Dangerous Mistake During Callback!

[@1975original]

This is why I don't like when people hover. You forget stuff when they interrupt you :)

[@jthonn]

Curtis is so confident in his work, he doesn't care if you watch. Though I agree it can be distracting. He wasn't going to answer the same question 3 times. I think was a language barrier. They come to our country and don't have the respect to learn our language.

[@dashcamandy2242]

@@jthonn To be fair, there's an ever-increasing number of American-born people who "don't have the respect to learn our language." I'm fairly certain that, within a decade, we'll only be able to communicate using emojis. (If this happens, I plan on using only emoticons, and then claiming I have a speech impediment.) :-P

[@jthonn]

@@dashcamandy2242 IKR, what gets my goat is English is suppose to be the universal language.

[@danomite359]

@@dashcamandy2242 Your opinion is noted amigo. Pero no necesito tu stinkin' emojis!

[@ChuckTesta-p9g]

@@jthonn Who said that?

[@rolytech212]

That helicopter was flying very low… watching everything 😎

[@randydickerson8814]

Almost crashed

[@MariosACandRefrigeration]

i think you missed a step.17:31Did not tested after replacing contactor.

[@leonardcoger8017]

Love the realness of your videos. Being outside in cold or hot weather gets the best of us sometimes. Thank you for showing us everything even the snap crackles and pops 😅

[@XeonProductions]

Ceiling birds always chirping.

[@jkmarshall3553]

I heard it too... awesome!!!!!!

[@30rdmaga]

Just about every video😂

[@Rickdoinglife]

Oh man Curtis 😂- made me jump even though I KNEW IT WAS COMING

[@marin082164]

🥶Greetings from Houston snowy texas🥶

[@GodBlessGodBless1227]

Great job an great humming skills, Curtis! Thanks for sharing. God bless.

[@JesseDoesHVAC]

Hey buddy, havent watched a video for a lil bit, but i saw this and you got me right on back… Hope your heat stays on! ❤ from Australia 🇦🇺

[@toddturner503]

Been a shockin couple weeks broseph. Whew! Enjoy our N IL snow:)

[@stevencossaboon3237]

Nice work Curtis, be careful out there.

[@davidgilpin5200]

Curtis - if you get snow, please post a video of Riley playing in it!

[@helmsajr]

Nice work Curtis.

[@HVACGUY]

Thanks!

[@jthonn]

You are going to see snow, more than you think. I bet we got 10 inches where I am. That spark was scary, been there. You mess with wiring so much that it's easy to forget to cut power. I have never been shocked by 220, but 110 taught me a lesson when I was a young man. Good video

[@billkunert7281]

I once got hit by 25KV working on a radar system in the USAF. Knocked me over a table behind me.

[@HamBone86]

@@billkunert7281 damn bud! Bet that left a skid mark in your underwear.

[@earlestes8649]

I’m 68 this year and I’ve been shocked more than I care to remember, I never take a customer s word always check!

[@bobboscarato1313]

I had one of my mentors, an electrical engineer who went to troubleshoot a radio transmitter and somebody bypassed the power switch and he got electrocutted! Terrible loss.-

[@jthonn]

@@bobboscarato1313 OMG! I have picked up a saying from an old timer, "I don't trust anything I can't see." I'm the old timer now.

[@softwarephil1709]

It’s snowing in Destin FL.

[@robalexander7348]

Good one Curtis, i hope this cures your customers problem.... Keep warm over there, its 34c at my house now south of Sydney ( Wednesday ) . 👍 Au

[@stevee7774]

-8c right now in North Georgia, I’m ready to come visit the land down under…

[@robalexander7348]

Well Steve 34c is so uncomfortable.I like no more than 25c 😉

[@stevee7774]

@@robalexander7348 - Agreed, but right now I’d settle for anything above 0c.. 😅

[@robalexander7348]

@@stevee7774 Yes i quess so, during our winter months it does get to minus 6c on occasions, and thats cold also with southerly winds blowing up from our ski fields 😵 NSW Au

[@bobboscarato1313]

In the Houston area of Texas we had 4 inches of snow and temps last eve went down to 17 degrees F. It hasn't happened in about 6 years.- we're A/C country!

[@Bob.W.]

Thanks. We just got above 0degF this afternoon. Been below that since Saturday. It's all relative.

