PRO TIP: Tear the box tops off of every capacitor, contactor, or xfmr you use - then stick them in a binder clip together and keep that in your cup-holder or console and you have your restock shopping list for when you get back to the shop or the supply house.
I don’t miss any of your vids, ever. This one was in the greatest-hits category. Friendly helicopters, great banter, seeing the old house, and a damn cute cat. Thanks for what you do, sir.
Ted, I'm not in the HVAC trade but did DIY my own home after I saw the work the previous "professionals" had done on it. I've been watching your videos a few years because as an engineer and a business manager I appreciate your approach and as someone who grew up South of the Dixon Line and now lives in Seattle I appreciate your personal dialog and banter with the customers.
@@DandyDon1 The disconnected wires that could, depending on the state you live in, get the homeowner charged with fraud. Disconnection is not a real good idea.
In Calif. we had So. Cal. Edison representatives actually going door to door trying to "sell" their load controllers a few months ago. I basically told them to get lost without being too rude. We have enough solar and battery back up to run the AC even when the power goes off, don't need their intrusion into our lives.
I know Ted likes to use Nest thermostats as clay pigeons, but they have a best of both worlds arrangement with SCE that's way better than the load control in this video. If you're signed up, SCE will *ask* your Nest to raise the thermostat during "rush hour". The customer can override it at will. And to top that, the Nest will pre-cool your house before rush-hour hits.
For those of us who are retired on a shoestring, DIY repairs save several thousand dollars a year. That's a very big deal. BTW, thank you for being a good teacher.
Lol. Worse is you think your so good. Then a screw hits the coil or something touches the low voltage and either burns a fuse out or a control board if its older with no fuse lmao.
We had load control on the HVAC, water heater, another water heater, pool pump. But that was in about 2000. The county electric has since abandoned the program. But those load control boxes still remain in line with the appliances. And they fail and cut off the device. So we have to pay an electrician for a service call to come out and bypass it.
Thanks for sharing your "old" house Ted. Your "new" one is pretty nice too! Don't forget to post a ham shack review sometime, would really like to see your rigs... and your plans for the radio setup at the new beautiful shop!
You would be fine putting in the 55/5, all those caps have a 10% tolerance anyways, and the electric motor isn't really that sensitive to slight variations in the running capacitance...it would only slightly raise the current flowing through the AUX winding, resulting in a negligible increase in power and reduction of efficiency.
Good 'ol Knollwood in Mauldin. I moved from Knollwood to Fountain Inn a couple of years ago. I get a kick out watching your videos and recognizing most of the neighborhoods and roads you travel on.
glad you are feeling better, i learn a lot from you in regards to hvac but more so i just feel good listening to your calming voice kind a assuring that everything will be alright or like visiting a real sincere friend.thanks.
Ted. I hope that compressor capacitor lasts. I have a feeling the hermatic side will eventually fail. I have done what you done, adding a separate capacitor for the fan since the fan side was bad. It worked for 2 weeks before the hermatic side finally blew. Now i just do that temporarily until i can get the correct rating capacitor. Great video though.
Greetings - nice easy one - it's a pity you didn't have a 50 - 5 - Oh well perhaps next time your in that neighbourhood you can fit a new one ?? - load control interlocks are a necessary evil due to the undersize of the pad mount transformer that is probably at the end of the street - too bad the wires fell out - Bahahahaha - hope you are getting better I don't think many of your subscribers know that you had the Rona.......
Still in cooling season in South Carolina, I love it Ted, we’re just about to go into heating season in CT. God bless and stay safe Ted!! Another great job!!! Buy some turbo 200’s it says made in USA right on the box Ted! Nice moccasins btw P.S. get vaccinated it saves lives and a possible sickness that is unneeded! Love your videos Ted keep em up! I try to learn something new everyday from you, Steve lav and Mikey pipes! Hermetic side still good I’m assuming?
My A/C unit is much older than that one. I replaced the fan, motor and added a run capacitor MYSELF in June. It was the 2nd time I’ve had to fix it in 22 yrs. It was probably 10-20 yrs old when I bought the house. It’s an old Janitrol. We don’t have load controllers here.
