I Was Changing Out An Old Hot Water Heater So I Turned The Breaker Off! I Tested One Side Of the 220 Line And Read Zero! Little Did I Know That One Side Of The Breaker Had Fused Together! So When I Went To Cut The Old Wiring Off It Blew A Hole In My Lineman Pliers Or Side Cutters! I Learned Not To Skip The Step Of Checking Both Legs For Voltage!
@@dashcamandy2242 It Scared Me But I Have Been Bit Before! AC Usually Knocks You Off of It! DC Will Kill You because Just Like A Piece Of Metal Between Two Battery Post You Stick To It! At Those Voltages And Amperage's Or Watts Dc Is Way More Deadly!
@@aaronclark1599You never worked on a hot water heater? Must be a newbie. A hot water heater is when you have two water heaters in series, the first is a water heater that runs hot water to the next, making the next one a hot water heater. Duh
@@AnUnapologeticApologist Not The Craziest Setup But The Church Uses A Hot Water Heater With A Pump To Heat The baptistery! Sure Dont Want To Pay Their Power Bill!
9:32 - That was also my concern, as soon as you showed the HV terminal had melted through the LV wiring... Thank goodness nothing else was damaged. Another easy fix! If I don't "see" you by then, have a Happy New Year!
Amazing how wires over time short out against each other. I guess years of vibration causes that. Nine out of ten times the connectors are looking rough, so when you change them, you get a better connection, plus it looks better. I'm glad those paper wasps weren't at home either, try to remember for when you go back. Nice job, hope the ankle is ok, doesn't happen often, but it is startling to bust your butt.
I always notice those Klein wire stripping pliers giving problems stripping wires, I use the Knipex forged wire strippers and they strip wire like a dream, they may not be able to crimp connectors but I sure do like them
Hey buddy someone in the past has bypassed the fuses that unit needs 2 60 amp fuses to be code compliant to manufactures safety device to prevent electrical damage also get you a good pair of Klein blue handled strippers
I had a call today (Saturday) where the furnace would stay running even with the thermostat off and the face plate off. My first thought was to replace the thermostats which I did, but did not solve the issue. Hopefully i'll get another crack at it.
As I watched this vid your Georgia team just intercepted FSU & went into halftime leading 42 to 3 ... You need to go into the tent and let em look at that sprained ankle Go Dawg's !!!
13:58 you were doing it right but you have too press&hold both those buttons for 5 seconds and then It'll go into the set up menu Edit: 17:16 uh no!!! You okay?
True Story: When I was younger (back in the mid-90s) and living in an apartment, I discovered my thermostat was broken during a cold winter. Rather than bother with maintenance, I took it apart and shorted out what I thought would work. The furnace came on, and then I left for the evening. Maybe 4+ hours later, I come back and open the apartment door. It felt like a wave of hot, humid air washed over me! I panicked and switched the furnace off, but it still kept running! I then took out the piece of aluminum foil I used to get the furnace working from the thermostat, but it still kept running! I then started looking around the unit for the breaker box when, thankfully, it shut off. I looked at the thermostat. Its needle was pegged at 95 degrees and quivering! It was probably well over 100 degrees in the place. I cracked a window in the apartment and went to bed. Later, I called maintenance to replace the thermostat, but luckily, back then, the gas was being covered by the complex.😮💨
I had a customer who had a permanent filter and she flipped the filter over every month without ever cleaning or vacuuming! Major and expensive clean-up job! I just hope she learnt her lesson!
electric heat always makes me nervous, at those high currents wires eventually always melt at the connectors and can be extremely dangerous. Ill always have natural gas heat if I can help it (or propane), but I know in the south these options arent always as easy to get.
@@brianleeper5737 Gas explosions happen very infrequently, then what the sensationalist news makes it out to be. And there more then just a lot of people out there, that have gas heating of some sort in the US let alone. Homeowners perceptions also plays a roll. Like for an example, i have seen some in my area, who have a straight electric heat pump the central heating, But they have gas for the stove and water heater.
@@KenKen-ui4ny It's about proper installation. A gas pipe won't leak if installed correctly. A wire won't overheat if it's installed correctly (torqued down sufficiently---many cases of overheating are due to loose connections).
Not to make light of it but honestly at least their unit is able to heat their place my parents got a brand new Lennox heat pump package unit to replace their 20+ year old trane unit that broke last summer because the parts to fix the Trane were going to take months to get but this Lennox unit can't keep up it takes almost all day to heat the house from 65 to 72 on full 2 stage heating and in the summer it can't even keep the house cool on full 2 stage cooling
Curtis, Happy New Years to you and your family and of course Riley. Question: That is an outdoor RTU with heat and a blower, yet there is an indoor air handler. Never seen that before.
