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I am curious if having just a hvac career certificate from a local college will be enough to have a long and lucrative career? Potentially even starting my own business one day. I am 28 and deciding to go back to school for HVAC. The school I am applying to only offers a 12 month certificate program. I will be applying for an apprenticeship while completing the program. As I develop my skills I am open to relocating to other states for better pay. More so interested in commercial than residential. I know this career will be tough and come with many pros and cons however I am excited to transition into a reliable career that will allow me to become financially stable. Any advice is appreciated.
I'm a black service tech and I practice to let it be known whenever I'm moving from one area to the next by saying sir or mam I'm going to the van or I'm going upstairs just to let them aware of my movements without having to wondering where I'm at, one of the worst feeling is to catch a customer searching for you .
Loved it. Didn’t have someone tell me every week for a tool check. Your own tools make you do the job better. Especially when all yo shit was brand new. Plus Everyman needs his full set of tools for his own side work. One good job leads to the next
Let's say I want to use the refrigerant. I use the filter drier inline with where the refrigerant is being discharged, I go through the same steps you just mentioned. Is the tank going to have enough pressure to reuse the refrigerant?
TP LD for the win. I started with the tech pac, it’s too big for attics and crawls. I gotta carry two small bags but it’s better for attics and crawls. Liked having everything in one bag but too big.
You need to inform people of the merv ratings of these filters. Btw if you have a single filter grill on a return it’s always going to get sucked up like that. Appreciate the video but static should be taken as a total. Impossible to determine high static by pulling on a filter. Too many other factors involved.
I love the 680, had my whole bag with the meter stolen 🤬 just got a new 680 this week. lol just noticed the comments are from 2y ago, shorts without dates, smh.
I read somewhere where using distilled water and store bought ice bags was recommended over tap water. Stir the ice water vigorously before submerging the probes. Good video sir!
I just kept an old wire harness and cut off one end and kept those wires attached to the 1,3,12,and 15 positions. I then added a red and blue wire as required to bundle those pairs of wires. Now we just plug it into motor and connect at r and c terminals.
I just turned 36 today. I start airconditioning Technology august 19th. Im nervous as I can be. Im tired of working crappy jobs that pay little. Im just really nervous that Im gonnna crash and burn.
Without this video and since you were the last to touch this unit, they would have blamed you for this, as they always do. Good thing you shoot video for this channel. It just saved your rear.
Thanks that is a good remedy and alternative. As soon as my parts arrive I will have to do the same thing to my badly corroded screws in my bath tub faucets. Thanks!!
I have a feeling that the compressor had been running hot for sometime due to the darkening of the label on the compressor. I was told by a emerson copeland rep that if the label is discolored, and looks crinkled and coming off compressor then that is a sign of compressor overheating or running hot. Label should be white in color and completely adheared to the compressor housing. This looks like a heat pump, and looks to be in good shape and not too old plus its a lennox. Heat pumps are way more expensive than a straight cool unit so most definitely worth putting in a new compressor. I would check everything over before hand. I feel the run cap had nothing to do with it. If wired wtong compresdor wont start, if you get fan and herm backwards fan will take off like a rocket and overheat and either go off on thermal overload or burn up. If the mfd is too big for compressor it will overheat and trip the thermal. You need to check the mfd rating on the capacitor and verify it with the copeland app or contact lennox directly. My thought is maybe someone tried to savatage this unit by installing a cap that had a much bigger mfd rating than it calls for. I have seen this a few times. Compressor going off on thermal because the last tech installed one of a bigger value.
With hardstart kit you can have a bad Run cap and compressor will startup and appear to run normally, just run current will be high and power factor will be low. Run cap has little contribution to startup when there is a large start capacitor with hardstart kit. Electrolytic start capacitor and potential relay have poor reliability. Suspect them first. I would also have given it a new start capacitor just because they have limited lifespan with their fluid electrolyte drying out over time. Capacitance drops as electrolyte dries out from capacitor heating over time.
I believe what happened here is the herm wire was sandwiched between the frame of the condenser and the edge of the capacitor, which is all grounded, which means the start wire had a direct short to ground. Turn on the power and BOOM 💥💥.
