Mikey we are all rooting for you and praying for you. You can do it man.

Good luck and God bless you for quitting smoking! I quit like 25 years ago. One of the hardest things I've ever done. You can do it! Danielsan is great!

Quitting is like someone dying - on your mind every waking minute. Slowly it turns to only thinking a few times a day, to once a day, once every few days... it's the mental challenge that's tough. I've found that simply recognizing trigger scenarios, not avoiding them, was enough to keep me from picking one up (working in the garage, mowing the grass, stepping outside after dinner... you get the idea). Best of luck, we're all rooting for you.

Mikey I quit 19 years ago. Best thing ever! I too patched it! You can do it! Stay strong!

You got this Mikey Pipes! Great content as always!

Mickey keep up the good work on not smoking. I smoked for 38 years and quit 7 years ago.

Mike you can quit!!! This community has your back stay strong.

@anneriordon4131

2 жыл бұрын

@@PipeDoctor Ok just worried about potential lockdowns reminds me of something you said in a recent video "we make plans and GOD laughs" really glad to see your success on KZread almost 19k it would be nice to see you on RUMBLE as well

@letsgrandoit9181

2 жыл бұрын

Wow,.I think Daniel son, Mr. hole in one, ( burnt a hole into that rtu's liquid line and is " the one " for you) most likely, albeit silently, encouraged you to quit, his presence may have been the final nail into the coffin of that 🚬 tabacco smoking habit you probably had in mind to bury once and for all. Thanks Danielson hole in one, now my favorite KZread plumber can live healthier and longer!

Stay positive Brother Mike! Keeping you and Daniel-sun in many prayers as I’m sure he’s soon to need them.

Keep going on the no cigs brother! Gotta stay healthy to keep feedin' the people!

Mikey..40 yr E.C here also Jandy authorized for both pool controls and heaters....that guy needs a heater...Don't waste your time with a heat exchanger. Flattened pipe is indicative of a flow problem the pressure sw may be adjusted to low. Keep up the great content. I for one LOVE IT.👊

Congratulations on your progress. It isn’t easy to quit but keep up the effort. 👍👍🇨🇦

@2pugman

2 жыл бұрын

@@PipeDoctor After a few weeks your taste buds will return. After five days the physical need for nicotine stops. Then the desire to smoke is a mental desire.

@joehead1294

2 жыл бұрын

@@2pugman If you started young and smoked for a looong time, your brain is hard wired for the weed. You can still quit, but you never get over it. That's my experience.

@2pugman

2 жыл бұрын

@@joehead1294 I regret every cigarette I ever smoked. Don't miss anything. Last month I celebrated 44 years w/o alcohol ! Don't miss that either.

You can do it! We are proud of you!!

You know, I have to say, your intros are very pleasant and respectful. When I'm navigating my multiple tabs of KZread videos, each video likes to start playing. It is incredibly annoying when I'm blasted with noise before I can make it to the pause button.

I believe in you Mikey you can beat those cigarettes. My dad was one of the biggest smokers I knew, and he’s been off of those things for 8 years. Helluva long time before I entered the trade lol!

Mikey you got this brother! Best to replace the habit with something healthy. A sport, hit the gym. Makes the mind wander to new better places. I quit smoking when I was 40, gonna be 45 this month. You got this man! Remember everyone makes mistakes, that why they put erasers on pencils. You made a mistake, now you just gotta erase.

St Mike ain’t a quitter, except for things that’ll do him wrong. It’s a rough road you’re on, but it’ll smooth over time. When you get nauseated smelling cigarette smoke, you’ll know you’ve won. Keep it up ‘cause I don’t want to miss you, Mikey Pipes!!

Good lucky Mikey I quit cold turkey haven’t touched a cigar in 6 years I chewed gum when I wanted a cigar it worked for me you got this

hello Mikey Pipes Im glad your doing well on your stopping smoking, my mom smokes too and its hard for me because sec hand smoke im starting too cough from it, well take care!

