Critical System Diagnosis for Residential HVAC 

Brian OUTSTANDING job explaining your expectations to the techs.

ALL companies should do this. You build better technicians, you build a better companies. Attitude reflects leadership. I would love to work for a company like this.

I feel like I’m learning so much more watching this channel than I did when I was in school.

I think Brian is an alien. He knows seemingly ALL of it. I have learned much. Thank you.

I had the awesome opportunity to personally meet Brian and his employees. If I lived in his area l would work for his company. All his staff was really happy working for him. He's trying to better the industry, and the super technicians that can do no wrong and walk on water are not helping the industry as a whole. Thanks Brian for taking the time to help us all grow in the industry.

I'm floored by the guidance Brian is putting out to his guys. That's integrity in spades.

20 years experience in the field, and never have I worked for a company that would take the time to explain like you do.. great job with your videos, and if I were closer to yall I'd definitely come apply for a job lol.

I've never worked at a company that held classes/meetings this informative!!!

Great video, your opening and closing comments about intent to be certain and caring are crucial. Its the missing link in many cases. I am 80yo now, retired mech engr and HVAC contractor... started with my own small shop, built it to 27 men, and large systems in the 50 to 200 ton range.. sold out in 1986, began consulting nationally, then for major firms on billion dollar projects, testified before congress on the ethical issues related to our nuclear weapons plants. It can be done by just the intent to understand and learn more and more each day and by always looking to involved in the next higher level. Dress and personal appearance is key however...very clean, very well groomed, a manicured look almost... nice crisp shirt, snug pants, good boots kept well. Can easily double or tripple a mans income. Being cool and sloppy cuts income to base levels or lower. One time I had the large vice on my truck chrome plated and polished with a polished brass plated clamp bar... mounted behind the cab. I raised my prices to be one dollar higher than the most expensive outfit in town... my business doubled.... and.. you have to care.. alot about being 100% correct. No guessing. That is what makes you sharp... and that brain function will serve you well deep into your 80's. Sloppy people degrade much more quickly than that.

Man,I wish I had somebody like you to teach me when I started the trade.its amazing in how much care about the trade,and how you like to teach 👍🍺

The diagnostic process is the diagnostic process, regardless of field. This is a great articulation of the proper mindset and thought process needed to do a job correctly. Well done.

It's good to know technicians are being taught ethics along with skills.

When I can’t figure it out I take a coffee break clears my head always work, I can’t sleep at night if am not at least 97% certain of my diagnostic 😊 again great content

Please post more of these classroom videos. Great content thanks for sharing!

That was a great refresher. Wish I had these trainings every morning before I head out. 💯

Your videos are great. My instructor loves to show them to us in class and I always watch them by myself. Between Brian and my instructor I’ve learned A LOT

That is crazy. A lot of guys would cry about the meeting you just had but I take advantage of any training I can get. The amount of training and the huge tool stipend you give your guys they should be on point. Just having you around and having your phone number I would be calling you if I’m stuck In a heart beat. Even if they cant call you personally the service manager should be available.

Wow. What a great class. This guy is sharp and to the point. I worked in the field for over 20 years and this guy is spot on.

I’ll be rewatching this and taking notes for sure. Great vid!

Thank you Bryan.! When i watch your videos, i just imagine myself sitting in your classroom alongside your tech.’s and i just soak it up like a sponge.! You are definitely,”The Man.!” You must have put in a serious amount of time and effort to be so familiar with all of the AC/Refrig. processes. i envy all of your tech.’s that receive the benefit of your wisdom.

Loved this video! Been consuming as much info as I can on HVAC this past week and this video by far takes the cake as far as informative videos are concerned! Thank you sir!

As new technician I learned a lot from you Brian. I will never forget this when I diagnosed a compressor . Thanks a lot.

I was out in the field for the first time me and some other technician and found my first leak.

You have such a good way of talking to your crew

Great video! Skilled technicians with integrity are the recipe for success.

You are the only reason we should be allowed to charge what we change. Your understanding and knowledge is remarkable. Your not quoting laws of physics your actually training. I wish I had you when I was an apprentice. You are passionate about it. Made me a better engineer worth the time THANK YOU.

DONT LET ANYBODY disrespect you just because they know more. Come on dude.

Always so much to learn. The more I learn the more I feel I do not know. Definitely subscribed to study this channel.

