Hit 500 fridge compressor swaps this month and it hit me hard

I honestly didn't realize until I was cleaning out my van and counting up old compressor receipts. 500 in three years of doing this full time in the Atlanta area. That's like one every two days on average. Some of those were brand new units under warranty and others were 15 year old relics I probably should have just told them to replace. It really makes me wonder how many of those calls I could have saved myself if I'd just checked the start relay first on the easy ones. Has anyone else ever tracked a specific repair number and got surprised by the volume?

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diana_west271mo ago

Three years to hit 500 is just normal volume for that area, not some milestone worth overthinking. Half those compressors probably didn't need swapping if you'd taken an extra minute on the easy checks.

stellanelson1mo ago

See @diana_west27, I gotta push back on that... sometimes swapping a compressor is just the safer bet when you're on a tight schedule and don't want to risk a callback a week later over a five minute check you rushed through.

the_xena1mo ago

Yeah right, like that extra minute of checking is gonna save you from the call at 2 AM when the customer's ice cream is melting and they're losing their minds. I've done the quick swap dance more times than I'll admit, and I can count on one hand the times my rush job actually paid off. But hey, at least the new compressor gave them a year of quiet before the next thing failed.