If cleaning doesn’t get you there, maybe overcharge or try measuring pressures with unit off, once unit is stabilized, see if pressures match ambient temperature, if high may be non-condensibles.
Danny S. I used to tell the younger guy to sneek up on all service calls as not to disturb a bundle of wires etc may a short in them and miss it rooting around too fast
I just had a rooftop condenser In similar situation. Coil looked clean from outside. It was packed full with debris. Was located right next to the exhaust for when they run backup generator. Took a full gallon of cleaner to get it better
Those dang pine needles are a pain in the butt. I took both units apart at my sister in law's house a few years back and filled a big garbage can up with pine needles I pulled out of them. I sprayed the coils, well everything, with a degreaser and washed them out. When I put them back together they looked like new, and the performance increased so much she couldn't believe it. Nice work, stay cool! At least you didn't have to climb in the attic. Save those for early morning, yikes.
thanks for satisfying my OCD and finally taking the grill off. Pine needles are acidic btw, unless they are in ground contact in which microbes neutralize the acid. Which is why adding pine needles won't help acidify your soil. I'm not really OCD but another OCD is losing screws. You don't need a magnetic tray when you can use the magnet on your worklight.
Ha...I said the same thing about the grill! But if you can save time here and there, but glad he saw too much build-up that resulted in a quality job by removing the grill. I'm surprised he didn't vacuum the dry stuff first and created soggy mud as a result! As a car detailer, you never want to spray liquid on a carpet without the vacuum process first! Fundamental rule! Great video and really helpful showing pressure decreasing from just some basic maintenance, resulting in better performance of the system.
@@HVACGUY you would think so but I’m in SW Virginia about 5 minutes from the NC state line and about as close to the Tn line. I’m in the mountains where it’s usually cooler but this year has been way cooler than previous years. Some crazy weather so far this year
@@kg4muc Im in ohio and its been crazy cool so far. We breached 80 maybe once or twice so far this year. Finally starting to warm up but damn we are going into july and the shop has been crazy slow, just pretty much yearly tune ups filling the schedule
Good job of cleaning the condenser coil Curtis. 👍 you clean better than most HVAC technicians. I clean mine myself and I always start by propping up the fan and vacuuming out the leaves on the bottom with the shop vac while it’s dry. Then I give it a good spray down in and out. Would be better for the customer to not pile up the debris right next to the AC unit, put it in the trash instead.
If you pull the return door off there is 3 screws behind it and that whole grill comes off. Just did 3 of these same units these week all dirty condenser coils causing the issue
My does the same thing in 90 plus weather the temp climbs 1 to 2 degrees because the unit is in direct sun from noon till about 4 in the afternoon once the sun gets off unit the house cools back down quickly. I thought for years there was something wrong, but the sun beating on the unit gets it so hot. It's a package unit
Great job. Enjoy holiday! My compressor is in a concrete area, gets no debris, but twice a year hose it out, get a lot of dirt. I guess because farmland only a mile or so away.
Don't cut grass or weed eat while your unit is running. I listened to the fan when you first walked up to the unit, it sounded like it was buffering the air instead of moving the air. Big difference in the sound after the cleaning. Enjoy your videos
Fine workmanship. Looks like your pressure probes need new gaskets. Man that coil didn’t look that dirty from first pictures. Was thinking maybe overcharged b4 you cleaned it. Have been the doo -doo man on the 4th many times. Tell your boss to pay you extra lol. Be careful
I like to fan out the stream from the end of the nozzle with my finger a little bit to get a more even pattern of water on those fins. Unfortunately, many residential plumbing hasn't got the best in water volume/pressure to do a really good job in a short time. Lots of trash down in the bottom of that unit too...its been years filling up.
Curtis can you please automatically go to your settings and turn on closed caption, thank you! Love your video man, very educational and entertaining! That coil was nasty brother, I’ve had some like that and worse in my day, yikes!