No, it's called a package unit. They're basically a furnace and air conditioner in one unit. The heat source can be electric, heat pump, or gas fired. Yes, they're used on rooftops of commercial buildings, but smaller units are used for residential as well.
@musicnerd72 - yes the outdoor system is a package unit, also known as a roof top unit. So why is there another air handler inside of the closet ? Normally the ( package) unit is ducted inside the building or house, if you prefer, with the ductwork split to the different rooms supplying heated or cooled air. The return is ducted to a air return, filter grill. But in this case the filter grill leads to a closet upflow air handler, with the plenum leading to attic ductwork.
I Was Changing Out An Old Hot Water Heater So I Turned The Breaker Off! I Tested One Side Of the 220 Line And Read Zero! Little Did I Know That One Side Of The Breaker Had Fused Together! So When I Went To Cut The Old Wiring Off It Blew A Hole In My Lineman Pliers Or Side Cutters! I Learned Not To Skip The Step Of Checking Both Legs For Voltage!
I bet you're thanking your lucky stars that only your cutters were damaged...
@@dashcamandy2242 It Scared Me But I Have Been Bit Before! AC Usually Knocks You Off of It! DC Will Kill You because Just Like A Piece Of Metal Between Two Battery Post You Stick To It! At Those Voltages And Amperage's Or Watts Dc Is Way More Deadly!
Water heater.. Not Hot Water Heater.
@@aaronclark1599You never worked on a hot water heater? Must be a newbie. A hot water heater is when you have two water heaters in series, the first is a water heater that runs hot water to the next, making the next one a hot water heater. Duh
@@AnUnapologeticApologist Not The Craziest Setup But The Church Uses A Hot Water Heater With A Pump To Heat The baptistery! Sure Dont Want To Pay Their Power Bill!
9:32 - That was also my concern, as soon as you showed the HV terminal had melted through the LV wiring...
Thank goodness nothing else was damaged. Another easy fix!
If I don't "see" you by then, have a Happy New Year!
You too
Amazing how wires over time short out against each other. I guess years of vibration causes that. Nine out of ten times the connectors are looking rough, so when you change them, you get a better connection, plus it looks better. I'm glad those paper wasps weren't at home either, try to remember for when you go back. Nice job, hope the ankle is ok, doesn't happen often, but it is startling to bust your butt.
Great Video. Thank you for sharing. Happy New Year
Same to you!
good work curtis
Excellent repair curtis 👍
90 Degrees in the House in Georgia and it’s NOT even Summer. 😬 What Up with that. 😬👍
Happy New Year Curtis, stay safe!! Good job on the troubleshoot and repair.
Probably contacts welded together from arcing…also if a customer watches the price goes up
Nice work Curtis.
Thanks!
Happy New Year Curtis 🥳😎👍
Same to you!
Have a good New Years weekend!
You too!
Happy New year brother, I'm looking forward to another year of learning from you .Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge.😀✌🤘👍💪
Happy new year!
Good job Curtis on the repair happy new year hope your ankle is doing better thanks for the video
Happy new year!
Happy New Year’s to ya brother.
Happy new year!
I always notice those Klein wire stripping pliers giving problems stripping wires, I use the Knipex forged wire strippers and they strip wire like a dream, they may not be able to crimp connectors but I sure do like them
Hey buddy someone in the past has bypassed the fuses that unit needs 2 60 amp fuses to be code compliant to manufactures safety device to prevent electrical damage also get you a good pair of Klein blue handled strippers
9:00 Feels good to see that I not the only one that struggles with wire strippers especially when I'm given someone else's strippers lol
You gotta throw dollars at them, then they will work.
Man down 😮😮
I think it’s time for some new wire strippers haha you gotta pull hard to get through the wire
I had a call today (Saturday) where the furnace would stay running even with the thermostat off and the face plate off. My first thought was to replace the thermostats which I did, but did not solve the issue. Hopefully i'll get another crack at it.
Could it be a relay stuck on
@@dalekronk496 maybe although it didn't see any relays unless it's intergrade into the board which could make it a board issue
@@mrgreen9086 that's true
@@dalekronk496 I'll find out next year lol thanks
@@mrgreen9086 could have bad ecm motor
As I watched this vid your Georgia team just intercepted FSU & went into halftime leading 42 to 3 ... You need to go into the tent and let em look at that sprained ankle Go Dawg's !!!
13:58 you were doing it right but you have too press&hold both those buttons for 5 seconds and then It'll go into the set up menu
Edit: 17:16 uh no!!! You okay?
Made my own spreader with feeler gage, sure they make one.
Good job
Happy new year.
