We use those Polaris connectors exclusively. No wire nuts for high voltage. Good ole Uncle Bob and his quality work. Cool video Rickster....thanks for sharing

Repeatedly resetting a breaker is dangerous and WILL damage it. Rule of thumb is, reset it ONCE. If it trips again, stop and get everything checked out. Even a small breaker used in homes can explode and has in many cases. ANY breaker subjected to a severe fault (shorted wiring, compressor or other appliances) MUST be replaced as the contacts are usually damaged so badly that they will create excess heat under normal loads. Any breaker subjected to repeated overloads SHOULD also be replaced, depending on age and how many times it was tripped on overload.

@HVACRSurvival

2 күн бұрын

I fully agree with this☝️

That’s nice that y’all get to work under electrical license. Always annoyed me that we don’t get any electrical credit doing hvac-r

That enormous thing to connect these two tiny wires... looks hilarious 😂 Nice vid, thanks

Man rats nest didn’t even describe those wires at the unit or the breaker box. Great job Rick as always.

Looked fun. Better than what I found this week. A FPE (Federal Pacific Electric) breaker box was screwed to the side of a furnace

@HVACRSurvival

11 ай бұрын

🤣 sweet 👍👍🙏

@oscalerup1129

11 ай бұрын

Oh wait forgot to add the 1ph Bristol compressor in a 3ph rheem unit on the same system.

Confidence is standing in a puddle while working with elecricity. Well done!

Clamp thing= Polaris lug. Love those things. Great job. Absolutely love the no nonsense explanations.

@HVACRSurvival

11 ай бұрын

Thank you I really appreciate the feedback!

Interesting video. That's a change, customers trying to be helpful, and they treated you like a fellow human, that can make a huge difference. thanks for the video.

@HVACRSurvival

10 ай бұрын

Absolutely! They were very nice.

Learning something new every day. Never heard of high leg delta before, had to google it. We mostly only have 230V single and 400V three phase in Europe

Have to know all the trades to work HVAC. Nice job. Thanks for the effort to share your experience and knowledge.

@HVACRSurvival

5 ай бұрын

Thank you sir 🤜🤛👍👍

Nice thorough job Rick, thats definitely a job that needs a video to back up what you did before and after. Awesome video

@HVACRSurvival

11 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

422d for less efficiency. Side job Bob couldn't fix it so they had to pay a real technician to get it going. That's one fire they dodged a bullet on. Great job Rick.

@HVACRSurvival

11 ай бұрын

Thanks Nate!!! 🤜🤛👍👍

Nice job Rickster ... I always liked the electrical troubleshooting aspect ... Thx

Solution: my ac (independent) breaker was triping after 15min , I removed the breaker , there was a screw behind the switch which adjusted its sensitivity if I unscrew it , it was tripping easily , so I tightened it , then I attached it's all 4 wires in different way , by cleaning the ends and reshaping them just in case , tightened all 4 again , it stoped tripping ! . (turn off all the power supply 1st)

When you finally get one of those round tuits, you can organize the van.

Rick, you do great work ! Thanks

Nice job. I use to see on a 220 volt, single phase units that a broken neutral would cause high voltage on one leg and low voltage on the other leg. Usually happened after storms broke service entrance cable wires. Thanks for another excellent video.

@HVACRSurvival

11 ай бұрын

Yeah, I've had that same thing happen with the neutral, but when I seen that that high and balanced perfectly around the 208 Mark, I figured it was probably a high leg.

Thank you bro for making videos. I learn so much watching them

@HVACRSurvival

10 ай бұрын

That's awesome I'll hear🤜🤛👍👍

Thanks for taking the time to film and share. Very interesting videos.

@HVACRSurvival

10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Well done.

yeah, when using wire nuts on stranded wire, always "lead" the stranded wire ahead of solid wire, because the stranded will often not get captured and simply fall out or multiple strands may push back and make a poor connection that will overheat and burn. it's always wise to pull on the wires afterwards to make sure they're captured well.

@The1realro

2 ай бұрын

Do it every time to make it a habit.

Excellent repair 👍

@HVACRSurvival

11 ай бұрын

Thank you I appreciate you taking the time to watch it and leave a comment.

24:10 -Iinstalling wire ties back to back prevents the insulation from rubbing out to the copper. I missed this one the first time watching. 22:40 - Yes! With conductors of any gauge, twist all the stranded ones together and push them to the bottom of the connector before adding the solids. Twisting all tight and pulling on each wire after tightening is also a good practice.

Repairs carried out like a pro. Great Video, Rip ac unit.

Well done sir. 👍 one thing though. It appears you over tightened the breaker & connector. Look on each of them, there will be torque specs. A torque wrench is required for correct torque. Over tightening can damage the wire WAY worse than scarring it with a blade.