[@KenKen-ui4ny]

They use road salt and brine here in up state GA. But only once or twice a winter. In trouble areas around the mountains where seeping water or poor drainage on the roads is a thing prone to icing, road salt is used quite a bit in winter for those cases here too.

[@brian52008]

For your safety: Step 1) Turn power off, and verify that it is REALLY off! Step 2) Disconnect wires. EDIT: add the important verify part!

[@my-yt-inputs2580]

Step 2) Check voltages.

[@Richard-zz2cb]

@@my-yt-inputs2580THIS. Never trust a disconnect, got myself shocked on a unit that had a broken breaker, checked L1 and L2 had no volts but it was still sending 1 leg of power through the breaker and didn’t check L1 and L2 to ground. For some reason when I put my screw driver to discharge the capacitor it didn’t spark but I knew immediately when I grabbed that wire… it was still hot lol

[@natersalad889]

Step 3. Tell them to put some new batteries in their dam smoke detectors!!!!!

[@murkyturkey5238]

@@Richard-zz2cbthat’s crazy the cap didn’t show you the truth 😂 those always lmk when I missed something 😂😂

[@topher8634]

​@@Richard-zz2cb I got bit on a unit with a pull out disco. One of the blades stayed behind and I made the same mistake checking between L1 & L2, and not between each and ground.

[@craigdupree1687]

Man. My first thought was, "he didn't show us flipping the breaker, or checking for power."

[@billmilosz]

Even in Georgia it is wise to use good all-season tires and save the performance, summer tires for the track.

[@murkyturkey5238]

All terrain if you’re tough tho 😂

[@JakePorterHVAC]

Thanks for the video. Stay safe & warm out there.

[@WSmith2024]

We just got 6" of snow here in Lake Charles, LA.

[@kg4muc]

Sounds like you might be the only one moving down that way lol. We are not gonna get a flake out of that snow up here in the Sw part of Va. Nice stuck contactor! Good job on a waiting for snow day 😅. Stay safe during this storm

[@rj.parker]

It appears it had a two pole contactor with the fan common on the line side of the contactor. This arrangement is to prevent a loud compressor clunk on shutdown. It ensures the compressor and fan hots are not in parallel with the contactor open. When electrically in parallel at shutdown a freewheeling fan motor can generate back emf and drive the compressor causing the shutdown clunk.

[@danielzertuche9893]

Happens to the best Curtis !

[@murkyturkey5238]

At least he’s carful even when he thinks the power is off 😂

[@albertoramos1180]

Same here in San Antonio Texas that it's rare we see snow & snow it did @ like 2 AM this morning , Stay safe & warm out there. God bless 🙏🥶❄️🌨️☃️

[@BlenderRookie]

I was just thinking, did you pull the disconnect and then a split second later... 6:23

[@chrisgreen177]

I heard him say, he works at a hotel on Slappy Blvd, lol. I remember that area and Oglethorpe, lol. Wow! That was 2008-2012 for me during my time there. It was a 'Sh1t Hole' but I loved it! 'Slumlord Central', GEEZE!

[@Mitch2294]

Done it myself on a airhandler but I got hit with some 220v. I am definitely more careful these days. Thanks for the video

[@PhilipNation-xm5lh]

I have a love-hate relationship with electricity. My worst mistakes are often while switching power off and on repeatedly in order to diagnose something. Forget just once and ZAP! We had 12" of snow. Shut us down for a few days. Very few plows around. "Maybe snow today." "Yeah, why don't you go inside and check the forecast!"

[@Wayman_Simmang]

Stay Warm!!

[@franciscoflores2718]

I loved how towards the end Curtis would turn around then he was gone then he was back, then disappeared again 🤣🤣🤣

[@tombeilman5579]

You scared me Curtis and I’m fearless. Notre Dame didn’t look to good last night, I only saw highlights

[@HVACGUY]

I went to bed at halftime. It was obvious who was going to win.

[@manuelcirino1456]

Curtis how do u handle this call back if it was another issue and the customer doesn’t want to pay for another fix

[@jenko701]

Riley in the snow , cool .

[@UrenaDomingo]

I'm just back from a job and got to drive during the snow. Traffic speed drop to 3 mi and hour 😂

[@MichaelMiller-lb7ji]

Wow Curtis ! Did you forget to do something? Believe me you are not the first one to do that 😂

[@davidtaylor7174]

I live in MD and people here go batshit crazy when snow is forecast also. Stores sell out of TP and bread. Funny as hell. Like it will be days to get out. Stay safe. People may have 4 wheel drive but forget it's not 4 wheel stop.