Thank you for continuing to give knowledge freely to a grateful industry.

Thanks for all the insights into complete troubleshooting analysis. Stressing the proper mindset of addressing one’s own mistakes is also a helpful concept for long term progress & success.

Dude is an excellent instructor. This is what I needed when I was taking classes years back. All they taught us I how to wire a damn thermostats is what I noticed once I entered the field.

I love that weighing out the charge when you condemn. That’s why he’s a leader in this field. I’m moving to Florida just to work for you Bryan, need a good service tech/bpi certified tech? Lol

This is what I love about you, Bryan. Being thorough and going beyond what the issue is and figuring out why it happened. This is not taught enough and certainly is not practiced enough. Keep up the great videos my man.

Thank you for clarification about the hard start kit, I always learn something new evry time I watch one of you videos. Thanks agin for the tip.

Great job Brian 👏 👍 I see your vans in my part of town (FtLaud/ Mia) from time to time. Happy you guys are getting work down here.

If Brian was a service tech no company you would make money. There'd be so many cases in every house that he would have just changed out a small part because he was being honorable. I hope train carrier or York don't get a hold of this video because I don't think they're in business for us to change out minor parts or troubleshoot. They love when it requires a new install but thank God for people like Brian f****** intelligent and passionate and knows his shit.

Solid lecture! I have been using isolation technique since I missed a shorted crankcase heater. Saved the homeowner a lot of money once my service manager got me out of a hole.

Where is this class? I’m new to all this so I’m trying to figure out what company ACTUALLY invests in their technicians!?). Bc I will move there. This is genius, this is genuine and this is the greatest way to successfully TEACH/GUIDE boys into men. I need info!!!!

I watch and listen to all your podcasts and videos with my son. Even though I learned from my father who was a mix of Jim Bergman and your self since I was 12 years old there’s still always something to learn every day your student. And I still make mistakes specially since I wear all the hats and take all the phone calls while I’m on the job working with my hands after all these nearly 40 years 30 of which as my own business. But the lack of technical training in high schools is why you have to give these kind of seminars and classes in your own work to your own employees.

Fresh out of trade school and have been in the feild a year glad of sources like this to help gain even more knowledge when your out of school and working in the feild

Great stuff man. All of us in my company are going to watch this

I’m from Philippines,I’m a refrigeration technician,thanks for your videos it’s helps a lot to someone like me,that needs self improvement about refrigeration and airconditiong😇🙏

I love this video. Watching this is mandatory training for my techs. I also picked up on Brian's frustration as an owner. Been there dude!

Thanks for the great training class , showing it to my Techs . this morning !

Kudos to your diligence of the diagnostic process….it comes easy to some and its foreign to many…you’re talented, Sir…when the experience isn’t there…these topics are crucial

Imagine having the opportunity to sit in lessons like this where you're given top notch training in person and being on your phone for the first 15 minutes like the guy in the back. Unbelievable.

best hvac school , and its for free , thanx brian grttz from the Netherlands

It gets even more fun when multiple things have failed or are failing. Good info 👍

Excellent video! These are helping increase my HVAC knowledge so much, Thank you.

This guy is a badass. he could help a lot of companies get over that three-year hump!

Great video. I had a bad breaker one time on a heat pump. In heat mode it tripped out every time the heat strips came on. The strips checked out so after a lot of head scratching we figured out a weak breaker

I enjoyed the lecture. This is my first time on this channel and the first video I picked to watch but not before perusing this channel’s wealth of information.

Love this man! Wealth of knowledge! though at times may become over my head (as a new apprentice), he makes the basics easy to digest/learn quick and asks the right questions for you to answer. Thank you Brian 🙏

Awesome video and explaining the correct way to diagnose. For a newer technician this is super helpful!!!

Love the integrity and passion.

You’re getting the Jim Bergman hair doo going... great troubleshooting overview!

Great class! Thanks for sharing on RU-vid Bryan.

Best teacher ever. Thanks you’ve helped me a lot

Oh how I wish we had meetings like that where I work. Things seem to go so non scholontly sometimes and it’d be so much better if guys actually cared about being correct. I feel horrible when I goof up and figure how to do it better next time. Good talkin to there Brian. If I was in Florida I’d come work for you in a heartbeat.

