I never really thought to imagine the amount of time you actually dedicate to this channel and to the content that you create and it really is impressive, really shows the effort you put in to show the world all ur knowledge, we really are so lucky, thanks!!
As someone that used to work with 220 lines every day, I want to say thank you! the more info an electrician has going in the faster the job is and the safer we can all work. I hope if they ever find issues that they need to call you in on they provide you that level of information and courtesy.
The "corrosion" in the breaker panel looked like dried up de-ox someone may have put on the connections. Even though it's not needed in that application. Kudos for moving the leads to the unused pole on the contactor instead of changing out the contactor......
Your style of work is how I like it. I like to see the problem, know the issue without questioning it, and understanding the system of operation thank you for keeping to your standards and not listening to anyone else
People like you have inspired me to make videos as well. It's a shit ton of work like you said. Depending on how entertaining I want to make it, it can jump from 10 to 20 to 30 hours of editing and gathering footage. I make videos to help out my guys specifically but also to remind myself later how to do something if I forget myself 😆
Had a Manitowoc call on Friday, had failed hall effects switches. It was a relatively easy call. I will admit though that ice machines are still my kyptonite. I don't work on them all that much so it can still be a challenge when i encounter a problem. Thankfully i have a great resource....such as yourself to learn from. Im 98% commercial/ industrial and a lil refrigeration mixed in. Hope the symposium was a good time. Look forward to videos and hearing about it
Man... You just reminded me of one job way back when I was an apprentice electrician. We were installing a new fire suppression system in a restaurant in a mall food court. My job at the time was to install a three phase contactor in a new JB that would kill power to one of the kitchen appliances in the event of a fire. We had a limited time window between opening and the lunch rush, so we ended up needing to get a lot of the prep done, temporarily bypass some things to allow them to open for lunch (when they made most of their money) then finish up after lunch. Well, me being not careful enough as an apprentice (lesson permanently learned) I didn't turn off the breaker I temporarily turned on for lunch time. Got back to work, stuck my screwdriver in and managed to short one leg to ground. Why did I go through such a long explanation for a simple short circuit? Well, let me tell you! (And thank you if you got this far). The thing about malls is they have several tiers of panels and sub panels and feeder panels. I didn't trip the breaker in the sub-panel in the kitchen. I didn't trip the breaker in the main panel for the restaurant. I didn't trip the breaker in the feeder panel for that block of stores. I managed to trip the breaker in the feeder panel for the FLOOR. That was not a good day.
Was it an easy fix by just flipping the breakers back on or did you NUKE the breaker and it had to be replaced? Chris early in his career apparently NUKED a buildings Main Breaker (the one connected to the Local Grid and then energizes the bus bars) that had to be replaced by an Electrician because he touched the wrong thing...I don't know which Video he tells us that...
@@HappilyHomicidalHooligan well, if breakers aren't replaced frequently, a short can literally destroy the components inside and jam open or worse closed
I saw bolt in breakers and thought he working that HOT (takes a few special rated tools that I did not think you carried). Glad you cleared that up. Love your 'don't blow up. You are obviously some one in the happened before crowd. PLEASE wear a full face shield if even think it is a slight possibility. I have my face because I was standing in the only position that shielded it from the ARC/flying red metal.
You got it right if you are in maintenance you are not more in focusing things specifically if limited only for manpower. Bcoz PM and troubleshooting is different both them need time.
Spot on in your explanation about your PM techs and making the phone calls. CYA cover your ass. I tell my guys this all the time, take pictures and notes. Make the appropriate calls and get authorization. Don't leave yourself open for being responsible for a future issue.
0:41 God this is the EXACT scene I came into when I was told to “go clean an ice machine it’s kinda dirty” and I literally spent 6 hours cleaning every last inch (it was like 2x the size tho). The before and after was nuts tho.
I remove the ground lugs off replaced equipment or if the lug isn’t used. Your linesman pliers can trim them if they don’t fit in the contactor. Having them has saved me many times.
