Big fan Steve, and so..., I am a HVAC technician my myself 6. years in the field it's been a great honor learning from you and many other great videos out there too ! Keep going you are a true hero.
Hi Steve I applied to all state carrer school for hvac I'm so excited because hvac is my passion I've loved hvac since I was little I used to have a thermostat collection to
Pay particular attention when they teach you how to hook up the vacuum pump. I actually saw a tech sit in his truck running his ac listening to music for six hours waiting for pump to evacuate system. This alone must cost hvac companies untold amounts of wasted hours when system can be evacuated in under twenty minutes when done properly. Would be a good moneymaker charging hvac companies to teach their young techs how to evacuate systems correctly.
Just a word of advice, when testing for voltage, go to a neutral terminal on the board, not to the gas line or chassis. The reason being that you could have a problem with the neutral. Don't worry about the rollouts, as the inducer is the first thing to run.
You checked everything first until you determined it was probably the board. The dude should be grateful for your services, it seemed he was taken. Great learning video Steve and no messing around! Keep them video's coming 👍 👌 👏
I just purchased that KLEIN Voltage Tester, a good tool too for $25 on Ebay, and a quick troubleshooting tool. The lower range has more sensitivity when checking the lower 24 AC Volt Control Circuits, but the sensitivity will detect 2 to 3 inches away so if wires are too close together it can throw you off in your troubleshooting.
Great job on pile of York. So far Carrier is working for me, but you educated me high efficiency stuff is problematic. Hopefully last a while with extra surge suppressor. York AC was fine, always replacing variable speed motors, and gave up on combustion chamber rusting out. Current system, check every two months including drip tubes. Thanks for educating people. Glad I don’t have oil, but would if not on a gas line.
Steve that Klein tig tester will pick up voltage from a wire 6 inch away so you need to make sure you hold it away from the other hot wires. You will think wire has power but its the other wires under or around it.
Slightly confused on why you would test to see if the pressure switch was closed when the inducer wasn’t even running. I feel I could’ve diagnosed this in about 5 mins.
Engineer1: "Listen, we can't keep them simple. If we add a zillion electronic components, the customers will save 10 dollars a year in fuel". Engineer2: "But won't the customer lose 400 a year repairing components?" Engineer1: "Yes but that is how our salaries will be paid. By Selling a zillion electronic components".
Lawyer1: Listen, we need to have all these sensors so that people will not sue us when their homes burn down or die from carbon monoxide poisoning. Circuit board are cheaper than law suits.
Awesome fix! For a while there i thought it was gonna be a total dead duck & heading off into fire the parts cannon at it but with your experience & fault finding skills a win for the customer & you win now with a happy customer who'll likely 100% get you back next time!
Good ole Steve to the rescue. You could hear him naming off the things that should be happening and finds the problem and fixes it. Gonna have to start calling him the furnace whisperer. I enjoyed the video
Your real good with oil and boilers but slow as hell with furnaces. Check for 24 volts from c to w no inducer bad board, if rollouts are open blower will run.
If that is a universal board he installed sometimes the molex (big white plug) is wired different, the uni board comes with an adapter plug you use depending on unit it's installed in. Don't care how many times I have replaced stuff but I ALWAYS scan the instructions to make shure the manufacturer hasent changed something you aren't aware of, it only takes a minute & can save you lots of headaches. Sounds like the owner changed the board & missed the rule, read, UNDERSTAND, & follow the instructions. His new board is most likely good just miswired, never know though, don't have a board tester. Also the flame sensors have a plating on them that's only bout .0005" thick, cleaning with an abrasive will take it off & make it corrode faster, I always use a coarse rag to clean them. You should always check discharge air temp when setting manifold pressure, improper install sometimes affects air flow or homeowner closes off some rooms grills and effects air flow causing high limit trip thinking furnace is broke when it's not. I have also hate these pleated filters they are so restricted it's ridiculous.
