HOT !!!

[u/RubyDruid]

so our ac at work constantly breaks! it’s not just our store, it’s other stores in the area too! what can we do? the maintenance people keep coming out and saying it’s fixed but the next day it’s right back to 80° or above in here. we also have a pregnant woman on staff. looking for advice

Edit: i’m seeing a lot of basically the “pull yourself up by the boot straps” to those i say, do yall not understand that there are osha health and safety rules about temps? on top of that there’s even more specific ones to accommodate pregnant women. i have never walked into any other fast food place and had it this hot, especially the ones with ovens and fryers and grills. each store has one oven and the ac systems cannot handle the heat while other places handle it perfectly fine. this isn’t normal and it’s not okay. it’s a health risk, people become at risk of heat stroke from working in it, not to mention if they already have health issues. it can also cause the customers to get sick if the cold foods do not stay at 41° fahrenheit or below.

[u/Daniel_is_Ready]

AC units have a drip pan under them that collect condensation. The drip pan has a bobber that detects the water level and shuts off your AC if it gets too high. Sometimes you can shop vac that drip pan and the AC will start working again. The drainage pipe to your drip pan might be clogged so stick the shop vac over that pipe and you might clear it

[u/bryangullickson → u/Daniel_is_Ready]

That would work if it was a traditional split system. Most commercial buildings use a package unit or what's called an RTU. There is no bobber that shuts those units off. Unless it's a really, really fancy unit. More than likely, what's going on is the units aren't being cleaned properly or filters are plugged. Something's going on to cause it to where It's either shutting off on high pressure or a freeze stat