Air Conditioner Not Working...I Think!? Who - What - Where - Why?

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  • @scottfeatherstone7156
    @scottfeatherstone7156 2 роки тому +5

    I am taking HVAC at local community college, I think your videos are the best on UA-cam, thanks for putting them out there.

    • @HVACRSurvival
      @HVACRSurvival  2 роки тому +1

      Wow 😳 thanks man! I appreciate you letting me know🙏🤜🤛👍👍

  • @donaldpainter956
    @donaldpainter956 2 роки тому +3

    That's why installers or service technician should write on the unit if it's upstairs downstairs or whatever so you can tell what is what

    • @HVACRSurvival
      @HVACRSurvival  2 роки тому

      Bingo, if something's hard to find I write it inside the unit what breaker it is and where the box is or whatever it is you might need to find.

  • @oscalerup1129
    @oscalerup1129 2 роки тому +2

    Fun day, I hate that model York with a passion. I have the unfortunate privilege to live and work in the same county those were made so I see way more than I ever wished to. Stay cool it’s hot out there

  • @Ted_E_Bear
    @Ted_E_Bear 2 роки тому +2

    Thanks Rick !

  • @christiansommer914
    @christiansommer914 2 роки тому +4

    Damm Steve you are all sunshine and rainbows today😂😂😂.
    Keep up the good work.
    Some may say you are a supertech, but no, you are the Yoda of crap calls and the king of disaster equipment.
    Proud to follow you on youtube and see some of your adventures😎

    • @HVACRSurvival
      @HVACRSurvival  2 роки тому +1

      I appreciate your kind words 🤜🤛👍👍

  • @johnbell6956
    @johnbell6956 2 роки тому +4

    Nice video. When I have to mess with evaporator or condenser coils, my invoices have a line item designated MB1- minor bleeding - 20.00, or SD1- severe bleeding - $50.00. Covers quickclot, bandages, aggravation, etc. Stay cool this week. I am east of you about 100 miles.

  • @CHOMAHOMA
    @CHOMAHOMA 2 роки тому +2

    Again. Thank you for the video. Yeah, this call looks is one of those where you have to look even under the rocks to see what is going on. What I see with Testo probes is that you can't go too far away from them. They seem not to have the same range as the Fieldpiece ones. Today I went down the ladder to the restaurant, and I couldn't read the Testos at the thermostat, but I could read the Fieldpiece Hygrometers. Fieldpiece is more expensive, but I see why.

  • @PhillipFrischman-vo8gm
    @PhillipFrischman-vo8gm 2 місяці тому +1

    I would love that water pressure every freaking house

  • @PhillipFrischman-vo8gm
    @PhillipFrischman-vo8gm 2 місяці тому +1

    Nice I kind of learned something.

  • @ΗλιαςΜπελος-σ1ψ
    @ΗλιαςΜπελος-σ1ψ 2 роки тому +2

    I have the same Testo kit a month ago and they are great!

  • @justinperry68
    @justinperry68 2 роки тому +1

    Lol with the sound deadening, I do the same, also with the water furnaces upper door, or just remove and put in tool bag.

  • @jrsmyth9761
    @jrsmyth9761 2 роки тому +3

    Add colored tape or paint to the probes, red for high temp and blue for low temp.
    Fieldpiece has yellow removable plastic covers.

    • @HVACRSurvival
      @HVACRSurvival  2 роки тому

      I have used my blue paint pen on the clamp 👍👍

    • @TechnicalLee
      @TechnicalLee 2 роки тому +1

      They come with red and blue sticker dots for such.

  • @ConnorCoultis
    @ConnorCoultis 2 роки тому +10

    Not a fan of the new testo manifold to be honest. I have the 557s as well and I liked them until I picked up the fieldpiece probes from true tech tools and started using them with measure quick, much higher quality tools I find. The testos always needed to be re-zeroed, they’d be off by like 3 psi every time i’d use them. Right after a pressure test you’d let out the nitrogen and they’d be off by 2 psi again. The screen cracked from sitting in the sun even though I babied them. When they weren’t attached to a unit they were back in the case. The bluetooth was garbage, they’d disconnect when you’d come off the roof into the building within 50ft of the manifold. The fieldpiece has amazing bluetooth range, they stayed connected one time through 3 floors of concrete. They come back to zero every time and battery life is over a year. The testos live on the shelf in the van now.