Somebody sold him a defective or used board. Thinking that it was the the customer was determined to fix the problem, being an auto technician for most my life Mr Fix it don’t fix shit
Furnace has not ran its mouth lol thats how they all should be. Great video steve. I learned alot this year with gas furnaces diagnosing all kinds of diff parts. Lots of controll boards and inducer motors
I love your channel, as a bit of advice, you can check all low and high voltage devices right at the control module at the pin connectors. A schematic is necessary . Trouble shooting is much faster this way.
I've been putting them in since Allied took them over . There Armstrongs with Ducane stickers. Have minimal to no problems with them . Install them properly and your good to go . Great furnaces . I've put hundreds of them in .
I have one in my condo it was there when I bought and it runs fantastic ..when it did have a problem it was a little part .besides that it seems like a very good unit
@@trickytrav88- Ducane makes a furnace for those who can't afford a better brand. Personally, I don't care for their folded seam heat exchanger and if equipped with a honeywell smart valve, forget about it.
Being this video a year old I was not going to bring it up but it got the best of me.. the unit didnt work so he called in a hack tech that told him the board was fried so home owner orders one on line put it in an still dont work. Steve comes in checks it out an says let's try that old board so he puts the old one back in an it fires up. But Steve didnt fix anything other then put the old board back in that was taken out because unit didnt work. So what was wrong in the first place .. I hate these electronic units the bam board are $400 cnd an dont last. The vent fans burn up every winter when its 40 below. If you get 10 years out of one of them your doing good. But the gas company tags it out for burn out fire box an has the be replaced. My NYT oil boiler the fire box is 3/8" steel plate. But the junk burner it came with the mfg replaced free of charge 3 years later saying the breckets are no dam good
A few things fyi 100% failure rate on clear drain pan for York....leads to air switch issues and inducer failure....just sayin'. Leaky drain pan + bypassed door switch is not good. Rusty gas line....check bonding. That could lead to a bad board as well. Pull "R" before you bypass tstat (anticipator on mech switches) (my trick for techs only) use door switch to quickly isolate and test inducer for single stage furnaces with induction style Gas pressure will rise slightly as unit warms or as neighborhood fluctuates. Avoid talking about other techs if possible. Your experience will speak for itself. Thanks for creating the video. It is appreciated!
I thought it looked familiar….I have one of those mini ratchets and its been very useful so far. I don’t use it everyday but it comes in handy when I need it. Definitely and time and aggravation saver. Great tool to have in the tool kit. I store mine in a little nylon clip-on pouch with the bits and a few useful 1/4” drive sockets. Hope you like it.
Don’t know about the wisdom of not connecting door sw back up; especially since this customer seems to monkey around with heater. Should he get shocked, he could come after you.
Is that the 3rd board? If it isn't he replaced the old board with the old board!🤣 Pay me now or pay me later! Thanks again for the videos! 🥃🥃🍺🍺🍺⛳🎳 Stay safe. Retired (werk'n)keyboard super tech. Wear your safety glasses!
Big fan Steve, and so..., I am a HVAC technician my myself 6. years in the field it's been a great honor learning from you and many other great videos out there too ! Keep going you are a true hero.
Stopped running when I replaced the board. This guy is golden.
Gee I wonder why! 🤣 That's why you let the pros take care of it!
Yep...marriages last...wife and I celebrated our 62nd year Feb 24, 2022.
Hi Steve I applied to all state carrer school for hvac I'm so excited because hvac is my passion I've loved hvac since I was little I used to have a thermostat collection to
Best of luck!
Pay particular attention when they teach you how to hook up the vacuum pump. I actually saw a tech sit in his truck running his ac listening to music for six hours waiting for pump to evacuate system. This alone must cost hvac companies untold amounts of wasted hours when system can be evacuated in under twenty minutes when done properly.
Would be a good moneymaker charging hvac companies to teach their young techs how to evacuate systems correctly.
I could of watched an hour of this. Real life troubleshooting stuff. Nice job!
Just a word of advice, when testing for voltage, go to a neutral terminal on the board, not to the gas line or chassis. The reason being that you could have a problem with the neutral. Don't worry about the rollouts, as the inducer is the first thing to run.
