problems with split system install

[davo_scuba]

Got the bloke back and discussed what course of action should be taken, in the end he found the leak (flare connection to the head unit not to happy as all this could have been sorted when he installed the unit). any way got him to purge and test with nitrogen, vac out and refill. i believe there was still some gas in the unit though which was not changed, but i will live with that as long as there are no leaks.Thank you all for your reponses and the link to stuff which he had sprayed in.reading the information for the stuff, it says that it should not cause too many problems.btw the bloke went up the Airle Beach to install a load of units up there last week so that should be fun for him, said he will pop in and check that all is going ok on his return.

[davo_scuba]

Gents,More trouble, the Electrical Contractor who installed the units got energex to upgrade the mains to the house, when they came round and did the up grade and switch the power back on the wires blew out the trip switch for the a/c unit. the energex bloke was going to cut us off saying we need to get the contractor back to fix this up and check all the wires as he had not done a simple tug test, but after see that we little fellas had a change of heart and checked it all and made SAFE, he was livid. what really annoys me is that anyone with half a brain and a bit of mechianal / electrical knowlege can wire up electrical items to the same quality as most sparkys, yet they all think that there s**t does not stink. phoned up the contractor and got "well that's unfortunate" too bloody right it is, if the house had gone up with the wife and kids.Thing is this bloke was not young and had been in the game for along time and charged like it as well.(which is a double whammy for us) to all the licenced electrical contractors of the brisbane area, I am looking to create a long trem reletionship with a trustworthy, honest, reliable, Electrician who can actually do a good job without cutting corners and can quote correctly. is there anyone around south brisbane (springwood) that fits this bill. pease email or send private message if you are shy.

[Smurf]

Best advice I can give for finding a good electrician is to avoid the very large contractors with lots of employees. They tend to be the "employer of last resort" where there's always a job available. High staff turnover, crap working conditions and nobody gives a damn as a result.

I know of one such contractor that literally requires their employees to phone the office to get permission to go to the toilet and where everything is timed with military-style precision. Obviously nobody working there is going to give a damn about anything other than getting paid with conditions like that.

I'd better be careful here and won't mention any names. But I'll just say "Myer Hobart" and leave it at that as far as the huge contractors are concerned. Google those two words if you don't know what happened to the store last year.

How to find a good one is harder. Anyone who has worked on traffic signals, aircraft, hazardous industrial process control etc would be pretty familiar with the concept of even minor mistakes not being tolerated since in that case it's absolutely a life and death issue with no second chance. Trouble is there aren't many such people about doing house wiring unless they were downsized etc back in the 1990's.

Other than that it's hit and miss.

[Jack E]

what really annoys me is that anyone with half a brain and a bit of mechianal / electrical knowlege can wire up electrical items to the same quality as most sparkys, yet they all think that there s**t does not stink..

Nice call, don't ask any Sparky's on here for any more advice if that is the way you think.

to all the licenced electrical contractors of the brisbane area, I am looking to create a long trem reletionship with a trustworthy, honest, reliable, Electrician who can actually do a good job without cutting corners and can quote correctly. is there anyone around south brisbane (springwood) that fits this bill. pease email or send private message if you are shy.

Good luck with that given your comment above, it certainly won't be me and I won't be recommending anyone either

If you have half a brain you won't need a Sparky anyway apparently.

Jack

[davo_scuba]

the point that i was trying to make without being to agravated was the fact that the contractor that i had paid good money for did not do a correct job, we nearly lost power for a unspecified length of time, when i tryed to talk to him about it all i got was a lip service. I feel that this just was not good enough for a late 40's tradesman, who's been in the game for a fair while (what i would have liked to have happened was him to come round quick smart and just check all his connections and see what the problem was).With regards to getting information off this site for electrical / technical i think most people gave up a few years ago!!! it's just not worth the barrage of emails. (even if it's only to get a idea of what you are paying for / what is actually being done / how it's done etc etc.Jack E thanks for not recommending anyone i feel that the travel allowance would probably be more than the jobs worth.sorry if I sound like i got on a soap box but with two very young kids I want everything protected and safe not only for them but for me aswell, thanks for your comments, your point of view has been taken.