    • @HVACRSurvival
      @HVACRSurvival  2 роки тому +2

      I have the Fieldpiece probes in my bag👍👍

    • @coldfinger459sub0
      @coldfinger459sub0 2 роки тому +3

      Exactly all the bad experiences I had with the 557.
      And I was going to give them the benefit of the doubt call Deb Testo . They sent me out a second set the exact same problems.
      The 557 will go down in Testo‘s history books other than the initial sale because everybody was hyped but then let down with a big crash especially for the price.
      There is definitely not as reliable and dependable as my old Testo 570

    • @ConnorCoultis
      @ConnorCoultis 2 роки тому +1

      @@coldfinger459sub0 I actually wish I had waited a while before buying them. You were the first one on youtube who was actually testing them out properly and making videos. If I had only waited a couple months I would have seen I should have gotten the fieldpiece manifold.

    • @ConnorCoultis
      @ConnorCoultis 2 роки тому +1

      @@HVACRSurvival I do like the design of the testo. I like the shape. I like how the screen is layed out. They just didn’t meet the level of quality that you’d expect from testo’s flagship model.

    • @coldfinger459sub0
      @coldfinger459sub0 2 роки тому +2

      @@ConnorCoultis yes I believe I was the very first one if that all possible with the 557. I actually discovered and put in my order and called before they were even available or announced in the United States.
      Because I’m also signed up to Testo in the European market and so I got a EU advertisement sent to my email about the 557.
      I instantly put in an order to True Tech Tools and they told me they didn’t know nothing about it yet lol 😂
      So I had to wait for them to announce it.
      One of my biggest tool purchase regrets ever.
      That’s when I discovered it had a problem with my old iPhone model six so it forced me to buy a new one that cost a boatload of money 💰
      Then I discovered it would not work with my old android pad too many software glitches and drop outs and lock ups
      Had problems with the old iPad so it forced me to buy a brand new one that was several hundred dollars more
      Just to use the Testo 557, and then to find out it had so many problems glitches and Bluetooth connectivity problems it is now a testo brick. Only comes out in emergencies or when I need a third or fourth set of gauges just to pull refrigerant recoveries through or look at some pressures not even attempting to use Bluetooth or any diagnostic procedures.
      I’m still walking around bowlegged with my tail between my legs licking my wounds on that one.

  • @bobjohnson2172
    @bobjohnson2172 Рік тому +1

    Fantastic job !

  • @TechnicalLee
    @TechnicalLee 2 роки тому +8

    9:50 - You can see the burnt traces on the back of the board near that middle blower relay. Blower must be drawing too much current or not starting so check blower cap.

    • @RJMaker
      @RJMaker 2 роки тому

      This

    • @HVACRSurvival
      @HVACRSurvival  2 роки тому +2

      Optical illusion. It wasn't burnt

    • @throttlebottle5906
      @throttlebottle5906 2 роки тому

      yep, it looks burnt to me and I see the solder melted away at the pin going to the boards very bottom terminal (one of the blower cool terminals), that bottom relay is smoked inside. it must be a cooling blower speed relay.

    • @HVACRSurvival
      @HVACRSurvival  2 роки тому +3

      @@throttlebottle5906 I was using the light on my phone to record with, what you're seeing is the shadow from the peg on the board. I know what a blown off trace looks like.

    • @goobermcgoobs7589
      @goobermcgoobs7589 2 роки тому +4

      @@HVACRSurvival good lord these internet warriors who weren’t there with you think they know more about the call you had your hands and head in than you do. Great job Rick keep ‘‘em coming

  • @johnwalker890
    @johnwalker890 2 роки тому +1

    Good job Rick, keep going.

  • @toddthegamer
    @toddthegamer 2 роки тому +3

    you forgot the "when" part of the 5 W's 😂jokes aside, great video as usual!

  • @jasonjohnsonHVAC
    @jasonjohnsonHVAC 2 роки тому +2

    I have and like Testo. I have the complete kit with pressure, temp clamps, hygrometers, DB temp thermometer, vane anemometer, hot wire anemometer and ir. Its been great to use and no issues at all. I want to get that scale...i have the FP wireless...so its hard to justify buying another one when the one i have works just fine. If you get sick of the Testo stuff....let me know...I'll buy it off you ( if you are allowed to sell it ) i like FP and have nothing bad to say about them. I have lits if FP products as well. I just like Testo for their accuracy of their sensors. Those 605i hygrometers are really nice snd the magnets make them great for vertical or horizontal insertion into the air stream.
    Another great video Rick, and i really like how you are very detailed in what you do.

    • @HVACRSurvival
      @HVACRSurvival  2 роки тому

      Thanks Jason! That's awesome of you to say. I like the gauges, I think I'm asking too much of them. I need to read the manual.