Go to com on the board
Came across a bad board replaced the board. Still had a issue. Found out the plug need a jumper on the ro1 and ro2 pins
He knows what he's doin
You checked everything first until you determined it was probably the board. The dude should be grateful for your services, it seemed he was taken. Great learning video Steve and no messing around! Keep them video's coming 👍 👌 👏
You are the Colombo of furnace repair.
I just purchased that KLEIN Voltage Tester, a good tool too for $25 on Ebay, and a quick troubleshooting tool. The lower range has more sensitivity when checking the lower 24 AC Volt Control Circuits, but the sensitivity will detect 2 to 3 inches away so if wires are too close together it can throw you off in your troubleshooting.
Great job on pile of York. So far Carrier is working for me, but you educated me high efficiency stuff is problematic. Hopefully last a while with extra surge suppressor. York AC was fine, always replacing variable speed motors, and gave up on combustion chamber rusting out. Current system, check every two months including drip tubes. Thanks for educating people. Glad I don’t have oil, but would if not on a gas line.
He said this was a Goodman
Jed Clampet says he knew it was a bad board before he pulled in the driveway!
An old Bic pen barrel will slip right over those white board standoffs, and let you pop the board right off.
I KNOW I USALLY USE A BIC PEN .... MINE WAS LOST ..I GOT A FEW MORE NOW
Steve that Klein tig tester will pick up voltage from a wire 6 inch away so you need to make sure you hold it away from the other hot wires. You will think wire has power but its the other wires under or around it.
Slightly confused on why you would test to see if the pressure switch was closed when the inducer wasn’t even running. I feel I could’ve diagnosed this in about 5 mins.
Engineer1: "Listen, we can't keep them simple. If we add a zillion electronic components, the customers will save 10 dollars a year in fuel".
Engineer2: "But won't the customer lose 400 a year repairing components?"
Engineer1: "Yes but that is how our salaries will be paid. By Selling a zillion electronic components".
Best thing I've read all day
Lawyer1: Listen, we need to have all these sensors so that people will not sue us when their homes burn down or die from carbon monoxide poisoning. Circuit board are cheaper than law suits.
Engineers get paid to complicate things lol
I just love home owners. Oh I did not change anything. They always say that. No matter what.
Same symptoms as my daughters today, needed a 10u94 pressure switch, this furnace has gone thru 6 of those switches in the last 8 years.
Now that my friends is how you troubleshoot ... Good job Stevie boy ...
Awesome fix! For a while there i thought it was gonna be a total dead duck & heading off into fire the parts cannon at it but with your experience & fault finding skills a win for the customer & you win now with a happy customer who'll likely 100% get you back next time!
DIY tip: use your smartphone to take 2 pics of board, from slightly different angles, before you pull any wires.
Replace that collector box. Clear ones are known to crack. Classic York
Wouldn’t be a Steven Lav video with out the phone ringing at least once 🤷♂️
Good ole Steve to the rescue. You could hear him naming off the things that should be happening and finds the problem and fixes it. Gonna have to start calling him the furnace whisperer. I enjoyed the video
If the inducer isn’t running you can get a pressure switch fault.
This is a classic video. Thanks for posting
Good job Steve, as always. Maybe your helper will go to work more often when it gets warmer.
Might as well check it love how you keep digging
Hey Steve and Miss Molly! Workin’ again y’all. 👍👍. Sounds like that guy does his homework.
Your real good with oil and boilers but slow as hell with furnaces. Check for 24 volts from c to w no inducer bad board, if rollouts are open blower will run.
