3 Ways To Keep Your Family Warm This Winter

[@Biggsy2008]

Im a married father of 4 at 33 and I'm starting school this January in pursuit of my associates in applied science (HVAC). SUPER nervous because I'm depending on grants and small side jobs to make it through this time. But I cant thank you enough for your content. You make things more understandable than before for me. I will be watching you tons throughout this journey. Please wish me luck lol. Thanks again n God bless you and yours 🙏

[@SwiftyMcVeigh851]

Good luck Man. You got this..

[@Biggsy2008]

Thank you!!

[@DVGuy2]

Brother if you're mechanical inclined in any way Cars, appliances working with your hands come easy, this trade will fit your life like a well fitting glove. May the Lord continue to watch over us as we journey through Life each day! Keep your head up and shoulders straight you're on your way! TC

[@Biggsy2008]

@DVGuy2 I can't appreciate your kind words any more. Thank you brother. God bless you and yours.

[@Oksobasically2]

Good luck and god bless you and yours. Taking a leap of faith is hard but with your family to motivate you you will do just fine.

[@RLMUnbelievaaable]

I did the Inlet box (3rd option) several years agoa and although it is more complicated to install, it is set up to run my entire 2400 s/f house using a 35K watt tri-fuel generator. I tested it and although I didn't turn on everything in the house, it worked flawlessly with the normal power draining things on including the HVAC split unit, 2 freezers and the fridge. I have also swithced the entire home to LEDs for less power requirements. Obviously, in a power grid failure you won't run everything as normal, but having tri-fuel capabilities gives you more options. Thanks of the videos!

[@bradseward8342]

Did you mean to type "3.5kW" (3.5 kilowatt = 3500 Watts) rather than 35?

[@RLMUnbelievaaable]

Sorry, don't know where that came from. It's this generator (10kW) PD3G10000e from Powerland

[@lynx93tk]

Thanks to you, we will have heat and hot water in the event of a power failure. Earlier in the year, I installed the EZ Generator Switch several months ago based on your video. My boiler installer saw the switch when he came in to do the annual service, and was impressed with it.

[@canuckle7shucks]

I have the EZ generator switch, easy to hook up and used it a few times, plus the through wall L14 to feed 6 120v receptacles.

[@larryhall7998]

yes, but you need a basic understanding of wiring!

[@markbowker5936]

Thanks!

[@diyhvacguy]

Thanks so much! 🙏🏻

[@donaldayers7163]

One of the best channels on KZbin!

[@SteepedinLightPhotography]

Thanks very much for the clear explanation of the three options. Do you happen to have a source link to the Generlink (sp?) module?

[@donm.4504]

Nice, thank you!!

[@hificat101]

I was told that a furnace must be hard wired to the main electrical box to be to code. Im planning on getting some of those single curcuit transfer boxes like you showed, and having them hooked up to ket circuits (like my furnace), and having them installed in my future solar control room thats directly over my circuit box in the basement.

[@mae2759]

Yet nobody can say WHY it's code or WHY a cord is less safe.

[@hificat101]

@@mae2759 I 100% agree. And it's quite frustrating. I planned on doing this with my furnace till told it was against code. I'm not clear on how it's dangerous to plug an appliance that uses typically under 1000w into an electrical outlet.

[@mae2759]

@@hificat101 Honestly, it's your house. You don't need a permit or anything to do this, so just go for it. Nobody is coming into your house to fine you. I'm all about doing things to code, but when I can't see a reason for the code, then I don't see any reason not to do it.

[@RayfordHumphrey]

​@@mae2759 You might run into some problems with your insurance company covering an injury or fire that was caused by an installation that was not permitted, inspected, or up-to-code.

[@TomCee53]

@@mae2759I can’t remember where I’ve seen it, but the only explanation of why domestic appliances are direct wired is for safety. Not everyone understands how this is setup, and an unaware person might unplug the furnace to plug in something else, thereby not having heat, or whatever. I know this is probably not you, but codes are for worst-case scenarios.

[@N9IWJ]

Really good information very nice setup gives me a lot of good ideas thank you very much

[@thgrweed45]

I’m going to order one of these.

[@morisless3532]

You should do one of these to a electric wood combo furnace - so that it just runs the forced air fan.

[@Otis884]

I already used your first option , thank you.

[@wx7slc]

Nicely done! I like the options.

[@mytube30005]

I watched a lot of your videos and have learned a lot from you. I'm considering replacing my gas water heater with a tankless one and wondering if you also instal water heaters.