Wow.....I would of never sold that house with that view!!!! Dammmmm imagine looking at it live........that's the kind of house I want to live on when i retire!!!..my dream house!!! ...thank you for sharing!!!
On the west side of the country, our power company has radio transmitting power meters and if a customer has subscribed to the "load control" feature, they monitor the power consumption when the load control box is energized to turn off the condensing unit. After awhile of reading high energy use during the time periods that box is energized, the power company knows the low voltage wires or the load control box itself is faulty and they send out a tech to fix it. I believe they allow two "mistakes" and then remove the customer from the savings feature for a minimum of one year up to permanently banned from the program. I really hate the fact that power companies and other utility companies believe its fair game to intentionally engineer a power grid that cannot provide the service amperage that is installed, such as 100 amp or 200 amp main panels. If a panel is set for 100 or 200 amps, the structure should have access to that amperage 24x7. If the power grid cannot supply everyone with their maximum consumption due to old or failing to upgrade the power grid, thats when I say they need to be forced to provide what they have sold their customers and avoid all of the gadgets that force customers to contribute to a delinquency issue. BTW, its reasonable to put in a larger cap such as a 55/10 or a 60/5 without any issues? More is okay but never less than, correct?
Going up or down 10% should be fine either way, but higher is not better. The run cap controls the current flowing through the auxiliary winding, which is rated for a certain amperage. Too high, you burn out the coil, too low and it doesn't flow enough power to start up. A tad higher capacitance works fine, giving the compressor a little bit more power at the cost of efficiency. Going lower reduces the starting torque, but as long as you have enough to overcome the stand still resistance you're fine. Capacitors loose capacity with time, and you often see 50/5 marked caps still running the compressor even when they measure only 40uF. So there really is plenty of fudge factor to play with...
Just wait until everyone has electric cars. The value of the capacitor affects the 'time delay' of the AC phase shift that runs one or more of the motor windings. It is not just used for starting. If you use one too big or too small for the way the motor is designed, the 2 phases/motor windings will 'fight' each other and you'll have at best an inefficient motor that won't run at full speed and wastes power, at worst one that heats up and burns out. A few percent off each way probably won't matter. Think of it like if the cam and ignition timing on your car was firing two cylinders at the wrong times so they are both trying to do the power stroke against each other instead of cooperating.
The utility companies make zero guarantees on generation, delivery, and the amount. You are perfectly free to generate your own power. Making juvenile "demands" such as yours is exactly what causes issues. You can't just slap in a few thousand new homes and expect the power generation to keep up ESPECIALLY when idiotic politics shuts down coal, oil, and gas plants that have a bit more leeway in generation. Even then you need to add more generators at some point, more power lines, and more substations and transformers for load balancing. When you get environmentalists dictating how much it costs (fees and permits) and what fuel source you can use... it doesn't make sense to add capacity to a strained system. You'll just get penalized for it. It makes more sense to load shed with rolling blackouts a la California. That's how sad and pathetic it's come down to. Migrating from hydrocarbons is probably a good idea eventually... but demanding they be cut NOW with no replacement AND increasing electric usage due to it being "greener" Lol actually makes things way worse due to lack of capacity. It's mind boggling to hear them shout to use less fuel but give us more electric. As of right now you cannot have one without the other.
Love the cat! It's ALWAYS SOMETHING! I soldered everything when I did my silly MR. COOL split unit...I hate thos twist things!.. then you see like 4 wires going into one on a light switch or something.... I'm like FAFUQ!
Have you thought about carrying individual capacitors (35, 40, 45, 50, 55 & 3, 5,7.5, 10) instead of dual caps? Then you just grab a 50 and a 5 - strap it in and waalaa. I'll do sometimes 300 or more cap repairs a summer and having individuals makes it a lot easier for stocking. "accidentally" not hook it back up.....been there done that....haha
13 seer 3.5 ton. Goodman isn't bad stuff. Especially now. All made in America. Only brand that is. Any brand is only as good as the company and installers installing it. And if it's matched up correctly to ductwork and grilles. Etc.
