Knockoff Hydrotherm Gas Boiler Millivolt System Not Firing Bad Pilot Generator - Dynamic Oval ?

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  • Опубліковано 1 лют 2021
  • Made You Look!
    Looks like of like a Hydrotherm - similar rating plate - on this 50 year old gas boiler with 2 zone valves.
    Bad pilot generator replaced
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  • @waterheaterservices
    @waterheaterservices 3 роки тому +15

    I am surprised this isn't at a million views yet.

    • @LS-br3rp
      @LS-br3rp 3 роки тому +5

      Disappointed the content didn’t match the cover 😂

    • @MrBen527
      @MrBen527 3 роки тому +1

      Lol

    • @LS-br3rp
      @LS-br3rp 3 роки тому +1

      @ Mitch check with trading standards 🤣🤣🤣

  • @Sperkowitz
    @Sperkowitz 3 роки тому +3

    A headlamp is life changing.
    I wish we were able to record our work when I worked for the local gas utility as a tech.

  • @yurizhivago4848
    @yurizhivago4848 3 роки тому +12

    I worked on thousands of millivolt systems back in the day and I would remove the generator wires off the valve and put my meter on them with alligator clips. Light the pilot and hold the knob down and read it once it peaks. Anything less than 500 mv and I replaced them. 600mv is the minimum I like. Lots of times the pilot burner was dirty and the flame weak.
    Ideally you want to test them under no load. Pretty much only boilers and old gas conversion burners and fireplaces use pilot generators now where I am but they are a science to themselves ( almost ). LOL.

  • @aaronkoster9581
    @aaronkoster9581 3 роки тому +5

    Invest in a head lamp. One of the best purchases I ever made. Fenix has good stuff

    • @waterheaterservices
      @waterheaterservices 3 роки тому

      When it comes to headlamps and lanterns and flashlights, the stuff fire departments use is top shelf.

    • @BlownF150
      @BlownF150 3 роки тому

      I've had Fenix, Ptec, Coast, Energizer, Petzl, etc. My go to one right now is a Klein 56048, USB chargeable with great runtime and only 3 modes with no goofy strobe function. Next choice would be the Streamlight Enduro Pro USB, only 2 modes and up to 48 hour runtime which is more than double the Klein I have.

  • @kkovler1
    @kkovler1 3 роки тому +1

    Love your stage name Mike Pipe, and like that your able to put up the videos so fast(same day!)

  • @Antisign
    @Antisign 3 роки тому +24

    That chick wanted some of Mikeys pipe!!

    • @gregimusprime7478
      @gregimusprime7478 3 роки тому

      she was HARDCORE flirting.

    • @BlownF150
      @BlownF150 3 роки тому

      Why do you think he changed the channel name?

    • @BlownF150
      @BlownF150 3 роки тому

      @@PipeDoctor Still need the groove guitar intro.

  • @KavinSBS
    @KavinSBS 3 роки тому +1

    Because we love what you do

  • @gualbertomontes3730
    @gualbertomontes3730 3 роки тому +3

    You really had me cracking up this is one of your best videos.

  • @efman2k3
    @efman2k3 3 роки тому +1

    Nice work. At fifty years old that thing cannot be efficient any more. Thanks for posting!

    • @stevebabiak6997
      @stevebabiak6997 3 роки тому

      50 years ago efficiency wasn’t a consideration. The cost of the fuel was cheap enough that the added cost to improve efficiency might not be recovered assuming that energy prices remained low. Once energy prices soared, efficiency became more of a big deal.

  • @airmech5083
    @airmech5083 3 роки тому +1

    You're the man! You carry those thermopiles, I usually leave an extra one with the customer.

    • @airmech5083
      @airmech5083 3 роки тому

      @@PipeDoctor i don't stock the part so I'll pickup 2 and have the customer pay extra and it's there if it fails again.

  • @Eddy63
    @Eddy63 3 роки тому

    Good 1 Mike ... Enjoyable ...

  • @matthewwalters8504
    @matthewwalters8504 3 роки тому +2

    Great content. My only advise would be to clean the pilot orifice out be it by blowing on it or trying to brush it out a bit. There should not be any yellow tipping on the flame. A yellow tip means something is slowing the gas down out of the pilot. You’ll get better flame impingement on the pilot generator in turn getting better millivolts out of it. Most of the time, just having proper flame characteristics can solve most of the cases like this. Keep up the good work!