    • @jasonjohnsonHVAC
      @jasonjohnsonHVAC 2 роки тому +1

      @@HVACRSurvival it couldn't hurt to read the manual, but i get not reading one....i also agree that it should be easy to use without reading the manual.

  • @IAmSidTheRealKid
    @IAmSidTheRealKid 2 роки тому +1

    Great video and job Rick!

  • @MikeB9771
    @MikeB9771 2 роки тому +1

    Nice video Rick, as always you get the good ones. Sometimes you can fix em ,Sometimes you just get them limping along until heating season.

  • @xelaju8
    @xelaju8 2 роки тому +1

    Thanks for sharing.

  • @alvarolucio8264
    @alvarolucio8264 7 місяців тому +1

    Boa tarde, perguntei se os modelos de placas utilizadas nestes equipamentos, sao todos igual ou tem modelos de olacas de controles diferentes? Obrigado

  • @RichGT350r
    @RichGT350r 2 роки тому +1

    Nice one Rick! Best Regards to You & Lora! 🤙🤙🤣

    • @HVACRSurvival
      @HVACRSurvival  2 роки тому +1

      Thanks Man! I seen your latest car video....Bad ass!

    • @RichGT350r
      @RichGT350r 2 роки тому +1

      @@HVACRSurvival Thanks Brother!

  • @Eddy63
    @Eddy63 2 роки тому +1

    I needed to kill about a half hour before the race and this vid worked out perfect ... So see , you are good for something 🤣😅😂 Thx for posting ...

    • @HVACRSurvival
      @HVACRSurvival  2 роки тому +1

      It's great to be needed....😂

    • @Eddy63
      @Eddy63 2 роки тому +1

      @@HVACRSurvival Lol ...

  • @EverythingHVACR
    @EverythingHVACR 2 роки тому +2

    Nice job Rick! I hate that mesh crap, good for nothing kinda like that crap insulation

  • @docdat3468
    @docdat3468 Рік тому +1

    Adding the water first is for the users wellbeing with chemicals that you don't can overflow or spray the chemicals out

  • @jx5hficus176
    @jx5hficus176 2 роки тому +1

    Does that inficon stratus work very well on 410a I use the tek mate but, when it comes to very minimal leaks of 410a its difficult, how does it perform on very tiny leaks?

    • @HVACRSurvival
      @HVACRSurvival  2 роки тому

      It's a completely different design sensor and machine. Watch my review on it

    • @jx5hficus176
      @jx5hficus176 2 роки тому +1

      @@HVACRSurvival hmm I'm tempted to buy it, I just want to know if it would help me atleast determine what's leaking, I ran into two calls recent in which it was apparent they were low, and system barely kept up. Spent hours looking for leaks and couldn't find it. I had to gas them up and hope it was the service valves! Would you say the stratus would help in finding minimal leaks?

    • @HVACRSurvival
      @HVACRSurvival  2 роки тому

      I mainly use it 98% of the time. I double check it against the h10 pro and the dtek 3 whenever I doubt it's working correct and it has always proven it was right.

  • @garypoplin4599
    @garypoplin4599 Рік тому +1

    27:32 - RTM!? That’s cheatin’! That takes all the challenge out of it!!

  • @kevonslims7269
    @kevonslims7269 7 місяців тому +1

    Is it back EMF or are you just applying power to two sections of the motor speed winding?

    • @HVACRSurvival
      @HVACRSurvival  7 місяців тому

      You’re gonna need to give me a little more details. Give me a timestamp and remind me what you’re talking about.

  • @TheNemosdaddy
    @TheNemosdaddy 2 роки тому +2

    My guess is that isnt for insulation per se, but sound dampening. Probably sold those units as "quieter" than the standard condenser.

  • @alvarolucio8264
    @alvarolucio8264 7 місяців тому +1

    Boa Noite os tipos de placas utilizadas nos equipamentos sao praticamente todos iguais? Ou tem muitas diferenças?

    • @HVACRSurvival
      @HVACRSurvival  7 місяців тому

      I’m not sure what you mean by plates being all the same ?

  • @davidsanders6957
    @davidsanders6957 3 місяці тому +1

    Maybe a leak check AFTER DE-ICING !!

  • @skidmarkman321
    @skidmarkman321 2 роки тому +1

    You should not check to ground for power when diagnosing, checking to ground tells you if you will be shocked but not if you have both legs of power.

    • @HVACRSurvival
      @HVACRSurvival  2 роки тому

      I agree, It was for a quick demonstration, I check across switches and use common or neutral when I'm actually diagnosing a system.

