Had a big fight with my boss over how to handle a tricky fridge job last week

We got a call for a high end fridge in a downtown condo, not cooling right. I found a slow leak in the evaporator coil, a real pain to get to. My boss wanted me to just patch it with epoxy and recharge it, said it would save the customer a grand on a new coil. But three years ago, I patched a similar leak in a unit out in the suburbs and it failed again in six months. I argued we should replace the whole coil, even though it's a longer job. He said I was wasting time and the customer wouldn't pay. We ended up doing the patch, but I'm not happy about it. What do you guys do when you find a small leak in a sealed system? Do you always replace the part, or try a fix first?

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anna_fox74d ago

Honestly, that bit about the patch failing in six months hits home. My buddy had the same thing happen with a freezer leak he tried to seal, and it just blew again right after the warranty was up. Tbh, I don't think those quick fixes are worth the call back.

emmaj334d ago

My cousin's fridge line got a temporary patch from a repair guy. It held for maybe eight months before it split open again, flooded her kitchen floor. She ended up paying way more for the full pipe replacement she should have gotten the first time.