My foreman insisted we replace the entire 10-year-old motor on a KONE unit in the downtown high-rise, but the real issue was just a single $15 contactor in the starter box.

Has anyone else had a senior tech push for a major, expensive fix when the problem was actually something small and cheap?

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3 Comments

the_patricia1mo ago

Sounds like someone's trying to justify the truck payment.

avery_lopez1mo ago

Man, that's brutal. I wonder if some guys just stop doing real troubleshooting after a while? Like @finleyh89's story shows, maybe they see one common failure and just swap the whole part without checking the cheap stuff first.

finleyh891mo ago

Heard a buddy's shop replaced a whole compressor when it was just a bad relay, right?