THE DELFIELD SIX DRAWER COOLER IS NOT WORKING 

I feel like we're working with the same companies because I'm seeing the same equipment. You have no idea how helpful these videos are for me. Just wanted to say thank you. Been watching for years I should probably comment more.

This is a good change up from RTU and Walk-in Freezer/Cooler videos. Wish you put more Ice machine and Reach-in videos. The Glycol unit videos are really dope too.

Good thing I just finished my breakfast..lol. Looks like a candidate for a pump spray of diluted bleach and a brush.

It's because of people like you we can go to a restaurant and eat food that has been kept at a safe temperature thanks for all the videos God bless

While it was broke down, the manager should have had it cleaned and disinfected. Should be cleaned weekly though. Ugh

Just imagine if the health inspector came and seen that. They are very lucky to have they business running still

How dirty does a cooler need to be before you refuse to work on it. Good practice for the owner or manager would be to at least try to clean equipment before asking someone else to crawl in there. Bet they would not want it to be them who crawled in.

Good job Chris.

Good little vid Chris ... Thx as always ...

Some people say you shouldn't unbraze LLFDs because you can heat them and release the trapped moisture into the system. Once on an AC system I had trapped oil come out on fire.

I would tell them to clean it first

I’ve always left about 2-5 PSI on the system to change power heads

Thanks for the squeeze bottle wrap around idea 💡

As always I like your videos even though I am working as residential maintenance technician.

What a coincidence, I was also just head deep in a super nasty drawer unit too 😂 (it was just a bad temperature control)

A really excellent video that shows us a lot of what happens in the industry... Can I make a plea though for no music?

isn't that a heath code violation??? sorry been a long while since i working in a restaurant. Feel sorry you have to work in nasty like that.

Good stuff, thanks. Waiting to see what system you end up putting in your house. I have had similar problems and I'm curious to see if my solution is close to yours.

Always enjoy the videos. Random question from a maintenance guy who only does hvac part of the time. Aside from flathead and phillips bits, what are your most used bits for taking apart equipment?

Enjoyed another awesome video learning and being blown away of the work that you do it's so interesting

Wish I had that in my barbeque island along side of my Beverage Air UCR 34. Party time!!

Dinner... yum! Ignorance is truly bliss when you go to a restaurant ...

Can you take a picture of the parts before you install them and show how to troubleshoot the part. Thank great videos.

Nice video, but two things. Or three. First, glad they're replacing it soon. Second, the liquid line solenoids seem to work. So no need to recover the entire charge. Just turn off the temp control, and let the compressor pump down. Third, you could probably get away with leaving that existing Sporlan drier alone. You can usually unplug the condensing unit, and plug it into an extension cord to pump down the last 5-10 psi of low side pressure. Change the powerhead. Pull a quick vac on the low side. You're not leaving the system open long enough to get much moisture in the system. I fixed an identical problem on a Randell 3 door reach in pizza prep table with two mulltion evaps like that on the bottom, and a separate rail on top. The right hand TXV was slammed shut just like this one. I moved the temp control over to the left evap, and replaced it with a new temp control. I ended up replacing the entire TXV, since the OEM one was out of stock. Put together a small Q body Sporlan valve with a 404 powerhead, and cartridge. This was a couple years ago, and never changed the filter drier. The only reason I did pull the entire charge, was I was not sure if the system was low on refrigerant (it wasn't), and the receiver is very small, and the correct charge is still important, the receiver is only barely big enough to hold the 24 ounces charge. Anyway for a quick fix for a unit that's not going to be around long I would have just pumped it down, swap the power head as quickly as possible, and fire it back up.

Great Video. Thank you for sharing

Another interesting fix. I would also like to see you produce a video of a trainer that shows how the proper way to solder copper. I would really like to see that.

I'm sorry, I would have more than likely refused to work on that until they cleaned it. I'm not risking getting sick from that.

Hope you had your shots before working in that cooler

I'd imagine the new unit is going to have EXVs, ECM fans and thin wall coils which will develop pinhole leaks in no time...and R448A which can be a pain to work with from what I understand.

Yummy... looks like the health inspector got paid well

Hi Chris happy Thursday!

