Derek ColeGM, Simmons One Hour Heating & Air · AI HVAC Answers

Inside The Comfort Experts | 13

29 Apr 2016 · 0 min

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In this episode of the Inside The Comfort Experts podcast, host Derek Cole discusses common misconceptions about HVAC refrigerant maintenance, emphasizing that a properly sealed, closed‑system does not require annual refrigerant top‑ups unless there is a leak. He uses a body‑blood analogy to illustrate why adding refrigerant is a Band‑Aid solution rather than fixing the underlying issue. The conversation then shifts to practical field experiences, including concerns about ladder safety and the challenges of digging holes for equipment placement, illustrated through a story about a colleague named Jacob and the use of hole diggers versus an auger. Overall, the episode blends technical HVAC insights with on‑site safety anecdotes.

A stomachache and just— it was terrible.
They thought it was pretty funny, but Hey, on this episode we talk about airflow and your— my unit is freezing. Let's do that again. People think, you know, I need refrigerant every single year. I need a couple pounds, 1 pound here and there. No, it's not the same because you have a closed system. It's like your body, you know, you shouldn't need more blood, right? Yeah, once a year, yeah, I need to refill on blood, you know. It's not that way unless you're having a leak. So instead of putting a Band-Aid on it, giving you more blood, more refrigerant, we need to fix that leak so you don't have that problem.
It's kind of scary now when you hold the bottom because you don't know whether the ladder's gonna make it or not. Got a lot of men to follow you. What Jacob said, he said, I wish I'd have been standing there He said, "So he can fell on me." I said, "Jacob, you'll be hurting bad." We was out there with hole diggers. I forgot to tell y'all, I'm gonna come out and tell y'all, I got, uh, so here I was supposed to give you an auger, but I dug two holes with the hole diggers.