7.21.2022

Mom and I went shopping this morning - but Jim was very busy working on the air conditioning system.

He first had to torque all the connections - that was an issue because he couldn't get his tools in proper position to get the correct torque.  He had to take things apart in order to get them done.

Before lunch, Jim met up with a guy for a Craigslist tool sale - he always meets at a public place so it's safe.  Nice to get things out of here that we don't need!

This afternoon, he started working on the pressure testing.  He has special solution to test for leaks at the braised connections as well as to the compressor and those were all good.  He hooked up the meter and ran the first test (obviously I'm making all that sound easy when it was anything but!).  He did our line first and kept it under pressure for at least 20 minutes and it held - yay!

When he tested the line for Mom's room, it didn't hold.  Very depressing - all of the braised connections were good on that line as well so he thought it must be something in the split unit on the wall.  But then he took it off and redid all the connection and found a valve stem (similar to on tires) that he worked around and then the pressure was dead on - whew!

Another long, stressful day working on all this but I'm SO incredibly proud of Jim for all the work he has put into this.  This was all brand new territory for him and he feels under pressure to get it working which makes it even more stressful.  He's my hero!  

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