i would like to see video of people actually using it on the field like testo and fieald piece and checking realistic distance not a foot ball yard
@Toptech92186Күн бұрын
i really appreciate what you guys are doing for the industry.......
@YTsux24-72 күн бұрын
I've seen my lines frost over while pulling a vacuum during cold weather. I assumed the frost was also forming on the insides of the liquid and suction lines.
@measureQuickКүн бұрын
@@YTsux24-7 that would be refrigerant boiling off would be my guess.
@YTsux24-7Күн бұрын
@measureQuick This was an R22 replacement job that I flushes the lineset with RX11. RX11 typically leaves no residual residue from what I've seen. The frost occurred on the new 3' section of piping at the outdoor unit. There was only about 8" of old copper stubbed out of the home. I'm in Colorado Springs, and this was a cold March day on the North side of the home.
@measureQuickКүн бұрын
@@YTsux24-7 may have been the flush, that is a solvent.
@raphaelstandard21432 күн бұрын
Can you use measure quick on vrv systems ?
@pubchat29132 күн бұрын
Wicked good video Thank you
@user-kn7cp4me8n2 күн бұрын
But what if we have a dirty condenser coil and low indoor air flow? In that case we would flood the compressor I think. What do you think? Thanks.
@measureQuick2 күн бұрын
@@user-kn7cp4me8n it likely still would not as your not moving enough heat. The low side has to absorb heat to reject it on the high side.
@trahvac942 күн бұрын
Great session! Thanks guys
@frankgall62 күн бұрын
Keep the pay wall this way cause from the comments it looks like it’s getting rid of the guys that really don’t care about actually making systems run to their proper capacity but just want a pretty picture they can show their customer that the customer doesn’t understand.they definitely don’t want something that shows their system is running at a D- 😂
@frankgall62 күн бұрын
The fact that ANYONE asks what’s free is gross. The amount of time and brain power they put into this and you want it for nothing? 🤯
@frankgall62 күн бұрын
Hey Joe, what about the discharge line. 😂
@matthuss19143 күн бұрын
This software saves me hours of time doing math and guessing. It usually gets it right on the first or second fault. It has helped me immensely. Usually it describes the exact problem I I’m thinking and sometimes it surprises me. Some people think this is a shortcut, yes and no. It teaches you too. I spend less time on a service call often. Thanks for this!
@brianmcdermott24303 күн бұрын
Great info. to know. Thank you, Jim.
@takeiteasymac32063 күн бұрын
We love Jim. 😂
@lynncomstock12553 күн бұрын
Twice in a 40-year career on water cooled, R22, TXV systems with low airflow I witnessed such severe flooding that the discharge lines were heavily frosted. The first one was a 100-ton Carrier system, the second was a 5-ton Chrysler Airtemp system. The compressors survived somehow. I swear that this is true. I never saw anything close to that on air to air systems.
@measureQuick2 күн бұрын
I’ve seen a hot gas line, frost, but never a discharge line. Sometimes the refrigerant would back up in the hot gas line and has the system ran it would’ve evaporate out and cause the frosting. We had to put a check valve on the packed tee on the expansion valve to stop it.
@takeiteasymac32063 күн бұрын
Thanks Jim.
@jasontrammell79823 күн бұрын
I appreciate your contribution to moving the industry forward Jim. The MQ app is fantastic, recently it keeps saying the “seer rating is not possible”. In the real world the seer rating is almost never possible.
@measureQuick2 күн бұрын
Usually what happens in that case is the air handler and condenser amps are swapped.
@MikeyPipesOrlando3 күн бұрын
Great video.
@realSamAndrew3 күн бұрын
If you increase airflow and the charge boils off quickly, why is there no superheat? Seems like you wind up with all vapor so no risk of liquid to the compressor.
@measureQuick3 күн бұрын
@@realSamAndrew 0 superheat means liquid flooding. The refrigerant boils so quickly that it carries the liquid with it. The rapid boiling basically pushes the liquid out of the evaporator.
@AARONJL923 күн бұрын
Love these scenario training videos. Thanks Jim! Looking good too 😎
@horsth95663 күн бұрын
….got a little bit out of this video? No, but a whole lot. Always looking for your videos, and always impressed how well it is presented. Beautiful!! Thank you Jim. I’m wrestling with low SC and low SH. Suspecting an oversized piston. Perhaps I should increase the blower speed?
