You: find leak in the first place you look. Me: 3 days later customer finds my body laying on the roof with the H10 still beeping in my cold dead hand 😂😂

@Nateone626

3 жыл бұрын

Hahahah it be like that sometimes 😂

@andwjy

3 жыл бұрын

Damn, the H10 battery does last longer. LoL 🤣

@fitybux4664

Жыл бұрын

Maybe it's just dumb luck of checking around evaporator and condenser coil joints first? 🤷‍♂ I'm sure you could develop a statistically likelihood and check those areas in a certain order. (Not sure if anyone optimizes their work like that...)

@MegaDysart

Жыл бұрын

@@fitybux4664 I have this thing when trying to find low voltage shorts on heat pumps where I almost always check defrost tstat/temp switch wires first and I have like a 65% success rate. Kinda similar to what you've described. For some reason it's highly likely for the defrost tstat wires to rub out on the suction line and blow the fuse. It I don't find anything there then I just go down my list of possible places and I'll usually find em fast.

I was a maintenance man at McD’s in my area when I was younger. Every year, we’d shut down the A/C units one by one & clean them out from top to bottom. If we discovered any problems, we had them fixed. Preventive maintenance absolutely goes a long way.

@KevinRhoads

3 жыл бұрын

Not only that but imagine the power savings! That AC unit must have been work'n real hard to do anything with its breathers blocked.

@fitybux4664

Жыл бұрын

Any rats you discovered? 😆 That's just extra protein!

@thickhazepromo

Жыл бұрын

Yes that goes for any machine ever made. Routine maintenance is often extended until something fails... it's like use it til it breaks lol

@cjadventures8840

Жыл бұрын

@@fitybux4664 where do you think the nutritional value comes from?

@user-pwfus

Жыл бұрын

When I was younger same here climbing that ladder that led to a small roof opening the amount of lint that was pulled off of those machines was insane garbage bags full those were the days :)

That evap really shows the importance of filter service. Was probably run without one for some time over that area.

@ryanthomas2374

3 жыл бұрын

Well they probably don't clean and take care of their vent hoods. A package unit should be getting that much grease through the air. Also ya they probably never changed those filters

“Excuse the coke nose” 🤣 Excellent

“I don’t need to get a temperature clamp” he said as he burned the crap out of his hand lol

@DJSubAir

3 жыл бұрын

Lmaooo

@billmea5593

3 жыл бұрын

Well I guess he has very sensitive fingers if he can tell a 3° temperature difference with his hand.

@jerrykorman7770

3 жыл бұрын

Bill Mea that’s what SHE said

@romandofus3986

3 жыл бұрын

If he had burnt the crap out of his hand on the drier I don’t think it would be running that long. Personally yes I do have to use the back of my hands since it’s more sensitive but you most definitely can feel a temp drop. I’ve had plenty restricted driers that would ice solid bang right now yet I could still blow through no problem.

Someone needs to make a "Roomba" for ducts! ;-) I wrote iRobot and told them we needed a "Roofba", and their legal dept. wrote me back and told me not to send any more "good ideas". The nerve.

@ehsnils

3 жыл бұрын

You have the Winbot and many others for windows, so maybe you should contact any of the makers of those bots for a bot able to clean ducts? A video of the Winbot: kzread.info/dash/bejne/pZeluq2cqseWpKg.html Or put it as a challenge for students at a university that are studying robotics.

@0xFF48

3 жыл бұрын

The problem is if they make a roofba, you can potentially sue for them having stolen your idea. Or worse it wasn't your idea, it was your buddy's and you shared an idea that he was attempting to invent.

@buixote

3 жыл бұрын

@@0xFF48 I just want *them* to make one so I don't have to risk my life on the roof blowing off the pine needles (fire hazard). ;-)

@sadcrab_5349

3 жыл бұрын

@Samuel Skala he shouldn’t have been standing there then

@adamspears3819

3 жыл бұрын

It's a matter of electromagnetism. The inside material of the ducts should have a neutral charge, so that dirt, dust debre, won't cling on to it. Then the indoor blower motor can move all of it into the intake side of the air filters. Same with PVC condensate drain lines. The problem can be solved with chemistry. The slime & gunk that builds up inside the PVC drain lines, has the opposite charge as the PVC material, do it doesn't just grow inside the PVC drains, but it also clings onto the material, making it difficult to flush out.... esp if it's hardened. Having a drain pipe material with a neutral charge would be greatly beneficial....bit this is HVAC/R so I wouldn't hold my breath! This trade seems to want to hold onto "Caveman" ways of doing things.

