Doesn’t matter what he thinks Ted. I’m in HVAC since 1988. If he would have had it serviced even a few times in the last 10 years you might have caught that inducer going bad before the warranty ran out. He would have gotten the part for free and just payed the labor to replace.
When you said there was an Easter Egg in the furnace, I thought that's what might have broken the draft inducer! Oh, to have heard the noise that probably made when the furnace ate it! It's disappointing that the distributor wasn't willing to fudge the warranty a bit in the name of customer goodwill.
I’ve installed ICP units for over thirty years. Haven’t had many issues with them at all. Priced right, good warranty and very reliable. Thanks for sharing Theodore.👍👍🇨🇦
WOW!….. I have NEVER heard of nor seen somebody use their return as a storage cabinet!!!!…. This guy sounded so nonchalant about “when he started storing stuff in here”!!! 😳🤣😂
But wasn't the air handler in warranty when he called and made the complaint of loud noises and eventual failure? So shouldn't it be worked on under warranty since the noise and failure happened while under warranty. I guess the main question is, when did he call for service? If it was after the warranty time when he called for service, then yeah, no warranty work will take place. But if he called before the warranty expired, then I would think its covered under warranty since the air handler failed while under warranty still.
Thanks for all your hard work! People don’t realize the toll all that stooping and being on your hands and knees takes on your body! Knees, shoulders and lower back take a beating!
42 year's in the HVAC industry performing service, repair and installs has been BRUTAL to this OG's body. Residential being the worst compared to commercial and industrial service. Some basements, attics and tight crawl spaces are a nightmare. Ted is a tall drink of water as I am 6'2" which has been a curse and blessing. Great job Ted. Keep the videos coming. Thanks for all you show and teach the newer generation.
I agree on comfortmaker being great machines. We have one on the side of our house from 1996 with its original full charge of R22 and run cap. Has only ever needed cleanings and always works when we need it !
On the flip side, we come out and everything checks good and a motor fails months after and then they ask, "what's the point of maintenance when you were out 4 months ago?" Never ending battle. lol
Another great video, If you serviced in the Midwest, where all the equipment is vertical, You have over head lighting, you can stand up or sit on a chair or tool box. I think your life would have been a lot easier. With my arthritis I couldn't sit "Indian style " on the ground like you do.
Wonder how many years it took for that egg to be found…best hiding spot ever….it would be interesting to see the egg’s effects during the summer months…
I watch your videos to learn stuff. After watching a lot I learned never buy a high efficiency furnace. My 80% unit is 30 years old and runs just fine.
I guess the Easter bunny forgot where he placed that big butt of an egg. Too funny. Finally nice to see clean air filters installed by a homeowner who cares about their system.
I see people make a lot of comments about Draft Inducer Motors. Regardless of brand, these motors (in my opinion) are maintenance items and periodically need replacing. I replace numerous in a winter season.
Bad / worn ball bearings. Being a vintage computer collector, I've had some old hard drives from the 80s where the bearings sounded just like that. I also had a pool pump motor that suffered the same fate, got 100x as loud, and ended up pressing in new bearings. With new bearings it was so quiet it was hard to tell if it was running. The Easter egg in the plenum takes the cake!
Awww, come on guys, it's so simple maybe you need a refresher course. It's all ball bearings now days. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-oVKyR3lKO9g.html
I think you should make a video talking about your career and how you began doing hvac and why along with what company did you start with. Basically just a timeline of your whole career because I think that would be really cool to hear you talk about.
Ted your a great guy love the videos. I noticed that flexible gas line without a dirt leg penitrating the cabinet and touching the cabinet. The vibration from the unit running could rub a hole in the gas line. I am seriously not trying to be RU-vid police just noticed a safety Hazzard is all.
I noticed in your videos on furances the flue piping your using pressure fitting instead of dwv. Pressure fitting are shot radius and vent fittings are long turn radius which are the right fittings to use fyi
Baker Brothers Supply....Wendall Purvis and his brother were countermen when Baker Brothers started in Ga. Some times when they were short of money they gave them stock in the company. When Wendall retired that stock was worth $1.4 million dollars. Kind of like finding that Easter egg.
One of my American Standard units with a 10 year P&L had a failed variable speed motor go out 10 years and 2 days. They would not honor warranty. It went out the week end of July 4th back in 2017. In the past 14 years, I replaced a Variable Speed module (under warranty) and the out of warranty motor on the upstairs unit. Not a bad record for my two 18 SEER Systems.
That thing had a lot of rollout on ignition. Was the collector box ok? They crack all the time and the furnace can't draw enough draft properly. But, these things are backwards and always light violently, due to the fact ICP designed the ignitor to be at the end of the gas manifold, and not at the beginning at the first burner. Dumb.
Besides the dislike for gas fired furnaces in hard to reach attic spaces, I especially hate gas fired furnaces in a crawl space with a dirt floor. How much dust and mold is sucked up through the system and into the house? When the tech first opened the door, I thought, oh good a concrete pad down there. NOPE! Dirt.
I'd love to learn when the easter egg first went missing? Wonder if owner isn't a buddy of yours who added a litteral Easter Egg for entertainment value? Recently started enjoying your channel and I've seen a number of entertaining Easter eggs in a few of your video. ...rock climbing wall in home, drain pan literally on ceiling, zombies on skewer in Halloween sceen, etc. I enjoy being entertained while learning. Thanks
Those fasco jakel motors are terrible. We keep several in stock because we get atleast 10 replaced every winter. Most don't even make it 5 years on a properly running system.
Seems like its always a crap chinese sleeve bearing that fails on those fan motors. The one item that is subject to the most wear and manufacturers use the cheapest part for that. The extra cost for a true sealed ball bearing would have been what, $5 or so which dwarfs this no heat call of maybe $400.
From the sound of this motor, it was most likely a ball bearing. Sleeve bearings are actually about as reliable as ball bearings, when they are properly applied. The problem here is that these inducer motors are cheap garbage and run extremely hot, which dramatically shortens the life of any bearing. Ball bearings can be also highly susceptible to dirt contamination. If they had spent 50 cents more on nicer materials, the motor would run cooler and would last 50 years instead of 10.