  • @johng1077
    @johng1077 3 роки тому

    Love you working on the old boilers that most of us have or can afford, this is probably why you get so many views, also where’s the old plumbers torch need to go old school, lol

  • @donnierobertson3088
    @donnierobertson3088 3 роки тому

    Nice job and video

  • @tonydelgrego2906
    @tonydelgrego2906 3 роки тому

    Nice repair

  • @joeyz1391
    @joeyz1391 3 роки тому +1

    Dude u are great and I live on long Island and I do hvac ...this is a great channel.. I love it ....keep it up bro if u ever need a hand let me know

  • @johnnewton1051
    @johnnewton1051 3 роки тому +2

    Holy thumbnail Batman!
    This guy knows about the algorithm

  • @eldoradoboy
    @eldoradoboy 3 роки тому

    I was waiting for the TESTO print out on that old thing.. prob still works as good as new

  • @turboBEER650
    @turboBEER650 3 роки тому

    Entertaining and educational, but not too educational, nice job!

  • @frigee53415
    @frigee53415 3 роки тому

    I have found it a good idea just to put a bit of anti seize compound on the threads before I put the new thermal couple and or thermal pile just in case your the one that gets called new time it goes or the next tech appreciates it for sure. It makes it come out a lot easier.

  • @hvacdoc2338
    @hvacdoc2338 3 роки тому

    Hahaha
    Great video Doctor !!

  • @geraldschilli8870
    @geraldschilli8870 3 роки тому +3

    I’ve noticed something on this video & also on other videos. There are always wires running through raw edged holes in control chassis & other devices. Is this common practice in the New England are or what? I used to always carry 2 or 3 different sizes of either plastic chase nipples or rubber grommets in my tool bag. Always used them when replacing controls or working with wiring. It can prevent call-backs. Something to think about.

  • @randyreinninger6826
    @randyreinninger6826 3 роки тому

    The boiler King did it again 💪😎💪

  • @andrewgilbreath1331
    @andrewgilbreath1331 3 роки тому

    Oh the convos we have with our customers

  • @dklucas1
    @dklucas1 3 роки тому

    That is one thing i miss when i lived in buffalo was the snow
    If it snows significant in Alabama the whole state shuts down because they can't handle it

    • @kangaroogod
      @kangaroogod 3 роки тому

      I live 30 min from buffalo and work in buffalo most days... snowing like a mf right now. A foot in the last several hours

  • @bobschuster63
    @bobschuster63 3 роки тому

    I feel your pain brother

  • @bobyuen1389
    @bobyuen1389 3 роки тому

    Had the exact same problem last week. What a pain.🤬

    • @stevebabiak6997
      @stevebabiak6997 3 роки тому

      @@PipeDoctor
      And then you got the chance to screw her too ;)
      Innuendo galore today ...

  • @scott_meyer
    @scott_meyer 3 роки тому

    What a royal PITA...

  • @stephenmobley8061
    @stephenmobley8061 3 роки тому

    Does the burner assembly not slide out? That's the way I normally replace them.

  • @richardcranium5839
    @richardcranium5839 3 роки тому +3

    gotta love old iron no bs simple controls none of this new stuff will ever last that long

  • @jamesdowney8582
    @jamesdowney8582 3 роки тому

    Maybe you have to pull out the burners good luck love your channel

  • @eddiew.6485
    @eddiew.6485 3 роки тому +11

    Has to be one of the funniest video’s you’ve done in a long time!!! Lots of innuendo and tension there. 🥰
    So tell us , Mike......who’s the female? Inquiring minds want to know!

    • @georgen.8027
      @georgen.8027 3 роки тому +1

      @@PipeDoctor I bet it's your sister! lol

    • @brettwing737
      @brettwing737 3 роки тому +1

      @@PipeDoctor Is
      it your sister? or mistress?

    • @brettwing737
      @brettwing737 3 роки тому +3

      @@PipeDoctor I heard a thanks uncle mike at the end so im guessing sister. Dam I was hoping mistress more juicy.

    • @OverKillPlusOne
      @OverKillPlusOne 3 роки тому +7

      @@brettwing737 if he was in Arkansas or Alabama could be both lol

  • @kangaroogod
    @kangaroogod 3 роки тому

    At least you didn’t walk into a hydro-pulse boiler :)

  • @petersmart1999
    @petersmart1999 3 роки тому

    I just finished a Dunkirk DXL,it no shit ,took me an hour to convert the pilot orifice, my helper is like you want me to do it, I wear a size 16 ring,so that stuff is kinda tight!