OSHA’s mind exploded when you turned it off and didn’t do a Lock our tag out on it 😂

@mercanyinriechert6732

3 жыл бұрын

That is for us Facilities guys.

First time I have seen bookmarks that show up in the video time-slider. Makes for useful navigation for those in a hurry.

It’s beautiful how the dirt comes off after you spray it with the cleaner

Looks like there was a little bit of coil stuck on that dirt block lol

Me, an office guy in a country with very few AC units: ... KZread: here, watch a guy fix an AC unit! Me: watches whole video I gave you a thumbs up, fully aware that youtube is going to remember that until the end of days and I will spend the rest of my life watching AC repairs and probably some plumbing as well.

@Stue-e

3 жыл бұрын

i started watching machinist videos, somewhere in the middle i saw plumbing/electrician channels, now i just accept the slippery slope of tradespeople videos

Man put the zip tie right where they where hitting eachother lol

@LintEastwood_

3 жыл бұрын

Coppers stronger then plastic tho

@aricwithautoreplay

3 жыл бұрын

Better than duct tape

@AJ-ox8xy

3 жыл бұрын

The plastic will break way before the copper. It's not a big deal and if it means keeping the foam stuff on their tighter for longer it's absolutely worth it.

@devinstepp4205

3 жыл бұрын

⁹ Edit: I probably fell asleep and typed this😂

“Excuse, the coke nose” 😂😂😂 I’m a tech and I really have learned a lot from you especially about being professional and don’t call a job finished just because the unit is running and cooling the job is finished until everything is fixed, we don’t have to get stressed just ask the customer if he approve the extra charge. Thank you

I think i saw one of your vans on the 15N yesterday afternoon

Good perspective on the maintenance and props for not shaming the lack thereof. You're absolutely right. In an ideal world, we would all maintenance everything on a schedule. In the real world, life is expensive and you pay for what you can and only when you have to lol.

I’m about 4 months into schooling and just switched from a school bus driver to the maintenance department on the HVAC crew. I appreciate these videos and love your approach to each job that every inch of a unit maybe the problem. Your videos will help me become a great tech. I’m sure of it.

@docholliday3218

Жыл бұрын

How’s the hvac crew going buddy?

@moonlightacmaintenance3232

Жыл бұрын

@@docholliday3218 I quit and got on with a large commercial company. I’m doing great and making lots of money. It’s all going well. Hard work pays off.

Good job being the guys who do it right

@linuxd

3 жыл бұрын

Ahaha how fast you found that leak

Oh man! Talk about one thing leading to another... Evap coil clean turning into a leak search and repair. I hate those days on the field. Vibrations probably sourced from pulleys. Always gets me how unit vibration leads to more problems especially with tight piping abrasions. Outstand work of excellence!

@Wings_of_foam

3 жыл бұрын

He just did his job.

Alternate title: Disaster Lennox Evaporator Extreme Cleaning and Detailing. Edit: Not sure if you end up catching it later in the video or not, but at 12:50 behind your duct detector and fire alarm system in that unit there were some wires rubbing out on that loose panel.

@thestuffz

3 жыл бұрын

oh wow! the pink and blue wires!

@CoolSteve08

3 жыл бұрын

I think there were some wires above in front of the panel that were also rubbing out. Looks like there is lack of protection on the wiring and too much vibration.

@russlehman2070

3 жыл бұрын

@@thestuffz Pink is for girl wires and blue is for boy wires.