[@diyhvacguy]

I actually have a replacement video coming out soon! Changed my tank heater to a tankless. I’ll also do one on flushing the tank and replacing the anode rod 👍🏼

[@daveyt4802]

I suppose if you get a gen set outside set up for $10 grand you will never have another power outage again. 🙃

[@jamess1787]

My last boss has one setup; it's far from bulletproof or maintenance proof 😉. The permits required too are a headache. We tried to get one setup for our office and because we were in a multitenant building we were told the main gas line would have to be increased to keep our 20 server data center running. ... Headache to say the least. At least with a portable genset: just do the oil change and maintenance when you do a season tune on your lawn mower. 😁

[@jdub976]

Same situation with the brand new snowblower I have in my garage right now. I bought it 5 years ago it has snowed once since then😆 Its current use is drink table when I am working on something else now.

[@INTERNA9]

Thanx

[@rogerprince5925]

I did that for my well pump as well as boiiler. a little different I put another switch. and plug so when the one switch is turned of from the house power then the other switch turns on for the other power sorce

[@user-jf2hm3hi2m]

You the best buddy thanks for the help

[@90thHeavyBG]

How bout a vid on the Vtoman 1000 hooked up to car as a generator ? Thanks Got the furnace set up with outlet style.

[@bradseward8342]

1) Furnace outlet, 2) EZ Generator switch, 3) Inlet/Interlock. Glad you mentioned the 4th option - Inlet/Transfer Switch (manual or automatic)

[@RP09691]

Just went to do this and only have a black and white wire coming from furnace. No ground. I have a switch and a duplex outlet in a 2 gang box. How would you recommend doing the wiring in my situation? Thanks for providing such educational content!

[@RP09691]

Considering he’s an HVAC tech and clearly has worked on furnace wiring for a number of years, I would expect him to have a pretty good idea on how this works.

[@jimfields9491]

So the yellow adapter 220 to 110 at about the 4:49 mark. Does it split the hot wire to provide 110 on both sides of the breaker box?

[@pappamike6231]

Nice effort. All kind of negative nellies out there, but at least you're trying to help people be prepared

[@kevinjaye7267]

Any chance you can do this set up for an oil burner with 4 zones circulators?

[@davesstuff1599]

What were the green handled cutters you were using to cut the water misting tubing in an earlier video you did?

[@daveyt4802]

What about an old school fireplace? 😁

[@dj5752]

Great videos. Can you make a video for Central A/C in the same way you did for the furnace? How you can use the a/c as a stand-alone using a generator to power it. I guess you would also need to add the air handler as well. I would like to power my house with one generator via my interlock and use a 2nd generator just for the central a/c. Thanks.

[@mae2759]

You should just buy an generator link kit if you need more amps. No need to have a separate plug/inlet for the AC. You already have an interlock kit on the panel, so you're set from that perspective.

[@dj5752]

@@mae2759 Thank you

[@MorCoutureMenswear]

Why not just use 1 generator and interlock kit for house and a/c. just install a soft smart unit on your a/c to limit surge wattage and your set. I would also reccommend at least a 5kw generator.

[@jackl9922]

If I knew how to email, I would gladly send photos of my mods. Decent content. Thx.

[@geraldkelman9268]

I have the switch to the furnace , no problem . I also have a sump pump with an inverter and battery back up with 2 outlets. Could I change the switch to furnace to an outlet ( using a pigtail for the furnace power supply ) then plug both the sump pump and the furnace into the inverter with the battery back up. PS the inverter has an automatic transfer switch in the event of a power failure .

[@jamescaldwell3rd925]

August 14th , 2003 : power grid failure to parts of U.S. caused loss of electricity & natural gas . In 2008 Generac class I posed this question to the instructor. He agreed with me that the unit won't provide backup power because there's no gas supply....just saying

[@tomg1956]

I installed the EZ Generator switch that came wired for a bonded neutral and tested the setup using a gas generator that has a bonded neutral. As expected, the furnace worked correctly. Just bought a power station that has a floating neutral. The EZ Generator switch needs to be rewired if using a floating neutral generator. The furnace seems to operate correctly with either the gas generator or the power station with the switch wired for a bonded neutral. I bought a neutral bonding plug but my tester states there is still an open ground. What are my options? I can’t see rewiring the switch when changing from the power station to the generator.

[@agent4544]

I really like this idea to power my furnace. What I would really like to do is power my house. I have a CPAP to sleep. What would need be done to plug generator directly into whole house? What size generator would be needed for an average 1200-2000 sq ft Midwest home?

[@MorCoutureMenswear]

All depends on your power needs...but looks like a interlock kit, soft start box for a/c and around a 5k generator would do the trick. Hope that helps.

