I had an old Lennox unit with a noisy compressor like his one. Replaced some components throughout the years, but it never quit. The guy eventually upgraded. It too quieted down with the panel on. Good job.
If you keep breaking parts like this, you should consider to tone down over torquing. Your customer is paying for new parts. If you break the parts installing You should replace the part at your cost. Not leaving the broken part in the unit and sell as new! Kind of sketchy service practice and you show it on you tube.
Good job, but you really need to check the start windings with a megohmeter. Usually when a unit is blowing capacitors the insulation on motor windings are starting to fail.
@@NickMoises04 A megohmeter operates similar to a regular ohmmeter. The megohmeter has the ability send much higher voltage to test resistance than a regular ohmmeter.
That sounded like electrical noise on the motor as if something is loose in the windings causing the loud buzz. that might explain the hard life it's giving capacitors and contactors.
when they're nosey like that, and having start problems, (burnt wire and bad start cap) its usually indicative of an overcharge, especially if you didn't do the install. I would recover and weigh the charge. While its out, change the drier and add a few ounces of oil if the charge weight is OK. wash the coils to get an accurate picture (pressures) for troubleshooting diagnostics. Sometimes a dirty coil will falsely raise the high side pressure, which in turn will raise the low side pressures to acceptable levels, and mask the problem.
I think its best to break red. Cause if you break Y you turn on a t T-Stat and the fan comes on then you go out and get no 24 volt at condenser so you have to go back to the furnace. If you break red you check the T-Stat and get no fan so you can go straight to the furnace.
Hey John that single gauge that you used to check the suction line did u buy that like it is or did you assembled it you're self and what brand is it its Pretty Neat!
Wonderful video. My rental home has a heat pump and I now understand how it works. In the attic is something...what is in the attic and is there a filter in the attic to change? Inside the house is a clean air return, with a filter. Just wondering how many filters are used when using a heat pump? Thank you.
Only one filter is needed if there is only one return duct. Over filtering a system will impede air flow to the indoor unit. Heatpumps will have a unit indoors somewhere, and it's called an "airhandler."
good vid John.. I had a prob last week on a roof of a ac unit kinda. had only one leg of the contactor pulling 110 volts and nothing on the other leg..I seen new wiring with old whips on it the nut of the whip end didn't reach the bottom of the ac and a main wire was split some through the hole and kept popping the breaker..I was there for 2 hours lol...told them their problem and is having the electrical company who messed with it last to come redo the wiring
I always broke Y to insure fan, so if coil is frozen from dirty filter or low charge, can thaw some before I get to call most of time. Dallas Ft Worth,Tx.
and the best part about breaking the red wire when you install a float switch is whenever that float switch gets tripped it will automatically lead the technician into the right direction but if you break it with yellow then in the winter time when the heat stops working they will still have heat strips on a heat pump so me personally I like to break the red wire but my company likes to break the yellow wire
subcooling? superheat? just because ur pressures "look ok" doesnt mean that charge is good... there is a reason why its drawing high start/run amps... need to dig into it further instead of taking chance of capacitor popping 2 days later.
interesting, you tested the capacitor and it was good but that's doesn't mean that it is the right one. I would of check the oem of the equipment just to be sure. looks like the type of unit too many fingers have been in.
I have a 1333 sq/ft home with a 3.5 ac unit, this unit has got to be too big for my house because it short cycles, looks like i should have a 2.5 - 3 ton system, am i right
Hey John. I'm a new subscriber and hoping to learn here. Would you ever add a couple pumps of oil to the system to try and quiet that noisy compressor?
It sound like the compressor is running in reverse, are they getting a good amount of cfms in the house? Is the fan blade turning in the correct direction of rotation? It sounds like your damaging that compressor and those thing cost alot man don't let it run if it sounds like that, switch out line one and line two on the contactor, see what happens. & stop breaking shit dude I hope you dropped the price on that contactor you broke.