I wonder how many times that high-resistance connection caused that breaker to trip. I would be willing to bet the owner just kept resetting the breaker until the poor thing simply failed. Out-of-date panel directories are a PIA. As for the contactor I see no issue there. Two sets of pristine contacts to use.
In theory, a high-resistance connection in the equipment will not trip the breaker, unless the connection fails resulting in a ground fault. Increased resistance = lower amp draw. Breaker was failing imo.
Correct an inspection is different than a cleaning PM. Inspection PM is a further work order generator. Your techs did a good job other than a photo or a paper tag on that Brown wire of where it went. Stay safe and be well. Have a great rest of the day.
Hi Chris i love the videos keep up the good work. I got a quick question how can I get leads or bids/calls in commercial Hvacr I’m currently in residential hvac and want to go the the hvacr route any tips thanks
I am curious how you deal with the filming on customer's locations? Not judging, just curious what your procedure is to get the okay with you filming, or if you even ask or just make sure you keep identifying info out.
If it isn't already your companies Standard Operating Procedure, you might want to make it standard that when your Techs. find an electrical problem, instead of just explaining it to you over the phone, have them take a picture and E-Mail it to you so you can see what they're seeing at that moment...
LoL I was like this ain't three phase if they only use one. The question of how it starts but you found the hidden starter and capacitor. The breaker does appear bad but did you test everything to ground first? You should have just for the video imo Always a smart move to test the machine to ground because you don't know who or what turned it off. I realize the burn at the contactor is a good clue but it's always wise to quickly probe As a non business related issue someone flipped my stove off I'm guessing. I have no idea but I tested it to ground first before flipping back on. Better than getting shocked.
If you’re gonna swap breakers, why not just replace it yourself? You already have everything opened up. If you’re capable of swapping a spare, why not just put a new one in and make some money off of it?
I can think of a few reasons. 1. He probably wants the repair inspected, signed off etc (I don't know what exactly is involved in the US, in the UK we would expect a certificate filled out with measurements taken with special test equipment) by someone who is qualified/licensed/insured to be doing it. 2. He probably doesn't carry spare parts for electrical panels. 3. He saw something that concerned him when he had the breaker out.
lol that machine is quite old. Bought on 21-05-2012, warranty expired at 21-05-2015. Might be good to schedule an complete replacement, as the machine is coming close to the end of its useful life. As preventative maintenace, it might be good to just replace the whole ice machine stack with 2 new, fresh and good ice machines.
Try to save the customer money!!!???? As soon as that burned wire was found the main panel to the building should of been cutoff and power company, gas company and all federal authorities should of been alerted. Biden will have done a press conference and required more mandates. Oh wait this is the real world. Not a contractor I know in Florida 🤣🤣🤣
Every time I watch one of your ice machine videos I never want to get ice at any restaurant again! Thanks! 😎👍
I never really thought to imagine the amount of time you actually dedicate to this channel and to the content that you create and it really is impressive, really shows the effort you put in to show the world all ur knowledge, we really are so lucky, thanks!!
As someone that used to work with 220 lines every day, I want to say thank you! the more info an electrician has going in the faster the job is and the safer we can all work. I hope if they ever find issues that they need to call you in on they provide you that level of information and courtesy.
Good job by those techs… made machine safe, generated work, and kept trucking on their PM
@@kevharv I meant his maintenance techs that were out there the day before. I’m a union tech, won’t catch me opening panels anytime soon
The "corrosion" in the breaker panel looked like dried up de-ox someone may have put on the connections. Even though it's not needed in that application. Kudos for moving the leads to the unused pole on the contactor instead of changing out the contactor......
Thank you, for your passionate and accurate information and sharing teaching.
Your style of work is how I like it. I like to see the problem, know the issue without questioning it, and understanding the system of operation thank you for keeping to your standards and not listening to anyone else
People like you have inspired me to make videos as well. It's a shit ton of work like you said. Depending on how entertaining I want to make it, it can jump from 10 to 20 to 30 hours of editing and gathering footage. I make videos to help out my guys specifically but also to remind myself later how to do something if I forget myself 😆
Hoshizaki the boss of Ice 🧊🤷🏻♂️. Good video Chris
Had a Manitowoc call on Friday, had failed hall effects switches. It was a relatively easy call. I will admit though that ice machines are still my kyptonite. I don't work on them all that much so it can still be a challenge when i encounter a problem. Thankfully i have a great resource....such as yourself to learn from. Im 98% commercial/ industrial and a lil refrigeration mixed in.