Nice work Rick. That place is a fire waiting to happen.

@HVACRSurvival

5 ай бұрын

Hopefully not anytime soon after I’m there.

I love the video explaining everything thank you❤

@HVACRSurvival

25 күн бұрын

Thank you!

Nice job 👍👍👍

Great Video. Nice Job. Thank you for sharing

@HVACRSurvival

11 ай бұрын

🙏🤜🤛👍👍

Always enjoy your videos

@HVACRSurvival

11 ай бұрын

Glad you like them!

Thanks

Uncle Bob's electric 😂. Always poor electrical connections, smh. Nice job, Rick!

@jasonjohnsonHVAC

11 ай бұрын

His cousin Chuck does the HVAC on the side.....low low price on freeze-on

@EverythingHVACR

11 ай бұрын

@@jasonjohnsonHVAC 😆

@HVACRSurvival

11 ай бұрын

I tightened all the connections in that box, and there were several that were loose.

@HVACRSurvival

11 ай бұрын

I love it!

Hvac licenses typically cover the electrical for the hvac. Mine does in Georgia. Great work though. Good sleuthing!

@HVACRSurvival

11 ай бұрын

I hear often about the HVAC guys hiring other companies for easy stuff because of it, that's why I mentioned it.

@The1realro

2 ай бұрын

Where did you go in GA I'm looking to further my education in HVAC.

Turn head, engage safety squints, THEN flip breaker

good job as always!

@HVACRSurvival

11 ай бұрын

Thanks man!

Fantastic video thanks rick

@HVACRSurvival

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

Good work you , I run in to a lot of half ass crap like that too

@HVACRSurvival

11 ай бұрын

I think there's plenty out there to go around that's for sure! Thanks for watching

Great job👍

@HVACRSurvival

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the support 🤜🤛👍👍

"Not even what I was here for" I thought it was ME in the video for a second!

@HVACRSurvival

11 ай бұрын

Why is that?

Good job Rick, Yeah that panel is overloaded, The 208 delta is usually labeled with orange tape, but that wire is so old that the coloring wouldn't make much of a difference, I would recommend them to get a panel change out or new service, and standing in a puddle of water when working on electric circuits isn't good for your health.

@HVACRSurvival

11 ай бұрын

I said something about it but cut it out, my complaint was I couldn't heal neal down 🤣

@johnwalker890

11 ай бұрын

That 208 might have burnt-out that wire.

enjoyed the video great job you did and hvac tech has to do electrical,plumbing,and sheet metal

@HVACRSurvival

11 ай бұрын

We got to know a little bit about everything. Thanks for the support!

I agree and am of the opinion If it trips once don’t reset it call an HVAC tech cause there could be something wrong with the HVAC system!

10:23 That is when you run away and say"I am not fixing that!". The previous person F-ed up big time, and if you work on it and it then breaks YOU will be blamed for the first persons work.

@HVACRSurvival

10 ай бұрын

That's why I take good notes. Everything that happened and needs to happen has All been written down.

Polaris Lug is the name of what you used. As a residential sparky I use them quite a bit.

@HVACRSurvival

11 ай бұрын

Thanks! 🤜🤛✌️

Fingers moving wires around that breaker box and that bell goes off, I would crap my pants.

@HVACRSurvival

8 ай бұрын

🤣👍👍

Actually that standard for square d q o breakers. Those old panels like that seem to hold up the best because of that design of bussing behind it. That's my experience with it, and because of that design, the brand I by is Cutler hammer tan handle. Its what I buy for super duty Kind of work. feeding big air Conditioners, Large lighting loads. Good thing you caught that! That's just nothing but electrical fire waiting to happen, and your right! It will be your fault because you were the last guy there! L o l

Refrigeration and electrician jack of all trades 😂

I would’ve mag the wire to see if it was any good in the conduit.

Wild legs are kinda interesting. Not something we see at all up here in Canada. I’ve never heard of one in my area. Everything up here is 208v/3ph with 120v to ground on all phases, or 600V/3ph with 347v to ground.

Gotta love wading in a puddle and stripping live? wires!

@HVACRSurvival

10 ай бұрын

It's the best 😁👍👍

Oof, that 208. Hate open delta systems. Just pay the fee for the 3rd transformer and close it

🇺🇸💪❄️👍 love how u operate thanks for sharing

@HVACRSurvival

11 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

I wonder what size that breaker is and is supposed to be

Rick, That circuit is a good canidate for a megger

@HVACRSurvival

11 ай бұрын

That's what another viewer said. I should have thought of that🤦🏻

Lek'trician here: I would have used a buttsplice instead of a polaris block

@HVACRSurvival

11 ай бұрын

It wasn't my first choice. I'm lucky I got what I had, otherwise it's off until it comes in.

