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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ก.ค. 2023
- In this video I visit a mobile home where the air conditioner was roaring and not keeping up. #hvacguy #hvaclife #hvac #heatpump #hvactrainingvideos #airconditioner #furnace #hvactroubleshooting #hvactechnician #hvacinstall @ruud
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I saw you leaving that job today, I was in the mail truck.
I rarely get a call where the filter and coils aren't dirty😂
Do you ever say "Hey, come out here. I want to show you something".
That’s crazy. It’s amazing how people don’t take care of their equipment. I had a service call the other day, that the 4” thick air filter hadn’t been changed in over 5 years. On top of that they had 2 bad capacitors and a disconnect that fell apart upon opening it. Keep up the great work.
Great opportunity to make some real money after all those things wrong.- Also sell a maintenance agreement!
These days the average person doesn't know or care to know until something stops working. In the past preventative maintenance was a thing most people did because it saved a lot of money but now most people can't be bothered to take the time to maintain things themselves. Add to that, with most warrantied systems the manufactures don't want the customer to do anything to the system without a qualified technician doing the work so they know it was done correctly and this gives people the false idea that these systems don't need maintenance till they have a problem.
Can only imagine what the indoor coil looks like ?
Two different locations!
Yeah I bet.
It looks like it was wrapped in a nice, warm blanket! Lol. Thanks for looking after the little cricket. 😊
That’s quite a clean. Do you do waxing and ceramic coating as well? 😂😂
Nice touch with the cricket. Literally and Figuratively
I had a call to one just like this a few weeks back. It was a Trane. Capacitor was all bulged out and destroyed. But up until that point, she kept on working. I hosed it down and got it sparkling clean with a new capacitor and it was back in business
Back in the eighties in the hottest part of summer,the compressor kept kicking out one of my dad's carrier window ac units. I and my brother had an idea to pull the unit out and take it to the local carwash to clean it and hope it would run normally again. We cleaned everything and when we reinstalled it the AC ran like brand new again.
It pays to keep the AC clean.
You’re lucky the heavy pressure on that didn’t really screw up the fins…
@@johncspine2787 with the car wash spray wand it sprays low pressure and high pressure when you squeeze the trigger. I make sure that it didn't bend the fins.
@@johncspine2787 Spine fin coils are very delicate and wouldn't stand anything but a low pressure spray!
Coils were thicker in the 80’s.
@@tradesman63 Yes , in the 60's/70's to make outdoor units more compact. Much harder to clean-up coils!
even tho that design looks goofy, it Really is one of the easiest to work on because of the accessibility.
Now that’s how you clean a condenser coil! Great job Curtis! 👍 An HVAC technician has never cleaned my condenser coil that good, so I just do it myself. I use a shop vac to vacuum up all the water so it doesn’t get too wet around the area. Also use it to vacuum leaves out of the bottom.
Curtis you need to enable CC, last time I’ll ask… love the videos just can’t hear well. Also it’s easier to brush away the big stuff first and soak the coil in my opinion, that’s the way I do it anyway. Then add coil cleaner to it and throughly rinse it off
TH-cam has recently made it much harder to do that. It doesn’t automatically generate them like it used to.
I would like cc also please. I’m hard of hearing also and miss a lot without it. Thanks for video.
@@HVACGUYthat’s odd cuz every other hvac TH-camr I watch has em
@@J-Colt Use a headset as I do; works really well.-
@@bobboscarato1313 I do with ipad in bed but not with main computer downstairs.
Anyone else now in the habit of looking over the condensor when you visit someone, especially family?
I have a neighbor whose conde sor unit is pretty noisy and planning to chat him up a bit.
My wife thinks im nuts! Except it is helping people. Amazing how few people even know to clean coils. I didnt know until id owned a home 10 years. Never even seen a tech do on annual calls.
I look at their filters
@HVACGUY
ROFL...I'll start doing that too, my wife will lose it!
If I had a call and saw a new filter in, I went to the garbage cans and checked for the replaced filter! It tells a lot!
The units are pretty far apart for mobile homes. Just a little covered with a fur coat. Hate working in the rain especially if you are using electricity
That’s the best way to live; not having neighbors too close.
Imagine going to school for years on end to get a license just to clean coils all summer long 😂😂😂
Hope he charged them plenty; Curtis was watching his time!
It doesn't take years...thats a great thing about trades...15 weeks for a lot of schools...you can get one year certificates and most Community Colleges have prep courses for certification exams. Cost is $3k-$10k. Some states require apprenticeships for some time, some don't. Compared to a four year college at $100k debt, the HVAC tech is done in a year, making $70k or better for 3 years before the college kid even graduates and starts working to pay the debt!!! Most college graduates are not going to make that much more than a good trade...some will, maybe 25% of them and maybe 10% will make a whole lot more. But it's not for everyone and I think there are a lot more people making the same or a little more than a tradesman than there are making a ton more.
