Replaced A Capacitor Only to Find Other Problems

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In this video I visit a customer who had no cooling. Condenser was humming, and I found it low on refrigerant. #hvacguy #hvaclife #hvac #hvactech #hvactechnician #fieldpiece #hvacinstall #acrepair #lennox
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@catwrangler1613 Год назад

If I suspect a leak on the evap coil, I use my ref sniffer on both the outside evap drain lines to see if I get a hit. It will save u a long creep under or in the attic.

@Silky_boi 2 года назад

Very thorough and professional, that’s how it’s done ✅

@OleRazzleDazzler 2 года назад

hey curtis. one way to check if you jave a piston or txv inside is to turn compressor off and see if it takes forever to equalize. if it takes really long, its a txv, if its quick, its a piston

@corymccarthy4217 2 года назад

Good call man! I’m proud of you! Adaboy!

@johncspine2787 Год назад

If you get an episode of postural hypotension (dizzy standing suddenly) climbing up or down a ladder, or whenever, you can restore your pressure by stopping, and hold your breath a second and bear down on your diaphragm, that’ll bring your “head pressure” back up, and may prevent a fall..

@jalenbeecroft7924 2 года назад

Call for cool, throw blanket over condenser fan, high side goes up you got a TXV, low side goes up you have a fixed orifice/piston

@hvacrefrigeration5204 Год назад

This is the reason why the owner or user of that equipment should be more appropriated about how grateful that system to get it fixed, and how hard that we has to go through as HVAC guys.

@DonTgurdy1488 2 года назад

Before using a k type temp clamp it helps alot to sand the copper before attaching. Your temps will be different after sanding.

@OnePointLander 2 года назад

Higher or lower?

@DonTgurdy1488 2 года назад

@@OnePointLander If there is a lot of corrosion on the copper then they won't be accurate. K type thermocouples are very sensitive. If there is corrosion on the suction line then your superheat will appear to be higher than it actually is.

@Bryan-Hensley 2 года назад

@@OnePointLander that would depend if it's on a line above or below ambient temperature.

@OnePointLander 2 года назад

@@Bryan-Hensley I guess what I should have asked is how much higher or lower. On the suction line, when using my temp probe clamps, when i remove the probe and put them in the armaflex it reads 62. When I put tape them around the copper with masking tape just outside of the armaflex it reads 65. When using the clamps as normal, it reads 66. The board reads 68 off the suction line sensor that is down stream a bit inside the condenser. This is on relatively new copper.

@shanebibby6006 2 года назад

You are the first guy ive seen discharge the cap in any videos ive seen were hvac guys trouble shoot the cap!! Bravo.

@jimdavis6833 2 месяца назад

Many of the ones you have been watching are apparently back yard A/C guys, not pros. You can't check a cap while it's charged up. Doing so would probably blow your meter.

@bradleyberry1762 Год назад

As soon as I saw a Lennox air handler I knew you’d find an evaporator coil leak. Lennox is horrible That is going to be a sucky coil replacement given the location. I hope you have a helper that day.

@Paulie1232 2 года назад

GOOD JOB CURTIS. .

@GodBlessGodBless1227 Год назад

Thanks.

@lancelawrence3259 2 года назад

Nice work

@JS-8204 2 года назад

Videos are awesome. 1 year in the trade as of today, I'll be 25 in October. Any advice or tips?

@Tacompton425 2 года назад

Nice catch!

@merrileemose571 2 года назад

Where’s the leak……?

@my-yt-inputs2580 2 года назад

My upstairs air handler is in the center of the attic right in front of the attic stairs. Super easy access. Most work can be accomplished while standing on the stairs.

@ignacio8597 2 года назад

I wish that's how they all are, but most are on the opposite side of the house, crawlspaces too.

@carlsmith5919 2 года назад

@@ignacio8597 Just imagine on a furnace and it is on the other side of the house and you find out they closed a 2 car garage to make a den. Now you have to slide through a duct hole to get to the furnace. Problem was the fan motor froze up. Can not get to the fan motor panel because the ceiling is too low. Plus you are sliding on your stomach all of the way. It's 103 on the outside. Just imagine what the temperature is in this slide space. I am soaking wet with sweat. Only the way to change fan motor is to relocate the furnace, or cut a hole in the roof. I am not going back.