Good video ! You Might want to get Yourself some of those Orange Dishwashing Gloves 🧤 I got in The Supermarket if your going to be Lifting that debris out with your Bare Hands ! Ive found a lot of Black Widow Spiders 🕷️ & other critters in there when pulling Leaves & junk out of bottom of units. Be Careful, NorCal finds needles from Homeless in & around units. I Stopped using My hands to clean out units after some close calls. I Bought a 6 Gallon Rigid Shop Vac & it Makes Quick work of Cleaning out the bottom of Machines. Set the Vacuum on top of the unit & the Hose goes all the way to the bottom. Works Wonderful ! One of the Best $40.00 I ever spent. Home Depot. Wet / dry Rigid shop vac. 5 or 6 gallon. A lot of Dead Mice around here in units , Black Widow spiders 🕷️. Id Prefer not to Handle that stuff.
I went on a local call recently where the customer attempted to self serve. High side on R22 was 475 and low was 50. The compressor kept hitting the high limit. The evaporator was clean and airflow good. Turns out, the "handyman" just kept shoving 458A (along with R22) into the system in an attempt to raise the low side. I pulled all refrigerant out and found 17 lbs of refrigerant in a system that was designed to hold 7 lbs. Hmmmmmmm.... Do it yourself and save money..... Not so much.
Not going to say the condenser wasn't dirty because it was, but 30° over ambient is 435, you had 442. Don't know the SEER rating, lower rating at 20° over then it would have been high. Go to the next one, make some money!
Telling her it could freeze if turned to low is false if the unit is working properly. If it is not working properly then it needs repaired. It looks like you got it patched, but it needs some more work.
Looked pretty thorough to me. Sure he didn’t put his temp probes on the lines. Maybe the owner should request a maintenance inspection where he can check/ clean the evaporator check wiring , capacitors Just my opinion sir. I do believe to can cause a frosting/ freezing condition if the lack of load and ambient temperature is too low. Just my opinion I do value your experience also
@@HVACGUY Curtis I was looking again at pictures of the pressures. Something not correct. Pressures and saturation liquid temps don’t agree. I know you don’t show LL temperatures etc. I think you have in refrigant charge If so your final LL sat temp over your ambient temp your said is still very high. Maybe overcharging for starters. Let me know if you see in the video 😊
If cleaning doesn’t get you there, maybe overcharge or try measuring pressures with unit off, once unit is stabilized, see if pressures match ambient temperature, if high may be non-condensibles.
Check Fan also - for Proper Direction & Placement in the Shroud. Blade should be 1/2 in & 1/2 out of the fan shroud. in the Middle of the Blade edge.
No rag with you? That's what pant legs are for! 😄
90 degrees, hell we call that Spring time out here.😂
The Harder you Work, the Closer you Reach Retirement. 🤔👍🙏
Need to tell there lawn person to mow with discharge away from air conditioner. Excellent job Curtis 👍
I tell the younger techs clean looking condenser coil is "sneaky dirty"
Danny S. I used to tell the younger guy to sneek up on all service calls as not to disturb a bundle of wires etc may a short in them and miss it rooting around too fast
A good cleaning
Thanks for keeping us cool Curtis
I just had a rooftop condenser In similar situation. Coil looked clean from outside. It was packed full with debris. Was located right next to the exhaust for when they run backup generator. Took a full gallon of cleaner to get it better
Those dang pine needles are a pain in the butt. I took both units apart at my sister in law's house a few years back and filled a big garbage can up with pine needles I pulled out of them. I sprayed the coils, well everything, with a degreaser and washed them out. When I put them back together they looked like new, and the performance increased so much she couldn't believe it. Nice work, stay cool! At least you didn't have to climb in the attic. Save those for early morning, yikes.
Sometimes traps water and rust accumulator out at bottom and leak
Good job Curtis!
Nice work Curtis.
Showing up to a house that is 73 when it’s 93 outside should be a legitimate enough reason for a tech to smack the homeowner in the mouth.
thanks for satisfying my OCD and finally taking the grill off. Pine needles are acidic btw, unless they are in ground contact in which microbes neutralize the acid. Which is why adding pine needles won't help acidify your soil.
