"Pre-tested replacement motor" ... I'd save it for a good, or needy customer .... that's a nice approach to get the customer up and running and you're inline to be the system replacement ... that's the best long term approach for customer satisfaction ... nice video, nice edit ... nice to see a professional working efficiently and staying calm ....
Hey man, I'm new to the industry and have just about learned more from your videos than my own on the job training. You do professional work and the quality and consistency of your videos was much more than what I expected. I think you set a very good standard for any technician to follow and I'm looking forward to watching more videos. Thanks for your hard work.
He has strong troubleshooting skills. You will learn something new every time you watch his videos. There are other channels that are very interesting such as ACSERVICETEC .. GOOD LUCK.
He's literally making money to do something he knows damn well should be replaced. So He's taking a double in pocket. I'll charge you to put oil in your car daily instead of being honest and telling you you need a new gasket😉
I worked with contractors for many years over my construction career. It always surprised me to to see the efforts that crummy contractors put into making a buck vs competent contractors with integrity such as you. The good contractors always had work - the sleazebags contractors always had a hustle going on.
@@TheLoiteringKid my grandfather was a tin knocker and only did duct work in his shop. He always had more work than time and at times people would wait a few months just to have him do the work. He wasn't the cheapest and was actually on the high side. But he guaranteed his work for as long as the people had the property and he never once advertised. I once remember going to a job where a hurricane tore the roof off the place and the return got mangled a bit but everything else was there and intact. he took the mangled piece down while the roof was being done. He remade the return, took it back and gave me a bill for a dollar to give the customer. The people were in shock and couldn't believe it and they damn near got choked up.
The best thing I would think would be to get out that smartphone and snap a photo of the label on the motor now it wouldn't matter if the label is covered you have the photo which you zoom in on too great for us older workers...;) Keep up the good videos like listening to your honest sensible and professional commentary, much cleaner than Steve Lav. but still love to watch Steve as well...;)
I had a similar experience yesterday. Pulled into a no cooling call with the furnace breaker tripped. Reset and as soon as the fan turned on I saw a big spark from the fan and the breaker tripped again. Remove the speed taps and heat and ac would both turn on. The bad motor was installed 3 years ago by our good friend Mr. Run Cap Bandit who left the cap hanging
i had a young man come in to swap out a motor on my hamster cage, and he sat there just like you wiring her up, telling me how i would kick myself when i see how easy it was. i lectured him on him selling his knowledge skills and abilities, never sell yourself short. I dont want to do that. I did put in a woodstove and the vent work, but I choose to farm out mr natural gas, and mr electricity. you guys went to school to get where you are, it may seem easy to you, but thats cause your so good. and can fetch the price, and should. a fair exchange of value is how mirium webster defines "business"
Only thing I would add would be to make sure that motor bracket is nice and tight. Even if using those OEM rubber mounts. If you do not get that bracket on tight that motor will eventually torque its way round and rub the leads bare where they exit the motor shell. Against the motor brackets. I’ve only seen it happen once but once was enough.
I remember a call a long time ago. Pretty nice house, the furnace would only make a humming noise. I checked it, and it was 208-230 volt on a 120 volt 15 Amp Circuit. Look everything over real good, the only thing I could figure is a hack job with a used furnace. Told them they needed an electrician, to run #12 with 230 volt to the unit. Of course they called the service manager on me. He came out, I told him to look carefully at it for any sign of a used unit installed. He agreed that’s what had been done, as he found some new screws in the flue pipe, that I had missed. He thought they had done the work themselves.
Love watching how another tech does the same stuff. I 've been cutting those allthread shafts on the motor with my linesman pliers but now I'm gonna start snapping them off to save my blades!
Great you got them cooling...amazing Trane/AS still uses the old GE indoor motor bracket for PSCs. I remember them on the WeatherTrons from the late 60s. Little more of a pain to replace than the belly band brackets, but I guess stick to what works.
I do a lot of Home Theater installs for friends and after hearing my system, and when I then see their existing layout my usual (more times than not) suggestion is tearing everything out and starting from scratch. And if they choose that I can then pretty much guarantee they will be more than happy with their new system. I would also then be able to more easily troubleshoot their system if need be. Thx for another great video.
My eyes are killing me looking at those spaghetti mess. What butchery at it best. I all said your work will give you the sell on your customer and your honesty. Who ever put this in should not do hvac work at all. Would love to see the new duct system after you do it. Have faith in you and your company to do the best.
Nice work. I replaced my fan motor not long after the run cap quit. The end bearing/bushing inside the fan motor wore out. The motor rotor was rubbing against the stator. It hung and would not turn. I'm thinking there might be a relationship to a failing cap putting stress on the motor rotation causing a wobble on the rotation causing an uneven wear inside the motor. I may be wrong on that, but the failures were not far apart. Five years later and recently, the new run cap failed. Now, a few months later, I have a vibration coming from the attic when the blower comes on. Too cold now to troubleshoot it, but I'm thinking it's an interesting possibility, failing run caps cause uneven rotation and stress on motors.
That blower and fan will always made a good shop fan with a little angle iron. Not a waste at all. Your installation guys I’m sure will enjoy the air while they work. Got a couple myself. Wouldn’t take $1000 for!
I'd like to hear more about the "clean effects". I bought one several years ago. Seems like our dust immediately went up rather than down. THOUGHTS. OPTIONS. The other thing I noticed: the electric bill went up immediately after changing to "high efficiency".
