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u/audirt 1d ago
When I visited the John Hancock tower in Chicago, I heard/read that the building sways 5" to 8" in 60mph winds. I have no idea how tall that building is (fish eye lens makes it hard to tell), but chances are good that it has some sway under normal conditions.
Point is, I question not installing that second anchor on the AC unit.
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u/Smeeble09 1d ago
Why isn't the aircon unit on the roof, or at least accessible via an access hatch from inside?
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u/Recipe-Jaded 1d ago
Poor engineering and disregard for safety
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u/Iced_Adrenaline 1d ago
It's more like leaving access indoors would mean less rentable sqft, and lower rent income... this may technically be the cheaper option
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u/Recipe-Jaded 1d ago
If that were the case, an external roof mounted lift would be used, like just about anywhere else in the world. This was just cutting corners to reduce cost, at the expense of personnel safety.
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u/APoolio12 1d ago
And...I'm not sure it's even going to save them that much. Those things require lots of maintenance and replacement. There HAVE to be extra costs when you make something so hard to access.
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u/modsaretoddlers 1d ago
Why do people keep saying this? How would they lose space by putting in an access panel? I don't lose space by having doors and I don't know anybody who does. Ever.
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u/Jack_the_pigeon 1d ago
its not, its something about floor area
edit: https://zh.m.wikipedia.org/zh-hant/%E5%BB%BA%E7%AD%91%E9%9D%A2%E7%A7%AF
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u/qwertyqyle 1d ago
These types of units only cool or warm a small room, so they need to be as close as possible. It's not like a system that can cool many rooms with one unit.
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u/Smeeble09 1d ago
That's why I thought of they're having these rather than a larger central unit on the roof, why not have an access hatch from inside the room?
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u/qwertyqyle 1d ago
Ahh, I get your point. I live in Japan which is the same. Basically it's up to the person to choose if they want comfort or not. There is no concept of a utility bill. The worst part in my opinion as a home owner is that usually there is only one room in your home that is cool in the summer and warm in the winter. You need to keep the door closed to that room and the rest of the house in unbearable.
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u/mkatich 1d ago
Not a job for someone who comes into work hungover.
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u/Informal-Salad-7304 1d ago
Idk man it seems like this dude is hung over the side of the building! I will see myself out.
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u/RobynHendrickson 22h ago
I don't know if about that. I've done work at heights with a lot of different people and the amount who drink and do drugs is way higher than you think.
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u/a_9x 1d ago
Dude did everything right using the right tools, in a normal setting it is more than safe but I don't know if I'd do it in China knowing how constructors cut costs in everything to make tofu concrete buildings. Heck no
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u/morels4ever 1d ago
Right? Securing your lines and harness to the masonry atop the building would be dicey at best.
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u/PsychedelicOptimist 1d ago
It would probably be easier to just carve a hole towards it from the inside and cover it up afterwards. Certainly less risky.
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u/modsaretoddlers 1d ago
I lived in China for over a decade. The air conditioner placement never made any sense whatsoever to me. Well, I mean, they have to go somewhere like that but this kind of insanity could have been solved by introducing something called a door. Crazy, I know.
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u/Bboom27 1d ago
My dad use to do sky rise window cleaning. Has some stories that would make your skin crawl. Working with delinquents and trusting your life with them. He had someone drop him 10 stories and the guy only managed to stop him from falling to his death by grabbing the rope and having his fingers get sucked into the rigging.
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u/PureNaturalLagger 20h ago
Christ, a 10 story drop is enough to reach quite the speed. Did the guy's fingers survive? In my eyes, he's lucky he didn't lose his whole arm trying to stop a metal platform with extra load from a human out of a aprox 25 m free fall.
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u/nappy616 1d ago
Fuck. Can you imagine going to sleep the night somebody died a meat puddle because you complained about being a bit too hot?
And as you're trying to crash out, it's still too fucking hot?
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u/Onestepcloser2it 1d ago
I was got nervous when he was using tools that weren’t tied off, like the hammer.
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u/Optimal_Spring1372 1d ago
All that weight from tools and then the whole unit is insane. His back might be done in 10 years.
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u/TJADNADA 1d ago
Hell yeah I’d do that. Everything was rigged up right
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u/skandranon_rashkae 1d ago
Saaaaaame. That looks fun as hell. I've done maintenance and installation from a harness before - nothing to this scale, but there is something zen about plotting your approach and getting the job done safely. It's you and the task. The rest of the world just falls away.
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u/lotus_spit 1d ago
My father works on air conditioners and he never ever encountered using harnesses like this to install or maintain airconditioners at all (buildings from where I'm living are well designed thanks to strict building codes and this will never ever fly here).
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u/Llamaaaaar 22h ago
Didn't see any electrical connection and did he only fix it down with one bolt?
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u/onthebustowork 17h ago
It would be much safer and cost effective in the long run to just knock a hole through the wall
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u/Frigidspinner 1d ago
Did they think those ACs were going to last forever and need no maintenance? Its a crazy design