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MAN WHAT?! School did not "prepare me" like they thought it did. All it gave me was a concrete pad as a foundation with no floor plans 🙃🤣

@AB_HVAC 100% man. Ya never learn till ya get out there. You go through the systems properly to diagnose the issues and explain your thought process well. The tricky issues you come across are usually the ones that get me too 🤣

@oilandfireguy1739 glad to know I'm not the only one

@AB_HVAC definitely not! I learn a lot from watching you make it thru those calls!

I'll be honest, on 1H1C systems I find them to last a lot longer than if they have to do a 2H1C systems. I don't know why, that's just my experience

@@AB_HVAC Interesting.

@@AB_HVAC Oh... Correction: I had an Ecobee, not a Nest. They kinda look similar.

@jkmarshall3553 they do. I haven't seen much of those since I've moved down south

Thank you so much. I try to articulate myself well or else my Marine Mother would kick my butt for making her look bad 🤣

What is a high velocity grille? I've never heard of that

@@AB_HVAC Another name for It, is a wide louver grill. It's a filter grill that kinda looks like a louvered door in front of that air handler. It allows more FPM and CFM air flow to quiet down the noise.

@smacleod69 ooooh okay

Thanks.....🫠

Smells good to me

Thank you 🙏🏽 I wanna know If they'll put the filter grille back

That's just it, I don't want them to for any reason because I don't think even just 5k strips can be handled on that 14/2 romex especially with blower motor running. So I made sure the heat pump couldn't activate defrost and the thermostat wouldn't turn on auxiliary heat. The plug in that air handler connects the heat strip kit area to the control board. If I just unplug it, it wouldn't work at all

@@AB_HVAC the heat strip coils don't have terminals?

@Mo4Honesty well yeah those do. But I mean I'd rather disconnect the low voltage call rather than the high voltage. You take the blower panel off and just see the wires off and someone will think "well those need to be on the terminals" and then now they just place them back. But removing the W inside and out may get the gears turning in someone's head. Either way works thou

Man, circle k almost a one stop shop 🤣 they got some pliers in there if you need em too and gloves

@@AB_HVAC it's the private label that surprised me. I don't guess they sell bandaids and ibuprofen under circle k name, but maybe they do?

@Mo4Honesty I've seen badaids but not ibuprofen

Facts!!

THANKS FOR THE SUB!! The sooner the better on that changeout man. Get a trusted company/contractor in your area

@@AB_HVAC true indeed definitely

I just made sure I didn't see any ridiculous wiring exposed. Everything seemed either wired up or safely covered

Thanks man for the detailed comment. During Winter time I'm normally better about that stuff, I was running on fumes yesterday

It's a good thing I mentioned my mess ups at the end

I've been doing HVAC completely since 2019. Started service work in 2020. My buddy been doing this since July of last year

Drain is on the return side

Negative pressurized drains (blower after evap coil) need traps

Oh I'm sorry, I was cleaning the condenser coil, not the whole condenser.

🤣🤣 it's out there in the hood it might get swiped

What wpuld the homeowner want with a old condenser fan motor?

@@AB_HVAC i'm not from the U.S, so here as workers, we can't take the broken part unless the homeowner agrees to

@ProckerDark ah, understandable. I'd probably have to mail this motor to the homeowner if they truly wanted it

@@ProckerDark Technically it's the same here, if the home owner wants it they keep it since they are the one who paid for it, but most people ask you to throw it out for them.

Chest thing? My guy I'm holding my phone 🤣 I'm working towards a gopro with the chest strap tho

@@AB_HVAC bro your holding it the whole time see I can’t do that. I’m too impatient.

I honestly to this day ...don't know. Like I ask my boss why that's a line item in Housecall Pro and he just shrugs his shoulders

Yeah idk how that thing is working for this house but the customer said he has been fine throughout the rest of the yeah but consistently every summer it seems to struggle more and more

That's respectable. You're entitled to your own opinion. I'm not going to be super professional all the time. If he's in the video I'm going to crack a few jokes here n there. Majority of the old heads I started out with couldn't crack jokes or know how to lighten up every once in a while. Jacob is a yr younger than me, we crack jokes but get stuff done when it needs to be done

Gotta have balance. I don’t have a problem with it at all man, just having a little fun nothing wrong with it. Work shouldn’t always be so serious

@@AB_HVACkeep doing your thing man. Some people just like to be negative

APPRECIATE IT MAN!! Imma keep doing me and enjoy this job day in and day out

A little jocularity makes the day go faster and is a good change of pace!

Thanks for watching! That units been there for years and supposedly it just now can't keep up with summer temps 🤷🏾‍♂️

@@AB_HVAC My sister bought an 1800 sq ft new house with volume ceilings in 2013 that has a 2.5 ton carrier installed by the contractor. It somehow is keeping up with cooling the house??? Seems like a ton too small to me.

@jkmarshall3553 just goes to show how important insulation is as well as a good load calc. I'm starting to see that.

Dude, if you don't like the videos, don't watch. Move on...

That's a #10 thhn rated for 35 Amps. Calm your man tit's down buddy. Doesn't look the best but it's definitely not a safety issue.

@@jkmarshall3553 He's dangerous. He needs to be supervised. Sounds like you are too.

@user-tx7ce4lq1y so you're mad that I oversized the wire? It still has 14gauge Romex going to its breaker. I'm confused on the problem. It'll still trip if it's over 15A

@@AB_HVAC You're dumb. Talk to any qualified electrician. You should be working at KFC.

I made note of it to them but it's forced exhaust, is it really gonna do that much damage? I know on natural drafts it would be super bad but from a performance aspect what would it do on induce draft?

Man it was terrible, the smell up there was just 🤮

🙏🏽🙏🏽 thank you, took a minute to realize that line was backpitched

Good job AB!!

I forgot to mention my Milwaukee battery didn't have enough charge to empty out all that water. My 2.5gal vacuum wouldn't have gotten it done as fast as their maintenance man's gigantic one. The property management's I deal with want things done as cheap as possible, if I knock then on every little thing we won't get work. When it poses an issue during heat season I can make them aware of the issue but I'm there to fix an AC issue and stop the leak, mission was accomplished, hop off my channel and my nuts if you're only gonna be negative

Most the time theyre designed to maintain 75 on 95 days. So 80 inside to 100 outside is doing well. There's more to cooling a home than just a new unit. Just like there's more to making a car go faster other than just getting a bigger engine

Unit is under warranty but the amount of money in refrigerant and labor for the job isn't as cheap as just a gas and go with a sealant and at the time of the service call I couldn't call the supply house to see if the coil was in stock. They're trying to get a tenant in there as fast as possible, and this is the option that suits their time frame.

It's under 5yr but the labor and refrigerant is a more expensive option than just gas it up and add a sealant.

@@AB_HVAC IMO, that coil is not going to get any better over time, certainly not years. It's under warranty now, but a year or two down the road it won't be. They have to pay for refrigerant now since most of it leaked out anyway. An additional hour or two of labor and a little more on the refrigerant side and they could be good for another 10 to 15 years. If I was the owner, that's the option I'd be taking. Just saying. Were they given that option?

@Bill_CBR they were given that option but with the price of labor of doin that job it costed more. They didn't wanna go through with it. At 8am today I filled it up and dropped a dye in there

@@AB_HVAC Well that's great that at least they knew. "You can lead a horse to water" as they say. Nice you were able to get back so soon.

@Bill_CBR I try to give them as many options as I can

Yeah it's tough

I never knew that was a thing but that makes sense

Pretty much just isolate the evap coil from the condenser and test it that way?

I definitely don't like them