Lol. That's basically what my hydrogen flouride exposure was like. In my defence I normally work on new equipment and had never personally dealt with a burnout before.
Me to myself: "Why did the refrigerant smell sour when I bled my lines?"
Me: Sniffs a bit more refrigerant.
Me to myself: "That's so weird, this refrigerant should be odorless but that definitely smelled sour."
Me: Sniffs a bit more refrigerant just to be sure.
My brain finally: Burnt refrigerant makes hydrogen flouride + Hydrogen flouride makes hydroflouric acid when it touches water + there is water in my sinuses and the air + acids smell sour and taste sour + that refrigerant smelled sour = I'm a dumbass who just snorted hydrogen flouride.
Me to my coworker: "This unit is acid contaminated and I'm gonna run to the hospital real quick."
"We've gotta get everyone outta here and vent the area, there's a gas leak."
"Wait, how can you tell?"
"I just got a pain behind my right eye and temple."
Turns out, there was a gas leak.
Lol. That's basically what my hydrogen flouride exposure was like. In my defence I normally work on new equipment and had never personally dealt with a burnout before.
Me to myself: "Why did the refrigerant smell sour when I bled my lines?"
Me: Sniffs a bit more refrigerant.
Me to myself: "That's so weird, this refrigerant should be odorless but that definitely smelled sour."
Me: Sniffs a bit more refrigerant just to be sure.
My brain finally: Burnt refrigerant makes hydrogen flouride + Hydrogen flouride makes hydroflouric acid when it touches water + there is water in my sinuses and the air + acids smell sour and taste sour + that refrigerant smelled sour = I'm a dumbass who just snorted hydrogen flouride.
Me to my coworker: "This unit is acid contaminated and I'm gonna run to the hospital real quick."
Yeah, the fun part was this was way underground. The line up for the lift was as painful as you could imagine.