Block of Ice in a Hot Apartment
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- čas přidán 9. 09. 2022
- In this video I visit a customer who had no cooling. I found it frozen up. #hvac #hvacguy #hvactechnician #hvaclife #fieldpiece #hvactech #acrepair #acrepair #hvactech #milwaukeetools #hvacinstall
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Hate when they freeze up accidently. Lol. Good video
The infamous front door awkward knock.. I gotta do that 3-4x a day... gotta love it. Meet some characters fer sure
Hoarders for me are the worst, there are more of them than people know. The old "my place isn't usually like this", followed by whatever excuse they feel will justify the situation. Your place is always like this, stop trying to explain it away. I don't care.
I have heart problems. Like over night. Same thing as you are having. Have been in the HVAC .end. Have to retire now at 77 years old. Good job man
Thanks
My block of ice showed up Friday around 4pm , as usual. Have a great day
Ice Ice Baby! Brings back great memories!
Good work
I'm guessing that cycling of ice could acerbate what could be a small leak?
Nice work
We get a freeze up about every year or two. We could fix the problem "permanently", or until the new unit gets a leak, for $6k USD. However, a house call and a bit of added Freon right now is under $200, call it an easy choice. I don't like leaking a bit of Freon into the air, but as a retired person with limited assets I can afford $200 every year or two a lot better than six grand all at once - with only small guarantee it won't leak pretty soon after.
Lotta ice O M G
Does the dr82 reset as often as the dr 58??? I’m in the market, but dont have inficon $$$ thxx for the video.
Don’t know
Leah technicians alone and let them think
So you separated the red wire and the reversing valve shifted to heat and you pulled what off the board at condenser? I don't know what the transfer grill is for ? It didn't look like the bottom of unit was open or had a second filter? Confused on that one. So you charged it wonder how long before the gas will be out again and freeze up, not long with alot of hot air. Great video but had a few question on what was mentioned above. Thank you.
I separated the orange wire to make it shift. And the Y wire goes through a pressure switch before it gets to the board. That’s what I pulled off and put on the Contactor
To keep the low pressure switch from kicking it off til the ice melts then charge. Have another question on Rheem hp the plug that goes to the reversing valve silinoide I need a new one cant find part # or supplier that has one. Just need the plug. Any idea part number or if you can get plug? Thank you.
to let combustion air into the room behind the unit? think I seen a gas water heater back there, clothes dryer may be in there also.
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If you get a new A/H are you going to put in the same kind or a real A/H you can put in the closet that's easier to work on? Those kind that go in the wall are junk IMO.
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could they come up with a monitor system to tell you what went out or wrong with the ac or heat. it make it easy for the repair man or woman. cost to much money for a HVAC system. just a thought.
Some have error codes on logic boards.
I wonder why indoor coils leak more often than outdoor.
Household chemicals. But in this case the manufacturer is trash
Also moisture sitting on the bottom of the drain pan soaks the bottom of the coil and eats away at the copper. Especially on the older designs. So always make sure your drains are clear and serviced annually
Yes that is a very good question. Then why also-a new evap Will new have a leak. Quality Control
I have a question.... I have a mobile home and I have had the AC guys out here three times this year alone. I have wood floors and the duct work is in the floor. The issue is that the AC is putting out so much moisture that the floors are swelling around those floor ducts. I have three large units pulling moisture out of the air running 24/7 which are filling each in five hours or less. I am at the end of my rope with this. Can't wait for winter as things will start to get better then. This started last summer and it is an older unit but someone has to know what the heck is wrong and what needs to be done to fix the problem. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated!
One of the jobs of an AC is to remove moisture…that’s why it has a drain. If the drain is clogged or not draining a mobile home system can fill with water - water in the ducts under the floor. If that’s not happening you need to make sure the space between the boots and the floor are sealed. If the warm air underneath meets cold air it’ll cause condensation around the registers. Just a coup,e of things a homeowner can look at himself.