Hello from the great state of Michigan. Keep the faith St. Mike

Mikey I know your hungry for that smoke. U can do it brother. Stay positive 👍🏽

good for you, mike your lungs and family will thank you

Hey congratulations on quitting smoking! I did it seven months ago still a little bit of a struggle but keeping at it

Congrats Mikey keep it up you can do it

Love the embedded clock in the mirror.

Congratulations Mike on quitting. We need you to keep feeding us. You will feel much better in time.

My dad said when cigarettes went to 2 $ a pack he was going to quit that was back in 1984 hard habit to kick good luck Mikeypipes

Just watched this video, you hang in there and quit the cigs. You are young enough that it will help you long term. Hang in there, man, Dennis

Keep strong brother. I just laid down the smokes too. Third day, ain't easy lol. I changed my daily habits to try and make it easier. I'm only on day three, it's not fun

You can still have the odd smoke well on the patch. The patches do work for sure. Good luck

Excellent situation for installing a heatpump with house AC coupling 😃😃

High current devices are usually more efficient at 240 volts because it cuts the current in half over a 120 Volt device. Less current means less heat loss in the supply wires and motor windings. They probable used 240V for the boiler power because the pool pump is using 240V so that way they didn't have to run a separate 120V circuit just for the boiler power.

You got steam heat, you have all the cool toy's if I was 35 years younger I think I might have moved too you're area and looked you up . Hang in there on the stop smoking give it time try not to drink that will make it harder 👍

You can do it! I smoked a shit ton and quit cold. F's with your mind for a while but few weeks and your done.

Keep it up mikey pipes you can do

stay with it the quit man, I smoked for 50 yrs quit in 2018 cold turkey, I still get the cravings they just dont last long, worse time is when you complete a challenging project I used to always lite up, I do lung exercises and got my oxygen saturation up to 95 - 98 it's worth it to quit, you wont believe had bad the smoke smells until you have been quite for a year or two

@ladykoh4678

2 жыл бұрын

you are correct RA. My grandfather quit smoking and after about a year he was one of the biggest "anti smoking in buildings" guys. And he let people know how bad it smelled! He said it made him sick just smelling cigarettes' smoke and would apologize to people for stinking up their houses and cars from smoking in the past.

@matthewhackett3429

2 жыл бұрын

One thing I noticed is you have malocclusion. Perhaps deviated septum. You got the Tony soprano tone to your voice(not as bad)I have it too! To be honest mouth breathing is robbing you of 10-30years of your lifespan. Sleep with breath right strips?.. Check out James Nestor’s book/Audiobook/interviews on YT . The book is called Breath. Pretty much mouth breathing/sleep apnea is killing us because we have shrunken mouths. Breathing excercises help. But modern day food is soft and processed. We’re a species that evolved by chewing tough gamey meat/cartilage for 4 hours a day . Modern luxuries like processed food shrunk our mouths. The roof of the mouth is the base of the nose. Don’t sleep on this issue. Things can be done to fix it and if you have kids there are ways you can help them avoid it. It’s been a life changing topic for me that’s why I’m ranting. Don’t go out like James gandolfini did!

Day 4, go get em Mike. Screw the patches, you gotta get the nicotine OUT of your system because THAT is what ur addicted to !!! Things will smell better, food will taste better and your overall sense of smell will become a lot more keen. Keep up the good work . 👍👍👍

If heater is 5-7 years old I’d replace entire unit. That’s a lot of rust inside that cabinet. Cupronickel heat exchanger with a sacrificial diode on the header goes a long way too. Poor water chemistry will wreck a heater quick unfortunately . I’ve installed 4 raypaks in the last week, my personal favorite. nice seeing this content on here.

Mikey Pipes Strong💪💪💪💪💪👍👍👍👍

The lower amp draw on a higher voltage is true. The reason is to have smaller conductors feeding whatever it is hooked up to. I pretty much only work on 460v equipment, occasionally some 208v. Mostly 3 phase. It's "efficiency" is in the fact smaller conductors are used and spread across all 3 phases to accomplish the same task. Voltage imbalance is whats important to pay attention to and gets missed

When you go cold turkey it's a major shock to your system. Do it gradually, if you smoke a pack a day, cut down to a half a pack in 30 days. Then a quarter pack...then a couple, then none.

