Really amazing to see miss Molly grow from the first videos where you were introducing her to the truck and getting her into the routine. She was scared at first but now she loves going on jobs with you.
I've got two of those same Armstrong air units and they don't make them like that anymore. Installed in 1989 and who knows how they were treated before I bought the house 10 years ago but they haven't needed a drop of refrigerant. Besides a couple of blower motors they have been working flawlessly
AFV Man 1989 thats an odd one. Did you get it fixed? More than one unit and thermostat? I would think it would just keep running and running since the zone calling never gets satisfied if the wiring was simply going to the wrong zone.
Just saw this 2 years later. I have two of those and two air handlers. 2 separate zones. Btw. Still running strong. Replaced a cap at the beginning of the year but that’s it.
Another one done...off to the next one....Great video's...I always enjoy your tech tips and sense of humor..I am not a HVAC person, but enjoy watching good people who are....Thanks for taking the time to make these video's..
Another great tech-tip, thanks Steve. I've found that periodically adding just a little vinegar (at the entry point of the drain) will prevent the slime from building up.
You know, It's always good to chat up your technician and find out what YOU the home owner should do to keep the system working.... Keeping the outdoor unit clear of obstructions, and washing it with the hose a few times a year... as well as changing filters will help ensure a longer life.
You can get saturation temperature of the evap coil just by subtracting SH value from the temperature measured by the probe. This always matches the value on the P-T chart. Same for SC add that to the other temperature probe to get the saturation temperature of the condensor, again it will match the P-T chart. I love this stuff lol.
IF you ever come across a unit like this again can you please make a video opening it up and checking the capacitor? I have the same unit and have never opened it before but i know its slightly different from newer ones.
Miss Molly would rip that Ghada snake a new asshole for scaring her daddy @18:33....never seen Stsve move so fast....I think he dropped a gundy in his shorts
What’s the oldest unit you’ve seen in the field still running? I had one from ‘73, still running had to replace blower motor. I had one from ‘83 my birth year three days ago, it was still running great compressor sounded fantastic, valves still good, had to add a little r22, may have a very slow leak.
Where did you see it? Probably the psychrometer. Used for measuring wet bulb temperature, which you have to know to properly charge some older, less efficient systems.
I like your videos and you seem wicked smart but sometimes your a little rough with your tone and I understand no one works for free but remember you will always have work but people dont want to deal with brash workers so take it down a notch and be nice the big man will pay you back when you face him later on. Good Luck and be safe
I’ll never understand why HVAC professionals who know what to do. Never follow the best practices of cleaning first? I’ve seen countless so called professionals in the HVAC industry perform the cleaning dead last?!? We all know the pressure will drop once proper ventilation is present from the coils. Yet, even in this video it was done midway and the tech had to sit around waiting for the correct pressure values to appear. This also impacts how much refrigerant is inserted into the system. Why do everything backwards which cost you time and money?? If the opposite was done: Cleaned coils first then the true pressure would have been seen and the correct amount of refrigerant would have been injected (IF) required. Doing that first would give you accurate values and cut out wastes time. Not trying to bust Steven’s balls but seeing this type of things in hundreds of HVAC videos all over RU-vid just affirms there are too many old guys that need to do better.
I had an Ac coil that had so much dirt on it that it was basically wearing a sweater. The furnace was being run without a filter for a very long time. It would have had a hammock or basket filter but the cage was missing, so I had to install tracking for a more standard filter size.
Guess you're still learning HVAC, he found a clear leak. Old evap coils have a huge possibility of having a leak.. pulling to clean would add water into the coil + coil cleaner and you'd damage the hell out of the unit. Superheat and subcooling is your best friend. High superheat normally indicates a starving coil, whether there's a restriction or its low, you gotta figure it out. Dirty filters/coils or low airflow will have low super heat and a high subcooling. Temp split will be significantly low. Sure some older guys don't follow practice, but you have to use reasonability before fixing a problem. But if you're talking bout cleanin condenser coils in place before adding charge, with a low charge it'll be kinda difficult to say if the coil is dirty or not unless you look into it further. Sometimes adding gas will confirm your other suspicion. Normally if i catcha dirty coil, I'll clean it first before adding charge, but there's somtimes no way of knowing until you add enough gas to see your head pressure is way over the top.
Hi Steve I think I've been a subscriber for a few years now but just recently I've noticed that there are times you come across rude I've heard you comment several times about the house your working in and or the person your working for ,comments like It's a proper shit show It'll do for this neighbour hood Wow it smells like Cat piss down hear Whilst these comments may be true I must believe comments like this are rarely helpful, you may also be harming your business, of course your free to run your business however you see fit , Perhaps you could substitute some of the wording bearing in mind these people are in fact paying your salary On a better note I do spend several hours a week watching your videos and as a commercial gas fitter I enjoy the technical skills, I just think it could be so much better Regards Kirk in England 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