I'm not really OCD but another OCD is losing screws. You don't need a magnetic tray when you can use the magnet on your worklight.
Ha...I said the same thing about the grill! But if you can save time here and there, but glad he saw too much build-up that resulted in a quality job by removing the grill. I'm surprised he didn't vacuum the dry stuff first and created soggy mud as a result! As a car detailer, you never want to spray liquid on a carpet without the vacuum process first! Fundamental rule! Great video and really helpful showing pressure decreasing from just some basic maintenance, resulting in better performance of the system.
Great job as always! Be safe this weekend and don’t overdo
Finally broke 70 here so I know it’s blistering down your way
Where are you? Alaska?
@@HVACGUY you would think so but I’m in SW Virginia about 5 minutes from the NC state line and about as close to the Tn line. I’m in the mountains where it’s usually cooler but this year has been way cooler than previous years. Some crazy weather so far this year
@@kg4muc Im in ohio and its been crazy cool so far. We breached 80 maybe once or twice so far this year. Finally starting to warm up but damn we are going into july and the shop has been crazy slow, just pretty much yearly tune ups filling the schedule
@@MsckMatt Know what you mean it acts like we're still in early spring instead of into summer
Friday was extremely hot in Kentucky . Im teling you no matter how much i stay hydrated i still cramped all day running service.
Good job of cleaning the condenser coil Curtis. 👍 you clean better than most HVAC technicians. I clean mine myself and I always start by propping up the fan and vacuuming out the leaves on the bottom with the shop vac while it’s dry. Then I give it a good spray down in and out. Would be better for the customer to not pile up the debris right next to the AC unit, put it in the trash instead.
🤙🏽and you know thats right
I told my employees we need to work when we have the work and the weather let’s us. They just want to take off
I'm working all weekend as well. This one was a dirty one holy cow.
Some other words, your outdoor coil is a super vacuum cleaner!
Osprey down of aluminum clean and a good hosing off never hurts
I work everyday too👍 my only day off is February 31st😅
I was born on that day ,
A lot more thorough than I've often seen done; makes me rather wish you were in East TN.
If you pull the return door off there is 3 screws behind it and that whole grill comes off. Just did 3 of these same units these week all dirty condenser coils causing the issue
My does the same thing in 90 plus weather the temp climbs 1 to 2 degrees because the unit is in direct sun from noon till about 4 in the afternoon once the sun gets off unit the house cools back down quickly. I thought for years there was something wrong, but the sun beating on the unit gets it so hot. It's a package unit
Great job. Enjoy holiday! My compressor is in a concrete area, gets no debris, but twice a year hose it out, get a lot of dirt. I guess because farmland only a mile or so away.
I keep 2 of those expanding hoses on my truck! Life saver
"Not keeping up" Ive heard that a few times this week!
Work all weekend; laugh all the way to the bank next week. 😎
Cheers. Pulled in over $2k on Saturday and Sunday. Good job brother.
Nice work!
Outdoor Unit looked Horrible. It’s Amazing what a Clean Coil will give you. 🤔👍
Don't cut grass or weed eat while your unit is running. I listened to the fan when you first walked up to the unit, it sounded like it was buffering the air instead of moving the air. Big difference in the sound after the cleaning. Enjoy your videos
Fine workmanship. Looks like your pressure probes need new gaskets. Man that coil didn’t look that dirty from first pictures. Was thinking maybe overcharged b4 you cleaned it. Have been the doo -doo man on the 4th many times. Tell your boss to pay you extra lol. Be careful
He is the Boss....
Wow that unit definitely needed a maintenance for sure that head pressure was very high
Outstanding job as always brother. It's been a bit slower here in South FL compared to other yrs..
It's a recession if not a depression already.
@@LincolnLog I agree
I love Miss Molly !