@johncspine2787 Год назад

You know..if you’re sweating a bunch, you might not be replacing your electrolytes fast enough, and drinking lots of water compounds the problem..might also be making you more sore..try supplemental magnesium for your muscles, also helps balance/regulate potassium, up your potassium intake (orange juice, bananas etc.) Might get blood work drawn too to check, but, I take extra magnesium every day for chronic pain issues, it does help, most ppl don’t get enough..

@Bryan-Hensley 2 года назад

After 22 years of HVAC business I'm about ready to hang it up. Stupid building codes, customers overall have become disrespectful and hateful over the past couple of years, prices of equipment, equipment availability. And crawling in hot attics. I'm sick of it anymore.

@Kittycat822 2 года назад

This putting units in an unconditioned attic space without adequate access it just flat stupid! It regularly gets 110 plus where I live. Mine unit went completely out a month ago. It was 115 on the day they replaced it. I had a big ice water jug and turned the attic fan on so they had some air moved my car out of the garage so they had shade. That access here is absolutely insane. Feel really bad for you guys.

@versatec1 2 года назад

Love these vids...I love fault diagnosis....👍

@Spikemonkey80 2 года назад

If that goodman is about 5 or 6 years old, go back and check the auxiliary suction line inside the unit. I've had a run of them rubbing a hole because they're pressed up against another pipe. You can see if it's pressed without even taking the top off. Did 5 just last month. 2 were neighbors.

@Bryan-Hensley 2 года назад

I take every new unit's top off when installing to check for lines that will be rubbing regardless of the brand.

@orionwarren4244 2 года назад

You're still a young man, Curtis but as you get older, the pain from overexertion seems to wait a day or two afterwards. Then takes twice as long as it used to to go away! LoL😁

@Evansautorepair 2 года назад

Yes u are right

@Checkmate54321 2 года назад

Can confirm this statement.

@tomasso883 2 года назад

That’s Father Time reminding you to slow down!!

@USA-GreedyMenOfNoIntegrity 2 года назад

Whenever I see two different brands of units and they are both relatively new, it's usually a fiasco. Usually a jackleg installer and a cheapskate customer. Then on top of that, no lights, no three-quarter inch plywood or 1 inch oak boards back to the unit, plus that sheet metal duct right in the way, I can guarantee I wouldn't be back.

@joehead1294 2 года назад

People don't realize that air handlers don't last long in attics. Better when in the conditioned space, so what if you lose a closet. When a serviceman goes through the ceiling you got more problems.

@tomasso883 2 года назад

If it’s installed properly it doesn’t matter.

@USA-GreedyMenOfNoIntegrity Год назад

@@joehead1294 My horizontal ah's last longer in attics than humid crawl spaces. Yes, upflows in conditioned space last the longest.

@maryhall7464 Год назад

No wonder you hurt from all those tight spots you have to maneuver thru.

@patrickdavis3409 2 года назад

You do a great job finding out the problem I wish you were in my area I would call you to do my service all around here just want to replace with a new unit

@mikeglasgow9618 2 года назад

Love the unobstructed walkway. The bright light to work with. The 110 volt outlet to use The service switch. Man...... I'm so glad I'm retired.

@TimSmith-yi9zv 2 года назад

Unfortunately it’s called getting old

@jerryc3050 Год назад

Even as a retired school psychologist who typed reports half the day, I still went home with aches and pains. I don't know, you're a young man, maybe you took Rhona out with you last night. ;-) Hope you feel better: I need my daily dose of HVAC GUY videos. 😃 (seriously, your symptoms sound like a cold or flu, not Covid-19.)

@greggbala6686 2 года назад

That is some super cool tools you have there Bluetooth 👍

@pattiprice1766 2 года назад

Customer don't think when they build a home how they are going to have service done. That is just crazy!

@waynewootton5385 2 года назад

ive been in my house almost six years i have a trane rx outside unit not working air handle works i heard trans are bad can you help thank you

@richlikeg3722 2 года назад

That evaporator looked pretty good, wonder why it suddenly Leaked

@babajifahim3490 2 года назад

i saw a filter,,,,,,,did you check it??????????????????????????????????????????????