Yup..my buddy and me setup a mobile car wash. We towed our red wagons full of hoses. Car wash stuff. We washed lots of cars during 2 summers. That was the good ole times.
Those old Rheem Ruud units are tough as nails! Don't make them like that anymore. R22 and the old mineral oil last forever in the worst conditions.
Y’all just did the maintenance last week 😮
The HVACR VIDEOS talks about using the viper foam gun with their products. I can see why. The cleaner says you can skip the rinsing if running higher than 20:1 dilution. The viper gun will go up to 80:1. I'd think that could help you cut down on the foaming and the time it takes to clean it off.
I absolutely adore your long-form unedited coil cleaning videos; I find them incredibly therapeutic, relaxing and satisfying. Thank you.
Come pour down. Excellent work curtis 👍
When the rain starts i stops😂 "YOU ARE A SUPER TECH" 🤙🤘👍
Buddy you earned your money today.
Nice work Curtis. That one had a wholly mammoth coat.
Now that’s the correct way to clean a coil! Great job Curtis! To bad we couldn’t see the pressures difference because of the rain.
After such thorough clean up job even without the rain may take twenty minutes to see true pressure drop.-
Was in the trade for 45 years. After about 40 i bought a raincoat. Smart,huh?
like they always told me when I complained about rain, "sugar melts, poo doesn't, get back to work" 💩💩 🤣🤡
I would have sprayed the form from the inside first to push the dirt out the front. And then spray the front with the form. I think it would save you some time Curtis if you did that way.🤫👍🤟🌟
Great job Curtis.
Typical case of having lawnwork and lawnmower exhaust blowing straight towards a Ruud/Rheem unit for years and years. Dust mixed with but grass is like paper-mache sometimes. It sticks EVERYWHERE in a condenser.
I see that so much where I live. Glad that the manufacturer is going away from the short squat units and making them taller. The taller ones seem to collect and hold debris noticeably less.
Nothing like southern weather. After baking ya it gives a rinse cycle
You saved the day on this one
You Gotta Love the Oval Shaped Above Ground Swimming Pool. 😬👍
I've always had to clean mine every year sometimes twice!
Boy those things sure get dirty 😊😊😊
Just a question
Since you removed the outer housing why wash the outside first? Why not spray from inside first?
Spraying through never would’ve budged that
I feel for you for sure.. Have gotten Soaked where i worked at Many Times in Summer Thunder Storms
Just had 2 units today that look similar 🤦🏿♂️customer tells me "yea we get it serviced twice a year by *******" yea OK bud
Man I'm surprised the rain didn't kill that contactor compartment 😮
That old song...Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head I hear in the background.
Having compressor outside of the condenser square makes it so much easier! And the fact that it’s a single row coil. Mine is 2 rows 😞Great job!
It was just a little dirty, lol. If it was cooling any the way it was, It should freeze you out of there now. Great job!
You dropped that cover pretty close to the pool
You must have the patience of a saint.... Ooops as you spray water into your $20k tool bag....
Sorry you got soaked brother. Sometimes your the windshield sometimes your the bug.👍👍🇨🇦
What a rain storm
That must have been a rental.
'Yellow death' may have helped on this one.
Nice work
you need a magnet umbrella . i thaught it was you that had one ? i watch a few of you guys
I’ve got one.
I hope the evaporator fairs better than the condenser❗️That has been collecting fur for a while!
I bet the filter of the evaporator is screaming hell 😂
I always come across those issues in the country and trying to clean them with low pressure well water hooked up to the garden hose 🤣
How much do you charge for a service call like that? Just want to compare my prices in the greenville area.
My Socks feel wet now!👍🇺🇸
At least you found a hydrant that actually works at a mobile home
Great job Curtis
You need magnetic umbrella
Really there wasn't a cabinet left to set it. He needed a beach umbrella planted near the unit!
Pretty clean system 😂 you got some nice videos keep up the great work
Curtis, that’s the most thorough coil cleaning video I have ever seen. Even you got rinsed off in the end!
I had one that I wish I would have recorded it. Old sears unit outside unit, had 5 inches of carpet on the fins. Sad part I was the 5 technician to look at the unit. Each before me recommended new ac system, cleaned it up. Checked for correct volts. Fired right up and started cooling. Checked inside filter, recently changed. Dropped the house from 86 to 82 before I left. Also the air coming out of the vents was a 25 degree change. Did have my supervisor give me a bonus because the family called back in and told the company what I had done. Took almost 2 hours to clean the outside unit. Had to remove the outside cage and then peeled the fur lined carpet off, then washed it out.
Throw some of that Viper into the pool. The kid's will love the bubble bath!
Well Curtis, those coils must be the dirtiest coils you have cleaned, it's amazing how people don't look after there A/C units, as it's there Heating and Cooling all year round, i'd like to see the indoor coil 😮
Would neglect like this void any potential warranty on the coils or compressor.