  • @analogmoz
    @analogmoz 2 роки тому +3

    I have a mania for labeling stuff and almost every unit I work on ends up with a UV-resistant label with what area it conditions, address if necessary, any other relevant information.

    • @HVACRSurvival
      @HVACRSurvival  2 роки тому +1

      You're better than most out there👍👍

    • @analogmoz
      @analogmoz 2 роки тому +2

      $20 thermal label printer and off-brand cheap label tape makes it cheap for me and easy for everyone else!

    • @HVACRSurvival
      @HVACRSurvival  2 роки тому

      Yes Sir 👍👍

  • @mikedillon6233
    @mikedillon6233 2 роки тому +1

    Man it impresses me how much stuff it takes to keep this clean ! It seems to me, from an outside View, and most of this is leaks, replace motors and clean the coils ? Also replace motherboards inside when they fail? Did I catch all the high points! Lol

    • @HVACRSurvival
      @HVACRSurvival  2 роки тому

      Kind of, there's a lot of things that can go wrong but generally they don't unless you ignore it and let things accumulate.

  • @joehead1294
    @joehead1294 2 роки тому +1

    Mounted the rain sensor to the condenser? 😵‍💫😵‍💫

  • @berylwhite2983
    @berylwhite2983 2 роки тому +1

    One of The Hardy boys to the rescue! You did an excellent job for what you had to work with. Keep up the good work be safe. hand the wallet over quicker to the wife it looks like she's been either clawing at your hands or taking a knife out to them

  • @biblebloopers946
    @biblebloopers946 2 роки тому +1

    24 smackers 😂

  • @FrostHVAC
    @FrostHVAC 2 роки тому +1

    The newer Affinity series units will have a LP/HP lockout, these units are trash. Especially the access panel, I don't mind working on em though

    • @HVACRSurvival
      @HVACRSurvival  2 роки тому +1

      Thanks for the feedback🤜🤛👍👍

  • @pineychristian
    @pineychristian 2 роки тому +1

    2nd fl may be cycling off due to low pressure control ..... there is one clearly in your video.

  • @sheeesh3355
    @sheeesh3355 2 роки тому +1

    Bro just push the contractors plunger with his bare hand 👏

    • @HVACRSurvival
      @HVACRSurvival  2 роки тому

      🤣🤣 It's 245v not 460v. Do you use gloves for removing your refrigerant hoses?🤭

    • @sheeesh3355
      @sheeesh3355 2 роки тому +1

      @@HVACRSurvival lmao you are build different

    • @HVACRSurvival
      @HVACRSurvival  2 роки тому

      @@sheeesh3355 this would likely be a true statement. 😁👍👍

  • @hmedwards3
    @hmedwards3 2 роки тому +1

    Why wouldn't you put in a temporary fan relay?

    • @HVACRSurvival
      @HVACRSurvival  2 роки тому +1

      Why, I'll have to remove it when I get the control board. It's not going to hurt to have it run. I have had mine running non-stop since 2003. But it's a ECM

    • @hmedwards3
      @hmedwards3 2 роки тому +1

      @@HVACRSurvival and probably not unbalanced

  • @embeddedgirl
    @embeddedgirl 2 роки тому +1

    Not related to any of the work you did but I couldn't help but notice at 1:36, that PVB backflow assembly for the irrigation system isn't installed correctly lol. Who ever installed that is gonna be in for a real treat when a backflow event occurs and everyone's drinking water gets contaminated with fertilizers and dog shit from the grass.👍

  • @keepthinking2666
    @keepthinking2666 Рік тому +1

    Simplest thing as the old bosses used to say kiss method dirty 4-in filter no airflow causes ice ta da

  • @shine-cg9uf
    @shine-cg9uf 2 роки тому +1

    👍🇺🇸🙏💪❄️ Great work n vid

  • @TheRenaissanceBuilder
    @TheRenaissanceBuilder 2 роки тому +1

    Thats not back emf, back electromagnetic frequencies apply to radio transmissions. You are referring to stray voltages on a multitap motor

    • @HVACRSurvival
      @HVACRSurvival  2 роки тому +1

      I was referring to electromagnetic force. May not be the exact correct terminology but motor generates voltage. When a motor shut off there's a spike and that's what causes transients.

    • @TheRenaissanceBuilder
      @TheRenaissanceBuilder 2 роки тому

      @@HVACRSurvival ok um, please read this as coming from all the best intentions and kindness, I genuinely wish to be helpful.
      Would you like to learn a more accurate knowledge of electricity?
      I would absolutely love to help but I don’t want to stick my nose in your business so ill leave the offer on the table.