Steve: "So, you see me on the TH-cams?" 😆
Steven I'll say one thing honesty always get you a long way in this world can't stand someone to take advantage of someone
York TG9S the clear plastic drain pan was a recall in 2013 new one is black plastic
thank you steve for you videos
If that is a universal board he installed sometimes the molex (big white plug) is wired different, the uni board comes with an adapter plug you use depending on unit it's installed in. Don't care how many times I have replaced stuff but I ALWAYS scan the instructions to make shure the manufacturer hasent changed something you aren't aware of, it only takes a minute & can save you lots of headaches. Sounds like the owner changed the board & missed the rule, read, UNDERSTAND, & follow the instructions. His new board is most likely good just miswired, never know though, don't have a board tester. Also the flame sensors have a plating on them that's only bout .0005" thick, cleaning with an abrasive will take it off & make it corrode faster, I always use a coarse rag to clean them. You should always check discharge air temp when setting manifold pressure, improper install sometimes affects air flow or homeowner closes off some rooms grills and effects air flow causing high limit trip thinking furnace is broke when it's not. I have also hate these pleated filters they are so restricted it's ridiculous.
Good for Steve to share his knowledge,the young guys need to learn from a pro.
Can't stop a Steven Lavimoniere, nice problem solving, cheers!
Always nice when they have there own parts and you have to fix up there screw ups your a saint
Every furnace breaks and high efficiency furnaces break more often thanks to complexity and old brittle plastic.
I call it “Shoot from the hip with the parts cannon”
Nice job as always
Tell the homeowner to go the flip upstairs momma!
Somebody sold him a defective or used board. Thinking that it was the the customer was determined to fix the problem, being an auto technician for most my life Mr Fix it don’t fix shit
Have learned alot from you since 2014
Why not use wiring schematic on back of door
been here long enough .... did you tell molly you want half up front?! roflmao lol
I would hope the pressure switches should be open when the inducer motor not on. Lol
It's old School troubleshooting here, I guess if you're charging hourly, this is the way to go.
A Snake can stop a Goodman. Your Friend found 2 Snakes in a Unit a couple of years ago.
Miss Molly Decided to Come out in the Field Today ??
running !ow on sick days
@@matkremzar5474 Yup Either That or She Caught up with The Paperwork & Bookkeeping.. And Needed a Breathe of Fresh air. lol
That beeping in the background would drive me nuts if I lived there
Have to be a detective and keep asking questions somewhere in there you find the truth! Just call the man !! Glad you checked gas valve pressure.
Furnace has not ran its mouth lol thats how they all should be. Great video steve. I learned alot this year with gas furnaces diagnosing all kinds of diff parts. Lots of controll boards and inducer motors
Nice job Steven!
Just happened to have a spare board 🤔…those burners are so loud, you’d think the gas pressure was sky high
The spare was the “burnt out” board the HVAC hack told him he needed to replace after 2 minutes of in depth diagnosis.
Like it Steve, great video Enjoyed.
I love your channel, as a bit of advice, you can check all low and high voltage devices right at the control module at the pin connectors. A schematic is necessary . Trouble shooting is much faster this way.
The customer had a cold house on Thanksgiving 😢😢😢
What do you think about Ducane gas furnace steve??
You get what you pay for. Run from Ducane, get a Trane...
I've been putting them in since Allied took them over . There Armstrongs with Ducane stickers. Have minimal to no problems
with them . Install them properly and your good to go . Great furnaces . I've put hundreds of them in .
I have one in my condo it was there when I bought and it runs fantastic ..when it did have a problem it was a little part .besides that it seems like a very good unit
@@trickytrav88- Ducane makes a furnace for those who can't afford a better brand. Personally, I don't care for their folded seam heat exchanger and if equipped with a honeywell smart valve, forget about it.
York had recall on clear collector box years ago
That constant beep-beep in the background sounds like a UV sterilizer lamp-life timer has run out.... SteriLight if I had to guess further ;p
It’s the customers multi meter. It’s sitting to his right.. I know mine do it all the time. Lol
Yeah gas valve was changed and should never use Teflon tape on gas....