@@HVACGUY no water in the vents. Im sorry are the boots the vents where they connect to the house? It's draining water out the line and the pan doesn't have water in it. But how would I check the drain to see if it were clogged? To make sure the boots? are sealed would I put more silver tape around them?
For future references you can use a pump up sprayer and hot water to melt ice whole lot faster than leaving the customer like you did.
Pump on sprayer doesn't get the ice on the lines set in the wall that is frozen. That needs to thaw also.
That's why it's important for the customer to shut down the unit when they notice it's not working. They crank it down and expect it to work better. If it's mild outdoor temps then coming back is the best option but if it's commercial building or older people with health problems then yes do what u gotta to get it going.
What is the main reason that evaporator coils leak?
Condensation in the pan over years. Will cause rust on the coil, then the metal of the frame of the coil. And the aluminum of the fins start to rust. Moisture is an Evaporator's worst enemy.
Accidentally freezing up aye? 😂
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I was under the impression that heat pumps were required to have strip heat temperature lock-out. In other words the ambient outdoor temperature would have to be low enough to close a thermal/thermostat switch in order for W2 aux heat. Except for defrost operation.
Some do, but I’ve only seen them wired for that to happen when it goes through defrost.
They will for dual fuel heat pump set ups most of the time. It may be a regional thing where you're from but here(metro Atlanta, GA) I rarely see temp lock outs for heat strips.
On video at 6:20 it looks like the blower started backwards.and it sounds like you have a bad txv at condenser it pump down in heat.thx for sharing.
You could of disconnected the o wire at the thermostat to save some hustle.
I like your videos 😎
We'll forgive it this time since it was an accident.
Can't you just turn the auto zero off?
Not really, if I do it’ll run for about 4-5 seconds and stop, forcing me to manual zero. So, turning it off is useless
If it's against the law to evacuate refrigerant into the atmosphere, Is it illegal to add refrigerant to a system known to leak?
No! Not in residential units. Not by federal law unless state laws prohibit it. By EPA rules, you can charge equipment with a known leak as long as it contains less than 50 pounds of refrigerant. All residential units and most commercial roof tops can be recharged although they leak. Common sense would tell you to fix the leak if you can find it. It makes sense to not keep pouring $150/lb refrigerant in a leaking system
@@joep4143 Actually it is illegal if it leaks a certain % per year. Commercial can leak quite a bit worse before it's illegal, beat up a homeowner that isn't doing anywhere near the same amout, that's government.
@@billymccoy9155 I thought that if it’s under 50 pounds there was no law prohibiting it. Either way, if I go to a customers house, I would not know the rate of leak. If I return the following year, I could learn how much it leaked. But that leak gets worse so technically the law is unenforceable. I witnessed a tech accidentally open a bottle of refrigerant in his van and it leaked out 1/2 of the tank before he discovered it when he returned to the van. He would not be liable because the law states intentionally releasing refrigerant. Law means nothing in real world. I helped a company once that forgot their recovery machine and they couldn’t pump it down due to bad compressor. They put a towel around their hoses and released it. I don’t condone it nor would I do this but the law is unenforceable because no one is following tech around.
@@joep4143 Not saying the law makes sense, it doesn't. There is actually a reward for turning people in with no reward money ever allocated to pay out. If you come across a unit that has lost half it's charge, and the customer just wants it recharged, no repair, you know it is a foregone conclusion. It happens. Normally I just refuse the work if I know it's a waste.
@@billymccoy9155 I agree with you. If a unit is out a few pounds and the customer is new and wants to pay me $175/ lb “ to make through the season”, I’m doing it. As long as she signs off knowing she has a leak and it will leak out again. I just don’t consider it an ultimate sin to charge a unit. If I get called back again and the system is flat or needs considerable amounts of refrigerant, I will then also refuse to charge it and quote repair or new system.
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Boss think something about me 😁
@Action Vision He no think right now but later maybe, time tells in the best of circs 🌞
@@francoamerican4632 hopefully 😁
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First co is complete trash
I agree, total junk. The closet had room to put a real air handler in on a box and they already have a grill in the wall.