[@chrisgreen177]

I was stationed at MCLB Albany, GA during that time of 2012, and that snow they got SHUT DOWN the entire city and towns. I'm from Wisconsin and was on Active Duty. I spent most of my time in Albany, but also Lee Country and Leesburg. Yeah, one half inch of snow in Georgia is funny to me with the reactions of the everyone from there, lol. My brother-In-Law just moved from Wisconsin to the outer Atlanta Metro area four years ago, and just this last snow you all got down there (AGAIN) SHUT DOWN THE ENTIRE CITY AND MUNICIPALITIES. That was the funniest thing to me (and my brother-in-law).

[@10speed4]

A defrost question if I may: When defrost mode kicks in the reversing valve switches and refrigerant flow is back to normal AC cooling. My question: Is everything the same as when it’s in normal AC mode with the exception of the heating elements are now active? In other words, is the blower fan pulling/pushing through the evaporator coil then through the heating elements?

[@HVACGUY]

No, and yes. Everything is normal except the condenser fan motor stops, and elec heat is energized

[@10speed4]

@@HVACGUY Oh ok that makes since, the refrigerants only cooling is at the evaporator. Thank you sir for replying back.

[@randomsanwhich2]

You scared me ⚡️

[@throttlebottle5906]

so, 1st bad breaker. then callback was contactor sticking pulled in. with accidental short circuit with power left on (whoops) which then tripped upstream sub panel feed breaker. nice.

[@gregwarren8583]

Curtis, That High Voltage wire almost "lit you up"! I am surprised you forgot to check for voltage first, not like you to forget (but no one is perfect).

[@edwardthomson7285]

Just started in Albany Ga

[@larrymixer144]

No school up here in Iowa. Didn't get any snow but the temperatures didn't get above 0" till 12:30p and windchill at 8am was -20°and real temp was -10°. Tomorrow is supposed to be back up in the thirties and chances of winter mix. My furnace run all night.

[@raygunsforronnie847]

I'm in Kanaas today, the temp was -16F when I got up for work. I don't want to know what the wind chlll was...

[@larrymixer144]

@raygunsforronnie847 aw yes this Google ol' Midwest living. Like I've always been told if you can handle living here you can handle living about anywhere.

[@ronwade2206]

Hello from Flagstaff

[@scottmaz4063]

1st dang Curtis here in Florida we have snow plows and liquid deicer for the roads. They say up to 6 inches in the Panhandle area.

[@HVACGUY]

Heavy snow already

[@dashcamandy2242]

There goes my "retire in Okaloosa County, perhaps trying to buy my grandmother's old house in Crestview" plans! 😁

[@yz250a]

-5 Deg in Michigan right now. First time I've seen you not put voltmeter on system.

[@jkmarshall3553]

Reilly's first snow. How did he like it???

[@HVACGUY]

Once I got him in it, he got the zoomies

[@jkmarshall3553]

@@HVACGUY Awesome! Sounds like he was super excited!

[@renenunez1254]

Folks here in central Texas have lost their minds over this same snowstorm. as well. Early store closings, no schools, etc. We got snow last night, but it didn't keep this old geezer from doing my 2 mile walk routine this morning. The neighborhood kiddos were out playing in the snow so that was eventful. Been about 4yrs since the last snowstorm. Stay safe messing with that 240V.

[@throttlebottle5906]

all the schools here are closed and certain other things, but it's extreme cold and wind chill. ( as of now it's -3F) yeehaw! (Ohio)

[@billkunert7281]

Got your milk and bread yet? Gonna be interesting watching your roads tomorrow. Temp here in KY around 0 over night.

[@stevee7774]

Gotta have those milk sandwiches! 😅

[@royc5936]

People hanging around you can be a distraction...it takes a special person to do residential work for sure....

[@dashcamandy2242]

HOLD UP! You're expecting 2-5" of snow?! That's more than we've had all season at my house in Connecticut. Weird... No offense, but you can keep it. 😆 6:24 - 🤦‍♂Curtis, I SWEAR you're going to give me an ulcer. _Please_ be more careful. We may not personally know you, but that doesn't mean we don't care about you and your safety/health. One can only dance with the "angry pixies" so many times before they demand to "lead" that dance. (Or, they make you the "lead" to Ground.)

