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@addisonharms771

Жыл бұрын

Can you make a video about what meters you like and why they are better than others?

I was a commercial tech for many years and installed a lot of input reactors which condition the power to even out the highs and lows. Mostly for vfds in industrial plants that had a lot of surges when large equipment would turn on and off. It was 575 three phase.

Nice. I have had so many surges/electrical problems at my house in the past few years. Blew out an led light, power strip, and washing machine board in that time. Installed a surge panel @ the breaker. That device looks like the way to go for $ unit protection.

Thank you for the video and education. Just got into mini split units and installed the surge protector disconnect on the first one before seeing this. Couple hundred dollars is worth the peace of mind. Thanks again!

Great video and a great over, under and surge protector!

Excellent explanation love watching your videos

This is awesome, had no idea it existed. Thanks man!

@acservicetechchannel

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video!

I have an outdoor unit (regular 3 ton heat pump) at the end of about 60 feet of wire in a 120/208 feed. On very hot days it takes a few spinups to get going. The amp clamp shows a very high start surge, but running is fine. Capacitors all fine, regular incoming voltage looks fine. I'm guessing that there is a voltage drop due to the inrush amps on that length of wire and starting out at 208 anyway. Is putting this unit (for protection) and a soft starter (to deal with the inrush/voltage drop) together appropriate?

Great video. Thanks again

Nice torque screwdriver ... very good installation

Great video. Thank you.

Great tech update. Thanks Craig.

@acservicetechchannel

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Brian!

Very Nice Craig, Cost Vs Down Time and Availability now Days 👍

Nice piece of equipment I have it back home but we call it a voltage regulator I will like to have one of your information books thanks keep it up God bless

@rivergate950

Жыл бұрын

who makes a voltage regulator for less money? this is $200!

excellent job thanks!

Nice job!!

Hi, I'm getting ready to install a Rheem water heater that has a built in heat pump. Do any of you know if the Rheem heat pump water heaters have this kind of protection built in, or if the KoolGuard would be worth installing?

Very good video and looks to be a very good product. I opened link you provided but requires quote to get pricing?

The way you put the fuse box at 9:26 in was so cool

@victork3397

Жыл бұрын

It may look cool, but I would not recommend it. I have broken a disconnect plug doing it this way.

Great job 👍🏻

Thanks...very interesting product. I have ques. Please: 1-is it essential for inverter split unit or tropical units? 2-whats the ambinet working temp. Of the product is it above 50c or below according to specifications??

Thanks from argentina!

How did you get your hands on one of those? I can't get it from any local supply shop in Northern California. It kinda pops up here and there but no price or way to get it. I think this will keep one of my customers in Davis out of trouble with his 4 head mini split. The board and DC fan motor for the outdoor unit failed. I blamed the disconnect but seeing this makes me think it will really keep the machine safe.

Great information an skill set

@acservicetechchannel

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I love this guy

I have a Cooper hunter minsplit with line in voltage 246. They are saying I need a step down transformer and disclaimed warranty. They said max is 245. Do you think I really need this ? Is 246 really too high? thanks

Great video. What is your experience with the surge protector wired in parallel? Thanks!

We had a unit like this installed at our shop and the boards go bad all the time. Our unit is a bit larger than the one in your video but fails all the time. We've put a whole panel surge protector in but it still blows out the main boards and vfds. It's a carrier. I'll have to inquire about this item and if it's possible to get.

sir i have a question.meaning every time that there is a over or under voltage activity from the power source the unit is shutting down.?thanks for the info..

Sir I am AC TECHNICAN. U ARE great job I appreciate u work

@acservicetechchannel

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Brand new fujitsu , installed with surge protector, fried cuicut board , I will purchase cool gaurd, great video

@rivergate950

Жыл бұрын

did fujitsu cover under warranty

Notice the red wires were reversed from the other 2 colors any reason for that as to the product instructions?

Is there a version for a 120 volt furnace with ECM?

Can you use these on a 120 volt mini split system?

I wish my HVAAC school had half the resources you guys have. Lincoln land community college is the worst educational experience I’ve ever had. And I went to Comm school in 29 Palms California….

Can this be installed on the outdoor unit of a heat pump system ?.......

So could this be installed inside between the subpanel and the minisplit cutoff box?