@arthurhartwick79743 күн бұрын
It took me a while to realize the behavior of a "fixed" metering device is dynamic due to changes in the high side pressure. On a hot day when there's more load on the system pressures will go up and more refrigerant will go through the fixed metering device. In the experiment you ran, the high side pressure dropped, which lowered the amount of refrigerant going through the piston which helped the system stabilize in the low airflow condition.
@measureQuick3 күн бұрын
@@arthurhartwick7974 100% correct! I was thinking earlier I wish I had said that in the video.
@Andersonairchris3 күн бұрын
Can we please get a subscription service for the app instead of buying qbits!
@joeshearer12473 күн бұрын
Yes please let us have a subscription level to pay to be allowed to take screenshots again
@jimmylanders21753 күн бұрын
Awesome video
@MoonRambo7024 күн бұрын
❓The other day i was getting about a 10psi difference on the mQ app compared to the Field piece app. Put the gauge on it and the field piece was accurate. Why would i get different readings if they have the same source?
@measureQuick4 күн бұрын
@@MoonRambo702 did you zero a probe in the toolbox with pressure on it? Maybe open the toolbox and press the zero button. They are software zeroed.
@MoonRambo7023 күн бұрын
@@measureQuick Ah, I did not. Thanks
@Oopsie2234 күн бұрын
How about you just be a master VRF tech like me and stop relying on an app to think for you? Jk that app helped me learn so much I don’t need it anymore. Teach a man to fish.
@realSamAndrew4 күн бұрын
How can you tell if your fan speed is too high if you don't have an anemometer? And will a too high fan speed raise the evap pressure too high on a perfectly charged system?
@measureQuick4 күн бұрын
@@realSamAndrew static pressure with a manometer. High airflow will have a larger impact on superheat, making it go up. The pressure is driven by temperature and by a smaller part RH. Pressure changes with high airflow are small. I can do a video on that and show the impact.
@realSamAndrew4 күн бұрын
@@measureQuick I would like to see that video. If superheat is too high due to airflow, then without paying attention to airflow and charging by superheat only, wouldn't that cause you to add too much refrigerant to lower the superheat, creating higher than normal evap pressure? Sort of a secondary cause/effect?
@johnnyprotalk33524 күн бұрын
i wish more guys would watch your videos a lot of good knowledge and helpful to understand why we need to do things
@pyewhackett15984 күн бұрын
perfect time to hear this I have an AC service check in 13days. Thx for posting this
@YTsux24-74 күн бұрын
Does MQ work with the Appion PTC 900 kit?
@measureQuick4 күн бұрын
@@YTsux24-7 No, Appion does not play well with others. If you like the displays, look at JB Climate Class. Those do work with mQ.
@pedrocervantes75615 күн бұрын
This are the videos that make want to go back to measure quick. A long time has been since I see a video like this thanks.
@lynncomstock12555 күн бұрын
The anemometer measures air velocity that needs to be averaged over the area of the leak. You went directly to CFM. Did I miss something? The temperature of any air bypassing the evaporator also matters on a real job.
@mrcrux2135 күн бұрын
Good point, but he was just giving us an example of not just looking at SC and SH to determine if the system is good. However, when he used the anomometer, it was just to give us the idea of what he meant. 😅
@measureQuick5 күн бұрын
@@lynncomstock1255You are correct I entered the open area of 80”^2 and K-factor of 1 beforehand. It was also just a quick estimate to understand the size of the problem.
@TedCookHVAC5 күн бұрын
Well put !!
@gordonborsboom74605 күн бұрын
Use your eyes Use your ears. Fix issues that are apparent before the gauges come out. It's not a waste of time
@measureQuick5 күн бұрын
@@gordonborsboom7460 it’s not always easy to see the obvious.
@brianmcdermott24305 күн бұрын
Good points, great info. Thank you, Jim.
@hvacshinobi80475 күн бұрын
Curious what MQ estimated airflow was? Also have you made any content wi MQ and the testo 429 flowhood?
@measureQuick5 күн бұрын
@@hvacshinobi8047 the estimated airflow was outside of what we allow the software to calculate. That said it would have over estimated it had it calculated.
@jrsmyth97615 күн бұрын
@@measureQuick Okay, so how would you know to go looking for the mystery air leakage or maybe the better question is how did MQ make that presumption? If you did not have MQ, what is the way to come up with possibilities like that?