HVACR is awesome.

Why not just pump it down via the solenoid valve and change the powerhead on the fly so no evacuation is needed since the unit is to be replaced?

Great video....thanks for sharing it with us

Soups on

No health departments in California? That is appalling in restaurants challenging previously ice machines with supply tubes brushed out...

Does California state have a restaurant inspectors? After i start watching this channel i stopped going out.

We've got a 4-drawer Delfield sandwich prep station unit that's "only" 20ish years old. Half of the hardware is missing, and has been for at least a decade. Drawer seals are half-shot. Power cord has been severed and electrical-taped together almost two years ago, and almost two years we've been waiting for a safe line cord to be installed... BUT that sandwich station is AMAZING at keeping temp. (Even when my coworkers leave the top open all the time - I swear, they're trying to give me an ulcer! How hard is it to flip the lids closed when you walk away from it? If the 45-year-old with back and neck issues can do it every time, why can't the 20-somethings?) Yes, it's dang near impossible to properly clean it, obviously the engineers have never worked in Food Service! I always walk away with a sliced-up finger or three after cleaning it, and that's through a vinyl glove and disposable cleaning rag. (And yes, I thoroughly bleach the heck out of things that cut me open, I'm anal-retentive when it comes to food safety. A co-worker once got up in my face because I reported him for preparing food without gloves on. And I threw that food out, cleaned the work station, and remade the food properly. If there are ANY food-related illnesses, it WON'T HAPPEN ON MY WATCH!) Oh, and for those of you following my saga, we're at 16 months without a working exhaust hood, and still waiting for the walk-in fridge door seal we needed last summer when the compressor finally threw in the towel. My Baxter Mini Rack oven is now cooking at 116-125°F below its setpoint. I can successfully bake gorgeous magazine-cover-worthy golden-brown croissants & muffins with raw centers. It's been five months since the repair in Dec. 2021 failed, it's getting progressively worse just like it did last time when it totally failed, and nobody cares but me. **shrugs** Even on the opening shift it takes three times longer to bake bagels, and they're USUALLY fully-cooked. It's so dang annoying to work for a franchise that doesn't want to repair/maintain equipment. Equipment that was broken 11 years ago when I worked there last are STILL broken. A 240-volt frozen beverage machine trips the 30-Amp breaker when you plug it in with the power switch off. A 240-volt coffee brewer not working for over a year, when the Bunn tech was there fixing another brewer I inquired on the status, to date that bad brewer has never had a RO submitted - what could have been a warranty repair, had the RO been done promptly, is now an out-of-warranty repair. (Bravo! 👏) I'm VERY close to inquiring about the qualifications necessary to have Idiot With A Toolbelt's job. I can change a line cord, replace a bad GFCI, troubleshoot shorts, and thanks to this amazing RU-vid channel, I know I can fix the exhaust fan too. I'm reasonably certain the problem with my oven is either with the flame sensor, burner, or gas valve - it's basically a gas-fired heat exchanger in a box - when it acts up, it's always a quick light of the burner that goes out within two or three seconds... I already replace our water filters regularly because he can't be bothered. We have another guy who is contracted for auto-delivery of salt for our water softener, he was quite surprised when he visited Tuesday and discovered that two of us keep an eye on the salt levels, since nobody before us even knew what the "Big White Box Next To The Sink That Clean Dishes Always Fall Behind" actually did. I regularly brush the coils of all our mini-fridges, the sandwich station, the ovens, the walk-in coils (which stay pretty clean NOW because I taught everyone how to properly use the Big Red Buttons), I do so many things my coworkers feel is "beyond" a minimum-wage position. Well, excuuuuse me if I know how... inadequate?... our repair guy is, and how impossible it is to get him in the door to fix things, and how likely he is to blame his lack of regular maintenance on "Employee Abuse" so the repairs are billable beyond his contract, and I want to take measures to prevent all of this 🐮💩!

I wish I could work for you. I’ve always had half ass training

Yum that one is nice and dirty.. but that's why we wear gloves, long sleeves, and a hat lol

another fantastic video

It's just missing the puddle of chicken juices.

That restaurant is serving up straight up mold lol.

