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."
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.