Good job ! You weren’t Fluking around with that one

Mike! Good luck with quitting you got it man. Also, what’s your recommendation for a good/reliable multimeter for plumbing/hvac??

I tried that pill. No desire to smoke but weird moods and dreams. Not everyone has that though. Worth a shot.

@petersmart1999

2 жыл бұрын

Chantix is basically welbuterin,they gave it to mentally incapacitated patients and noticed that they weren't smoking anymore,so I guess they figured they would try it on balanced individuals and it worked.

The reason the heater is wired to 240 V is just for convenience. It’s typical for simple installations to feed the heater from the same circuit that runs the pool pump, and most in-ground pool pumps are wired for 240 V. Some pool pumps are wired to 120 V, and some installs have a separate circuit for the heater, so the heater is designed so you can wire it for 120 V or 240 V, as needed. The heater draws barely any power at all, so supplying it with 120 V or 240 V doesn’t make much of a difference for efficiency.

If you are using a water softener doesnt it make the unit last longer? It did not at my friends house in north Carolina so they switched to a heat pump after the second heat exchanger replacement failed.

It would have been great to see the entire disassembly and rebuild including the switch replacement.

@rickbat007

10 ай бұрын

Thanks I will search for what I need@@PipeDoctor

@PipeDoctor

10 ай бұрын

I have many videos on this

Be careful with the patch, I had a hard time sleeping wearing one at night and had vivid dreams. You may want to consider Chantix. I only took it for two weeks, but it got me to quit. It too caused vivid dreams and mild nausea, but I didn't crave cigs at all.

120V Vs 240V there is no efficiency difference. You use fewer amps at 240V so you can use smaller wire, which is a cost savings. You can also get more power through the same size wire at 240V. However efficiency is the same as the wattage consumed is the same wither way. The efficiency savings with higher voltage really only comes in with super long runs where you start to save on I^2R losses. However in a household there is no difference.

@chrisc9389

2 жыл бұрын

that was my question. so there is no savings on your electric bill when using 240V VS 120V correct?

@JustFixIt99

2 жыл бұрын

@@chrisc9389 Correct, on the residential level there is no energy savings.

Im telling you. Now i smoke and do sunflower seeds. Lol ok but they work for cravings awesome video

I use an air compressor with a high discharge nozzle on a handles valve, and strong vaccum., water damages the refractory heat panels, and those piece fall down and can cause rollout later

The age old question 120V versus 240V. You are basically correct in what you have said. Appliances that need more watts to do their work eg. dryers and cookers are connected to 240V. Watts = V x I therefore a heating appliance connected to 240V uses half the current (I). There is also a saving in cable cost as the higher the voltage the smaller the cross sectional diameter the cable needs to be.

240 volt equipment draws less current and can use smaller conductors to do the same job as 110Volts

Benefit of running 240vac is in smaller gauge wire for the same power due to lower amperage. Not to mention, I believe in North America the 120 vac circuits are limited to 20 amps. Likely the gas pool heater was designed so it could drop in and use the electrical wired for an electric heater which would be 230. PS. 120/240 vac is the service voltage standard provided from the transformer. Equipment will have a NEMA voltage of 115/230 vac listed, which is the design voltage of equipment optimum operation with the expectation of some voltage drop from the transformer to the equipment. The tolerances required by each standard cover essentially the same voltage range.

glad your trying to stop smoking ciggs... i stop in 1997.. course i still smoke pot lol but not ciggs been long time since i had a cigg..

In Georgia the inspectors flip out over the couplings inside the equipment. They will red tag. Do they allow in New York?

Mikey you can do it , drink lots of water that's what helped me , I quit over 10 years ago and I was a heavy smoker , good luck. My question is that I just installed a new Raypak 106 propane pool heater and it won't fire up , I can hear the pilot light snapping trying to fire up but it won't, the only propane bottle I have is a small 20 pounder , could that be my problem due to BTU's too low for unit ? If the small bottle is the problem , what is the size bottle I can use ? Thanks

I’m struggling with smoking too bro Keep trying

In the Uk we use 3KW electric kettles for example, the flex is thin and of course flexible and just plugged into the standard 3 pin uk outlet socket that we have all around the house. With a lower voltage the kettle wire would have to be fat and heavy for the same heating power.

