Veto, Navac, Inficon, and Fieldpiece! All Out With New Stuff! #hvac #hvaclife #hvacguy

Hey guys, in today's video I'm actually going to show you the rest of my AHR videos. I stopped by Veto, Inficon, Fieldpiece, Navac. I think that's it. I stopped by their booths and I get them to display and talk about some of their products. I think you'll like it. It's all very interesting. The Vito booth was actually very large. I kind of just showed you an overview of what they had there, I hope you enjoy, stay tuned guys, these are the Fieldpiece leak detectors y'all seen me use the DR58 and DR82, this is a new one, the DRX3. What's your name? Garrett. Garrett is here with me Garrett, and he was explaining to me that this also detects um combustible gases, the A3, yes A3 so your R290, R600, 600a, propane, butane, isobutane methane natural gases for heating combustion applications and it's Bluetooth so we can sync it with the app, yes, the Fieldpiece Job Link go in here, you'll show on your Job Link the same type of readings that you see on the display on your unit as well as be able to log your leak detection log data and update in case there are other refrigerants coming out so that's pretty cool and you said this has a heated diode yes, it's a heated diode, that's um pretty good, we might have to give that a try, thanks for showing it to me, pleasure, thanks. All right guys, there's so much at the Veto booth that um I'm just gonna have to do a little bit of a walk around to show you, so here we go, that's the Blackout NV5B, I just saw the infrared one over there. I've had one of these that's kind of big. I like this, this is a version of what I use. I like the colors on it. yeah that's nice Let's see if it's large, extra large. Thank you. What's up, man? I'm Curtis. These are the infrared ones? Yeah. There's an MB-5B. This is the one I was most interested in. yeah i'm really glad i'm laying on it right now i should know it uh yeah once you're i can't i can't that's crazy this is this is curtis you know curtis this is american oh yeah nice to meet you man i'll watch some of your videos yeah i like this one too like that singles trap I know I know I hope y'all enjoyed that this will be a lot more to come tell me about your recovery machines depending on your scope of work I'll start that this is more industrial commercial cylinder commercial stuff potential is this new yes this will last year but it is new to to certain stores certain markets so this is brand new five ton mini splits any of any of that stuff then we have a step up which should be the commercial in the middle of these two this would be it's fully digital do you get cfm ratings on these no no for from pumps recovery units is that cfm it's more the the rate of recovery for that that varies with refrigerants okay and this is just one where we can see on there where you can see the guts inside of it so focus on the size of the coil with that size of the coil you get more refrigerant flowing through it and it cools down even faster so realistically speaking you don't have to carry water water all right so what's the price point on these price point you'd have to go to your local distributor there so they would they would price it out so you're not going to give me an idea i can give you an idea but always your discount would be Yeah, and if you have third ones, what are you going to do eventually? Your pin holes, it's going to leak from the inside out so it's going to create a little roundabout. Do you know if y'all have anything in the building for a battery powered recovery machine? There probably is, but I don't see it until I see it. That's the truth. Okay. Over time, over panels. There's two CFM's. Tiny. Is this new, the 6 CFM? That's exactly right. 6 CFM. That's our brand new one. So is it out now? It'll be out shipping March 31st. March 31st. And how much did it cost? Yo, can't tell you all that. Can't tell you all that. Am I going to have to Google it? You can't tell me. Yeah, I can't tell you the price on it yet because even wholesalers don't even have them yet. What's that? It's going to be a little bit higher than 400 here, man, what's that? That thing is new this year and we're selling it with an adapter. So with that adapter, this is a DeWALT adapter. So you can buy these blocks, the 2, 4, and the 6, with no battery. This will be shipped with it. It's a DeWALT battery adapter. What about something like Milwaukee or Makita? You can do those too? Go somewhere else to buy that. this one for the walker amazon other places as the Milwaukee adapter okay okay but it'll work it'll work still get them yep now of course we don't recommend them because our batteries are engineered for our products here uh-huh the reason we say that is because this is kind of like an inverter right it ramps up as it goes most of your other batteries from other companies it's like an on and off switch does it communicate does your battery communicate with your pump not these