😂😂😂 your a funny guy!! And what you think this a three phase condenser!! Come on dude!! It's just loud!! Talked to him the day after this repair and he said its doing great!! You know man I'm not gonna get into a argument with you!! But I don't understand people like you that have to be so negative and disrespectful to people. It's unbelievable.
Kaluv Jones I would also look at that defrost board not letting that fan spin, and it should not draw 20 Amps, killing contactor and caps, especially the hard start
I love the fact you broke more than what was broke when you first got there
LMAO
lol BRILLIANT! 😂
It happens sometime. LOL
That start cap utilized the pop off port lol. Good video John!
I love watching these videos, because as you're going through it. I thinking about what it could be in my head.
Thanks so much!!
hey man excellent video, very professional and glad i found your channel keep up the great job.
The compressor on this unit sounds like an old Goodman with a Bristol. Things I can look forward to in the near future when I buy a house.
I was going to comment on the relay being mounted wrong, but you fixed it before I could comment! LOL Great work John!
Lol Thanks Man!!
Very good job Israel.
I keep you from Buenos Aires Argentina.
This is great i can watch this all day.
Nice video John. But I nearly fell on the floor when that hard start relay broke. That's so what would happen to me. Lmao.
It seemed like some force was trying to tell him that the hard start needed replacing.
Nice vid John !!
I thought I was going to watch one of Stephen R videos with that intro, LOL
I had an old Lennox unit with a noisy compressor like his one. Replaced some components throughout the years, but it never quit. The guy eventually upgraded. It too quieted down with the panel on. Good job.
Randy Kocian my compressor was loud af. i put a 521 kit on on it. now it purrs. got lucky.
If you keep breaking parts like this, you should consider to tone down over torquing.
Your customer is paying for new parts. If you break the parts installing You should replace the part at your cost. Not leaving the broken part in the unit and sell as new!
Kind of sketchy service practice and you show it on you tube.
The plastic he broke isn't going to alter anything lol
Take a pill, princess-fingers.
Great video. Thanks. Keep them coming
Those were my favorite style of Lennox units. There is plenty of room for all of the controls.
great video john
Good job, but you really need to check the start windings with a megohmeter. Usually when a unit is blowing capacitors the insulation on motor windings are starting to fail.
As stated from Isral 6 month ago "I wanted to but i lost my megger i've got to order a new one!!"
How do you do that?
@@NickMoises04 A megohmeter operates similar to a regular ohmmeter. The megohmeter has the ability send much higher voltage to test resistance than a regular ohmmeter.
That sounded like electrical noise on the motor as if something is loose in the windings causing the loud buzz. that might explain the hard life it's giving capacitors and contactors.
that was a great comeback after you broke that hard start CAP... 😆
Ha ha! I'm glad it's not only me that's broken that plastic piece. Cool video John! That compressor is just gonna get stuck one day.
I agree buddy!!
Lol. I just broke one exactly like that yesterday, and wasn't the first I've broken. Guess it's just a hair to much torque
I use ferrule crimp terminals on the bare copper ends of my lines coming in. It cleans up the look and makes a great connection.
when they're nosey like that, and having start problems, (burnt wire and bad start cap) its usually indicative of an overcharge, especially if you didn't do the install. I would recover and weigh the charge. While its out, change the drier and add a few ounces of oil if the charge weight is OK. wash the coils to get an accurate picture (pressures) for troubleshooting diagnostics. Sometimes a dirty coil will falsely raise the high side pressure, which in turn will raise the low side pressures to acceptable levels, and mask the problem.
hvac01453 his gauge isn't even reading right, forget all the electronic crap , a good old yellow jacket set is the best
Great video John
Thanks Mike!!
Another great job and video John
Thanks Harry!!
I think its best to break red. Cause if you break Y you turn on a t T-Stat and the fan comes on then you go out and get no 24 volt at condenser so you have to go back to the furnace. If you break red you check the T-Stat and get no fan so you can go straight to the furnace.
I couldn't agree more!!
lol
@@vwa9832 Rightly so.
Hey John that single gauge that you used to check the suction line did u buy that like it is or did you assembled it you're self and what brand is it its Pretty Neat!
