5 Reasons My Air Conditioner Needs Locking Safety Caps
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- Here are my top 5 Reasons My Air Conditioner Needs Locking Safety Caps. Locking caps on air conditioners are important for safety reasons. Locking safety caps can prevent ac theft and huffing freon. For more information on why My Air Conditioner Needs Locking Safety Caps watch this video
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The "real" reason why guys like this want you to have locking caps is so you have to call them to service the unit. Don't go along! It's your equipment and you have a right to know what is installed on your unit. Many of these guys install them without your knowledge....totally deceptive! Stay away from any company that does this.
Locking Safety Caps are a total scam.
These locking caps are the most ridiculous waste of metal. I would have to disagree on putting them on. Torque down a normal brass cap. What’s next motor oil locking caps because we are afraid the kids will drink motor oil. I Live in Phoenix Az and all these new build houses they can’t even get duct work right.... but they do put these locking caps on lol.
You make good videos but I will have to disagree using these
I just got charged just over $100 for 2 locking caps. Seems crazy and I'm feeling like I got totally ripped off
yea seems like electrifying your unit from underneath with 240v ac would have been cheaper and definitely more useful, because tap valves, are readily available and anyone can use them, now your locking caps are useless. your welcome. btw, those tap valves literally cost 1/10 usually of what you paid for those caps.
Definitely not required in Al, Ga, Fl or Ms. Already asked several inspectors in the listed states.
Yeah. Definitely a money grab for California...
And they regulating the hell out of us!
Video is good. Cap requirements are stupid.
Lol! I agree
Top reason. $$$$$ To rip people off.
Thank you. Sears installed my system in 2014. I no longer use Sears for proving service and repair. The lock system they used is not used by other technicians and obtaining the proper key to unlock the service site is a headache.
You don’t need the key.
If a drug users wants to huff refrigerant, they could easily drill hole or just pop a hole in the line. Also, locking cap tools are sold for $15 on Amazon. Additionally, there are videos showing how to use use a sheet metal screw to remove these caps WITHOUT damaging them. Techs are charging $190 for a set of 2 caps which again, cost $15-26 on Amazon. Personally, I disagree that this is effective or needed. Feel free to come to your own conclusions and disagree though.
All I heard was caps are a scam, fit your own for very little $ if you want but not from the AC fitter.
I’m sold!
Why don't manufacturers install them from the factory? Oh instead just screw the customers and add more cost to the installation or service.
I could care less about locking caps except liability. I say let them huff.
I bet you are one of those ppl who steal tire caps
I put them on my jugs in my van, peace of mind.
Hey thats a good point!
So chlorine in Freon is bad for the atmosphere...what about the chlorine people dump in pools...
Very good point 👌
Because its gimmick so Dupont can sell you new refrigerants when their patent expires
expired patents and lack of pocket padding 101......
Been askin this myself for several years Marketing wankateering scare tactics at its best
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What kindnof hack operation are you running that you think that's a good point?
I think there is just one good reason to have locking caps and that is prevention of mischief or malicious tampering. The homeowner might feel that is something to worry about, and if you have kids around then yes it is. Kids will mess with stuff, and they don't have to be motivated by wanting to inhale it for a high to mess with the valve and let refrigerant out. I've seen it happen. I don't agree that un-elected bureaucrats imposing it as law is a good reason to have them, and service techs charging customers huge markups to install them on every system on the pretext of being required by law is just typical racketeering.
Then at the end of the video he preaches about a roof mounted system not being safe from motivated thieves, and cites a case where a rooftop system is stripped of its copper by a thief who chopped it out with cutting tools, with witnesses saying they heard the refrigerant violently escape, and then shows other videos of thieves making off with entire condensing units. What will locking caps do to help prevent this situation? Nothing. The thieves have no concern for the service port valves, they just chop the copper lines with cutting tools in a hurry. Why is this guy pivoting to the topic of thieves with cutting tools chopping the lines with no concern for refrigerant loss in a video about locking caps? In the description text of the video it says: "Locking safety caps can prevent ac theft ..." No they don't, and the video even shows clear evidence that locking caps don't prevent ac theft. In order to prevent theft of the entire system the homeowner will have to build a steel burglar bar cage around the entire condensing unit. And if the cage is well made so that hands cannot reach thru the bars to the service ports, then locking caps will be totally unnecessary in that case.