@joehead1294

2 жыл бұрын

Still using ring circuits?

The patch work as long you have motivation to quit take the edge off good luck Mikey you can do it. I don’t know about you I could only wear earlier in morning for 8 hour would rip off after dinner. That patch would give crazy ass 😴. Let me know if happened to you. Just a little tech tip....

I wonder if the 240 vs 120 is a matter of convenience in pools? I don't work with pool stuff much but I would suspect most pool motors run at 220V and therefore the heater manufacturer wires it that way to make install easier? Also, does this manufacturer make an electric heater version? If so, they can just reuse a lot of the same design and parts by setting the gas version to use 220V since the electric version would have to use 220V due to current draw.

No more cowboy killers for Mikey Pipes. If you can manage to kick the habit after a couple of months everything will taste better and you'll probably gain 30 lbs. good luck Mikey.

@ladykoh4678

2 жыл бұрын

@@PipeDoctor Eat sugar free candy. With todays Stevia, it tastes like normal sugar, but keeps the weight gain down.

@mickward2775

2 жыл бұрын

@@PipeDoctor to be honest Mikey you'll probably lose weight. when I quit I got fat lol probably like 40 lbs for like 5 months then I leveled out. 👍

240v is more efficient in the sense of amperage I believe. A 240v appliance will pull less amps then the same 120v appliance but I believe the wattage may be the same. Usually 240v outlets or circuits are much larger in amps than 120 circuits which means you are able to handle more on the same circuit then you would be able to on a typical 120v hence it being more efficient.

when you double the voltage you cut the amps in half making it much more efficient

We're you walking your dog or was the dog walking you Mikey pipes? When you feel a weak moment quitting smoking think about how happy you will make your wife when you quit because she won't have to smell or taste those cigarettes anymore! Be why aren't those pipes steel on the pool heater ! I think that you should have replaced that pool heater because all the piping needs to be replaced then everything would be new and no more money would be wasted on that junk! Great video 💯 percent Mikey pipes! Dan is great ! He is very smart and hard working!

Keep up the quitting, brother! I went from 2 packs a day to nothing and its been a year and half. If I can do it, so can you!😂

Theoretically, 120v vs 240v is the same on efficiency/power transfer. However, high wattage on 120v , if pushing wire size for current, could get more voltage drop, thus slightly less efficient. I prefer using 240v at 2Kw or higher. Copper isn’t cheap, takes larger size to carry more current at lower voltage. I’ve done wiring repair in Europe, and I do like higher voltage/less copper is easier to work with. My experience there is 380/3ph 50 Hz, and each leg is 230v. Amazing how small wire is to wire a 3-ph stove there. 5-wire, and outside diameter of the sheath is similar to one of the cheap orange extension cords here (never use them for power tools, they will fail faster -I only buy 12ga extension cords for tools). Congrats on the cig effort. I’m still struggling.

Pool heaters with fine fin heat exchangers tend to clog up if over fired . Make certain it is fired propely .

Ehhhh for motors sure there are efficiency gains at 240. However generally the bigger advantage is smaller conductors (lower current) for same power.

Dont units only usually roll out during ignition?

The pool heater provided for a dual voltage primary on the control transformer. This is to offer the convenience of connecting to an existing nearby voltage source - 120v or 240v. Also, The issue of efficiency is not applicable as appliances are designed and the circuit wiring is sized to handle the current and voltage appropriate for the job. An example would be a dual voltage motor. When the motor is connected to 240 volts the windings of the are connected in series. When the motor is connected to 120 volts the windings connected in parallel. Thus the windings see the same current no matter what voltage is applied. However, the circuit supplying power to the motor may be sized for either voltage but the higher voltage would mean less current in the wiring. This provides for less voltage drop in the circuit thus less loss do to heating of the wire. This could be called better efficiency but only for circuit not the motor.