Good stuff John.
John why is this condenser unit has board there instead of at furnace unit?
Cheers John , enjoyed it.
Thanks Man!!
Wonderful video. My rental home has a heat pump and I now understand how it works. In the attic is something...what is in the attic and is there a filter in the attic to change? Inside the house is a clean air return, with a filter. Just wondering how many filters are used when using a heat pump? Thank you.
Only one filter is needed if there is only one return duct. Over filtering a system will impede air flow to the indoor unit. Heatpumps will have a unit indoors somewhere, and it's called an "airhandler."
Great video thank you.
good vid John.. I had a prob last week on a roof of a ac unit kinda. had only one leg of the contactor pulling 110 volts and nothing on the other leg..I seen new wiring with old whips on it the nut of the whip end didn't reach the bottom of the ac and a main wire was split some through the hole and kept popping the breaker..I was there for 2 hours lol...told them their problem and is having the electrical company who messed with it last to come redo the wiring
Thanks Jay!! Ya stuff like that will eat your lunch for sure!!
That 110amp start tells the story. Customers like me don't like to pay once it's running. Because we have no money. lol You did everything you could.
nice fix advise not to use the hilmor for that I've broke two sets so far they are all plastic and very easy to crack without you noticing it
I wonder if it's really 240 at the contactor with it running. Wouldn't be the first time somebody found voltage drop in the lines
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, thanks Israel
Stephen Rardon lol
Where did you get those quick test gauges?
looks like the hard start relay is intalled sideways?
It’s better to put the wire directly to the contacts, not only that but the lugs should be torqued
I always broke Y to insure fan, so if coil is frozen from dirty filter or low charge, can thaw some before I get to call most of time. Dallas Ft Worth,Tx.
Why would there be water in the condensate pan if your coil is Frozen?
Funny , the lug before he broke off the plastic , I’m thinking he’s putting a lot of side torque by tightening down so hard and twisting the lug.
maybe pinfish 53 ought to keep pin fishing John Israel is a fine mechanic
and the best part about breaking the red wire when you install a float switch is whenever that float switch gets tripped it will automatically lead the technician into the right direction but if you break it with yellow then in the winter time when the heat stops working they will still have heat strips on a heat pump so me personally I like to break the red wire but my company likes to break the yellow wire
what kind of tool bag do you use?
I’m new to hvac been in the trade for 9 months and tips?
are u sure that there isn't any internal issues with the compressor?
excellent job!!!!!!
I like your tool bag
Great vid brother nice fix
Thanks Ethan
Always break red myself so if thermostat is blank then check drain first or fuse
Why compressor fan is running so slow ? it doesn't look right to me .
I believe that 'hole' in the start cap is a relief plug designed to 'pop'.
yep
Nice job, much thanks. SHIP IT!!!!
Man that is one rough sounding unit!!
Over voltage will cause caps to weaken. That compressor is shot. Let's see some better gauges. Keep up the good attitude.
Love to work on hvac equipment that's what I live for.
What's the point of even putting your gauges on if you're not going to check your superheat and subcooling?
how long do you have to wait before turning your home ac on after the main power has been off for a day.
Just turn it on
great vid! been watching you for a while now!! how do we contact you with questions?
Watch the end of the video
Is that a kink in the suction line at 14:32 , or is it camera angle .
It's a Lennox design as far as im aware but ya looks bad to me to
Add me to the list of breaking that eyelet on the potential relay.
Lol
Tell me about the tool bag
subcooling? superheat?
just because ur pressures "look ok" doesnt mean that charge is good... there is a reason why its drawing high start/run amps... need to dig into it further instead of taking chance of capacitor popping 2 days later.
I was thinking the same thing. That unit could be overcharged.
am i the only one who got frustrated when he didnt immediately get the needle nose when he couldnt get those wires off lol
dood that bugged me for real...
My guess is that the compressor is too danged old and ... I'll watch the video now. LOL
Jhonnyboy its just me or those connectors are fighting back?
Mains power should always flow from top to bottom!