Ted love watching your videos!!!! I’m a service tech in South Bend In…. And yes you never know what your gonna see!!!! Lol!!!! I’m not feeling those helicopters either!!!!!!!! I’m trying to work and they want to talk to me and Distract me.
I am glad that you recovered from 7 weeks of being sick. That is tough when you are self employed. Was this a breakthrough infection? I love this channel and I learn a lot. I am a Trane and Goodman owner.
Talk about cheating the utility ....I did a central air and electrical service change for a widow lady in Central Fl. Her husband (a carpenter by trade) had added a new kitchen , dining room master bedroom and bath 20 yrs earlier. When we finished , found out that addition had been tied in to the SEU service cable behind the service drop. Had to run a new feed to the breaker panel for the addition. I estimated she saved $20, 000 to $25,000 in electric billing.
DON'T LET THE TROLLS GET TO YOU! when someone has a made up name like metalbox649 and cant even use their real name isn't worth your time....LOVE your videos thanks for sharing your craft as an industrial mechanic i wish i could do the same but where i work it's proprietary no cameras for the most part or just would not be allowed
Ted, have you ever used BMI made in USA caps? That's all USA made ones my local supplier had. It was more expensive than the China ones, but not significantly. Didn't know if they were good or not.
Hey Ted ! I just installed a new Trane XR in my house in Easley... Was hoping you'd teach me how to check my airflow ,so i don't over amp my blower moter ... Please take this into consideration, because im really trying to complete my 608 type 2 certification and move back into the HVAC field..
Lol hvac guy found a load control asked me should he “service it” not sure how but it’s now a pure wireless model the utility stopped crediting my account for it before then so next service it was removed and harvested for the components when they refused to take it back
So it didn't need the cap? It was just the bad connections? Or it did need the cap? Don't they get a discount on electricity with that load controller? Or is that something else?
I'm lucky enough to live on a lake. I get it Ted. I can just stare at the lake for hours. We have some gators in there too. Had one on my patio about 3 months ago. I opened the slider, squirted a squeeze bottle of water at him and took off back in the lake. Have it all on video. Any opinion on the Gallo Gun? I have your vac adapter. It works great. I want to put a couple Jones valves on both my units so I can easily blow them out with a Gallo Gun.
i love trips down memory lane. i still go by some of the apartments i used to live in just for the sake of it. some have really reached the state they should be condemned tho. it is a bit sad... how much time has gone by. alright thats enough of that, time to go to the next helicopter
Those darn utility company load controls they are a scam. Glad you decommissioned it looked like whoever installed it did a garbage wiring job too. And they don't save the consumer money either because it does not address Amp draw at start up. Which just makes the utility bills go up more during times of high demand. A better solution is a soft start kit but might not be calling it by the correct name but is designed to prevent a hard start of the ac compressor and I know a company makes one where if power goes out you can temperarely power the ac unit to a portable generator. And I know some of them keep the amperages level. And if a homeowner asks a professional like you to hook them up. Won't run into the issues they had by having that junky utility company load center hooked up when you can buy better ones. That are not a utility company scam. And also most utility companies hire third party contractors to hook them up. Who cut corners so the utility company does not have to pay real pros to do the job right. Thank God you found the problem before serous damage was done to the condenser. Due to an improper instalation and a junky utility company promoted product. VS real products that actually regulate loads and Amps correctly like soft start kits. And products that keep Amp draws level and prevent spikes and surges.
"Let's hope for a simple fix" turns dual run capacitor around to read MFD. Last words of a desperate man "and I got the kids, parents and everyone here" and " You got the gas and all that, gauges and all that"!!!
When you come in from cutting the grass and your house is °80 you'll remove the load control. 😅 🥃🥃🍺🍺🍺🍿🏌🏻♀️ Stay safe. Retired (werk'n)keyboard super tech. Wear your safety glasses !
Load controllers are a bandage for electrical systems that need upgrading. Pain in the ass for consumers as they can’t run their AC during high demand hours. But a 13 year old R22 unit isnt helping matters. Higher efficiency units and solar assistance would really help.
Are Goodman bad units or are they just the lowest cost one bought by people who don’t care for them? It seems like about 40% of these videos are for Goodman