You really should check for direct shorts to ground right from the disconnect box. You can tell it’s not three faze right away just from the disconnect box coming in with 4 wires.

@HVACRSurvival

11 ай бұрын

Yeah, that's the problem with trying to talk and think at the same time. I find you make more mistakes that way.

@throttlebottle5906

11 ай бұрын

I caught his slip up also, lol it happens when too many things going on at once. 🤣

Americans should use wire end ferrules.....

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😮 scar the wire is the least of their problems

@HVACRSurvival

11 ай бұрын

😎😂

I have a portable air conditioner thats tripping my breaker, but why all of a sudden now after a few years? Nothing has changed since i was using it for the last few years. Takes about 5 to 10 mintues for it to trip once i turn it on.

@HVACRSurvival

10 ай бұрын

It could be a weak capacitor, a blower motor going out, or a compressor that is not starting everything. It could be short cycling the compressor due to low refrigerant. It's hard to say without seeing it.

No littering zip ties inside the 😂

Rick what type of video camera used in your videos?

@HVACRSurvival

11 ай бұрын

GoPro 11 black or my ultra 21

He fixed what he saw wrong experience talks Like Michael Jordan

@HVACRSurvival

2 ай бұрын

🙏👍👍

Great work as always Rick. Have you seen the Testo 770-1 clamp meter which is ideal for clamping on in tight spaces?

@HVACRSurvival

11 ай бұрын

Yep, I've heard mixed reviews.

Rick when would it be the best time to call electrician?

@HVACRSurvival

11 ай бұрын

When changing the panel or entrance cable but I've done both several times.

probably saved them from a fire there

Hello Mr Sparky lol

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Rick, you need to wear your ppe. Get a monkey suit on before getting in those panels. Especially with how hacked up it looks. You can be thorough and comfortable with electrical, but it’s too big of a risk. I’ve seen the after math of a melted 600amp sub panel and no joke. Be safe out there and keep the great work

@HVACRSurvival

11 ай бұрын

🤜🤛👍👍

Looks like PM was never a priority for management here?🤔🙄

That stupid little clamp thing is called a burndy, in my area anyway.

@HVACRSurvival

11 ай бұрын

Had a search online then once I found it, it was a little easier. Lowes was supposed to have it, but they didn't, both electrical supply houses didn't have it, they had bigger ones. Ended up have to go back to the shop.

@joehead1294

11 ай бұрын

Usually call a burndy a split bolt. Not sure it is legit for splicing, but have used them for it. Made for grounding/bonding I think. Kinda like a tap.

@HVACRSurvival

11 ай бұрын

@@joehead1294 I remember split bolts being used but you have to use special electric tape. Cloth I believe.

Who called dodgy bros budget electrical 🤣

Make it happen rick😂 that is motor

Free pizza makes the job a whole lot better.

That guy is total complainer, I would hate to work with that clown know it all.

@HVACRSurvival

Ай бұрын

Yep, I deal with stupid people all day, I’m not afraid to call it as it is. Done like it, don’t watch it. Problem solved. Ta ta 👋

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You are a very knowledge person, but as a hvac engineer I don't think that's your issue I'm British and I only go from isolator to unit you obviously know what you are doing but not your job and as you know electricians test everything after installation hence we haven't got their equipment so leave well alone seen alot of your videos and you knowledge is alot more than mine and probably alot of electricians but distribution boards you can't just go in there, saying that American work practices might be different I'm definitely not having a go you are obviously a very skilled technician but as a hvac engineer we in Britain just can't do the job you just completed.

@HVACRSurvival

5 ай бұрын

The company I work for has a plumbing, electrical, mechanical, HVACR and boiler licenses. I work underneath those licenses, that’s how I’m able to do what I do without worry.

@stevenpollock6342

5 ай бұрын

That is alot of knowledge you boys must have your apprenticeship must take around 10 years ,obviously you can see you know what needs to be done it just seems alot to ask of one engineer but maybe that's the union in me love your videos unfortunately they make me look inadequate

Who make Rats 🐀 nest electrical wiring ?

Wow... good job.. charged $450.99?

@HVACRSurvival

8 ай бұрын

Is that what you would charge?

DUUUUDE wire strippers bud

Megger time

@HVACRSurvival

11 ай бұрын

Yeah you're right I completely forgot about it. I could've isolated it and Megged it against the conduit.

@throttlebottle5906

11 ай бұрын

@@HVACRSurvival bah just turn it on and look for the smoke and sparks. clearly they've been doing that for long time. 🤪🤡