The clean effects filter needs frequent cleaning to maintain its effectiveness. A media filter works well, especially if aiming for MERV-13, but has to have lots of surface area to avoid increasing static pressure above the air handler's design pressure. Otherwise, if the static pressure gets too high, either the air flow goes down, or with a variable speed motor, the motor power consumption goes up to maintain flow. That causes increased energy usage. So, your higher energy costs could be from the clean effects not being cleaned often enough requiring the blower motor to run harder (and needing replacement earlier), or from the clean effects itself, or worse yet, by rewiring the unit to run longer to blow enough air. The flowing article describes some of the challenges of high MERV filters: www.energyvanguard.com/blog/path-low-pressure-drop-across-high-merv-filter
not only is the long run just to do a 180 turn is insane, but all the up and down roller coaster track on the way, its not suppose to do be that for flex, at least way I thought about the air pressures, it suppose to be a straight line.
You are a very few companies that do the right thing I always try to this is so many people out there in the business making us look bad glad to see you are one of them
Always liked the tape farting noises from airflow escaping 🤣. Not a big fan of those mount brackets either sometimes a little chore trying to line em back up gotta give em a Hulk squeeze. Nice fix Ted, ugly ductwork on the supply hope you get the job.
When I see what it looked like under that house I doubt that there was any kind of inspection of anything there. All that electrical criss-crossing around there together with the ducts and whatever looks like a fire waiting to happen.
I carry an Olight baton flashlight. Magnetized rechargeable very nice tiny light that I’ve used for three years now still going strong. 🤘🤘🇺🇸🇺🇸 good repair like how u put customer first no matter what 👍
If people don't want to see part they can drag that slider in the video forward a bit...been enjoying stuff like this playing in the background with very calm talking to not feel so alone stuck working from home.
Glad they were already planning on changing the system. From where the corrosion is in that furnace, I'm at least 80% sure it has a condensate leak from the secondary heat exchanger!
A 2nd opinion video I watched a year or so ago the first guy took the cap and the contactor with him when he left he made sure no one was going to second guess him!
I like the way you work. It's exactly the same model of doing business I've kept for over 10yrs now. Had to stop working for the big guys. Most bigger companies have built their empire on the nickel & dime model no matter who it is. Charge for every wire nut. Gives our trade a bad name in my opinion.
@4:30 I hope your install crew is pulling in a new circuit for the furnace to replace that bootleg 120v tap for the furnace during changeout given it's tied in on the outdoor disconnect. That plastic sheeting sure does make a crawl space much nicer to work in.
@8:45 The real nice thing about a chordless drill is you can put a 3/8's driver on it take out a screw 20 times faster than by hand! Super nifty invention!
Saw some super sketchy electrical work. The 3 conductor wire seemed to be stripped too long on the furnace side, and the hot could fray and cause a short against that metal plate! Not to mention, we have a missing (broken) face plate on the power switch! That leaves live contact screws within reach, which is a shock hazard!
Dude, you need to pull that blower and inspect the secondary heat exchanger, that rust probably ain’t from a hose. I always pull blowers on furnaces older than 12 years.
I had an A/C Company that I dealt with for 15 yrs . I found them when I BOUGHT our house, We called to service our unit and they quoted us a crazy amount to replace our unit. I got a 2 nd opinion. A Company that was servicing another customer. I asked if he could give me quote HE DID and said you can wait awhile but when you do get 1 get a bigger system this is too small for the house. They got the Job for the Amount that the other company quoted but for a bigger System and whole lot of other extra's . Plus a Maintenance warranty. All because I paid with a Cashier's check. for the full amount.
I'm a retired electrician and have gone in after "electricians" who leave panel covers off, junction boxes open, hot wires sticking out, etc. These jacklegs give good tradesmen a bad name. They usually work themself out of a job by the crappy work they do.
I would not put it back in stock and pass it off as a new motor, but still set it aside and have someone remove it and label it as a “loaner” motor for occasions such as the one on this video.
@@adambell2068 I agree the motor could be used as a loaner. I wouldn't sell it without explaining to the customer that the motor had been in service for a few days.
Im having better luck on here and fixing furnace ourselves vs guy-ours said parts were $800, they were under $300, tonight it works I hope-its the last part to try lol
throttle bottle I typically find them around ten years old. Trans says it’s okay to have a crack that’s no bigger than a 1/4 inch. But personally I’ll still condemn them better to be safe than sorry
I see you found the most comfortable toughest shoes money can buy Never understood why Sperry's cost so much til I tried to wear a pair out they look so rough now but not a single stitch out of place done all kinds of construction block laying sheet rock carpentry yard work lol they're tough as boots!
Didn’t even look at that secondary. Also, for those techs out there you get than us, never hammer a blower shaft, he may have been using the rubber/plastic end of his hammer, but you could mushroom the end and give yourself a bigger problem. You can use a crescent wrench on the blower shaft and turn the wheel and loosen it just as easy, finesse, not force.
I work out of KC we dont see alot of crawl spaces mostly full basements. We also dont see alot of flex duct either. They way they ran that electric to the air handler was ridiculous
If you don’t use the oem motor the plastic pieces will not hold and the motor can move around on start or during the cycle making a noise. I’ve had used universals all the time and once I had to get the oem cause the motor wouldn’t stay in place.
Did i get it wrong or does the AC unit for the aircondition use gas to heat the air? Why is gas used so much in the US? Is it cheaper than electricity? In Sweden we use heatpumps to combine the heating for the house and warm water production.. Of couse we seldom use AC to cool the air.. though the last summers it would be nice with AC with an outdoor temp reacing 90F ... Think i need to install an AC before next summer to get a little cooling too.. :)
Have you ever come across a blower motor set screw that has been over tightened which causes the shafts to deform enough that you can't remove the motor from the blower? If so, do you have any tricks to remove the motor