I'm getting water at the bottom of our basement wall. Directly under where the drain line goes out. Any idea?
If the real reason for the safety cups is to protect Kids and unauthorized access to the service ports why do we have different keys for different refrigerants? We have to buy one removal tool for R-22 and a different one for R-410A. Sounds someone is trying to make money out of me.
just seems alot cheaper and more effective to electrify the unit...
Really informative thank you fox family.
Phoenix az r22 is DEFINITELY 100$ a pound that's the cheapest
So why don’t condensers come with locking caps from Manufactor also why are they so expensive
I hate it when drug users pose as legit technicians with vans loaded full of equipment required for a quick recovery. Wish they'd at least pull a vacuum after draining all the systems!
Hilarious!
yea that would be nice.. pull vacuum and fill with nitrogen, and then vacuum again down to 250 microns... oh man, id be happy.. XD
That made me laugh, Thank You...
I've seen the work that druggies will go through to steal copper. I don't think those little caps will slow them down much!
Dont need any dam locks on them. People dont steal refrigerant they steel copper after they cut it
Good video, informative. Other than this being code, it seems like your fairly passionate about this subject. That's all well and good, but other than for liability and I am not sure who would be liable the homeowner or the HVAC company that services your ac system, wouldn't this be kind of like putting a lock on a chain link fence... Growing up I found supporting and protecting just the people you love to be an arduous task in itself. After a long life I have found that, regardless of how they got there, people make decisions based on the situation they are in, good or bad, and that lives may be lost, It's sad, shit happens and in the end life, goes on... Thank You for the information...
Solar new?
Pretty new yes!
Love the video man safety first. That’s a cool add on it looks nice on the logo. Question how do I get Financing for my company
@@corywade4702 go to Synchrony. They're the easiest to work with.
Are you sell the shirts and outer wear with your logo on them? If so you're helping thieves.
Tell me more please. I wouldn't want to be doing that.
@@foxfamilyheatingandaircond4696 By selling shirts guys offer services for a/c check get inside home with terrible intend. Homeowners thinking he works for your company.
I'm an AC Tech and I think it's just another marketing gimmick. You can get access valves very easy, it's just another way of making more money. Just like the automotive industry, locking you out fixing your own equipment. Phones that you buy that you cannot change the battery anymore, gluing your phone together. You think why didn't they think of this stuff in the past. We're in some different times.
Tell that to the mother of a child who has died from huffing...
We give these away for free with refrigerant filling and removal simply because it's code.
@@foxfamilyheatingandaircond4696 where was the parental supervision?
I know this video is old, but im going to point out that tap valves are readily available at any HVAC or Plumbing Supplier, They Clamp on and those caps you charge for to put on, are defeated... 350 dollars for 50 caps.. that's insane.. they are caps. It would be cheaper to electrify the unit so when they touch it, they get shocked and make those supply wires come from under the unit through the ground.. so they are harder to find and make it 240 Volts so it really messes them up... if you smell rotting from your roof or girlish scream, then you know you have successfully stopped refrigerant theft. Its probably comparable in cost, but will definitely make someone think twice, and is sure way to prevent the theft. You can even spend a little extra money and make it three phase 480.. it wont be girlish screams you hear tho.. I hate thieves.. and i really hate drug addicts.. at least those that steal to get their fix.
Zzzzzz zzzzz straight to the point
I find my neighbor getting high in my backyard with my R-22 system
Wow! That is sooooo dangerous!
R22 is "the very best" refrigerate..
Bring back r22.
The whole world is a lie..
Oh man, more refrigerant = less kids 🤔 I’m removing every locking cap I see
I think this is stupid, although I did not know that it was code is all 50 states. Certainly none in SC uses locking caps on a regular basis
Once again, tell that to the mother of a child who has died from huffing...it's sad you don't give a hoot about people bro 🙁. I get it though, not your problem right?
@@foxfamilyheatingandaircond4696, natural selection needs to run its course.... why was the parent/s not watching them or teach them any better?
maybe because they're too busy doping or whoring about? yeah I went there
scam
Talk too much, man
I've been told that more than once 😂😂
Stupid ads... just for money