  • @winkhvac62
    @winkhvac62 3 роки тому

    You got me thumbnail

  • @rickyhertz7250
    @rickyhertz7250 3 роки тому +3

    Love the customer interaction !

  • @randeesreality1
    @randeesreality1 3 роки тому

    Yeah I thought customer must be flirting to get a lower bill until reading comments & someone said kid said “Thanks uncle Mike” 🤙🏻😂

    • @mikeholubek4419
      @mikeholubek4419 3 роки тому

      I knew there was some kind of relation there.

  • @kenreid6950
    @kenreid6950 3 роки тому

    you have good language skills around your customers "how the 0000 did they get this in here < congratulations

  • @rickw4160
    @rickw4160 3 роки тому

    So this thing just had enough juice to keep the pilot on, but not allow it to light? Doesn't it normally shut the pilot off as well when the milivolts are too low?

  • @50ohmsbenchwarmer6
    @50ohmsbenchwarmer6 3 роки тому

    I love that # 2 oil for the working man's salad

  • @geraldrwilliamsjr8373
    @geraldrwilliamsjr8373 3 роки тому

    Thermal dynamics is in schuylkill haven, pa. 1 mile from our shop. Agreed, JUNK

    • @danielz722
      @danielz722 3 роки тому

      I am not trying to troll. Your videos are good. Though I don't think you're supposed to remove the pilot light, it is an electronic ignition device and not a traditional pilot.
      www.thermodynamicsboiler.com/manuals/CWL.pdf

  • @arseniym3185
    @arseniym3185 3 роки тому +4

    Truth is that if left alone, this boiler will still be heating up that house, and we will all be long gone. They don't make them like that anymore.

  • @thomasbauer3991
    @thomasbauer3991 3 роки тому

    May the saints be praised Mike E Pipes!
    Your the patron saint of double bubble prime time no heat calls! Good show once again....is that the mom in the opening frame...she’s hot!

  • @cadwerks3277
    @cadwerks3277 3 роки тому

    That girl wanted to light up your Furnace Mike.

  • @realestateservicessaleshea99
    @realestateservicessaleshea99 3 роки тому +1

    Also it could be a burner tray that slides everything out which I love!
    Slide out slide in!
    🤔🥃
    JS?
    Stay safe.
    Retired keyboard super tech.😁
    Wear your safety glasses.

  • @picklerix6162
    @picklerix6162 3 роки тому

    Did you get a new helper?

  • @bobberger918
    @bobberger918 3 роки тому +1

    Sometimes hitting pilot or blowing thru pilot tube with pressure

    • @guytech7310
      @guytech7310 3 роки тому

      But it could fail again... At 11 PM.. Mikey won't be happy nor would the customer. As Sgt. Hicks famously said: Nuke it from orbit, its the only way to be sure!
      Aliens (1986): Nuke it from orbit seen:
      ua-cam.com/video/nnHmUk_J6xQ/v-deo.html

  • @aamirshahzad8060
    @aamirshahzad8060 3 роки тому +3

    This boiler was built when Mobydick was a minow - Stev Lav

  • @scott_meyer
    @scott_meyer 3 роки тому

    So they built a boiler around a thermopile?

  • @rileypup5959
    @rileypup5959 3 роки тому

    Good thumbnail.

  • @joshuaryanferguson3702
    @joshuaryanferguson3702 3 роки тому

    This might be a dumb question but what dose mili volts mean is it low voltage or high voltage

  • @stevebabiak6997
    @stevebabiak6997 3 роки тому +2

    That’s the kind of house where you want a disconnect right next to that heating system; kids might flip that emergency switch on you at a bad time.

  • @richardpatrick7701
    @richardpatrick7701 3 роки тому

    I miss being New York!! Miss all the what the fuck, how the fuck, holy fuck, are you fucking Kidding me!! Keep up the Great work!!

  • @Mridgwell
    @Mridgwell 3 роки тому

    Mikey millivolt to the rescue .

  • @j.d.6221
    @j.d.6221 3 роки тому

    Gotta be the In laws lol 😆 😂

    • @j.d.6221
      @j.d.6221 3 роки тому

      @@PipeDoctor whomp! Lol

  • @kellymoran3175
    @kellymoran3175 3 роки тому

    Damn Mikey... Not to keep bringing up how you sound a lot like Ron Jeremy, but how you were talking to knock out wifey with the sexually suggestive language, well it all became more evident in this video. You are the man my friend. Stay safe and keep up the "hedgehog" persona. PEACE!