[@jacktanner7738]

*The heat pump as a backup has me confused. Is it a totally separate system or does it have its heat exchanger in the same plenum wirh the gas furnace and air? Sounds ideal but I'm not clear on it. Thanks.*

[@diyhvacguy]

Gas is super cheap here, and it’s cheaper for me to run my gas furnace as my primary, and have my heat pump as a backup. So if I lose power and gas, I hook my genny up to the power inlet box, and the heat pump will heat my home. I just have the heat pump set as my aux heat on the thermostat 👍🏼

[@jacktanner7738]

@@diyhvacguy *My question is: where is the heat exchanger for the heat pump? Is it tucked in with your other equipment? For example, .My Forced air gas heating and cooling blow air through a separate heat exchanger and evaporator. Will a backup heat pump attach to a third coil in the same ductwork or do I have to jury rig a separate system?*

[@peacecountrycowboy3152]

Have you come across a way to have the furnace on a battery backup type system similar to the computer battery backups? So that if the power goes out it just automatically switches to battery and then recharges after the power comes back on.

[@b4804514]

You are good looking and have excellent content. Thanks for all the work on these videos

[@JACK-wh6jl]

why ?????? Is your breaker panel outside ?????

[@zulfiqarahmed8326]

CAN YOU TALK ABOUT DUCT WORK LAYOUT AND START TO FINISH THANKS

[@kentaltobelli1840]

Duct work design is covered in ACCA Manual D once you have completed a Manual J analysis for the room-by-room heating/cooling load for your structure.

[@RayfordHumphrey]

My thermostat is on a separate breaker from the furnace, so I assume that the only choices I have are to either rewire the breaker box or install the power inlet box. Any other suggestions?

[@dannyh9010]

In deciding on what generator I needed for a few critical circuits in my little 1250 sq. ft. house, I tested my York gas furnace and was very surprised to see that it used a whopping 1220w at 10.1 amps when running heat. The blower itself used 930w at 7.4 amps. My dad’s Trane furnace in a same size house only used 695 when running heat. Any reason mine was using twice the wattage of his? Is something wrong with the blower?

[@BG-xr5bi]

Ac electric motor blower instead of DC motor

[@silverfox-59]

I have a 20amp breaker , can I use a 15amp plug wire or do I have to use a 20amp. Thank you

[@Ctobefree]

Do you have any suggestions for electric burner?

[@SheepAmongG.O.A.T]

I've been shocking myself on a regular lately just to get comfortable with electricity.

[@diyhvacguy]

Nice

[@mr.boniato6402]

My furnace has a 5 inch 11 merv filter. I also have 2 return vents.. 20"x21" and 12"x12". Do I need to add filters on those returns? I think If I don't, won't the duct system get full of dust?

[@tomg1956]

Dave, are you using the VTOMAN power station with the EZ Generator switch as received or did you wire it for non-bonded neutral?

[@rickvb2709]

Could you show or explain how to hook up a EZ Generator Switch as a floating neutral to the emergency switch. I can't find anything showing how it's done. I have 2 generator and they're both floating neutral generators. Thanks love you video"s.

[@ewicky]

if the gens are floating neutral, you'll want the EZ gen switch to be bonded neutral. You need one and only one bond.

[@rickvb2709]

I have it set up like they say with 1 white wire to go into the switch box. So the load white, panel white , and ez white all connect together in the switch box?@@ewicky

[@tgriebe]

Make up a male plug with a bonded ground to neutral wire and plug it into the generator's other outlet.

[@rickvb2709]

I bought a plug for that way but ez generator said not to do it plug and that their way was correct. Thanks for the reply.@@tgriebe

[@dustinkrebs8229]

Let's go!👏👏👏👏👏

[@jimfrostpreaches]

At least this battery is only $700 on slave right now.

[@williardbillmore5713]

When the power fails at my house I light the wood stove and fill the oil lamps.

[@terrystroth3493]

Great videos! How long do you think my 96%furnace will run on the 1000w Vtoman backup would run?

[@90thHeavyBG]

Looking to setup the vtoman 1000 using a car/truck as a generator. Lookin for vids or info. Thanks

[@mdunbar04]

👍👍👍

[@daveyt4802]

Wondering what CODES are. Can you plug in your furnace with a cord and outlet? Be better for a generator outside. I have a switch on my wall to shut the furnace power off. I haven't had power loss for more than 5 hours so. Usually only in summer.

[@tgriebe]

When the power is out and your pipes are freezing, obeying a non safety related code is sort of silly, no?

[@user-wv9lx3wl9c]

I have the interlock system set up, my only question is I don’t know when the power supply comes back on. I have to take a meter and check my main periodically to see if it has been restored, is there any sort of indicator light or audible alarm that can be installed safely?