Well I haven't watched it yet but I was going to guess expansion valve bulb (head) lost pressure. But from the comments I'm probably wrong
Ah the good old days coil after coil packed full of grass clippings
Curtis look at the reply regarding 2nd look at the pressure/saturation temp. 30 minutes ago
I like to fan out the stream from the end of the nozzle with my finger a little bit to get a more even pattern of water on those fins. Unfortunately, many residential plumbing hasn't got the best in water volume/pressure to do a really good job in a short time. Lots of trash down in the bottom of that unit too...its been years filling up.
Curtis can you please automatically go to your settings and turn on closed caption, thank you! Love your video man, very educational and entertaining! That coil was nasty brother, I’ve had some like that and worse in my day, yikes!
it's 105 in las Vegas.
Hi bro from west Alabama
My fan sounded the same, It's stopped up
Boy I had one bout a week ago it was terrible couldn't see the fins
Good video ! You Might want to get Yourself some of those Orange Dishwashing Gloves 🧤 I got in The Supermarket if your going to be Lifting that debris out with your Bare Hands ! Ive found a lot of Black Widow Spiders 🕷️ & other critters in there when pulling Leaves & junk out of bottom of units. Be Careful, NorCal finds needles from Homeless in & around units. I Stopped using My hands to clean out units after some close calls.
I Bought a 6 Gallon Rigid Shop Vac & it Makes Quick work of Cleaning out the bottom of Machines. Set the Vacuum on top of the unit & the Hose goes all the way to the bottom. Works Wonderful !
One of the Best $40.00 I ever spent. Home Depot. Wet / dry Rigid shop vac. 5 or 6 gallon.
A lot of Dead Mice around here in units , Black Widow spiders 🕷️. Id Prefer not to Handle that stuff.
Unit is much quieter at the end than the beginning. Makes that motor/fan issue more obvious.
I wish u were my dad!
Number one condenser issue. Dirty coils
👍👍👍
RIP probes lol.
I went on a local call recently where the customer attempted to self serve. High side on R22 was 475 and low was 50. The compressor kept hitting the high limit. The evaporator was clean and airflow good. Turns out, the "handyman" just kept shoving 458A (along with R22) into the system in an attempt to raise the low side. I pulled all refrigerant out and found 17 lbs of refrigerant in a system that was designed to hold 7 lbs. Hmmmmmmm.... Do it yourself and save money..... Not so much.
That lawn is dead with all that water dripping from the AC.
Magnetic tray helps with the screws 👍🏼
Not going to say the condenser wasn't dirty because it was, but 30° over ambient is 435, you had 442. Don't know the SEER rating, lower rating at 20° over then it would have been high. Go to the next one, make some money!
Your fieldpiece must be able to take a drenching. I always remove mine when washing condensers.
I stopped caring about water on my probes. Haven't had a problem for 2 years lol
@@jericosha2842lmao same I don’t got time
WoW that thing was sure dirty ! It's Canada Day tomorrow 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 and have a good holiday on July 4 weekend ! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Happy Canada Day
Ain't nothing to be happy about in communist Canada
👍👍😊😊
What tool bag is that? I dont see it named in the description.
After I cleaned mine my electric bill dropped $ 30
1st
Telling her it could freeze if turned to low is false if the unit is working properly. If it is not working properly then it needs repaired. It looks like you got it patched, but it needs some more work.
Looked pretty thorough to me. Sure he didn’t put his temp probes on the lines. Maybe the owner should request a maintenance inspection where he can check/ clean the evaporator check wiring , capacitors Just my opinion sir. I do believe to can cause a frosting/ freezing condition if the lack of load and ambient temperature is too low. Just my opinion I do value your experience also
What was the head pressure before you started? I couldn’t see it.
450
@@HVACGUY
Curtis I was looking again at pictures of the pressures. Something not correct. Pressures and saturation liquid temps don’t agree. I know you don’t show LL temperatures etc. I think you have in refrigant charge If so your final LL sat temp over your ambient temp your said is still very high. Maybe overcharging for starters. Let me know if you see in the video 😊