  • @bernardaflores1720
    @bernardaflores1720 3 роки тому +2

    That boiler internals will probably out last many of today's boilers, it is built like a tank!

  • @arielhernandez2911
    @arielhernandez2911 3 роки тому +1

    Lmao og I see u haha

  • @troz451
    @troz451 3 роки тому +5

    Seriously! Who doesn’t shovel and move the crap away from the furnace when a repairman comes over. Get with it people 😠

    • @pauliemoto
      @pauliemoto 3 роки тому

      Savages

    • @christophersines8238
      @christophersines8238 3 роки тому

      A lot of people. Half my customers

    • @pauliemoto
      @pauliemoto 3 роки тому

      @@christophersines8238 those people would get the sloppy surcharge.🤑

    • @seccat
      @seccat 2 роки тому

      People that want their panties on the internet.

  • @jasonthejawman5442
    @jasonthejawman5442 3 роки тому

    I told my Dad on the Phone, how great mikey pipes thee best #1

  • @b.powell622
    @b.powell622 3 роки тому

    Is that Heidi from tool-time ?

  • @ASHole71
    @ASHole71 3 роки тому

    Sounds like a friends house

    • @ASHole71
      @ASHole71 3 роки тому

      78 was worse lol

  • @markmonaco8901
    @markmonaco8901 3 роки тому

    Mikey pipes do you wear baseball caps?

  • @realestateservicessaleshea99
    @realestateservicessaleshea99 3 роки тому +2

    Any of the contact points could have some gang green on it bleeding volts??
    Just say'n.
    Stay safe.
    Retired keyboard super tech.
    Wear your safety glasses.

  • @b.powell622
    @b.powell622 3 роки тому

    Tell homeowners that you can replace the old unit with a brand new Bigfork model 2500/w all the bells and whistles ! Includes Tim's more power switches ! 😆

    • @b.powell622
      @b.powell622 3 роки тому

      @@PipeDoctor spellcheck messed up should say Bigford,Bigfork, sorry

    • @mikeholubek4419
      @mikeholubek4419 3 роки тому

      @@b.powell622 "Binford"

  • @jimalcott760
    @jimalcott760 3 роки тому

    Why no price...?

  • @craighvac1808
    @craighvac1808 3 роки тому +8

    Put the girl in your thumbnail and you'll get more views !

  • @Samlol23_drrich
    @Samlol23_drrich 3 роки тому +1

    Family? Gotta be

  • @waltershulas623
    @waltershulas623 2 роки тому

    I graduated high school in 1986

    • @waltershulas623
      @waltershulas623 2 роки тому

      @@PipeDoctor I was already married five years and my son was three years old now I’m 54 and I have four grandkids Life is good though I’m blessed every day

  • @swaterman08
    @swaterman08 3 роки тому

    I had to see the Pipe Dr one time, after my first date with a girl named Susan

  • @swaterman08
    @swaterman08 3 роки тому +1

    you say Hunny, if you want weekly injections I can be by Monday - friday

  • @arielhernandez2911
    @arielhernandez2911 3 роки тому +4

    I hate when they don’t shovel the side walk and shit

  • @martindesousa2606
    @martindesousa2606 3 роки тому +1

    I thought therm oval is a steel boiler

  • @philfalz01
    @philfalz01 3 роки тому +1

    the pilot needed to be cleaned it was lazy and not making enough heat to make the generator operate properly

  • @realestateservicessaleshea99
    @realestateservicessaleshea99 3 роки тому +2

    Every connection in the pilot circuit should be clean (clean)clean.
    The burners probably lift out from the front and twist.
    Clean the pilot,check the thermostat connections for gang green???
    They are easier to work on then a needy navi which will never never last as long as the oval!!🤔🥃😜😂🤣🤣
    Just say'n.
    Retired keyboard super tech.
    Wear your safety glasses.

