Other Tech “Thought” It Was The Compressor! #airconditioning #hvacguy #hvactrainingvideos

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• BI

  @bills6946 · 1 year ago

  My son lives 700 miles from me. His compressor would quit occasionally but the condenser fan ran. I did a FaceTime service call with him. He has zero experience and did not want to open the unit. It was a wise decision. He called the company that installed the system 5 years ago. The tech told him the plug on the compressor was bad and ordered one with the whip. Replaced it two days later and everything is fine. I called the company and spoke to the owner. It is a three  truck outfit like mine. I praised his tech and the owner for their honesty because he could have easily sold him a compressor replacement. Nice to know there are other honest contractors out there. I pay my men well, by the hour. There are no bonuses for upsells. That only encourages dishonesty. In 26 years in business, I have only fired one man for inflating a repair job. I tell my men, treat the customer you are with like you would want your wife treated. Honesty and respect. Absolutely no cussing on the job either.

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• JO

  @JohnBond-m4t · 1 year ago

  I see an orange compressor and I want it painted black...

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• NC

  @ncooty · 1 year ago

  Why not test the compressor first using the wiring harness?  It's 50x easier.  If that shows a problem, then go to the actual terminals, but if the harness wiring is fine, the terminals are fine.

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• TH

  @ThePoxun · 2 years ago (edited)

  "technician thinks its the compressor so we are going to send out the service manager" sounds more like the tech didn't know how to fix it and the manager wanted to pressure the customer into buying a new system without proper diagnosis.

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• KE

  @kens.3729 · 2 years ago

  Always Smart to get a Second Opinion since this World is Full of HVAC Hacks. 🤔👍

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• JO

  @JordynBaby63 · 2 years ago

  After watching about a dozen videos. I thought, with how you jam probes onto test points, how long before it breaks lol

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• DA

  @davefuelling7955 · 2 years ago

  FYI, Curtis, thanks to watching your videos I was confident enough to diagnose my own HVAC problem.  It started a few weeks ago when I the house got hot.  I went to the air handler and the catch basin my Mom had put on the floor under the unit was half full of water.  I checked the drain pipe to outside and determined it was full of ice.  Then I checked the air handler and it had ice in it.  I shut it off and gave it about an hour to thaw.  I dumped the basin and once the drain line cleared itself, I started the system and it came on.  The next day I noticed it came on but the blower wasn't running, the evaporator was making gurgling sounds.  So I shut the system off again and after I heard a click signalling that it had shut down, I turned the fan on and it started.  It ran just fine for about two weeks.  Then it did the same thing again.  So I figured there must be a problem with the blower motor.  Watching your videos I noticed that most blower motors don't have a capacitor so I started looking for where I could get a blower motor.  Meanwhile it runs most of the time and occasionally the blower doesn't start.  That sounds more like a capacitor going bad then the motor, so this morning I pulled the cover on the air handler and sure enough, it has a capacitor.  I order a new one on Amazon and will install it when it gets here.  Thank you for the education.

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• JA

  @Jay-pu6cu · 2 years ago

  Curtis, you need to sink in the schreader core depressors on your probes. I used to have the same thing happen when i would put them on. Now i barely get a hiss and they read pressure perfectly fine.

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• SH

  @shelshele · 2 months ago

  Great display of critical thinking on troubleshooting skills Curtis!

• CO

  @corruptedbrain6 · 2 years ago

  i purchased that 680 meter. Its so nice 😊

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• JA

  @jaceplayz1288 · 2 years ago

  Gator clips work great for those tight situations where it’s hard to get your hands in there. They screw on the end of your test leads. Just food for thought.

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• SC

  @Sctronic209 · 2 years ago

  Get yourself some alligator clips it’s much easier.

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