[@Mr.Bell229]

@Hvacguy Do you install the unit also?

[@softwarephil1709]

At least you were wearing insulated gloves. 🧤

[@throttlebottle5906]

again? oh dear! 🤣 kerpow!

[@deanmartin1966]

It’s crazy to think the schools are shut down because of a few inches of snow. We had -25 below windchills in the Midwest today so the kids were off school.

[@ThierryC2373]

As he said, there is no such things as winter tires or snow plows or salt in South Georgia, do not compare apples to potatoes.

[@PatriciaCrawford-o4n]

You guys probably look at us out here in arizona in disbelief when our temperature is 112 in the shade. My hats off, and I salute you for living through those Temps. I could not.😊

[@deanmartin1966]

@@PatriciaCrawford-o4n when I was a carpenter in the 90s, we used to work out in -25 below windchills. Good times. Lol

[@deanmartin1966]

@@ThierryC2373 Uh huh

[@PatriciaCrawford-o4n]

@deanmartin1966 my gawd I'm cold reading that!!!

[@mikehouser5430]

Wait it out

[@israelllanas4909]

Ora compadre con esos fuegos pirotecnia echan chispas 😂de Dolor

[@JosePerez-fm6km]

As soon as you started, I said cut the power.

[@kens.3729]

Houston, TX, Cancelled ALL Flights, 4”-5” of Snow in New Orleans, Mobile, Alabama. Weather Channel said it is a “Once in a Generation” that you may never see again.

[@kens.3729]

Sounds Like a 🦗Cricket 🦗 Infestation at this Residence. Homeowner also has a Dead Hearing Aid Battery which means he Can’t Hear Dead Smoke Detector Battery.

[@w5cdt]

It’s dangerous when it snows here in Texas. Texans have never heard of “coefficient of friction” and won’t slow down.

[@deweyabbott5310]

Bro tn people have been in panic buying for the whole month they can't stop an for the last few years we have had snow, this is going to become a norm

[@Ogtonyg]

Do any of your customers know how to change their smoke detector battery? 😂

[@BenTh17]

Everyone has made that mistake at some point, “did I not turn this off?”

[@jme36053]

So, there’s a bunch of flakes there in Albany? Stay warm my friend.

[@raygunsforronnie847]

Snow and ice? The South will lose its damn mind.

[@AnUnapologeticApologist]

Soon as he started pulling leads off the contactor I got real nervous 😂 I was hoping he skipped the part where he hit the disconnect.

[@RobertCunningham-pf9tg]

I was always very uncomfortable with customers looking over my shoulder and trying to make conversation while I'm trying to diagnose or work.

[@FredD63]

Curtis where I am at in Southwest Michigan. I’m about one hour east of Lake Michigan today. We do not have a temperature that meaning it is 0° outside with the real peel of 17 below zero I have two HVAC guys and they have been averaging between 30 to 35 calls per week So I have been helping them out …..And we have been putting in 3 to 4 new units per week for the past six weeks….. up here in the cold weather we gear up in Carhartt coats and pants…. Stay Safe and Stay Warm ….🇺🇸👊🏼👊🏼✌🏼🔨🪚

[@geng1969]

Need some help? Live in Ft.Wayne and love snowmobile.

[@jthonn]

Yikes, in that weather the right gear is the only way.

[@FredD63]

@@geng1969 No I have 14 employees now so I can pull someone from another job to help outHVAC guys or I’ll help them which I have been doing … thanks for asking 🇺🇸👊🏼👊🏼✌🏼🪚🔨

[@FredD63]

@@jthonn You are exactly right that’s why we wear Carhartt as the cold wind doesn’t blow through them … Stay Safe and Warm 🇺🇸👊🏼👊🏼✌🏼🔨🪚

[@moshemoshe-yy8hj]

Hopefully your emergency vehicle can go through😊

[@ThejasonJaw5442]

On the deck the disconnect you reintslled the breaker metal panel screw dropping forgot to instsll the screew

[@jasonmonday6565]

Hey Curtis, where are you???

[@suespony]

I do service qork myself, not HVAC, its really difficult, at least for me, when people hover over my shoulder and keep talking when i am trying to concentrate. Its all part of the job, but can be annoying.

[@Parabellum-X]

Damn helicopters... What did he do, cut his drainline off? lol I also noticed that he placed some things down onto his deck and then spray painted them white. Now his deck really looks like shit. lol

[@inthedarkwoods2022]

The chirping smoke detector strikes again.