1.) Your my hero 2.) I would have condemned that coil on the basis cleaner would have destroyed it. 3.) You now have personally sold ME on Viper cleaner..hot damn! Chris fantastic job. Hope YOU put the right filters in it!! Thanks for sharing

@TheDrew2022

3 жыл бұрын

I'm tempted to get some of their cleaners as I maintain (end user, not HVAC tech) several mini-splits (and my house) that get nasty after 6-8 months running constantly. Local dealer won't sell me anything other then the spray foam cans of nu-calgon because I don't have WHMIS. Funny part is you can buy damn near any HVAC cleaner/brightner you want on Amazon, no WHMIS required.

"Chunkers" love it.

Lately I’ve been using Zep citrus degreaser for really bad coils. I had some complaints about the smell of Triple D in a hospital. The Zep is $9 a gallon at Home Depot, smells nice and cuts right through the bugs and grease.

word of the day, Chunkers

Pluggo buggo -NorCal Dave voice

Great trouble shooting and repair! I used rubatex or foam tape to stop lines from vibrating! Like that rubber! Severe lack of PM! Pay me now or pay me alot more later! What I used to tell customers about pm! Thanks for another awesome video!

Chris, i never thought you would get that clean, but that cleaner is insanely good.

WOW! That evaporator was plugged!! Another great bit of detective work and entertainment for us! Thanks

Not sure why this popped up in my recommended but out of boredom I watched and enjoyed it. Guess the youtube recommended was right for once. Always nice to learn something new. Never knew there were so many different skill sets required for ac/heating until repairs.

13:45 he burns his hand after he said he doesn’t need a temperature clamp LOL

This takes me back to when I was a maintenance tech for a large apartment complex. We had to have universal HVAC certification and every 3 years, or so, we'd have to clean the coils on the split system outdoor units. After 20-25 units cleaned, my face would be burning from the alkali based cleaner. This was 20+ years ago so I'm sure the newer stuff is better. I'll never forget the way it looked like cookies & cream ice cream coming out of the dirtier coils. Your videos are great, keep up the good work.

Next customer: hey your vacuum cleaner smells funny ... Thanks for your interesting videos and sharing, I’ve learned a lot from it!

Absolutely love when new HVACR videos are released! They're so informative and after watching so many of these, I honestly feel like I could diagnose most basic/intermediate HVAC problems need that ever arrive, just from watching you work and explain! Super professional and super cool what you do. Keep up the great content!

Hi from Australia! Don’t know why the algorithm sent me here about a year ago but I’ve subscribed because it’s just really relaxing swing things get repaired and cleaned!

00:38 To me, this thing looks more like the WOPR computer from the movie WarGames than an AC unit 😀😁😋 "Shall we play a game?"

Reminds me of brazing a radiator on a military truck, 38 yrs ago, in South Korea, in the winter.

Its awesome that he says he's not perfect. I only do residential refrigerators but I still run in to things that just can't be perfect. Thanks for the content I learn something new every time I watch Excuse to Coke nose made me laugh we all have worked with them lol

@fitybux4664

Жыл бұрын

TIL residential refrigerators are repaired. I thought they are usually just thrown away for a new one.

Thanks for documenting sharing and editing and all, looking forward to your next adventures in these interesting times....

Thank you for making these videos, I'm not in this business myself, but I find it very relaxing to watch these videos while working, I love electronics and cooling solutions.

That vent was horrifying! But with low money coming in preventative takes a backseat to survival funds.

This foam dripping down would make an Alien special effects crew proud. Juk

I see you found your mirror again. Glad you got it back :)

I love watching a good braze repair. On small thin tubing I like to use a map gas torch, makes it easier to not burn through the tube.

@joetramutola5046

3 жыл бұрын

👍

you should see some of them in residential, where nobody changed the filter since install in the 1980's lol. the self made carpeting filter is a mile thick, no airflow and they wonder why it doesn't heat or cool hardly :))

i love watching anyone who know what they are doing.

WATCHED TO THE END BUT I DO NOT KNOW WHY AFTER DOING THIS WORK FOR 35 YEARS. IT MUST BE YOU MAGIC CHRIS.