Hope the symposium was a good time. Look forward to videos and hearing about it
We call ice machines call-back machines with four legs… can’t rush the calls with them
Man... You just reminded me of one job way back when I was an apprentice electrician. We were installing a new fire suppression system in a restaurant in a mall food court. My job at the time was to install a three phase contactor in a new JB that would kill power to one of the kitchen appliances in the event of a fire.
We had a limited time window between opening and the lunch rush, so we ended up needing to get a lot of the prep done, temporarily bypass some things to allow them to open for lunch (when they made most of their money) then finish up after lunch.
Well, me being not careful enough as an apprentice (lesson permanently learned) I didn't turn off the breaker I temporarily turned on for lunch time. Got back to work, stuck my screwdriver in and managed to short one leg to ground.
Why did I go through such a long explanation for a simple short circuit? Well, let me tell you! (And thank you if you got this far). The thing about malls is they have several tiers of panels and sub panels and feeder panels.
I didn't trip the breaker in the sub-panel in the kitchen. I didn't trip the breaker in the main panel for the restaurant. I didn't trip the breaker in the feeder panel for that block of stores. I managed to trip the breaker in the feeder panel for the FLOOR.
That was not a good day.
Was it an easy fix by just flipping the breakers back on or did you NUKE the breaker and it had to be replaced?
Chris early in his career apparently NUKED a buildings Main Breaker (the one connected to the Local Grid and then energizes the bus bars) that had to be replaced by an Electrician because he touched the wrong thing...I don't know which Video he tells us that...
@@HappilyHomicidalHooligan well, if breakers aren't replaced frequently, a short can literally destroy the components inside and jam open or worse closed
I saw bolt in breakers and thought he working that HOT (takes a few special rated tools that I did not think you carried). Glad you cleared that up.
Love your 'don't blow up. You are obviously some one in the happened before crowd. PLEASE wear a full face shield if even think it is a slight possibility. I have my face because I was standing in the only position that shielded it from the ARC/flying red metal.
Nice job on the troubleshooting and repair…
You got it right if you are in maintenance you are not more in focusing things specifically if limited only for manpower. Bcoz PM and troubleshooting is different both them need time.
Morning Chris hope you day goes smoothly
Spot on in your explanation about your PM techs and making the phone calls. CYA cover your ass. I tell my guys this all the time, take pictures and notes. Make the appropriate calls and get authorization. Don't leave yourself open for being responsible for a future issue.
0:41 God this is the EXACT scene I came into when I was told to “go clean an ice machine it’s kinda dirty” and I literally spent 6 hours cleaning every last inch (it was like 2x the size tho). The before and after was nuts tho.
Thanks for sharing!
I remove the ground lugs off replaced equipment or if the lug isn’t used. Your linesman pliers can trim them if they don’t fit in the contactor. Having them has saved me many times.
I wonder how many times that high-resistance connection caused that breaker to trip. I would be willing to bet the owner just kept resetting the breaker until the poor thing simply failed. Out-of-date panel directories are a PIA. As for the contactor I see no issue there. Two sets of pristine contacts to use.
In theory, a high-resistance connection in the equipment will not trip the breaker, unless the connection fails resulting in a ground fault. Increased resistance = lower amp draw. Breaker was failing imo.
Blue haze on the buss bar with scorch marks is definitely overloaded.
really love your videos.
Thanks so much bud, I'm glad you enjoy them
Ice machines are often ignored until they break. Preventive maintenance would avoid 90% of calls. We check for slightly burnt wiring during p.m.
Eek, bolt in breakers. Got to be really careful on a live panel, but good reliability.