Why can't they standardize the contactor connections? Always have to switch over from lugs to bare wire or vice versa, It's a pain!!
Whats the point of torquing down on plastic that hard?
That thing has a SEER of what, 3?
That's never gonna last compressor bearings are worn
Looks to me like the fan is running slow and backwards.
Richard Eichenberger I'm glad I'm not the only one that noticed that
Spinning parts can move faster than a cameras frame rate causing it to seem reversed.
He acquired the time stone from Thanos
interesting, you tested the capacitor and it was good but that's doesn't mean that it is the right one. I would of check the oem of the equipment just to be sure. looks like the type of unit too many fingers have been in.
If it don't fit, force it. If it breaks, it needed to be replaced anyways.
Wouldn’t hurt to put 8oz supco88 in a unit like that👍
Why would there still be 24 volts to the system when you took the disconnect out?
@Ishkabibble I understand, thanks
float switch - I always break G (fan)!! JK I break red
I have a 1333 sq/ft home with a 3.5 ac unit, this unit has got to be too big for my house because it short cycles, looks like i should have a 2.5 - 3 ton system, am i right
Yes you are!!
+Israelhvac thanks for the quick response and I really enjoy all of your videos
+Chris Brown I appreciate that
At least you are saving energy
How did you determine it was the contactor was defective?
His wallet determined it.
Hey John. I'm a new subscriber and hoping to learn here.
Would you ever add a couple pumps of oil to the system to try and quiet that noisy compressor?
No. It's old and near death. Oil won't fix that.
You left flyaways when you wired up the high voltage on the conactor.
I would've megged out the comp to see if you a winding that's starting to fail. That would cause cap to fail regularly
I wanted to but i lost my megger i've got to order a new one!!
that noise is why they packed insulation around it.
It sound like the compressor is running in reverse, are they getting a good amount of cfms in the house? Is the fan blade turning in the correct direction of rotation? It sounds like your damaging that compressor and those thing cost alot man don't let it run if it sounds like that, switch out line one and line two on the contactor, see what happens. & stop breaking shit dude I hope you dropped the price on that contactor you broke.
😂😂😂 your a funny guy!! And what you think this a three phase condenser!! Come on dude!! It's just loud!! Talked to him the day after this repair and he said its doing great!! You know man I'm not gonna get into a argument with you!! But I don't understand people like you that have to be so negative and disrespectful to people. It's unbelievable.
Kaluv Jones I would also look at that defrost board not letting that fan spin, and it should not draw 20 Amps, killing contactor and caps, especially the hard start
What are your thoughts on the KS1 hard starts?
Thats what i used in this video!! They work well!!
sounds like it's time for a new system
i don't even know where to start
That compressor is gonna blow
Haha I have broken the plastic before as well.
I do it all the time!! Thanks for watching!!
That compressor is making alot of racket try pumping some oil in it 10oz
Oh man, you need a torque wrench!
He needs to stop using a drill to tighten plastic
What do you mean by temperature split
jonatan andrade the difference between the air going in and the air coming out the vents should be 15 to 20 degrees otherwise you're not cooling
Over tightening that plastic is why its breaking
Can I enter coupon code for 10% off?
Lol of course!!
CHECK to make sure power has been killed even after you'll you turned it off at the dissconnect!!!
Jesus Garza
I've seen assholes put the wiring together in a disconnect totally bypassing the pull out switch cuz they don't have fuses
dustinnovo AMEN brother, I've seen that too.....take that extra few seconds to check, if not you're gonna ride the lightning
@@Clamjammer what a fuckin dickhead ...
Noise means sloppy and / or friction. Not good.
Funny intro , I guess you're mocking Steve Rardon. 
Something like that lmao!!
Hahaha It was funny. He's wierd.
that compressor sounds really bad...
Always break "G" (Indoor fan) with float switch🤣.
Hero Caleb break r always break g and unit will freeze up
Doyle Legg I know, that’s what I do on my installs. It was a joke.
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wow. That rascal is noisy.
Yes it is!!
the fan is not even turning