Chris, as a 30-year Master HVACR tech, I have seen these types of leaks a lot on these commercial Lennox units. I always kept an old car or truck inner tube and after I blaze it all up I wrap a layer of the inner tube secured with zip ties, never had any issues after the repair. Just an old guy's tips, and use the same technique on filter dryers securing straps between the strap and dryer. Oh, and pressure control loops of cap line. My boss always wondered why I had 2-3 boxes of inner tubes and piles of zip ties lol I always made every unit look as good or better than the factory did when I left. lol I see you did a version of my trick, If I had just watched a bit farther in the video lol Sorry. :)

I saw on a car grooming KZread channel and they use a bush attachment for a cordless drill brush with a soft bristles so it would work well for you . He also used a hand held steamer that worked a treat

The cleaning of that unit no longer was a scheduled maintenance kind of thing. It actually turned into a service call by cleaning those coils you fix the unit probably 80% and then the repairs of the leak and the rest of the things you did is the hundred percent, it was actually a service call

Always a pleasure to see nice videos with great explanations 👍🏽

I'm currently going through an hvac program and must say, throughly enjoying the videos!

3:25 really, i thought it was a lint slab. Lol 😂😂😂

The before/after on that evaporator is the stuff of nightmares.

The whole time I was thinking, what it that evap had a non repairable leak lol, great video, you’re a patient guy Chris

@HVACRVIDEOS

3 жыл бұрын

I will discuss this on my Livestream this evening 10/12/20 @ 5:PM (pacific) come on over and check it out. kzread.info/dash/bejne/eIJ-w8VraLLcmrg.html

Nice work man, love the life you breathed into this unit! I was sure that evap was a goner.

As always great content really enjoy your videos always learning something new. Keep it going Chris. Please

Another great vid! Thanks for making these videos, learn so much more on real world scenarios.

This was weirdly relaxing to watch. Something soothing about that aircon hum in the background.

Great Job !! Love how that Evap turned out !

Lmao you just had to get that out. That part of the evap coil looked like duct insulation, it was bad man lol

@dudeistpriest787

3 жыл бұрын

Glad I'm not the only one that had that thought. I honest to God had a few seconds where I was wondering, "Why would anyone put insulation all over the coil like that?" Yikes.

@redeye2629

3 жыл бұрын

@@dudeistpriest787 lol I’m telling ya

HELLO I LOVE TECHNICAL WORK SO MUCH MY HEART BEAT

Nice I love watching cleanings

Dude. I am not an HVAC guy-I just enjoy watching techs in various disciplines to their thing-but your brazing skills are off the hook. What I learned today: How do you avoid flaring out a pinhole on copper tubing worn down to microns by contact vibration? You sneak up on it! 🤣

@fitybux4664

Жыл бұрын

Let the solder and gravity do the hard work.

Crappy business people operating restaurants! Proper cleaning is essential. Great videos!

lol great video as always, i spit my coffee when you said "excuse the coke nose" have a great workless weekend man

Keep being awesome !

Put me down for one of those high quality beanies. Tried to find them a week ago, so am quite glad to hear them mentioned again. Your customers have it pretty good, that was very satisfying seeing all that gross smoo getting turned loose like that.

That coil cleaning was very satisfying, like ASMR for the the eyes

@fitybux4664

Жыл бұрын

*vacuums* nothing happens. *scrubs* nothing happens. *viper cleaner* tada! It almost feels like some sort of infomercial. 😆

If the THE KITCHEN AC SMELLS FUNNY tell it to GROW UP AND GET IT'S SH#@ Together 😂 nice video HVACR 👍

No wonder the blue venom pack works so well at full concentration. That's good old concentrated sodium hydroxide (caustic lye), I use stuff like that to peel grease off parts at home. Almost as good as solvents at removing grease. Hard on Aluminium tho.

@TheDrew2022

3 жыл бұрын

@mark robertson Yeah. I use special thick rubber chemical gloves when handling the stuff. I also try to use the stuff diluted when I can, the concentrated degreaser I use is normally cut 5:1 or 10:1 for general use. 1:1 is suggested for degreasing, sometimes tho even that isn't strong enough so straight up goes on the parts, wearing a proper chemical respirator though, don't need to inhale that stuff. As to why Hydroxide, safer then petroleum based solvents, less flammable, and I find less noxious when used in the garage in the winter.