oh yes this one right here does yeah i'm sorry i thought you're talking about like the app itself it will so the battery itself will let you talk to it let me know when it's dying kind of ramp it down unlike the other ones it's gonna run with the adapter on it it's just gonna yeah you lose that capability i understand yeah but 60 fm is nice i think the biggest so far is five five we're gonna do a one up gotta go to six you know how that game's played man i didn't realize this one was so small very lightweight so that's two four and six right we're like even numbers sometimes but we made a five in this all right when you coming out with battery-powered recovery machine we know somebody has one we're not ready for that yet because well the draw it has right yeah somebody has one but um run time on it is very limited so it's the first step in what may be a good product i'm not sure it is now yeah it's i think it's gonna be a while for that to come out i mean think about it With a 20-something pound drive with no battery. With batteries on it, you're not that three or four of them. It's going to add up. So are you still trying to carry this thing up the damn roof? So it's going to have its place. I agree. I think we're eventually going to get there. Probably will. I mean, it's like everything else with batteries. It's going to happen. Whoever thought we were going to have a battery-operated pump eight years ago? I know. I'm not going to buy another corded pump. I'm just not going to do it. It's so convenient when you're on those jobs and you can't find an outlet for it. And then you can also buy the corded adapter cord, right? So if you're in that situation where it's like, man, I remember the right cord here, and your batteries are all dead, you've still got the ability to do that with the corded adapter. Do you all sell a corded adapter for it? That is separate, yes. The corded adapter will fit all of these. That's cool. It gives you the ability on that. That's cool, thanks for going over them with me. Yeah, no worries. Thank you. Have you seen the other pump? It says you can get them like on Amazon. No, so that pump is the test, it has an oil test method on it. Yeah, that's cool. Yeah, the oil test method. You still got a hook and micron gauge to it, right? So what you do is hook a micron gauge to it and it has an oil test feature. So you hit the button, it's got a bigger screen on it, the oil test feature, and now it gives you the ability say hey i want you to run this test for me 100 microns in one minute or 250 whatever you choose if it doesn't get down to that it's going to give you a pass or fail if you fail that means there's something going on with your oil there's no more looking at the oil or the oil in the pump it's going to be the oil in the pump that's correct so we added that to it it's also bluetooth capable so is the micron gauges bluetooth capable too okay at least i want to go look at that not going to be 500 psi rated correct pressure yeah so if you put pressure on it it's not going to ruin it it's not going to ruin it nope what about getting oil on the sensor i mean you still want to maintain clean and just get a little bit of rubbing alcohol oil shake it and do your standard cleaning i tested it okay i go through these quickly this this one or no in general in general i go through those i've had bad luck with them same i keep having to clean them even though i keep i don't put pressure on them i keep having to clean them and then eventually they get where they're just wonky or they won't read right but this one you're cleaning i can put pressure on it and it will still be okay well if you if you mean saying you can be clean then yeah it'll still be okay i've i've had zero failures uh with the micron gauge and i have 15 states and in all of Canada, not a zero warranty. Now that doesn't mean that things can't happen, right? But overall, I basically had the same issue that you were kind of mentioning in terms of you'll accidentally blow enough positive pressure up and get it destroyed. My mistake. It happens, right? I did it, I did it as well. That's why we modified this micro gauge not to have any batteries, it uses a USB-C port, so it's more robust of a tool. and we just needed a higher pressurization rating on it because that's what kept happening to me personally. Does it have any kind of filter to keep the oil from touching the sensor? Like the threading? No, I'm talking about on the inside. No, it doesn't have any threading in there. So it can still get dirty? It can still get dirty, yeah, inherently, yeah. Bluetooth connects to the app, so very universal tool. But it's also the size of it because it was always an issue of finding where I could fit it, depending on the things on the back of the wall. And I've tried to get prices from some of the other guys, but what's the price on these? It depends on the wholesaler. Where are you based out of? Oh, Atlanta. Georgia. Georgia. Sorry, not