    • @joehead1294
      @joehead1294 2 роки тому +1

      @@HVACRSurvival Also, when you apply voltage to one speed tap, voltage should show up on all speed taps, I believe the windings are all interconnected in series.

    • @HVACRSurvival
      @HVACRSurvival  2 роки тому

      They are multi tapped like a transformer

    • @TechnicalLee
      @TechnicalLee 2 роки тому +1

      EMF = electromotive force AKA voltage. Same acronym different meaning. Counter or back EMF is the correct term.

  • @Boodieman72
    @Boodieman72 Рік тому +1

    When do you give up trying to fix it and just say they need a new unit?

    • @HVACRSurvival
      @HVACRSurvival  Рік тому

      @boodieman72 I give up trying when there's absolutely no other possible solutions or the units fried, this crap of these guys trying to sell stuff all the time is a bunch of bull, where I live at if you're going to try to monkey somebody over like that they're just going to call someone else and they'll get it fixed, you're not a real service person if you can't figure out what's really wrong with it and you have to sell a new unit, leave that up to the customer to decide. We have a reputation to uphold and there's a reason why we are the size we are, there's a lot of things about my area and where I work that I don't discuss but that's not the kind of business I wish to work for.

    • @Boodieman72
      @Boodieman72 Рік тому +1

      @@HVACRSurvival It seems as if it takes a lot to render a unit unfixable unless you can't get parts for it.

  • @stephwaylonwells3218
    @stephwaylonwells3218 2 роки тому +1

    👍

  • @harrydickson4575
    @harrydickson4575 2 роки тому +1

    👍👍👍

  • @keepthinking2666
    @keepthinking2666 Рік тому +1

    It's this the wrong board possibly

  • @steveblake8766
    @steveblake8766 2 роки тому +3

    78 Thumbs uP

  • @pineychristian
    @pineychristian 2 роки тому +1

    No offense but I would have started at the thermostat. Checked for power at indoor furnace and outdoor with sequence of operation. You could have found out a lot of info and not looking at stuff that was unnecessary plus a waste of time.

    • @HVACRSurvival
      @HVACRSurvival  2 роки тому +1

      No offense taken, but when you arrive and the person at the front desk doesn't know what another person called in about and he wasn't there to tell me and they didn't call him to find out.... No one talks to each other and my office didn't make sure that they got the correct discrimination of the complaint, where do you start? the upstairs unit or the downstairs unit? It's hard to fix something if you don't know which ones are not working right. You have to go through and check everything. When I see a system that's piss poor installed like this... I check everything because I don't trust anybody to do their job right. As you can see whoever's been working on it did everything about us half ass as you can get it. But I can't mention that in the video.

  • @sterlingarcher46
    @sterlingarcher46 2 роки тому +1

    I like the electronic tools but at some point they're gonna dumb down the industry where even tiktokers will be able to charge a unit ... I mean automatic charge with subcool , troubleshooting with apps like mq what are we doing ?!

    • @HVACRSurvival
      @HVACRSurvival  2 роки тому +1

      I was thinking the same thing. I haven't used the auto thing yet. I mainly like having the wait scale and the calculated wet bulb.

  • @fellpower
    @fellpower 4 місяці тому +1

    Why ist always looking soooo nasty in the back of american companies? cant believe ^^

    • @HVACRSurvival
      @HVACRSurvival  4 місяці тому

      I guarantee you it’s like this everywhere in any country. You have no idea if you haven’t worked in the field.

  • @steve19841117
    @steve19841117 2 роки тому +2

    First

  • @erickwardwell962
    @erickwardwell962 2 роки тому +1

    God what a horrible system design. York sucks.

  • @coldfinger459sub0
    @coldfinger459sub0 2 роки тому +2

    I wonder if you’ll be like everybody else and go back to your 550s . There’s a reason why people sent back their 557‘s or just keep them tucked away in a box for secondary back up emergency. Including myself. After two sets

    • @HVACRSurvival
      @HVACRSurvival  2 роки тому +1

      We're yours the 557 "s" model or the original 557? I had the original and they were great till they died

    • @coldfinger459sub0
      @coldfinger459sub0 2 роки тому +3

      @@HVACRSurvival The new model S. Miss my old 570 that thing was built like it was a German made Swiss watch.
      When you held the 570 in your hand you knew you knew you had an industrial piece of equipment
      When you held the Testo 557S thought somebody accidentally sent you a Chinese imitation knock off fake Tonka toy.