So would that be a 3 minute delay then the unit might also have a restart delay? Something to consider so you don't get a call back for things not coming back on for 8 or 10 minutes.

@AZBADBOYz

Жыл бұрын

Don't forget T-stat delay as well. My Honeywell has a standard 5 minute delay.

Awesome product would like to know the actual price and where it can be ordered I don’t want to give out all my info

Nice video as always I like it…

@acservicetechchannel

Жыл бұрын

I'm glad you like it

Thanks again for the videos! 🥃🥃🍺🍺🍺🏌🏻‍♀️🎯 Stay safe. Retired (werk'n)keyboard super tech. Wear your safety glasses!

@acservicetechchannel

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Thank you For the Information. Where can I buy this product?

Are you able to go back and look at past events?

What is usually the symptom of a mini split that has been under a surge condition? Blown fuses on the board? A locked out board with no other explanation or is there an LED code? Or is this type of surge protector an add-on/preventative device? I only ask because I think ive only ever come across maybe one set of bad fuses on a mini split in my entire career(including my own), and that was because a snow plow had buried it in a huge pile of snow. Thanks.

@Froggability

2 жыл бұрын

Your right. Most mini split are electrically pretty robust, and many larger units also have a separate power filter PCB

@sprockkets

2 жыл бұрын

They start acting stupid lol. No really, you don't want to have fun with that issue. Either that or the compressor won't start cause the inverter drive went out.

In europe this type of proteccions are mandatorry after the metter, if you want you can find something similar of hagger, abb or Siemens...

What is the name of the torque screwdriver?

Can one Kool Guard protect two condenser units?

How do I check the board in my mini split to make sure it is not working.

Hi where can I buying the power surge power protector koolguard2 Thanks

Will it also soft start the AC unit?

It does seem to me like that 120v countries have more power surges than 220v countries even in my 3rd world country i do see occassinal high or low voltage (250-190) but never had any power surge. My ups is very sensitive to power surges like turning the tubelight off causes it to freak out and still have not seen it go into battery backup mode while on normal utility.

@Boz1211111

Жыл бұрын

May be, i have 230v where i live and it was never wrong voltage as far as i know

Would you recommend this especially if your running your Mini split off a back up generator for power outages especially in heat mode?

@AZBADBOYz

Жыл бұрын

Considering that this unit is $200.00 plus installation if you can't do it yourself it might not even be worth the extra expense given you likely have a much cheaper unit to begin with. Make sure the generator is an inverter type as well for the cleanest power supply.

Hello. Can you do video about anti vibration pads under mini split? Thx

@acservicetechchannel

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for letting me know what you would like to see!

This is great it’s digital circuit but how to use where there is 220vAc 50 or 60 cycle please explain Thankyou fro India 19 Dec 2021 2:15pm

Can a surge damage the compressor as well

This monitor phase? Like L1 120 V and L2 120 V NOT 180 degrees out of phase? I'm looking to see if I can power a 240 V Mini Split with a 5000 Watt inverter off two outlets on the same inverter. The mini split also is inverting AC to DC. I'm thinking the mini split board does not see phase and just needs to see 2 120 V legs. Sorry if this is confusing.

@user-ln7of9gs4s

Жыл бұрын

Benjamin made a video on his channel covering this, I believe…

material list for the disconnect would be nice

So you can use those for other inverters to take it.

You produce great videos. Lots of good information. I have one quick question after viewing this video. Do you recommend another surge protector for mini split systems? Thanks so much for your time! Please keep the videos coming!

@johnshutt2215

2 жыл бұрын

I just can’t find KoolGuard

@johnshutt2215

2 жыл бұрын

I was finally able to find Kool Guard 2. Will this work on a 120 volt mini split system?

Any insurance available if it doesn't do its job?

Good 👍 👍 👍 👍

hi thanks

In a new plant which had 11k amp @ 600v. The engineer was a co. cheapskate,he opted out for 2-500hp AC motors, instead of DC, In no time we found that firing 2 500hp AC motors together would drop the B phase on the grid. By the 3rd grid drop the elec co cut our service until we added 2 soft starts, line conditioners, 200hp sullair to vortex cools all the DC rectifiers. Cost $200k over the int DC setup, by time we were done

After a power outage does it reset itself or have to be manually restarted?