Watch till the end of the video as I address that in the closing words
Great clean up work chris
Great video, thank you Mr. Chris
Awesome info all around, thanks..
I don’t know if there’s power in here…. Sticks bare hand into nest of shonky wiring 😀
As man and I thought you were doing a job in 5-10 minutes. Nah I’m playing I’m playing 😂
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Gotta love those hoshi’s!
You gotta see the electric panel on 7- 11 and we havet to replace sometime even y we don't wanna to do.
Can you do a video tour of your shop?
Great video
Morning Chris!
Correct an inspection is different than a cleaning PM. Inspection PM is a further work order generator. Your techs did a good job other than a photo or a paper tag on that Brown wire of where it went. Stay safe and be well. Have a great rest of the day.
Hi Chris i love the videos keep up the good work. I got a quick question how can I get leads or bids/calls in commercial Hvacr I’m currently in residential hvac and want to go the the hvacr route any tips thanks
Did you check the other unit for heat stressed connections?
What is the purpose of a PM if cleaning is not part of it?
how many service calls do you knock it out in a day on average?
Hot swaping bolt on breakers? Been their, done that in the old days not any more.
I am curious how you deal with the filming on customer's locations? Not judging, just curious what your procedure is to get the okay with you filming, or if you even ask or just make sure you keep identifying info out.
If it isn't already your companies Standard Operating Procedure, you might want to make it standard that when your Techs. find an electrical problem, instead of just explaining it to you over the phone, have them take a picture and E-Mail it to you so you can see what they're seeing at that moment...
Aren't you curious to know what's under the red tape on the water pump?
Chris always counts before he energizes. 1-2-3…. Please don’t blow up…. Makes me laugh every time.
I call it the smoke test. Smoke bad, no smoke good.
I count in my head too!
I've started doing that too in my own work!
Ice machine are my weakness as well thanks for the information and video really helpful keep up the good work
Every time I look inside one of these ice machines 🥶🤬😞 that's the very reason I never get ice.
Could you of not used the screw terms on that contactor ?
NOT THE ICE MACHINE!!!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
Tell your techs first things first and second things never
Most likely water pump?
LoL I was like this ain't three phase if they only use one. The question of how it starts but you found the hidden starter and capacitor.
The breaker does appear bad but did you test everything to ground first? You should have just for the video imo
Always a smart move to test the machine to ground because you don't know who or what turned it off. I realize the burn at the contactor is a good clue but it's always wise to quickly probe
As a non business related issue someone flipped my stove off I'm guessing. I have no idea but I tested it to ground first before flipping back on. Better than getting shocked.
have seen the wrong capacitor on water pumps,after been replaced,overheats the motor
OMG wonders what you can catch with that terrible dirty ice machine wonders if its ever been cleaned
It could be worse OPEN DELTA!!!
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If you’re gonna swap breakers, why not just replace it yourself? You already have everything opened up. If you’re capable of swapping a spare, why not just put a new one in and make some money off of it?
I can think of a few reasons.
1. He probably wants the repair inspected, signed off etc (I don't know what exactly is involved in the US, in the UK we would expect a certificate filled out with measurements taken with special test equipment) by someone who is qualified/licensed/insured to be doing it.
2. He probably doesn't carry spare parts for electrical panels.
3. He saw something that concerned him when he had the breaker out.
Eh
I would say liability issues. Everyone in America is ready to sue the next person so he is just covering his ass.
708 Thumbs uP
lol that machine is quite old. Bought on 21-05-2012, warranty expired at 21-05-2015. Might be good to schedule an complete replacement, as the machine is coming close to the end of its useful life. As preventative maintenace, it might be good to just replace the whole ice machine stack with 2 new, fresh and good ice machines.
10 minute video. 10 minutes of talking. Hmmmmmm.
Try to save the customer money!!!???? As soon as that burned wire was found the main panel to the building should of been cutoff and power company, gas company and all federal authorities should of been alerted. Biden will have done a press conference and required more mandates. Oh wait this is the real world. Not a contractor I know in Florida 🤣🤣🤣
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