  • @antoniodefilippis323
    @antoniodefilippis323 3 роки тому +1

    This video is classic guaranteed her husband is white collard lol

  • @jascoplumbingsupply4224
    @jascoplumbingsupply4224 Рік тому

    Damn that’s old. Haha sounds like a sister in law

  • @iliketakingshowers
    @iliketakingshowers 3 роки тому +2

    Do you use knee pads? I see a lot of knee time 🤣

  • @Keegeth
    @Keegeth 3 роки тому

    I came because of the thumbnail

  • @harbbains5718
    @harbbains5718 3 роки тому +3

    I just looked it up, Thermo Dynamics Boiler company is still in existence.
    www.thermodynamicsboiler.com

  • @jamespetersen9890
    @jamespetersen9890 3 роки тому

    Be careful... it can only end bad

  • @gilberteng8129
    @gilberteng8129 3 роки тому

    More Burnham Videos 🥺

  • @abdulaziz-qh4xp
    @abdulaziz-qh4xp 3 роки тому

    watching these videos is a weird experience. I live in Saudi so with the heat here, it sounds insane that people do all this. and why is everyone so damn rude!! that guy was not apologizing to Mike for not shoveling the snow, mike was extremely rude with his responses to him. but the wife and mike sounded like good friends tho. i heard NY is pretty rude so is that normal there ?

    • @loganc339
      @loganc339 2 роки тому

      That wasn't rude at all they were joking with each other. It's fun

  • @mikecrevier4686
    @mikecrevier4686 3 роки тому

    She wanted the boiler pipe all day with those comments

    • @mikecrevier4686
      @mikecrevier4686 3 роки тому

      @@PipeDoctor
      Sorry man I had to say something. When I did residential HVAC I've been in the hot seat with the silk house coat talking like that, was memory lane for this boiler goon now. Mikey pipes boys, click the shit

  • @chuckquinn8026
    @chuckquinn8026 3 роки тому

    Gotta luv a customer that asks “So how much?” You are supposed to pull a price out of your ass on the spot. 🤬

    • @larryboy4905
      @larryboy4905 3 роки тому +3

      God forbid you utter a low estimate! You’ll be held to it!

  • @rickc9873
    @rickc9873 3 роки тому

    Is it a good idea to wear a Rolex to a job ?
    Wouldn’t it give a bad vibe ?
    Just constructed criticism.

  • @lhr1701
    @lhr1701 3 роки тому

    These boilers are made in PA . I have passed their plant thousands of times when I go to PA . www.thermodynamicsboiler.com/

  • @jasonjoncas5998
    @jasonjoncas5998 3 роки тому

    Hell its called a snowblower.Tell them to get one.

  • @SureShotImages
    @SureShotImages 2 роки тому

    Customer didn’t do shit for you! “Come fix my heat, but don’t mind all the snow and clothes I left in your way”. It’s like getting a call to fix a leak under the sink, and showing up to find it packed with cleaning products still…

  • @Keegeth
    @Keegeth 3 роки тому

    Some boiler designers are such dolts. They don’t think about the servicemen. Burnham is probably my favorite brand for gas. For oil I love trio boilers.

  • @kangaroogod
    @kangaroogod 3 роки тому

    Dirty pilot... the yellow is a dead giveaway.. secondary air hole plugged with white soot I bet

  • @tjhanlonjr
    @tjhanlonjr 3 роки тому

    I'm a proud part of the now what 26%ers

  • @horacerumpole6912
    @horacerumpole6912 2 роки тому

    That guy…

  • @Typlumbsit
    @Typlumbsit 3 роки тому

    What in the world... she said I’ll give you that Mexican chicken again! Sounds like some kinky stuff to me

  • @randyreinninger6826
    @randyreinninger6826 3 роки тому

    What's up with the chic Mikey Pipes 🤐

  • @bobt4949
    @bobt4949 3 роки тому

    AGGRAVATION FEE! TWO FEET OF SNOW, RUG RATS, LAUNDRY

  • @jeffreyminer3653
    @jeffreyminer3653 3 роки тому

    I don't think it was a no heat call, she was already hot. She needed her drain snaked by the doc 👨‍⚕️

  • @MikeItalian612
    @MikeItalian612 3 роки тому +2

    Mikey pipes you don't have to be Jewish to eat levyes !!!!!!

  • @trinito97
    @trinito97 3 роки тому

    So where is the chick? Lol

  • @dominicparson5270
    @dominicparson5270 3 роки тому +2

    The wife sounded hot was she hot

    • @Voltrondefenderoftheuniverse
      @Voltrondefenderoftheuniverse 3 роки тому

      @@PipeDoctor no way , is it really her on the thumbnail , she’s crazy hot dude 😋

    • @Nicecalgarian
      @Nicecalgarian 3 роки тому

      @@PipeDoctor I had to go back and see the thumbnail again 😂