@diteksurgeprotection

2 жыл бұрын

The kg2 automatically resets after the 3 minute delay

Question I know this is a different brand ac but inverters with the E6 error code especially the Gree brand is it possible someone out there know how to fix.. this issue, or who to repair the pcb

@adrianarthur685

2 жыл бұрын

What type of unit is it? Inverter, non inverter, cassette

Do they make these for standard heat pumps and/or outside HVAC units?

@diteksurgeprotection

2 жыл бұрын

As long as the circuit isn't drawing more than 40 amps continuously it will work on a standard heat pump / condensing unit.

Interesting, but also curious why other countries with millions of AC units don't make use of such power filtering devices at all? Or they have power filter circuit built in

@zakkaidmello5641

2 жыл бұрын

They use voltage stablizer which is directly connected to the mains ( india style)

@Froggability

2 жыл бұрын

@@zakkaidmello5641 I notice almost every outdoor pc board has power filter circuitry. So no need to double up on it

@user-ln7of9gs4s

Жыл бұрын

@@Froggability if that was true, why are these devices out here?

@Hurpdurpdipidydoo

Жыл бұрын

@@Froggability it cleans or evens out the power going to the compressor and motor it doesn’t regulate high or low voltage so this is absolutely necessary

How can I buy this KoolGuard?

Is there any other similar products out there that does the same thing. Seems this product give no pricing probably because it’s expensive. I know there are three phase protection but I’m looking for two phase

@sprockkets

2 жыл бұрын

Rectorseal makes one, but it is expensive as well.

@rivergate950

Жыл бұрын

did you ever find an answer??? it's $200!

Where do you buy this

Do you could’ve cut it with the electrical wires inside it wouldn’t of hurt anything if you did it correctly

From india. State Punjab

Would you recommend Kool guard 2 over ICM 493 or vice versa?

@xincai951

7 ай бұрын

Hello, what did you end up buying?

@johnwhite2576

3 ай бұрын

I assume this will work with any outside condenser between required ext shutoff and condenser ?

Another Great video, keep going, by the way, where you can buy this product ?

@acservicetechchannel

2 жыл бұрын

Links are in the description section below! Thanks!

@johnkoshinski4540

2 жыл бұрын

Supply House 🏠 sells direct.😃

Bend the conduit at your mark try make a180 degrees the wires will stay on the bottom of the conduits. Run a pvc cutter over the top lightly it will rip but a little piece grab some snips. Faster than pulling the wires brother

@acservicetechchannel

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, I actually I do the same with bending the conduit, partially cutting the flexible conduit and then finishing with a knife without nicking the wiring. However, I figured I should show the safer way where there is no possibility in nicking the wire, thanks!

Having a problem with mini split heatpump. So the indoor Fan work on a very low speed when is set on Heat . From scale of 1 to 10 it blows only 1 . But on Cool mode it works perfectly fine, also the Fan when it’s on ON mode it blows perfectly. But on heat mode the fan isn’t working and you can’t even adjust the fan speed. The condenser outside works fine

@sprockkets

2 жыл бұрын

Depending on your outdoor temps, the amount of heat it can move inside is very low. The unit knows this and will limit fan speed if your coil isn't getting hot. Or you have other issues.

Great video. Seems like a nice product but…I wish we could know the price of this product without filling out a form and getting a quote.

@j.p.8276

2 жыл бұрын

It's about $360.00 on Amazon. Which I consider outrageous.

@johnaclark1

2 жыл бұрын

@@j.p.8276 It's available on Amazon? I couldn't find it on Amazon.

@w1swh1

2 жыл бұрын

@@j.p.8276 Yes so do I. Not worth it.

@diteksurgeprotection

2 жыл бұрын

@@j.p.8276 The product is not available on Amazon and is nowhere near $360.00. Are you sure you aren't mistaking it for something else?

@ManTimeT.V.

2 жыл бұрын

$360 for a good quality surge protector, that can potentially save thousands of dollars in new control boards and HVACR repair costs....is totally worth it. Especially in areas where you may have very unstable supply power.

Where can you order the kool guard 2 surge device.

@acservicetechchannel

2 жыл бұрын

I have a link in the description section of the video, thanks!

