Absolutely amazing! I can't believe the level of Co wasn't higher than that. Good thing the gas pressure was set properly or it would have been much worse. 😎👍
If the tin for a gas furnace is too skinny, they say that it ruins the heat exchanger. But if you hooked a 3 ton heat pump to this 2 ton duct job, would that still cause problems? Is the house small enough for a 2 ton unit to work? Is there room for more insulation or better windows?
my sister bought a house and the vent for the furnace did not exit the basement, co levels was at like 800ppm and they was complaining of headaches where it was getting sucked into the furnace and blown through the house
Hello, HW don’t want to spend more money. I never get your give away from your side. I am doing maintenance work every day 5 days a week sometimes work 6 days a week… watching your videos from Northern Virginia… hopefully I will be the next winner for give away… I do work hard to change my position from maintenance technician to service technician residential position
Sounds like when dealing with a home warranty company you will have to add about $500 in the bill somewhere to make up for the crap that they will deal you. I am really surprised you did not get higher CO levels. Like someone else said, you need to start the meter outside first.
Was this device calibrated in a high CO environment or is it a piece of test equipment junk? Seems like the reading right at that flue hole should have been over 10 times this high
Tad, thanks for the Carbon Monoxide tester. I Need to get one of these for the heating season. Great Video. I responded to a friends no heat call, it was a dirty flame sensor and bad yellow flame, I recommended a new unit but they just kept on going.. They were complaining about headaches and stuff. I did not have a tester. This makes me wonder if this was their problem! Can be Very dangerous.
Unless the home mortgage company is paying you for your time, effort and research, the answer to them should be : “ furnace unsafe, left disabled, occupant notified” and that’s it. Why should you look up all the parts and materials needed, provide them with part #s and prices only to have them hand it off to a low-ball “contractor “. You’ve done your due diligence !
Do these meters also go bad after 7 years, the same as the common household detectors? I assume they also use CO sensors, which supposedly go bad after around 7 years.
Some customers get upset when we have to shut the furnace off. I usually just say that "we highly advise not to use the furnace, it is not safe to run"
I work for home warranty I do about 5 to 8 jobs a day they are the worst I work for 3 different home warranty and all 3 are horrible the only way I am able to scrub money from them is buy doing volume they pay me 75$ for any job and I have to pay for parts when the job is really big I have to find any reason to deny the claim for this customer I would have said pre existing issue and they would have denied it becouse if I don’t I will lose too much I lose money about 3 jobs a day if I’m replacing a blower motor the motor costs me 150$ and all I get is 75$ not counting labor or anything else but I can make it up buy hoping the next few jobs I can fix the units without any expensive parts that’s why we find any reason to get these jobs denied and if I start charging the warranty for the parts they will stop giving me work so I am stuck in this loop anyway my best suggestion is dropping the warranty save the money from paying the warranty and you will be able to afford a new unit in a timely manner any questions ask me I been doing this for 7 years for them so I know every detail I live in California
I have a couple of the cheaper ones and they work fine, just keep in mind that the sensor is electrochemical so as it is detecting CO you are using it up and it won't last forever
Its not how expensive a device is that makes it quality, it's how the readings come out, but also remember this is second defense, the unit itself with the safety features is first.