The tradesman earns his money the hard way in the south this time of year
Here in Texas we get brutal heat
I haven't had a warranty myself, my mother does and hers requires annual service by a licensed tech. Either they'd clean it so that didn't happen, or if it did cause a problem, they wouldn't mention it because they'd be liable having been responsible for the service.
The winter fur coat! 😆
Probably worked really good in the Winter ?
How the hell does that even happen? In Arizona we never have to clean our.
@@Geno70andstillkickingitno cottonwood down here
@@Geno70andstillkickingit Cottonwood is really terrible on condenser coils! Get callbacks too; told folks if those trees are yours cut them down asap!
30$ rain coat makes a difference. Trust me I got one
You dam sure earn your money.
LMFAO
Dude those units are absolute tanks. I saw one from 1985 that was like 1/4 under ground in a flood area and the other 3/4 of the coil was clogged with mud. It was still keeping the house at 74⁰ in 95⁰ weather
Curtis, are you getting thunderstorms every afternoon by you?
THIS IS THE VERY REASON I WELDED A FOOT TALL ALUMINUM FRAME , BOLTED IT TO THE CONCRETE SLAB AND SET THE UNIT ON TOP OF IT, 15 YEARS LATER MY UNIT STILL LOOKS NEW
She’s wearing a fur coat hehehe
ohhh mama she's wearin' a fur coat!
Dang, that was a wet call. Good work!
Always clean and spray from the inside out first. For something that heavy and thick i would recommend vacuuming the whole coil and the inside first. No matter how tempted you are to just get the carpet off of that coil, it’s best to vacuum it off and push out first since you’ve already taken the panels off. Atleast that’s how I was thought and how I’ve acostumed my self too. Then you rinse from the inside of the coil out, pushing all the dirty and grime outwards. After you can soak and spray from upwards to downwards. Following by just hosing the whole coil down from the outside in.
You are not first HVAC tech that chang his trade to carpet removal business 😅😅😅
Good job
That’s the way I do it
Thank you
ngl this is why i always have an old uniform and towel tucked away in my truck. so when i get soaked i dont need to beg to go home to get changed lol
Another hair shirt! 😂
Wow that was down to a 1/2 ton system with all that crap. Great cleanup job and that was the easiest unit I’ve seen to access the entire coil and then some 👍
Curtis, do you recommend using simple green cleaner on the coil?
That coil hasn't been that clean since it left the factory! Great job Curtis!
Ive watched a lot of your videos and wondered if youd ever accidentally sprayed the tool bag.
Heck the tool bag in this video got thoroughly sprayed on!
“No crickets were harmed during the making of this video.” 🦗
Thanks for letting me know what letter setting you use for the foam gun. Every time I use mine it finishes to fast
What camera/mic setup do you use? I’d like to record my service visits for training our new techs
GoPro Hero 11. Tweaked settings, but nothing more
That had to be one hot condenser coil.
Can you explain what a perfect head pressure should be and how you figure it out exactly.
Dirty condenser equals higher head pressure clean equals lower ; but what is acceptable or correct pressure?
Hello Curtis, are those Milwaukee’s waterproof?😎
Yes
I had one so bad today it blew multiple holes in the condenser coil. Worked great till Friday
WHEN WAS LAST TIME IT WAS CLEANED??? AND SERVICED YOU MAY WHAT TO OFFER SERVICE PLAN .😁😁🤨🤨🤨🤨
So was the source of the lint/dirt the trees, or a clothes dryer? There was no dryer vent in sight. Maybe it exhausts under the trailer and seeps out through the vent holes in the white skirting?
Save the cricket!
I know you were pressed with the storm rolling in but you're supposed to let that particular cleaner sit on the coil for a minimum of ten minutes to do it's thing before rinsing.
Devil’s advocate..looked like the initial rinse showed the stuff coming off really easily, I could already see through it before the chemical spray, so, yep, ideally a good soak would be better but, it’s in better shape now..
Probably you're right...but I'd guess that just the hosing cleaned this up to 80% perfect and the short soak pushed that to something like 95%. The few more minutes of soaking probably wouldn't add much benefit.
I'm not a tech though so happy to hear other points of view.
Even the contactor got cleaned
Scary working wires while wet!
Well I’ll be dipped⚡️🤙
It’s a woolly mammoth.
Hey Curtis, where did you get the attachment for your hose so you can add the foam gun? The nozzle for mine broke so my coil gun is useless right now
Home Depot has it
Love all your videos!! What iPad holder do you use? I’ve been looking for one recently for my work van.
My sister in laws cap went bad in their unit a few weeks ago. I grabbed the hose for a quick rinse down to find out it looked like that.
Hopefully it ended up okay. How does anyone let a coil get THAT bad, especially the landlord of a rental?
Nobody tells people that theses things need cleaning. Filter changes yes. Clean the coils? I never knew to do that until recently, a friend, who works for a major ac company told me I need to do that. Would probably never have known.
Sun umbrella or rain umbrella.