So you are saying that the regular surge protectors installed by HVAC techs on the side of the power box are useless ??

@icintracom

Жыл бұрын

that's incorrect. Standard parallel SPD's are very important and protect from any over voltage surge/transient situation. The KG2 was engineered for inverter driven HVAC systems and monitors and protects from both over AND under voltage events

I installed a mini split in my cargo camper conversion and I have a hardwired voltage monitor/cut out for this exact reason. It was like $300 but we’ll worth it Southwire is the brand. It super nice it has a digital display so you can see live voltage, amps watts. It does the same thing, monitors for over under voltage or short to ground reverse polarity etc and will cut the circuit.

@acservicetechchannel

2 жыл бұрын

Nice, thanks for the post!

Is there a product available for anyone to buy? I installed my own minisplit last year which has been working perfectly but I cannot buy this product to protect it.

@diteksurgeprotection

2 жыл бұрын

You can contact us via phone or email and we'll help locate a local reseller/distributor

@johnaclark1

2 жыл бұрын

@@David-lf2ne On an RV...

This was a great video!!! Video production is getting top quality! Will you be at Kalos in Orlando again next year?

@acservicetechchannel

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, I am planning on it! Thanks Mike!

@Mikecianfrocco

2 жыл бұрын

@@acservicetechchannel Cant wait to get the gang back together! Ttys

I've never removed the conduit before cutting seal tight. I just scour it with pvc cutters, snap it, and use dikes to finish it off. Never had any issues touching conduit inside.

@acservicetechchannel

2 жыл бұрын

I hear ya and actually I do the same with bending the conduit, partially cutting the flexible conduit and then finishing with a knife without nicking the wiring. However, I figured I should show the safer way where there is no possibility in nicking the wire, thanks!

@BOOKERT232

2 жыл бұрын

@@acservicetechchannel can you please tell me why you ise UEI meters instead of lets say fieldpiece or fluke. Im new to the field and I've learned so much from your teaching. Please help

@sprockkets

2 жыл бұрын

@@BOOKERT232 Use what you like. Fieldpiece never had a great reputation for me but others like them. Fluke is expensive but is now riding mostly on reputation. You can get Testo or even others. I like my UEI.

Is this available in voltage higher than 240 ?

@diteksurgeprotection

2 жыл бұрын

No, it is designed for 120/240V or 120/208V split phase circuits

@acservicetechchannel

2 жыл бұрын

I believe the highest voltage for this model is 240v presently, thanks!

My pioneer 12000 BTU unit cost me $675 a year ago, not going to spend $360 for this unit, there are surge protectors for a quarter of the cost, maybe not as sophisticated but makes more $ sense

@sprockkets

2 жыл бұрын

It's for people with $3000 to $10000 inverter systems. Yes, your pioneer unit is cheap. But even they can cost over 3000 for multizone. They can mostly handle voltage issues, BUT, if you have bad line power all the time, you need to protect it.

@user-ln7of9gs4s

Жыл бұрын

Brother, surge protectors won’t stop over and under voltage. This does.

@davidb2438

Жыл бұрын

@@user-ln7of9gs4s I agree, but willing to take that risk, which I consider low

@Hurpdurpdipidydoo

11 ай бұрын

Inverter systems are incredibly sensitive to voltage drops or surges these are actually a great device for companies installing a lot of inverters

Introduce this model ac in India immediately AS soon as possible at market competitive prices

Finally got it up and running. The only delays we had was because we realized we needed some extra parts (I’ll list that below) kzread.infoUgkxihMYiJNXcHdbH-7ihymsLz61l7jVyb5O . So we have a loft where our current hvac just couldn’t seem to keep cool during the summer. We have been using a window unit since we bought this house over 6 years ago (all the houses in this neighborhood were built in the 80’s and majority of the houses built like ours use a window unit). I hate window units because they are just so noisy and the one we had really only cools one side of the loft. I had contemplated upgrading our current HVAC, but with all the rising prices these days, it would take years before saving up enough to do that. With the advice of my father-in-law (used to run an HVAC business), he recommended we get an inverter instead. We thought we bought everything we needed, but there were just a few other parts we didn’t anticipate needing (which is what caused most of our delay). My friend and father-in-law did all the work to get it installed and running and now we have nice cool air circulating nicely throughout the entire loft. It is very quiet and even the outside unit is much quieter than our main HVAC unit. Saved ourselves thousands getting this.