@measureQuick5 күн бұрын
@@jrsmyth9761 temp split, approach, leaving air conditions, bypass factor etc. The software is looking at both sides. We have expectations on how the airside should perform when the refrigerant side meets expectations as it did in this example. Could’ve gone into much more detail, but I was trying to keep the video short.
@discoveryman595 күн бұрын
Sometime you have to just accept real world conditions.
@measureQuick4 күн бұрын
And sometimes you simply need to improve them.
@discoveryman594 күн бұрын
@@measureQuick You can't improve anything unless the customer give you the OK, if you have a massive air leak and the customer tells you that can't afford to fix it than your gauges are the only thing you can base your repair on. You do the best for the customer with what you have to work with.
@measureQuick4 күн бұрын
@@discoveryman59 you can always make a temporary repair in that case. That’s a good use for duct tape until in can be properly addressed. That said, it’s not the customer declining the repair that is typically the problem. It’s typically a mechanic , not finding it altogether and not offering the repair to begin with.
@discoveryman594 күн бұрын
@@measureQuick You can't make the repair if the return or supply in a finished area and the homeowner doesn't when you to rip out walls or ceilings. the REAL WORLD is different than the classroom.
@measureQuick4 күн бұрын
@@discoveryman59 your “real world” is the exception not the rule.
@horsth95665 күн бұрын
Jim, I appreciate your knowledge, and your dedication to the HVAC industry. Truly, you are a great asset. Thank you! ❤
@coldfinger459sub05 күн бұрын
Thank you thank you for making this video. I’ve been trying to push and stress this message that if your airflow is off and your readings look perfect. It’s all really wrong.. But I’m just one little tadpole in a mud puddle
@measureQuick5 күн бұрын
A lot of the troubles shooting chart show low airflow with correct charge, the do not show what happens when you have a combination of low airflow, low charge and in this case and higher return air temperature that made the head pressure look very normal. But all that said, this is typical new install conditions. Glad you like it.
@coldfinger459sub05 күн бұрын
@@measureQuick or after somebody performed a repair. Like one they replaced the evaporator with a different manufactures evaporator that is a little bit smaller and bypasses air handler . When somebody changes a condenser motor with a different motor and shaft length position in places the fan in a different position, so it no longer flows the same amount of air over the condenser coil as the original .
@RATCHETMAN10015 күн бұрын
if u have not did one maybe do a system that was working with oil in system ,then let that system open and show how much longer it would take to get a vacuum
@Jayvarga15 күн бұрын
Excellent
@Mikecianfrocco5 күн бұрын
Thanks Jim
@malachyramirez76776 күн бұрын
Boomer techs are mad that they haven't have this technology like Gen Z techs do.
@brianmcdermott24308 күн бұрын
Great discussion and info. Thank you, Jim and Ty. We need more like this.
@jasontrammell798210 күн бұрын
Airflow has been and probably always will be the most misunderstood thing in hvac since hvac began. If residential hvac took a more commercial approach to design then it would be better but chuck in a truck will always keep that from happening at any scale.
@coldfinger459sub010 күн бұрын
Lov😊e this. But even when I test and measure with equipment with a dialogue, recording showing some of the old geezers who need a trip to the glue factory, they still deny and believe their way is right . It’s like they’re on a Jadi crusade I’m passing on bad information to the next generation and they stand behind it. 🤦♂️ Our Gene 🧬 pool needs cleansing 🧼
@SolluxDivide11 күн бұрын
I just happened to scroll past this and happened to see you here Ty! I loved learning from you and still remember sh and sc , and remember how passionate you are.
@jrsmyth976111 күн бұрын
Not one of those comments were wrong. If your digital devices fail to work - dead battery, app won't load, tool won't work, you need to know how to do the calculation for sh/sc, but also understand what the numbers are telling you.
@horsth956611 күн бұрын
Again, another great presentation. Thank you!
@jacobcarter633211 күн бұрын
Boomers like this are the worst
@TerryRGraham12 күн бұрын
Measure quick seems to block screenshots. Why?
@measureQuick11 күн бұрын
Data integrity issues. A screenshot does not have all the system data and as well can be re-screenshot and reuse data as the meta data gets replaced.
@TerryRGraham11 күн бұрын
@@measureQuick I was just trying to screen shot the diagnostic page where it tells you things to check. I don't see why that cant be saved with a screen shot. It's sometimes easier to screenshot that and have it open on the phone so it doesn't go away.