Great advice at the end telling all the new techs to put the unit back together and leave it like you found it.. very respectable and top notch of you as always Mr. Ted 👍🏼
Good advice there at the end. My motto is always leave the job site just as you found it, or better. Same applies to inside the customers home...put the furniture and belongings back where you found it and clean up. Make it look like you were never there.
So true, I just did an attic furnace, access in closet, had to move the gals shoes to get my ladder in. Started to leave and go . . . then darn remembered I hadn't put the shoes back.
Agree Ted, put everything back together, make the guy who gives a second opinion do some work. Also, for the younger guys, I like to take my sharpie and write the value of the run cap on an inner panel, just in case rust distorted it on the cap. This is not for my benefit, as I will soon be retiring. Stay safe all.
Need more people like you in the trades,quality and pride in ones work is gone these days.Great video as always. I put a new compressor in a lil 2.5 ton nordyne unit today as well.
I had the same exact situation on Friday. R22 unit, changed the capacitor but compressor still said nope. Tried a hard start kit, compressor tried and then said "no sir I am retired." Bye bye unit.
We just replaced that exact szme unit 2 months ago. The old Goodman served us well. We patched her up and best we could but decided to upgrade to a Trane 15XL pkg unit before the summer started. WOW, what difference. I've got penguins crawling out of my air vents giving me the thumbs up.
You have no idea how much I wish you were in my area right now! We are in California and we're now starting preparation to replace our air conditioner out and you are the first person I thought of to do it! We are in the Central Valley's so if you have any suggestions I would greatly appreciate it! We are not in a major rush!
What happens when you push that contactor in and it blows up in your face? I have no idea why people do that you have a 350$ meter. I’ve seen it happen on bigger three phase systems. At least use a screwdriver
Good ol' Goodman. It's lived its life. Now it's time for a shiny new Trane. Good job Ted. Keep up the good work and good luck this summer. Here in Ohio we are finally warming up and getting into the cooling season. I suspect we will have a hot one
You are absolutely correct to say other techs love to badmouth each other. But karma is a wonderful thing when after failing their final inspection, a badmouthing mechanical contractor called us in to bail them out. It felt good . . . morally as well as financially. Here in NY, we have to comply with State, County and City codes as each will differ.
I hear it from the beginning that start winding in the Can was ng. Very true always put back like you found it, you never want to give them the chance to run their mouths. Hopefully you will get the job.
Common to start then common to run should equal start to run. Should be within 10% if not the compressor is bad. Sounds like a short to ground with continuity from winding to ground. If no continuity then you are in locked rotor amps. All equal a bad compressor. Thanks again Ted. I enjoy watching your clips. Your the only guy that I'll spend more than 5 minutes watching even if its 30 minutes long. Well, you and craig from " A.C. service tech." Appreciate your hard work and time spent filming these. I'm not as patient as you.
Circuit breakers do not trip without reason - short to earth short between coils / phases. You do great work - I would not have used my finger to push in the contactor after you reset the breaker the first time - you had no idea what was shorted or where - I would have done a insulation test / megger before applying power and if you really needed to push the contactor in I would have used an insulated screw drive - please continue to work safely.
Josh Smith Today, We ran across two of the old round Comfortmakers or “Comfortakers” as Ted likes to jokingly call them, from the late 70’s - early 80’s that are still chugging along.
I have a Goodman just like this from 1998. It’s working but barely. I asked a tech about recommendation on brand for a replacement unit and they said they are all manufactured by the same company, so just buy the cheapest one. Is this true?!?! I find it hard to believe the QUALITY of the components are the same across all brands, but obviously what do I know. Do you have any recommendations on makes/models that are better quality or is what that tech told me true? Thank you!!!
I've watched you actuate the contactor with your finger in alot of videos. Dude that's such terrible practice in general. You have a meter, use it. Some bozo is gonna watch this and think it's okay. If you practice good habits then it doesn't matter if its single phase 240 or 3 phase 460 you can have the peace of mind that you won't get shocked.
I noticed the flashing on this poor condemned unit. I just got through replacing a 23 year old Goodman gas pack unit with a new Goodman neither had that type of flashing. Where can you get that flashing?? Nice detail! I enjoy your channel!
I have ran into capacitors feeding back voltage. That’s what I thought it was..... but no nope. She’s toast. I hope they bought a new unit from you, a new compressor in that thing is not worth it.
RCM or Ted or anyone with experience. what’s your thoughts on those sounds wraps for the compressor, I just now installed one on my AC unit. I’ve had it for years but was not sure if the heat buildup would be something to worry about so I put off installing it. Wife’s complaining about everything with this covid 19 lockdown and figured it would be one less thing for her to complain about. After reading your comment I’m now having second thoughts and wondering if it would heat things up causing damage. Thanks Dave
If only the discount tire guys wouldnt need to move my seat forward just to drive my car 6' into the bay and then leave it that way the world would be a better place
Thought the same thing. Did that last week and the thing arc flashed on me luckily I pushed it in with a insulated screwdriver still scary ass hell. I learned from a old journeyman that the only thing you find out by bumping in the contactor is it will turn on.
I have a question but not about this video, in the past I have watched what I believe is straight MAPP gas to braze with using 15% silver? Is that correct?
Holding power......???? Geez. That noise you hear is the anticipation timer for the skin on your right arm up to your elbow.....if your lucky you have safety glasses on so when a motor terminal fails with you in front of the old Bristol.....you won’t lose anything that won’t grow back. Why don’t you just wedge a piece of # 16 into the armature when you get on a job. New techs need to start with a meter not resetting protective circuit breakers
That is bull___. For starters, ya must be certified to handle refrigerants. There are some parts in different units that hold a charge, even after the power is off. Best left to the professional. In the last 35 yrs. I have seen what not understanding how the equipment can result in.