Good stuff sir, I'll be sending your vids to our service supervisor we do a lot of training and you have some great content. It is our company policy to replace the reversing valve and check valves on any heat pump when we do a compressor. I like that you are teaching your guys do be thorough, you dont see that much in our industry. So many hacks now. Good job and keep it up!

Yes. The Prime Mover is the heart of any Thermodynamic Process. Nice talk! I see that not many note takers, so all must have a Voice Recorder going? I like looking at the Audience Bryan. Your Videos are spot on as to how we all must look at sharing our experiences.

You’re a really good teacher. Thank you!

Landed a job where my superiors don’t know much about refrigeration and don’t teach. Thank you for these videos. I find myself learning more and have already saved 2 compressors from being condemned by the tech for “finding continuity in the prongs”. 20 years but doesn’t know that resistance between C-R-S is required and says superheat and subcool are bull***t lol

Good stuff Bryan! I really like the classroom training videos.👍

I’m not an HVAC person or a HVAC DIY guy, but I love this channel. As a customer, it helps me know what technicians should be doing.

You are a better teacher than the teacher I had in my trade school here in NYC

Amazing class my friend... thank you for the great information ☝️😎

These are very helpful for newer techs like myself, Thank you.

The company I work for is the 2nd largest Lennox dealer in North America. We have 50 service techs and cover all of Oklahoma some of Arkansas and Texas. Good video, reminds me of our Lennox service rep when he visits.

Setting expectations gotta love it. Thanks.

Thank you for making this video I'll try to bring this to my coworkers and the field with me

I am a circuit board diagnostic technician and I really appreciate that last comment sometimes when someone points out my fault that I made I tend to not thank them and let my ego take the best of me I will do better at accepting that my colleges can help me out when I make a mistake

Top quality training. Thanks for sharing!

Wow you know how long it took me to learn that and he just said it all in one class amazing

I would definitely learn from someone with your attitude. I appreciate all your content

That is awesome company training.

hell of a video, alot of information to take in at once even if u have experience in the field already. dif point of views always better than 1

No crap in the canoe, lol good show

Nice tutorial to diagnosis and trouble shooting the compressor. Failure hopefully you make another video from HVAC theory. Thank you sir and God bless you.

Very very very good video. Wish i was in that meeting.

The training is very insightful, thats why im subscribed to the channel

I would say that people need to take pride in what they do in order to hurt. No to be proud like being all puffed up but to take pride, knowing that you brought food to the table and the people you served are happy.

Great troubleshooting tips for compressors.

INTELLECTUAL HVAC SCHOOL Tutorial loved it From the start to finish Thank you very much helpful information Take care and have a great day INTELLECTUAL HVAC SCHOOL From Nick Ayivor from London England UK 🇬🇧

This guy knowledge is soooooo deep and helpful

You are a very good teacher thanks,God Bless you.

love the life advice. Im setting a high standard. the golden rule applies.

Damn good video very informative I actually learned something I normally come across a lot of bad caps, fans, contractors boards but not too many compressors so this will help

SELL MORE AIR SCRUBBERS!!! (how these meetings go when the cameras off)

This message is critical. Misdiagnosis should hurt because our individual names as techs have value to us, simply as a matter of personal pride in our workmanship More importantly, that personal integrity IS what keeps clients coming to us rather than someone else... which IS what pays our bills.

very nice video outstanding explanation a professor like u man👍

Brian, I been following your videos. Your definitely a Genuine guy. The Management team I work for could really use your advice and learn from you. You should expand your company to Texas.

Cut 21 compressors apart today to autopsy and find out failure mode. 1 had the suspension spring off the foot and had gotten into the winding causing a short. Enjoy your video;s always.

Great stuff he covered some stuff i never might of done and he also covered alot of stuff that i do do

Great video once I took the leads off the compressor because it was blowing the fuse after further diagnos found that compressor cap is shorted to ground

I strive to meet Brian one day. I’ve been taught that there’s always gonna be someone better than you but I differently thing Brian is at the top of the food chain.

Your job sir is more amazing I always watch n learn in each video u do ❤❤❤

Misdiagnosed a reversing valve and did the repair today to no avail. 🤦‍♂️ this was just the lecture I needed. Thanks.

Excellent video as always. I was thinking avout buying a Mega Ohm meter and was wondering if you have any suggestions or comments as to which may be the best ones in a few different price ranges- Thanks Brian!

Awesome info. Thanks guys🤘