Atlanta. Leesburg. It depends on the wholesaler. We're a manufacturer, so we don't really have... I know it ranges around $200. So that's what I do in terms of levels, so it's nice to do that. I might try it. I've had bad luck with almost everybody. No, give it a try. I've had nothing but good luck with it. Because I used to do a lot of trainings, evacuation classes, and I was the biggest culprit in destroying my microgages. And I'm like, okay, this is insane because we're too new of a company and we're still only eight years young. So it was like, yeah, we're too young to be having failures. So I love the idea that the company is actually creating tools to reduce potential warranties. Yes. All right. Thank you for showing me. Hey, thank you. Yeah. And even check out our... Fiber-filled plastic here, so it's a stronger plastic. We also made the buttons better. So... Made them better. Are they harder to push? Good, good. Check them out. Oh, I see. So they press a lot nicer, a lot easier, both sides. The battery door is brand new. spring-loaded battery door so you just pull it and open it up it's not going to fall off on me shouldn't fall off on you check it out and we're also this one doesn't have it but we're updating to USB-C as well just grab it with your finger and then pop it up with your other finger there you go so are these the same sensors that were in the previous detail same sensor yeah sensor didn't change battery didn't change mostly plastics but then that USB-C upgrade is the price price no no well it has a better feel to it yeah it's a sturdier plastic so the fiberfill it's the overall body on it seems to be like a little bit fatter almost it is slightly it is slightly we had to so you'll notice that the the overmold the blue part is flush with the with the hard plastic that's a that was a manufacturing change it just to uh to make it a little bit uh more durable and so uh that's why the whole body grew just a little bit to uh because the plastic had to fill out to match the level of the glue i see now explain to me because my viewers may want to know they see me showing this what's the warranty on something like this two years over the counter so if you have any problems with it for two two years take it back where you bought it and they'll give you a brand new one over the counter okay and um are you gonna tell me price uh i can't give you an exact price because that depends on the distributor you're not a wholesaler we're not yet you have to it depends on where you're buying it from and what discount you get there okay but yeah this is gonna be a nice update this will uh this will be available um probably i think i think we're looking at q3 this year so uh late summer okay and i noticed with one of the last ones i had i took it to the counter it was a sensor they pulled the sensor out of one off the shelf i mean it's like they called y'all and y'all gave them permission they pulled one off the shelf put it in there for me and it worked and they just ordered a new sensor for the one that was on the shelf yep whatever that's nice service yeah we want to make sure you're happy so if you get a you get a product that's not working you got to contact us and we'll make sure we'll make it right all right because i think my viewers want to see what you got yeah so this is the new G-Tech Pro so this is about this is five grams per year are you familiar Are you familiar with the Stratus? I am. So I want you to use the Stratus, there's a couple of leaks here, so if you've used the Stratus you know how good of a tool it is, and this is not to knock the Stratus I just want to show you how small leaks we're actually talking about here. Eight parts per million? Right. Some of these are empty. Some of them are empty. That's the whole game. You've got to find which ones are leaking. I want you to tell me which ones are leaking with this tool, how you would use it. So that one is? I think we're coming up on a minute and a half. Well, it looks so far, these two. I want you to try it with this now. Tell me which ones are leaking. I want you to go fast. Go right over those holes. Put it on that hole. Go for it. Leaker. Just keep going. You don't have to pull it away. It doesn't recalibrate? That one's leaking a lot. Yeah. It'll clear to the background just with the fresh air. So you don't need to worry about the lingering time. It's got a thousand, over a thousand SEC on the flow. So it's ten times the air flow of the Stratus. the sensor is more advanced, well do you have to be right on top of it to pick up your leak no that's the whole point of this so this is only five grams per year and the point that i was trying to make is this pump is so much stronger than the stratus pump so when you're having issues with the stratus or you're having chasing a ghost leak and you need to find those really small leaks i don't need to be the whole point is to not have you have to be right on top of that leak because what's the