The Viking
01-04-2008, 03:21 AM
Wow,
I just came back from a callout in London.
Original call was that the A/C in the Tech office didn't work (this is in the building that watches most of the CCTV cameras in northern London).
Arrived at site and the indoor unit was completely dead, when I went up to the roof to have a look I almost fell off it!
I just couldn't believe my eyes:eek:
Where the outdoor unit should have been, there were only wrangled bits of metal! It looked like a 40 tonne truck had gone straight over it at 70mph:eek::eek:
I eventually found part of the compressor embedded in the chiller's condensor.
This is on a RZQ/FHQ100B system we installed after Christmas.
The proverbial will really hit the fan tomorrow, as this is on a council building I don't even want to think about all the H&S red tape we will have to deal with.
Have anybody had this happened to them in the past, or got any ideas as to what could have happened???
I can't see a reason for the pressure to build up enough to blow the compressor apart:confused:, surely the copper tubes must be weaker??
The pictures I took is to large to be attached here but click HERE (http://www.the-viking.eu/photos/id77.html) for some really scary pictures of it.
I guess it was lucky that nobody were on the roof when it blew!
I just came back from a callout in London.
Original call was that the A/C in the Tech office didn't work (this is in the building that watches most of the CCTV cameras in northern London).
Arrived at site and the indoor unit was completely dead, when I went up to the roof to have a look I almost fell off it!
I just couldn't believe my eyes:eek:
Where the outdoor unit should have been, there were only wrangled bits of metal! It looked like a 40 tonne truck had gone straight over it at 70mph:eek::eek:
I eventually found part of the compressor embedded in the chiller's condensor.
This is on a RZQ/FHQ100B system we installed after Christmas.
The proverbial will really hit the fan tomorrow, as this is on a council building I don't even want to think about all the H&S red tape we will have to deal with.
Have anybody had this happened to them in the past, or got any ideas as to what could have happened???
I can't see a reason for the pressure to build up enough to blow the compressor apart:confused:, surely the copper tubes must be weaker??
The pictures I took is to large to be attached here but click HERE (http://www.the-viking.eu/photos/id77.html) for some really scary pictures of it.
I guess it was lucky that nobody were on the roof when it blew!