Two Funnies

Patrick Powers

FIRST CALL 9:00 A.M.

Here is how Tuesday began. I go to my office get the oil trucks on the road. The first service call rolls in (I am sure you heard this before, but it still amazes me) a customers steam boiler was out on lwco so he knew that he had to flip a switch on because he saw his father do it before for him. So he flips the switch on and goes outside and starts his car before work. He comes back in to the basement a while later to check and make sure the boiler is still running. Guess what the switch that he "flipped" was the 1/2" ball valve that fed his steam boiler there was water pouring into the basement. Oh! by the way his apartment was on the second floor. Needless to say luckily the apartment on the first floor was vacant. Good thing because it was coming through the ceilings. So I responded drained alot of water and gave him a lesson on steam. DO NOT TAKE YOUR HAND OFF THE VALVE

LAST CALL OF THE DAY 9:00 P.M.

Great customer had no heat said they were out of oil and the tank was empty. We'll be right over. Grabbed the oil truck and was there in no time at all. Took a whopping 170 gallons in a 275 tank. I went in to see what was wrong. Boiler was not out on reset, but temp was real low, no zones were calling though so I jumped the control and boiler fired. Hmmmm. Happened to notice a hose coming from the botttom boiler drain going outside. I left a note that they were not out of oil and to call me. 11:00 P.M. they returned my call saying they had to be out of oil because the temp in the house was or so degrees colder than what the t-stat was set at. About 10 or 15 minutes after explaining that they were not out oil, I happened to asked them about the hose. Apparently, they wanted to fill their outside jacuzzi with hot water so they figured the boiler drain would work just fine.

GREAT START AND FINISH TO A WINTER DAY

Paul Mitchell

Good ones

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Frank_15

icemaker

I went into a house once and found an icemaker tied into a heat line.

Jeff_18

I worked in a bulding that had a zone with air in this particular zone,all the time. I traced it out only to find
that maintance staff hooked up a sink, tying the hot water into this zone.

Jeff

bigugh_4

No wonder \"Dan says\"

"Go in with only a flashlight and look and understand before anything else". "Even leave all past past comments or ideas heard or implied outside!" See for yourself "what the story is" This is perhaps the best advice any new or old tech can possibly do or renew. Saves mistakes, time, and $$$. like prejudice anywhere, can be vary embarassing! (prejudgeing = prejudice).

Mark Wolff

Ditto

I did too, the owner changed the ice maker filter, and finally bought a new fridge because he had green stuff in his ice. Went into crawlspace and the icemaker tap was on the baseboard heat line. Do it yourself at its finest!