chances you're going to be right on top of that leak? Slim to none, right? So let's just say this is the spot that I'm leaking in the foil. Yeah, if I'm right on top of it, it's great. I'm going to pick it up just like that. But how often am I just going to be about a quarter inch away, right? And that's going to make all of the difference in the world, especially, again, this is 5 grams per year. If this was a normal leak that you find in the field, you're going to start picking it up way up here. So the response time, and the whole key to this is, I don't need to be in pinpoint mode anymore to find the small leaks like you do with the Stratus. Does it have different modes, or is it just parts per million? You don't need it. It's all in one. This is as fast as the Stratus is in pinpoint mode, but it's all in one mode. And I can display a tenth of a ppm. And it comes, I want them to see that this is on a hose, and I imagine it's going to be expensive. Can you give me an idea? Yeah, this is pretty expensive. This is around, well, list price on this is going to be around $5,700. Did you say $5,700? Yeah, that's expensive. It is. But I would never expect you to put them on every single truck, right? This is for if you're really having a tough time with the Stratus or any other leak detector, to have one of these around to chase those small leaks. This will actually log the leaks over time. So you'll spit out a report showing the time, date, and the PPM level you saw, along with the GPS location. Okay. That price point makes it out of reach for most people. definitely it's going to help the guys who are chasing down really expensive but it seems to be very reactive yeah if you're, like I said if I brought this Stratus in front of this this is not even in the all that's a concentration of refrigerant in there the Stratus I've got to get inside that box to show that I've got that leak, right? Again, this is the difference. I can hang out outside of this, and I'm going to draw that refrigerant out. So I don't need to worry about being inside there. That's what that sensitivity and that flow is going to do for you. And I don't need to worry about swapping modes. So this makes everybody, unless you understand the modes, you're not going to get the most out of the stratus. This makes it so you don't have to understand the mode anymore, you just turn it on and use it. Does it have the same warranty as the Stratus, two year over the counter? Two year over the counter, exactly. Okay. And we're going to cover even the sensor on this one for two years. Okay, you say that like you don't cover the sensor on this one. So, sensors are technically a wear item. If they go, we work with people, but technically they're not supposed to. Okay, so this sensor will be covered, but it's got to be centered to get the place. I mean, it's a really it's a very sophisticated Okay, is there a chance of water getting into this and damaging? Your detector. So this has a hydrophobic filter Just like the Stratus. We've got a second filter right here, and I've got two more inside the unit So we're protecting quite quite a bit All right, well would it damage the wand? I mean, I think you've got so this is a replaceable wand Just like the Stratus, 10 millimeter wrench to take it out. All you have to do is just dry it out and put it back on What's in here? It's just a hose Okay, it's just a connection and a handle Again this is easy to take off So if you ever need to replace this, ever got this caught, it's easy to replace. I appreciate you showing it to me. My name is Nick. Nick, yep. I'm Curtis. Good to meet you, Curtis. Nice to meet you. What channel do you guys have? HVAC guy. Oh, okay. Awesome. Very nice. Alright, thank you. Yeah, great to see you. These seem to be new. Yes, they are. be new. Yes they are. Are they out yet? In May. So they're coming out in May. R32, 454 and what's this other one? 410A. That's convenient. So what made y'all go kind of old school on these? So there's a couple things. One is we wanted to have a more affordable So, it's an entryway, this is the S-Met block, so that's the same as the S-Met, but cheaper. And then, another thing, too, is, so I work in R&D, and we went on a lot of ride-alongs, so we shadowed techs out in the field, and we noticed that a lot of techs had, a lot of techs I talked to have analog manifolds, at least two in their trucks. So, we saw the need, and you know, people said, oh, it'd be cool if there were a field piece. They love the brand and how durable we are, so. Yeah, you brought the same rugged build to it. Oh yeah. Yeah. I don't want to bother y'all, but I wanted to say, hey, I'm a subscriber of yours, Kurt. Well, guys, I hope you enjoyed the videos from AHR. I don't use all of those tools, but I thought all of them were interesting. If you enjoyed, give me a like and subscribe, and join me tomorrow. think i'm doing a pulling clean on an evaporator coil and the blower motor i'll catch you then