@williamwood9753 2 года назад

Lennox air handler with Goodman heat pump someone hacked it bad I think

@bertchristman1711 2 года назад

As home owner, I would have put plywood all the way to the unit.

@shoosh9996 2 года назад

this attic needs a little railway like in The Great Escape.

@russellhltn1396 2 года назад

I get the impression that he does a lot of work for management companies. This could be a rental.

@Bryan-Hensley 2 года назад

No longer allowed by code. It has to be an elevated crawl way. 13 inches above the rafters. It makes it a pain to crawl down because of the restricted room. They ought to just totally ban airhandlers in the attic in a new construction with those kind of rules

@kylegreene1583 2 года назад

You did get zapped the other day.

@OGHVAC 2 года назад

I've been zapped, electrocuted and burnt by low and high voltage. The residual soreness and pain from these occurances will definitely happen and muscles all over my body were effected. Curtis give yourself a break man! A couple of days off to recover should be a priority as much as going for broke attempting to making money. I know, it's difficult when you have a STRONG work ethic as you do. Take easy and keep up the great work. Another thing? The attic access and ducting to/from the unit up there was definitely REDICULOUS!!!

@jamesfields4149 2 года назад

That much refrigerant and your subcooling didn't change.........even with a leak SH and SC would have changed .....143 was your suction and 261 was the head.....that's a high suction with a low head pressure.......I would think the head pressure should have been at least 350 with a suction of 143

@suspect_fb 2 года назад

So what are you saying Sherlock?

@sharc61 2 года назад

I have zero practical experience with these things, but I was wondering if the lack of change in SC was caused by a restriction somewhere; is that possible?

@suspect_fb 2 года назад

@@sharc61 txv

@Bryan-Hensley 2 года назад

@@suspect_fb bad txv or restriction in the system somewhere most likely

@optionstraderman 2 года назад

@@Bryan-Hensley Yep, that was my question as well. He thought it was a piston and was charging by SuperHeat, but when he opened the unit in the attic, bingo, a TXV, so should have been charging by SubCooling if I understand correctly. Definitely something wrong somewhere. If he ends up replacing the coil in the attic, he will figure it out for sure.

@joecooksey4331 2 года назад

@1:48 the most important part of any mechanical work. You can take that to the bank Jack.

@USA-GreedyMenOfNoIntegrity 2 года назад

Don't forget to check your heat kit, blower motor run capacitor and flush out the drain while you're up there in that difficult attic.

@jameslang9170 2 года назад

It’s not a maintenance call.

@tomclements7590 2 года назад

Dirt bag install, no walkway, light, to far from opening, no unobstructed work station to blower or coil. Those really PMO, yah think HO will service the drain HELL NO. I feel your pain! Step thru ceiling or fall thru not good. Hang tuff bud.

@KB-wq5bb 2 года назад

Its probably the coil leaking its Lennox

@andybonneau9209 2 года назад

As a retired auto mechanic, I know how it is to work in pain. Hope you feel better soon.

@Bryan-Hensley 2 года назад

Shoot, I'm fixing to give up my HVAC business and go back to Auto mechanic work. It's much easier.

@happybearinc.9083 2 года назад

Hey Curtis just curious, did you make sure the size of that Lennox air handler matches the size of 5he Goodman condenser? Other than that very good and therol diagnosis

@pullingthestrings5233 2 года назад

No need to, that's a callback for another day 😹

@Bryan-Hensley 2 года назад

It doesn't really matter. 10 years ago that would pass for a 5 ton coil. It just makes it a lower seer.

@zebracary 2 года назад

Man your amazing and so thorough most guys would change the cap and gas and go there are so many guys in the HVAC business that kind of give us a bad name your a breath of fresh air thanks so much I know kind of off the subject but what tool bag is that I'm just starting out and I atleast should have a proper tool bag I watch all your videos and I'm learning so much from you thanks for passing on your knowledge I hope one day to walk in your footsteps sincerely Kary 😀

@colbraddock9913 2 года назад

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@haleymoonan1323 2 года назад

Veto pro pac technician series

@flirjock 2 года назад

First of all, I'm not a HVAC tech. As a matter of fact, I know very little about the trade. I am just intrigued watching your skills in your profession. I live in the lower Midwest where we have 3 choices for heating and air. Gas -natural/propane, electric or wood. I have a heat pump split unit. Air handler is in the house. In your location I see most of your indoor units are either in the crawl space, or the attic. Is this because most houses are on a concrete slab? Thanks for the informative videos.