34:00 Hanover or some flippin shit like that 🤣
If in doubt, call Steve out!
well that was interesting.. not sure what to make of that.. they sold the guy a bad board?.. somethins squirrely there
he ordered the board online
Being this video a year old I was not going to bring it up but it got the best of me.. the unit didnt work so he called in a hack tech that told him the board was fried so home owner orders one on line put it in an still dont work. Steve comes in checks it out an says let's try that old board so he puts the old one back in an it fires up. But Steve didnt fix anything other then put the old board back in that was taken out because unit didnt work. So what was wrong in the first place .. I hate these electronic units the bam board are $400 cnd an dont last. The vent fans burn up every winter when its 40 below. If you get 10 years out of one of them your doing good. But the gas company tags it out for burn out fire box an has the be replaced. My NYT oil boiler the fire box is 3/8" steel plate. But the junk burner it came with the mfg replaced free of charge 3 years later saying the breckets are no dam good
The fella had the diagnosis and the part already. That’s a shame.
Wow This Job was a Difficult Fix.. Great Diagnostic Check Steve.
got zapped😂😮😂
A few things fyi
100% failure rate on clear drain pan for York....leads to air switch issues and inducer failure....just sayin'. Leaky drain pan + bypassed door switch is not good.
Rusty gas line....check bonding. That could lead to a bad board as well.
Pull "R" before you bypass tstat (anticipator on mech switches)
(my trick for techs only) use door switch to quickly isolate and test inducer for single stage furnaces with induction style
Gas pressure will rise slightly as unit warms or as neighborhood fluctuates.
Avoid talking about other techs if possible. Your experience will speak for itself.
Thanks for creating the video. It is appreciated!
How much did you charge?
charge what your worth
Is that the Klein mini ratchet in action cleaning the flame sensor? 😊👍
Yes it is!
I thought it looked familiar….I have one of those mini ratchets and its been very useful so far. I don’t use it everyday but it comes in handy when I need it. Definitely and time and aggravation saver. Great tool to have in the tool kit. I store mine in a little nylon clip-on pouch with the bits and a few useful 1/4” drive sockets. Hope you like it.
Houston,, We have ignition. If Steve can't fix it, it ain't broke.
Honesty is a great quality, Steve...shame on that scheister other guy who stole parts. Seems like that should be a criminal offense 🤔 🙄
brand new round thing!
So the previous guy installed a defective board. I would think the manufacturer would give them a new board for free.
it was the homeowner that changed out the board out .he had the old one there on site
@@stevenlavimoniere Ohhhhh. How did I miss that.
Seems like Steve has a lot of gas-fired customers lately. I wonder if there is some pattern there?
Nice work
Don’t know about the wisdom of not connecting door sw back up; especially since this customer seems to monkey around with heater. Should he get shocked, he could come after you.
the hazard is sticking his hand into a running blower fan
If this customer knows so much, why did he call Steve? What an annoying home owner.
Throw parts at it..it'll work 😄
Dude it’s 75 an hour to fix it or 150 an hour if you help me.
steves rate is 125 now
It had a bad period.
Huston we have ignition!
It's a York alright
I hope that The Better Business Beauro that guy that You are talking about that is trying to rip People Off!
the gas valve was probably the first part he swapped....
Is that the 3rd board?
If it isn't he replaced the old board with the old board!🤣
Pay me now or pay me later!
Thanks again for the videos!
🥃🥃🍺🍺🍺⛳🎳
Stay safe.
Retired (werk'n)keyboard super tech. Wear your safety glasses!
ITS THE GUYS OLD BOARD .. I GUESS IT WAS STILL GOOD ..IT WORKED FNE
Houston we have________!
steve has a older video of his house where there is a cooked bird in his exhaust vent
gas furnace no heat odd find. is the video
Hopefully you charged that customer a $200 dumbass fee on top of your regular charge.
Tell him to call you to get it fixed right the first time.
He replaces the Bord ,,, he make bad connections
Hey Steve there is a typo on the introduction you have mouths, instead of months just saying
Steve’s English teacher is rolling in her grave.
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
👍👍👍🔥🔥🔥
12:28 QUEER!!! :D
Only thing that last forever are taxes lol
has not run in mouths. ?????
Where’s the bic pen to take out the board
lost it ..got a few more now
Spell checker doesn't work if you use all capitals, the thumbnail was the worst!
What kind of mama was this?
Hello Steve!