nice cooked pvc. I have seen that happen when the water flow switch and temp. thermostat wasn't working kosher and they had very low flow from clogged filters/strainer. the heater was dumping out very hot water enough to soften the pipe. I don't think the pipe could get hot enough via the outside with being exposed to flame roll-out, the water moving through would cool it too much. I suppose that could happen with low flow and the pump suddenly being shut off, with gravity pulling very hot water down the pipe, that kind of explains the pipe collapsing in on itself instead of expanding in diameter. probably still a flow proving or limit thermostat not working right and it kept flame on.

That small ign only needs 110 to start it & then run those weak electronics. They have the capability of either just for ease of having compatible power source

Generally speaking a 240V power supply ingests half as much current as a 120V power supply, this means that power lost to a fixed voltage drop (like a diode) is cut in half and power lost to a resistive load (like a heating element) is cut to a quarter... much more efficient... If you're pulling 1000W through a diode bridge with normal 0.7V drop diodes in it you'll be pulling 8.33A at 120 and 4.166A at 240 so you end up dropping 11.66W and 5.83W respectively. There are some other components in there that will benefit but that is the largest and most obvious example

I wonder if the water flow through the heater is too little, causing the water to be too hot leaving, hence melting the pipe.

Double voltage=half the current. If it's 10 amps @120 it would be 5 @240. Wattage is the same (voltage x amperage = wattage). Higher voltage allows you to run smaller wire. Also on inductive loads (motors, etc.) There is less lost in heat due to fewer amps drawn. The starting is easier too. That equals increased efficiency.

Good on you Mikey, kick that tobacco. I know it’s hard but worth it in the long run

Indeed, at higher voltages, electrical equipment is more efficient. At higher voltage it requires less current to get the same power (Power = Voltage X Current). That means manufacturers can downsize the wiring to deliver the same power. Also, energy losses due to heat in electrical conductors are less, because heat generated is proportional to the current (Square of current * Electrical resistance).

What I notice about this pool heater is that it's not protected properly from the elements (rain or salt water). Rain water may be getting on the sides of the unit and causing all the rust to form. The rust could be making its way up through the exchanger and causing a form of electrolysis to happen where you have the metal from the heater casing effecting the copper or Nickel tubes of the exchanger. As you can see from the bottom the rust is eating through the unit on both sides but the eroding exchanger appears to be rusting from the top down as well. If they had a protective hood or shroud over the unit, it would have lasted them longer then it did. Just my opinion I could be wrong.

it starts getting easier after the 10th day.

I'm a pool guy....the deformed pipe is due to no cool down after shutting the heater down....Run the pump for 20 min after heater shut down.

@ianwally818

2 жыл бұрын

The pool pipe deforms at 110f. Use a higher temp pipe going to and from the heater that close to the heater.

It's because it's split in the power over each leg because each leg brings 120 into the unit and they split the power over each leg

What patch are you using. Wish I could quit.

The inside of that unit looks like smokers lungs......

I like Teacher Mikey Pipes. Obviously all the steam is the leaking water. PVC doesnt come in square tubing. I bet the 12.7C earth is a better heat sink than the air so the PVC is probably fine a few centimeters down.

Well done, as always Mikey✋😀🤚

Could you not just cut above the coupling and use a 2in pipe extender instead of digging below grade?

Found the answer to you question ! Because of the relatively low voltage (

At the meter you pay by wattage…120 vs 240 is up to you and installer. Power bill will be the same.

Mikey u can do it I went from 3 packs to 0

On the voltage question is 240v. more efficient than 110v. The short answer in no. The long answer is, for any given power draw the current on a 240v system is half of the that on a 110v system. Theoretically the voltage drop on a 110 volt system is slightly higher but for most circuits the difference is not material. The advantage of 240v and lower comparative current is smaller gauge conductors.

I guess since this heater is OUTSIDE, it is safe to use until you replace the heat exchanger as opposed to a heater INSIDE a house where CO is a concern.