Do you nylog powerheads?

No nitrogen while brazing?

If it's that dirty in there wounder what the rest of the kitchen looks like, should be inspected

Charge when you have to clean it.

I kept reading the title as Defiled Six Drawer Cooler, and from the state of it with all that delicious chunks of goo, yes, it was defiled.

5th comment lets goooo, love your videos, new hvac technician n learning alot!

The coils look like "junk" ??? OMG - The whole thing looks horrible!!!! LOL - OMG - some of the units you work on - barf.......LOL Great video nonetheless!!!!

Why do you use oxygen on your torch to cool the joint?

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For the system like this with two solenoid valve. Do you need to put two solenoid valve magnet when pulling a vacuum? If not, how would you do it right?

And I just don’t get why they don’t clean the thing.

Did you ever get the new system installed at your house? Did I miss that video?

How often can you bend that capillary tube before it breaks? I think I would have wound it up first and than screw the powerhead in btw If I have learned something about gastronomy grade kitchens, than it is this: They are nasty and dirty and gross. Always. Period. I was in some Kitchens as an electrician over the time and I think they are clean for about 36 milliseconds after they are installed and then every little spot is just filthy. Especially if you have to use the words "under" "behind" or "inside" to describe what ever spot you have to work in

Mmmmmm that reacharound looks yummy 😋

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My flame never that big I wonder why?

are job is to fix the customer’s problem without commenting ir pointing finger most techs out there keep their van/truck so nasty and shit everywhere. its really hard to find good employees so. lets focus on refrigeration and leave the rest to the department of sanitation.

Even if you tell them to clean it, someone will forget and there you are with a frozen coil and petrified food everywhere

💪❄🇺🇸👍 nice work

WHAT IS A GOOD THERMOMETER TO USE FOR MEASURING TEMPERATURE OF REACH IN COOLERS/EVAPORATORS?

First, This thing was a sticky booger...

i love watching your video's but every time i see the drawer video i get grossed out my god yuck dosen't ever cover it

Holy Shit!!! if i was still working in this industry i would be firing people. That is not ok.

Yum

What adjustable wrench do you use that is thin enough to fit between the power head and the body?

Good God. Haul the whole thing outside and pressure wash it. Nah. Fergit that. Just throw it away and replace it with new.

"Defiled Delfield"

I'm curious if you ever call the health inspectors when you see shit like this? I would be shocked if this place hasn't made people sick

i need help, im tryng to understund why the other coil freeze, but im not understunding, so we have a bad txv head, the liquid is flowing to the right evaporator and is not being vaporized correctly resulting in a floadback, then we have the left one, that one is fine but why it freeze up? its tryng to absorb too much heat? why the txv cant mantain correct superheat?

This thing looks like birds lived in there what the hell

80s porn music and soldering. My fav 😊

Why does that cooler look like a pigeon shit inside it

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My question to you Chris do you get the power head by it self or you took from a txv

deferred cleaning schedule, like never...

I feel like this requires respirator cuz jesus christ that residue might bring him back to life.

I would not eat there with food able to get contaminated NASTY

I was watching from last year ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-M3zMNF-YcOU.html you seemed to be saying that when utility voltage decreases you expected higher current, is that because of inductance or something? As I understood V=IR, in purely resistive circuits as the voltage drops the current drops proportional to resistance. You also said the resistance at the contactor could cause higher current, but using the same formula as resistance rises the current at the disconnect should drop or inversely proportional to voltage. If both happen the effects should be added or multiplied. Taking a second look, if voltage raised from what you measured(200) to 220 then there would be %10 more current. Do you size fuses and other parts for the expected 220v, I.E. add the %10 to the measured current at a site with low V like that one? I hear you talk about what a motor is designed to run at all the time, but it's an interesting point that if the quality of utility is poor and later restored those current measurements are wrong.

I can literally smell the rotting food from here!! 🤮

How mutch did it cost for the customer?

For the system like this with two solenoid valve. Do you need to put two solenoid valve magnet when pulling a vacuum? If not, how would you do it right?

For the system like this with two solenoid valve. Do you need to put two solenoid valve magnet when pulling a vacuum? If not, how would you do it right?