@Thanoric 2 года назад

Basically. Most houses are not designed for adequate floor space for an air handler, so they either get shoehorned into an undersized closet on the first floor or tossed in the attic to take up unused space. They also use the big fluffy duct work for some reason. Here in Wisconsin we use tin ductwork from the basement to keep our pipes from freezing in the winter. Also a thing I have noticed in the south is high or mid wall vents, because their main worry is cooling in the hot months, and up here in the Midwest we use mostly Floor or trim height vents for better heating in the Winter.

@mansourramzey7711 2 года назад

I would start on a 7 days round of antibiotics, i could tell you might be dealing with chest and sinus congestion and the new variant being out there i would take precautions going to attics and houses, you never know what house got what. I am not a doctor but i play one in my family. Be safe ✌

@onenikkione 2 года назад

antibiotics are for bacteria, viruses are too small. also, where would you get a supply of antibiotics without a dr's prescription?

@mansourramzey7711 2 года назад

@@onenikkione i know antibiotic are for bacteria, when you get chest congestion and sinus, it is bacterial infection and even if you have covid19 you must take antibiotics too, and your question about where to get it , very easy call Canadian pharmacy and ( if i don't have insurance) they will mail it to you.

@Bryan-Hensley 2 года назад

Antibiotics can make things worse. Also antibiotics won't do anything for a virus and would make your body weaker fighting the virus. Also giving the wrong antibiotic for an infection can create antibiotic resistant infection. 15 years experience working in emergency medicine here.

@mansourramzey7711 2 года назад

@@Bryan-Hensley absolutely, you are right, antibiotic will weaken you , but once a patient has chest and sinus congestion and the body can't fight it , then that's the option, off course to get the right antibiotics the doctor should order c&s ( culture and sensitivity) which you might know what that is , ( a swab from throat or nose is obtained and gets sent to the lab for finding out what type of antibiotics is proper, which takes up to 72 hrs or more) i am not in favor of taking antibiotics for sinus or chest infection but sometimes i take because it gets rid of the problem. For covid19 i have seen doctors do prescribe antibiotics too, because it causes lung infections . I respect your 15 years of working in ER but i also did work 25 years in the lab, as a medical technologist Generalist or cls. Let's hope for the best and be safe.

@brenninwatts1249 2 года назад

How do you like charging through the probes and app compared to using your sman's ?

@HVACGUY 2 года назад

It’s convenient

@philcore4759 2 года назад

can you imagine installing all that round pipe, then insulating it in the middle of the summer? Those installers really worked against themselves, making a hard job even harder and we see that over & over

@OleRazzleDazzler 2 года назад

in residential we insulate before we connect it up there. in new construction we insulate and connect as much as possible to where we cans till get it up there. in a older home, 5 ft sections are wrapped downstairs then thrown up the access

@OleRazzleDazzler 2 года назад

no need to do a job twice.

@Bryan-Hensley 2 года назад

Just did it last month. But the ceiling wasn't finished yet. It was all open rafters

@Hvac-dude 2 года назад

Hey Curtis do u have any advice for climbing up on ladders when doing rooftops to be honest I have a fear of falling of ladders and I want to over come it I've been on the urge of giving up sometimes cause people tell me I'll never make it in life

@tylerhuntley4299 2 года назад

I would say me too man. Just remember you can do it, be as safe as possible, tie off your ladder every time before bringing everything up to the roof, and if you can’t tire off then make it a job where there needs to be two people so someone can hold the ladder while going up and down. And if your company gives you shit for trying to be safe then fuck them. They’re not worth it.

@Hvac-dude 2 года назад

@@tylerhuntley4299 alot of people give me shit for it I'm still in trade school but I had to get up on my dad's roof today to help him cut a unused satalite dish off took me 2 hours to get on the roof

@bill944 2 года назад

Make sure the angle is proper. Stand straight up with your toes touching the feet of the ladder, reach straight out and your fingertips should touch the rungs. Always have three body points of contact with the ladder when going up or down. If you're making multiple trips, use a panduit strap or rope to secure the top of the ladder to anything to keep the ladder from tipping back or sliding. I'm not thrilled with ladders myself but I do residential. If you can't get over your fear you shouldn't be on a ladder.