Does anyone know the specifications of the 3 cutout sensors of a Hayward milivolt heater?

From my understanding 220 vs 110 volts is more common for “energy efficiency” to reduce carbon emissions. It’s slowly becoming a national law for green emissions. I could be totally wrong. Not a plumber. On another note. How old is this unit?.. i have a very similar model.only a few months old. The insulation burned away. That rollout sw alert popped up. I do have rust on the top part of the inside of the unit already. Waiting for my pool company to get back to me. Why are these units not properly insulated from rain?. Is this common in most pool furnaces or just this model/brand?

mikey... love the videos but wattage is wattage. A pump that can be wired with both 120v or 240v will not draw less power at 240v. The 240v only helps the pump start more efficiently (less amperage spike at startup) prolonging its life. Ex. If a pump at 120v draws 3 amps that equals 360 watts. If that same pump is wired at 240v it will draw half the amps, yes but its still 360 watts. In some cases taking the same example the pump at 240v will draw 358 watts or something. So yes, it does "save" energy but not really

St mike it’s time for a lochinvar

Thats a GOOOOOD question from a very observant technician named Dan. Why pay to run 220v lines to a pool heater that will run on 110? I'm betting there was either an electric pool heater or a AC condenser that got used for the new gas heater. 12/2 is alot cheaper than 10/2 UF.

@Kustomgadget

2 жыл бұрын

Actually if a motor runs 110 @ 20 amps (12 guage wire) a 240 volt motor would run at 10 amps (withthe same overall amperage because 10 amps x 2 legs). A 220 motor will last longer because the windings run on half the amps and a smaller wire can be used due to less amps per conductor. The electricy flows back and forth 60 times per second and on a double 220/240 circuit one leg goes back when the other goes forth so one common (if needed) can handle both loads simultaneously without being overloaded.

It's just OHM'S Law, Current squares with respect to power so doubling the voltage reduces current loss to the square root. So you can convey 1 kilowatt at 1 volt and 1 thousand amps or 1000 volts and 1 amp. But the 1000 amps will lose energy on resistance by the power of the square. That's why energy is transmitted at 13K to 2 million volts and over--per unit energy at lower voltage would require cabling so thick that you couldn't string it. You can't make the towers strong enough to support the weight. Good luck and hang in there with your smoking cessation.

When an appliance uses higher voltage it consumes less current or amps. If a dual voltage electric motor uses 10 amps at 120 volts. When wired for 240 it will use 5 amps. I cant explain it properly but I just Googled why does current draw go down when voltage goes up. Love the vids mikey and thanks again for the stickers

@mikewilcox6089

2 жыл бұрын

True it would be 10 amps on 100v but only 5 amps on 220v, but the 5 amps is on each leg of the 220 making it 10 amps total. The savings would come from less voltage loss on a 220 circuit.

@mikewilcox6089

2 жыл бұрын

That should read 110v, not 100v

@kmschwem

2 жыл бұрын

The power lost to heat in a wire is I*I*R. So for a given gauge of wire the resistance of a length is fixed, but as you mentioned, the current will be 2x because it’s the same wattage load (I*V) for 120V vs 240. Given the formula above the power wasted in the wire will be 4x.

@rpsmith

2 жыл бұрын

@@mikewilcox6089 -- No is still only 5 amps. 120V x 10A = 1,200 Watts and 240V x 5A = 1,200 Watts.

@mickward2775

2 жыл бұрын

@@mikewilcox6089 not 5 on each leg but 2.5 on each leg. For a total of 5 amps. At least that's what the math I was taught

People around you will be pleased that you're not smoking and so will your body.

Great content man! However, there actually is no difference in efficiency between 120 and 240 volts, at least in the context you speak of. Explanation: Watts = amps * volts - When you wire, for example, a single phase AC motor for 120 volts, it may draw like 10 amps of current, but when you wire it for 240 volts, it’ll draw around half the current. So in the end, the wattage (true measurement of power) is around the same with MAYBE a SLIGHT difference. 120v * 10 amps = 1200 watts 240v * 5 amps = 1200 watts