Does anyone know the price of said item?

@chrisralston3027

Жыл бұрын

approximately $190-200

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@acservicetechchannel

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Dave! You rock!

I dont think customers will agree on dishing out $ 350.00 " inless ⚡️⚡️ issues in 30 years in the AC / heating trade i saw it once and it was due to the transformer called up hydro and they had to change it after a few arguments ⚡️⚡️ but interesting gadget 👍

@sprockkets

2 жыл бұрын

Nobody had inverter units for the past 30 years except weirdos who bought Trane's unit in the 80s or early 90s. That's why. Kalos requires them on all installs of inverter units, like Carrier Greenspeed. They've solved issues where they had too high voltages come in and the power company will not fix. If you don't account for that you'll keep having a unit break and keep replacing control boards.

@Hurpdurpdipidydoo

11 ай бұрын

These new inverter systems should absolutely have these the boards are so sensitive to under and over voltage it burns them up constantly these things just haven’t caught on in the us which is crazy because it is costing companies a lot of money

@gsfincorporatedinc8760

10 ай бұрын

I recently failed an American Standard Platinum variable speed compressor unit under warranty that cost me $2400 in labor/freon. The installer suggested I get one of these because I discovered the utility voltage will drop to 210 at times which is probably a death sentence for this unit, if it was running when the voltage dropped. I did have over voltage protection but that was not the issue it seems.

I had lightning strike on my home that killed almost every electrical device . Fans lights tv computer server rack everything was fried but the only things that survive was all 6 of the panasonic inverter mini splits and whirlpool inverter fridge. 😂 , My pc survived cus of a ups. My dads pc did not survive cus his ups was much older model and the ups itself died from the surge. A lot of switching powersupplies survived but their loads did not. Everything that was on lan died including the wifi router that just exploded into bits . Tv died. There was holes on internal chips. Like the lan chip had it's cap blown off. 3 celling fans died , i had to send them for coil rebuild. all in all it was about 3000$ worth of damage but nothing happened to the inverter ac's. I do not have a non inverter anymore. But with my previous experience with air conditioners they typically do survive lightning strike cus the compressor motor just absrobes bulk of the surge.

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@acservicetechchannel

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Waylon!

👍🏼

@acservicetechchannel

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@toolfanatic

2 жыл бұрын

@@acservicetechchannel Thank you for all the great and informal content.

I am from India and I am AC mechanic and watch your videos want to work near you can my you work Please sir👃👃👃

So this won't work on 208 volts.

@diteksurgeprotection

2 жыл бұрын

It works on both 120/240 and 120/208 split phase circuits. Both are 120V line to ground, 208V is just 120 degrees out of phase versus 240V being 180 degrees out of phase

Sure would be nice if the Kool Guard had a built in disconnect... nobody likes multiple boxes on the wall...

Now show us how to fix the AC

This is why AC inverters are not recommended, they can get easily damaged by power fluctuations which are almost inevitable during thunderstorms

Before circuit breakers their were only fuses to protect the wiring. It should be noted both fuses and circuit breakers protect the size wire in the circuit's 14 ga wire will use a 15 amp fuse or circuit breaker to protect the wire from over heating. 12 ga =20 amp 10 ga 30 amp and 2/0 150 amp , you can have a fart fan drawing 1/2 amp running on a 100 amp line. I checked my chart and they say FUSE size not circuit breaker size. You must be thinking of the little fuse on furnaces they only protect the electronics . So I have 40 years working in HVAC doing industrial and 10 years teaching HVAC. I'm correct your wrong

Why not just install one at main breaker box to protect all appliances in the entire house? Just sayin!!!

@diteksurgeprotection

2 жыл бұрын

It's a great idea to have an SPD (surge protective device) on your main panel, but this device is a voltage monitor wired in series. It also has surge protection capabilities, but is primarily there to keep the equipment from running on input voltage that is too low or too high.

@acservicetechchannel

2 жыл бұрын

Surge protection breakers are now usually required on new buildings in most states within the US. That isn't the voltage protection switch though that is integrated in this unit, thanks!