That cleaning was so satisfying😍

24:55 “excuse the coke nose” LMFAO!!

@jduff5003

3 жыл бұрын

Employer says, can you pee in a cup for me, for one of those caught on tape moments. Oops

@throttlebottle5906

3 жыл бұрын

@@jduff5003 he is the employer ;) but lol

@Rpzzz

3 жыл бұрын

I actually Lol’ed at that

@McWillis

3 жыл бұрын

I had to replay that a few times too. lmfao

@DJPeterJames

3 жыл бұрын

Where did that come from, out of no where LOL

Like the videos and the 4K quality

LOL you always get me with the COKE nose. I get that too and now I know what to call it :D Edit: And another LOL at the end.. you are seeing who's making it all the way to the end of you video, very clever haha.

I’ve run into a few of the leak repairs similar to the ones displayed. I’ve had good luck using 40 to 60% silver and flux. Also I’ve used Stay Brite and flux, especially on thin copper such as coils and return bends. Really good when you have The remote reading gauges and related would have been a godsend back in the day Good video

Great video man. Shout out from Sydney Australia. Stay safe buddy.

I love your work man .good job

Fantastic video! Very true to how it happens. I love Lennox products. I’m sure everyone is critiquing everything you’re doing. We’re all different and that’s the way it is. Great job! I wish I had ten of you on my crew! Thanks!

I like the labeled video sections, makes it easier to find where I left off if I have to close browser, change machine/devices and other x 900 :)

That was a satisfying video. I bet the kitchen staff was happy

The honesty is at work

Hope the customer repairs the drain pan. Good find on the leak hard area to braze. Great to protect the lines from rubbing again. Nice days work. Can't wait for the hoodies and beanies. I need 2 of each thanks.

Had this for a machine shop every coil solid solidified oil. Used nubrite diluted like 8 to 1. Worked great took forever though get all the suds out and also get the smell out of coil.

Hey our kitchen smells funny. Chris saying in his head. Well if ya cleaned ya stuff everyonce in awhile!

Love the videos. Miss doing HVAC work.

"comonnnnn" wish i had a dollar everytime i said that...

Great video Chris !

Some relay good close shots thanks for sharing love your videos. form uk

Same thing happened to my home HVAC.. Two copper lines touching, after vibrations it wore through.. Good ol R22 system but still running after fixing!

Thanks for showing the Viper cleaning/degreasing products. I’m hooked.

Great video as always! Would have loved to see how the suction pressure reacted to opening that return damper.

First time seeing one of your videos and type of work. I know nothing about HVAC, only a bit of electronic/electricity and how a AC works... At first looked like you will change some parts, filters, a cable or belt, wash a little and done. But as continue watching I saw tools I'll never knew, like bluetooth clamps, leak sensor and torching the pipes on the spot, even a little mirror. I admire your work, you really gained a lot of experience

A lot of places got cheap and stopped paying for experienced maintenance workers that can do a little bit of everything. Instead, they hire people willing to work for peanuts to do janitorial work and then tell them its their job to clean filters and coils. you get what you pay for.

I find cleaning plugged coils extremely satisfying. The refrigeration system thanks you, you can just feel it ya know? Especially reach ins etc. on the cooks line jn restaurants. I’ve come across so many I could not believe we’re keeping temp with the amount of grease plugging the condenser.

Great video dude please keep them coming? Stay safe

That was really satisfying degreasing that evap was really dirty ! 👍keep it up

Good job!💯 When they are that bad I seal off the duct work and hit the coils with coil cleaner too! ACE makes a aerosol can coil cleaner spray that foams out everything as well, then just hose it off, works good...

Back in the 1970's a local disc jockey in New York City introduced a song "Love is in the Air" and he added: "or maybe it's a dead skunk in the air conditioning ductwork."

THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS!!! I have a Lennox unit just like this at a McDonald's I service. Nasty McGrease grease all over the evap coil, I was almost thinking new coil. Think I found a solution.

The ending had me gone 😂😂😂

The viper blue cleaner is an awesome degreaser.