@bill944 2 года назад

@@Hvac-dude If it took you two hours to get on a house roof you've got no business being on a ladder. It's a psychological thing, nothing to be ashamed of but if you're having that much of a problem you don't need to go into commercial work at all.

@Hvac-dude 2 года назад

@@bill944 I'm not giving up if I have to I will do it everyday til I get good at it that's how passionate I am

@joep4143 2 года назад

We’re those Knipex pump pliers you were using?

@donaldpainter956 2 года назад

That walk way sucks dangerous as hell no platform it was an idiot. That put that unit in always bring the job up to code especially the walkway and platform

@donaldpainter956 2 года назад

I know you own your business and you talk about your install crew sometimes are you the only service technician

@HVACGUY 2 года назад

A good friend of mine runs a larger company, and he helps me with installs.

@rubyrue6997 2 года назад

I didn’t see him find the leak probably a dirty evaporator coil doesn’t get along and gas up to.

@donaldpainter956 2 года назад

And who does your maintenances I've been the only service technician where I work at now for five weeks and it's running me down we have a maintenance man I trained him my first week here but I'm just wondering how you work things out

@donaldpainter956 2 года назад

That run should have been redone because it's all in the way if you got to pull the blower

@thomasbyrne3655 2 года назад

Curtis, The AC Whisperer...

@notanewbie1718 2 года назад

Another Lennox coil.

@mikestevenson1819 2 года назад

Hard pipe duct

@rickyliu1454 2 года назад

somewhere is leaking really bad 😅

@waynewootton5385 2 года назад

hey hvac guy i need a job will work for free if you will teach me a/c work i love to learn stuff

@RayRay-nb7tn 2 года назад

If you get the job for the coil change add a price to move the duct drop out of your way. You will need to anyway to get coil out. I would've designed the ducts differently in that install. Never had a problem running ducts up in the roof bays then dn to drop. Plus leave room for service. No code in that deal there. True always check your system before you leave a call back will cost you and may cause a problem with customer for sure.

@billmiller5075 2 года назад

It’s amazing people don’t deck their attic area where the airhandler is.

@bobboscarato1313 2 года назад

7/8" plywood is very expensive; before we installed a new system, we decked the attic floor if the air handler/indoor unit was in the attic; more than once some guy will step in an undecked spot!!

@stephwaylonwells3218 2 года назад

👍

@profuse007 2 года назад

You swinged the temp clamps about 20 times total... lol. Fieldpiece no good?

@pnajera3938 2 года назад

Just getting over covid. Started with leg pains. 😬 hopefully not the case

@kevinkrug466 2 года назад

That was a pain in the ass air handler right there

@bryansimon4072 2 года назад

Hvac guys do hot yoga every day in the summer. Hope you feel better, that old thing in a bear. Thanks

@HappyHealthyHVAC 2 года назад

First 🔥 ❄️

@Austin23191 2 года назад

Congrats 🥳

@hinspect 2 года назад

What did you name it?

@sbc383zz 2 года назад

@@hinspect Bubba

@CrazyPetez 2 года назад

That is very crappy access to the air handler. There should be a wide (24”) plywood walkway in the attic. Penny pinching builders.

@Bryan-Hensley 2 года назад

2018 building codes don't allow floored attics unless the attic is insulated where it's considered inside the house

@David-yy7lb 2 года назад

Dam newer homes don't use copper pipes anymore WTF??...I'm glad my home has all copper pipe instead of that plastic crap

@Bryan-Hensley 2 года назад

I haven't seen copper pipes used in new construction for over 25 years.

@onenikkione 2 года назад

looks like a "budget" install and now time to pay again

@PrincessOPD_Utah 2 года назад

oh geez

@FredD63 2 года назад

Quick response time 1 day glad to hear it I have 2 HVAC guys that are buried in work so I have been helping them …. I see you got a magnetic tray screws now … Awesome job 👊🏼👊🏼🪚🔨✌🏼🇺🇸🇺🇸