[@ewicky]

yes, there is

[@JT-lq4yd]

It is going to sound funny, but I look at my neighboring houses. There is an alarm for when power is restored.

[@tgriebe]

Amazon sells a power back on alarm. It wraps around one main wire coming into the house.

[@tracythompson1692]

Your opinion of plugging generator into dryer outlet?

[@timcat1004]

A dryer outlet is not an inlet and requires a suicide cord. Stop the nonsense thinking.

[@diyhvacguy]

Yea it would require a suicide cord which will work but can be dangerous so it is frowned upon.

[@daveyt4802]

Wonder if anyone has had a natural gas outage before?? Doomsday preppers unite!

[@hooligan9968]

Does that 110 adapter power both legs? Trying to set this up but want to make sure I get an adapter that will power both legs of the panel. If so can you link the adapter

[@tgriebe]

You can easily wire up the same adapter from parts at HD. 240 volt devices will not work but 120 volt devices will.

[@questionitall33]

Great timely overview. I opted for an option similar to the EZ Generator interface. I have a 3000 watt LiTime inverter and a couple 100ah batteries. I see you used the Ecoflow Power Station. Does that have a floating neutral? My LiTime inverter is not bonded so I wondered if the Tempstar (ICP) furnace would run on a floating neutral or required a bonded neutral? Ihave a newer Tempstar G96CTN0801714A1. Learning a lot from your videos!

[@RockyMountainWarden]

I'm looking to do option 3 with the plug. My switch has a fuse. Is the fuse necessary?

[@davidmarquardt9034]

The fuse is sized to protect the blower. So if the blower has a startup draw of 8 amps, they will install a 10 amp fuse, so the blower has a 20% headspace.

[@RockyMountainWarden]

@@davidmarquardt9034 it's a 15 amp bussman. Fuse has never broke in 20 years. Just makes me think it is not needed and why I see many furnaces without then.

[@rjmoose8918]

Would this work for a boiler?

[@diyhvacguy]

If it’s 110v absolutely it will

[@dkat1108]

Plugging directly from a generator to the furnace is there a possibility in burning up the little circuit boards in the furnace and what about the 24v going to the thermostat is that connected to the house circuit in anyway ? These questions have to be addressed in making a video especially if it could fry the circuit boards or something inside the furnace right ? Note I'm talking about the direct plug to the generator not the transfer switches.

[@tgriebe]

A good quality generator will not cause a problem, but if you are worried, use a RV surge protector between generator and furnace. The 24 volts comes from a transformer inside the furnace.

[@dkat1108]

OK Thanks for the reply @@tgriebe I'll be using an bonded inverter generator so pretty clean voltage but ya a RV surge protector not a bad idea too.

[@TheHavocdog]

To sell the house you will have to remove this. It is not to NEC code.

[@diyhvacguy]

Big deal

[@TheHavocdog]

@@diyhvacguy it is if you have to sell the house.

[@berettaguy7445]

How do you determine the surge/starting watts (or amps) requirement of a gas furnace? My furnace has a 1/2 hp motor, and on the plate it says 9.5 under max units amps...is that the same as surge/starting amps?

[@DresserSeaweed]

Is he still jealous of the hot groupies thiago alves used to pull at att Does he sometimes miss jon joes snoring Does he still want to fight justin beiber

[@jamescaldwell3rd925]

Generac is no good when grid is down . Gas supply is " pumped " by grid electricity ...just saying

[@ewicky]

Many of us experience regular power outages but have never lost natural gas nor water. Natural gas, sewer, water, etc have their own back up power, and are prioritized for grid restoration before individual neighborhoods.

[@scottmaz4063]

Just buy a generac power system if your worried about losing power. ALWAYS GET QUALIFIED TECHNICAN TO INSTALL IT FOR YOU.

[@hdcsp3]

Yeah people...just run out and drop 4-10k....easy peasy 😂😂😂

[@scottmaz4063]

It's better than a not so bright homeowner tries to do this. Ends up in hospital or worse and they find out they watched this video. Yeah I would buy a generac

[@diyhvacguy]

My next video will be how to install a Generac system yourself 🤣

[@BackwoodsInsanity]

My mom married my stepdad, his master electrician, old-school electrician really good. He did white Man Air Force Base and then a lot of Branson Missouri but I learned from the age of five up and I’m 42 now. No the job is so easy when you have a bars and bolts and shit in your back and no vertebrates , that’s the one thing about electrical did a lot of work on hurricanes, main power, distribution lines, etc. yeah, my father taught me so much and had to basically do things not by code but still good and safe instead of running one wall parallel to another room just zigzag back-and-forth with your plug-insI know the code is gonna hate