[@thekinginthenorth989]

How original

[@Bob-nf3fy]

Man, try livin in wisconsin!

[@TooCloseSeries]

I kept thinking he must have turned it off already. 🤔

[@vincentgelles3805]

I believe I would have edited out that stupid mistake. I always check L1 to L2, L1 to ground, and L2 to ground with my meter after killing power and before handling any wires. That would have reminded you to shut off the breaker if you would have just checked with your meter. I’ve been shocked because of a bypassed disconnect switch and ever since then I’ve always checked, even if the unit shuts off when I pull the disconnect or shut off the breaker. It takes a few seconds and can save your life.

[@jw8292]

🤣 Snow tires and chains for 2-5". I'm in Northern IL and I don't use them, nor have I ever seen anybody use chains around here.

[@keepthinking2666]

Please no newbie Tech ever use the front of your impact to push on a coil pack using non-insulating or any other kind of metal. Use insulated screwdriver or plastic or wood to tap on it or if you're okay with doing so you could tap it with your finger on the top but the potential chance for that drill metal to Arc across by slipping was pretty big there

[@whatdoyouthinktodd]

Well up here in Michigan we don't run around with snow tires on her car. The same tires I run all summer. Are the same tires I run all winter. So give me some advice if you're not used to running on the snow and ice. Stay home with the wife make a romantic day of it. Will help you out in the long run.

[@Pete-Clark]

Get out your longjohns! 😊

[@LilYeshua]

...make snow cream...

[@natersalad889]

Good lord the annoying smoke detector chirp is in almost all of these houses, when i hear that damn noise the first time i swap the batteries in that thing before I even hear the second chirp. I dont understand people....

[@mortimergladbreath]

Who else yelled "$hit Curtis!"

[@ShawnPittman-r2l]

People are complete slobs and pigs. Watching these films shows me another side of people

[@professionalinspectionserv9468]

Damn global warming!

[@softwarephil1709]

Trump has ended global warming, so it’s snowing. Executive order.

[@ldenorio]

did i just hear a chirp?

[@jkmarshall3553]

yeah baby!

[@jenko701]

Chirp

[@fernandobazan829]

What happened it’s not running? is it a hook to see the next episode? that poor man gonna freeze? blown fuse or board seeing you probably blew the cap???

[@patrickinottawa27]

The unit was running "even when there was no call" due to a stuck contactor. Now with a new contactor and power on, the unit is off when there is no call.

[@tolbert3671]

It's working. When Curtis said it's not running he meant that the replacement contactor had fixed the problem with the previous contactor being stuck closed causing it to run continuously.

[@MariosACandRefrigeration]

9:23 and 9:41 upps.but then again he was distracting you,don't like helicopters.

[@rickmartin8262]

When I was making service calls many years ago, I would just tell people to give me space to work. When that didn't work, I just closed my toolbox and walked out. I don't have your patience and never did.

[@1lefty123]

Jesus a whole video for a contactor install?

[@JohnCline]

OK, your company name and business is Climate Control, what is your position on global climate change, do you believe in the irrefutable science or the fossil fuel companies?

[@HVACGUY]

If it weren’t such a hot political issue I’d answer.

[@uratruffatore]

Without a functioning atmosphere, Earth turns into Venus...last time I checked, no one is living on Venus. The vast majority of people have no idea how we are able to live on this planet and what had to happen to become a inhabital planet. Think about how much crap in just the last 150 years has been ejected into the atmosphere in the "modern" era compounded by a population explosion...that's alot of damage in such a short period of time, considering how old the earth is. The earth has frozen over a couple times already from meteor impacts and the debris blocked out the Sun...you disrupt the atmosphere, man made or otherwise...bad things happen! Solar radiation bombards this planet everyday and the ozone layer is all we got from getting cooked.

[@uratruffatore]

​@@HVACGUYIt's not "political" it's a lack of education and greed...period.

[@JohnCline]

@HVACGUY - I understand why you won't but this should have never become political, when 97+% of the world's scientists say that all the evidence points to something being true, we used to believe it.

[@stevee7774]

Nice bait but it seems like you might be watching the wrong channel.

[@Unacceptable462]

No one is perfect :) It was only a 120v line so no harm done.

[@billhill839]

Be careful Curtis!!!

[@Kenny-c1n]

2-5 inches I went to work in blizzards