Short #76 - The Freon Sniffer (A True Story)

HVAC School - For Techs, By Techs

Bryan Orr

Education, Business, Self-improvement, Careers

4.9 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2019

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

In this true story from Bryan's teen years, you learn about the "Freon Sniffer:" what inspired him to become an HVAC/R technician (maybe).

When Bryan was working with his uncle at age 14, he was an electrical apprentice who worked in grocery stores. He installed "pink lights," which were lights that hung on aircraft cable over produce displays. (The aircraft cable came from Bryan's grandfather's aircraft junkyard.)

The pink lights were difficult to install, and many people were unwilling to do the installation. However, Bryan and his family were willing to install that difficult equipment. Bryan primarily assembled the lights and didn't do any particularly dangerous work. Bryan and his family traveled around the state, staying at hotels and working at grocery stores across the state.

In a remote Florida town, Bryan's uncle and a coworker discussed something about checking a "Freon sniffer." They promised to show Bryan what that was. All they said was that "Freon sniffers" just existed to check for refrigerant leaks in the refrigeration piping.

What really was it? They tricked Bryan into pressing down the disconnect fitting for the produce sprayer, which sprayed Bryan's face. It was all just an elaborate prank to humiliate him!

If nothing else, the situation inspired Bryan to learn more about HVAC/R equipment. Maybe in the future, he wouldn't have the wool pulled over his eyes.

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0:00.0	Testing one to test test. Oh hey there you are. Thanks for listening to the
0:09.3	H.C. School podcast that didn't come off his stage did it. Anyway, today's episode is a very
0:15.0	different short episode. This is a true story. A true apprentice story. I don't
0:20.9	know if it's technically an apprentice or not
0:23.1	I'm always kind of confused about what qualifies something as an apprentice or not
0:26.4	an apprentice I'm sure many of you have an opinion on that but before we get
0:29.6	into that I'm gonna thank our sponsors and our sponsors are carrier and carrier.com.
0:34.9	Carrier is the equipment we sell at Kailos and they've partnered with us for
0:39.3	I don't know it's a good three years now on HVAC school and I appreciate them for doing that.
0:43.4	Carrier and Carrier.com. Refrigeration Technologies at refriggedec.com.
0:47.3	Refrigeration Technologies is a great company. They're very active on social media.
0:51.8	If you haven't followed them yet on Facebook and Instagram, I suggest that you do that.
0:55.0	They put some great stuff out there.
0:57.0	They're really funny guys, both John and Mike Pastorello.
1:00.0	They have a great sense of humor.
1:01.0	They're really enjoyable to interact with.
1:02.0	They're one of the few
1:03.2	sponsors who actually appreciates Bert and his antics, so I appreciate that. But aside from
1:08.3	that, they also make really great products. They're just very authentic people and
1:10.9	they work hard to make some of the best chemicals in the
1:13.6	HVAC market. Nylog, Big Blue, leak detector, soap bubbles. Viper
1:19.3	Cleaners, the Viper Aerosol can is an amazing product. I mean it's a product you're just going to want to have on your van for so many different cleaning applications
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