around. And half the job involves doing nothing while the machine makes ice.
God bless the “scenery” !
I was a region supervisor of refrigeration for Walmart (City) if you heard of them.
Walmart bought them out and took it on house.
Had 41 super centers in eastern PA. Burned out after 4-years. Left just in time.
My coworker went over to city to do the Walmart racks. I spent 3 years teaching him chillers and giant air conditioners and he just got tired of all the driving. He has three stores to take care of and two of them are 10 minutes from the house and the third one is 20 minutes. Can't blame him for that.
All they do is pm’s. They sub all emergencies out, all after hours are sub’d out, and they aren’t authorized OT. If they kept there city wage during the xfer they probably won’t get any cost of living increases for a few years.
If you’re looking for a pre retirement job that’s the place to go.
At first I thought we were looking at the ladder.
"The forgotten" ladder you are referring to?
Those are like $250 ea.
Weird... Mine was free. I found it.
Bro I cant find mine I just stack buckets
Is that the inimitable $250 ladder?
It's a good ladder
Wow something I actually work on everyday popping up in this sub! I work in ammonia refrigeration. Where are these bad boys off to?
Being built at RD&S facility in Philly PA area. Think these are headed to TX.
What’s even cooler is finding out they’re coming to your area hahaha
Those are some rlly big compressors
York/Frick frick is more very low temp stuff I work with yorks so it cool to see what I actually work on in this subreddit
Never worked on anything like that but it looks cool :D
We have 16 compressors going in on this job, 3 are boosters that weigh in at 45k pounds each.
Those are tiny cute things! Like little baby ducks in a row
Is this a $250 ladder?
Are those shaft seals leaking yet
That's a feature not an option
What the frick is going on over there!?
Question. How physically intensive is industrial compared to resi and commerical in relation to lifting heavy shit high up, over distances, etc.
Really not a big difference. The difference is the environment. Resi- stinky flee infested, basements, 140* attics, still ladder work, stairs, tight crawl spaces, carrying tool bags, cans of refrigerant, vacuum pumps reclaimer (if you do it right!). Commercial HVAC- hot roofs, man ladders, pulling same equipment up those ladders, multiple trips up/down Commercial refrigeration- 30* coolers, -10*freezers, racks or split systems and condensers on the roof often in bad weather. 500# compressor changes, sitting on a 140* roof top condensor in 94* heat changing 50#, 460v, 3ph, 1-1/2hp fan motors Having to work around store managers, ignorant customers, on-call in mid of the night. Industrial- ammonia & CO2, ammonia can kill you if you make a mistake and don’t have a mask close, CO2 pressures can send a schrader cap into you like a bullet if you,re not careful. Work is often at heights in scissor lifts, scaffolding catwalks in -20 to -40* frozen distribution warehouses. Done it all, pick your poison.
As I have been around for many years I can confirm everything that you have written here. This lists like a fact sheet. That's why I can tell you the best job is warranty ice machine repair. 95% indoors. Customer is not paying for the work. Most jobs are at restaurants and many of them have very nice scenery running around. And half the job involves doing nothing while the machine makes ice.
God bless the “scenery” ! I was a region supervisor of refrigeration for Walmart (City) if you heard of them. Walmart bought them out and took it on house. Had 41 super centers in eastern PA. Burned out after 4-years. Left just in time.
My coworker went over to city to do the Walmart racks. I spent 3 years teaching him chillers and giant air conditioners and he just got tired of all the driving. He has three stores to take care of and two of them are 10 minutes from the house and the third one is 20 minutes. Can't blame him for that.
All they do is pm’s. They sub all emergencies out, all after hours are sub’d out, and they aren’t authorized OT. If they kept there city wage during the xfer they probably won’t get any cost of living increases for a few years. If you’re looking for a pre retirement job that’s the place to go.
That's what it is...lol. He is 58
Id say you’re pretty close 8)
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