Happy New year Curtis to you and the family, have a safe and healthy 2024. Thank you for your interesting videos during 2023. 🍻 Au
True Story: When I was younger (back in the mid-90s) and living in an apartment, I discovered my thermostat was broken during a cold winter. Rather than bother with maintenance, I took it apart and shorted out what I thought would work. The furnace came on, and then I left for the evening. Maybe 4+ hours later, I come back and open the apartment door. It felt like a wave of hot, humid air washed over me! I panicked and switched the furnace off, but it still kept running! I then took out the piece of aluminum foil I used to get the furnace working from the thermostat, but it still kept running! I then started looking around the unit for the breaker box when, thankfully, it shut off. I looked at the thermostat. Its needle was pegged at 95 degrees and quivering! It was probably well over 100 degrees in the place. I cracked a window in the apartment and went to bed. Later, I called maintenance to replace the thermostat, but luckily, back then, the gas was being covered by the complex.😮💨
Dont mess with thing's you know nothing about, that includes Women.
Love pleated filters
Resident Meant to Say that he Changes the Filter Every two (2) “Years”. 😬👍
I had a customer who had a permanent filter and she flipped the filter over every month without ever cleaning or vacuuming! Major and expensive clean-up job! I just hope she learnt her lesson!
I guess since the 24vac part is technically floating it didn’t matter.
Wish i could say......yes I do mind stay in the house its better for the both of us
Curtis I have been watching your videos for sometime. I noticed you do a lot of package units. Is that the norm for where you live.
There are a lot of them, yes
electric heat always makes me nervous, at those high currents wires eventually always melt at the connectors and can be extremely dangerous. Ill always have natural gas heat if I can help it (or propane), but I know in the south these options arent always as easy to get.
Wire size is the key. And 240v circuits. Keep the amperage low.
Don't gotta worry about the electricity leaking and exploding
@@brianleeper5737 its true both have their negatives.
@@brianleeper5737 Gas explosions happen very infrequently, then what the sensationalist news makes it out to be. And there more then just a lot of people out there, that have gas heating of some sort in the US let alone. Homeowners perceptions also plays a roll. Like for an example, i have seen some in my area, who have a straight electric heat pump the central heating, But they have gas for the stove and water heater.
@@KenKen-ui4ny It's about proper installation. A gas pipe won't leak if installed correctly. A wire won't overheat if it's installed correctly (torqued down sufficiently---many cases of overheating are due to loose connections).
Not to make light of it but honestly at least their unit is able to heat their place my parents got a brand new Lennox heat pump package unit to replace their 20+ year old trane unit that broke last summer because the parts to fix the Trane were going to take months to get but this Lennox unit can't keep up it takes almost all day to heat the house from 65 to 72 on full 2 stage heating and in the summer it can't even keep the house cool on full 2 stage cooling
Sounds like y'all got a undersized replacement.
@steveoh9838 i guess I'd figure 14 ton 12 seer unit would be able to easily keep up with a 2 bed 2 bath 1800 sq ft house
@@BryanGullicksonoversizing is just like undersizing
@@Kujophilleepe So oversizing would cause it to also not be able to keep up?
@BryanGullickson oversized more of problem with ac,the unit will not run long enough,short cycle,and lead to humidity problems
Hi bro from west Alabama
Happy New Years 🎉
Man Doooooooown!!! but back up!!! been there plenty bra, jus dis week…haaaaaa. its how you get back up! slowely😎
Good boots kept that from being bad
Easy fix. Wondering, did you put screws in that hold the heating elements that you saw were missing?
Mane i jus puts dat filtuh in deh yessu day
Good job Curtis what veto tool bag is that.
Tech MCT blackout
Low voltage shorting to high voltage equals disaster. Alway separate low and high voltage
👍👍👍
Curtis, Happy New Years to you and your family and of course Riley.
Question: That is an outdoor RTU with heat and a blower,
yet there is an indoor air handler. Never seen that before.
No, it's called a package unit. They're basically a furnace and air conditioner in one unit. The heat source can be electric, heat pump, or gas fired. Yes, they're used on rooftops of commercial buildings, but smaller units are used for residential as well.
@musicnerd72 - yes the outdoor system is a package unit, also known as a roof top unit. So why is there another air handler inside of the closet ? Normally the ( package) unit is ducted inside the building or house, if you prefer, with the ductwork split to the different rooms supplying heated or cooled air. The return is ducted to a air return, filter grill. But in this case the filter grill leads to a closet upflow air handler, with the plenum leading to attic ductwork.
😊😊👍👍
How's your ankle?
I would’ve taken those wasp nests out.
The problem with that unit it’s a Reem
In due time most units develop problems; sometimes they have foreign parts and in some cases even domestic parts fail.
And they threw them out of the playoffs
That filter did not need changed. It was unethical to change it and charge the customer. I hope your ankle is OK.
Filter looked pretty gnarly to me.
@@knutini well then you must be blind as well as deaf since he stated that the filter was not that bad.