If I suspect it’s a broken low voltage wire . I go to the air handler and connect the wires together and then go to the outside unit and do a Continuity test , no beeping noise means there’s a break in the wires .
Great vid! Quick tip if you suspect a wire thats cut; with all power off, at the condenser wire nut the wire u suspect is bad to another wire and go back to the thermostat so you dont have to climb and and check for continuity between the 2 wires. If the wire is cut you ll have no continuity. This is only for cut wires not shorted ones.
As a secondary check always disconnect the low voltage from the contractor and check for voltage, sometimes a partially shorted contractor coil can give you no 24 volts.
👍 good stuff I just found my yellow wire short going to the outside of the house. Rats chewed the wire and it was blowing 3 amp fuse because it was on top of naked cooper pipe.
Interesting service call. Why was the yellow wire at thermostat disconnected? Previous company? Take us along whenever you replace the wiring. Thanks for sharing.
If I suspect it’s a broken low voltage wire . I go to the air handler and connect the wires together and then go to the outside unit and do a Continuity test , no beeping noise means there’s a break in the wires .
Great vid! Quick tip if you suspect a wire thats cut; with all power off, at the condenser wire nut the wire u suspect is bad to another wire and go back to the thermostat so you dont have to climb and and check for continuity between the 2 wires. If the wire is cut you ll have no continuity. This is only for cut wires not shorted ones.
Appreciate the ride along👍
As a secondary check always disconnect the low voltage from the contractor and check for voltage, sometimes a partially shorted contractor coil can give you no 24 volts.
👍 good stuff I just found my yellow wire short going to the outside of the house. Rats chewed the wire and it was blowing 3 amp fuse because it was on top of naked cooper pipe.
You should have hooked up a Sparkomatic 6x9 speaker at the outdoor unit and see if it would have played some Motley Crue.
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#speakerwire
Glad you got the Job!
My friend use a short pro tool that what I use to fix the short or continuity is very easy to find the broken wire I've been fixing a lot of this
Looking forward to that vid tomorrow!
Interesting service call. Why was the yellow wire at thermostat disconnected? Previous company? Take us along whenever you replace the wiring. Thanks for sharing.
Love the videos. What veto are you using?
I actually got three. My daily bag though is the backpack. The other two are smaller, one of which is my camera bag
Nice
Thought was going to be a voltage drop due to under size wire but was zero.
Don’t you mean under sized
To be continued...
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Stay safe.
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Wear your safety glasses.
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You think rats chewed the line?
not on this one. I didn’t see any breaks in the line, and I could see most of it.
I was thinking short
Not a Short, This would be a open line.