Full Defrost Cycle of my 2019 Goodman Heatpump

[@cobrah4444]

I like how the 2011 Carrier started up at almost the same time as the Goodman

[@FerralVideo]

That's the first time I've seen a central heat pump that stops the compressor when switching over to defrost. Very neat. Thanks for the video.

[@lucasgarcia2508]

Mine has ice on the unit and it goes into defrost mode but it doesn’t completely melt off all the ice it only last about a minute in defrost mode, i called a a/c guy and told to use emergency heat supposedly because heat pumps don’t function well when it very cold

[@Diy-For-Life]

So my furnace has an option to use gas heat to defrost the heat pump. Not sure how that works.

[@hvacproductions15]

That sounded real nice! I'm glad you finally caught the cycle, it seemed a little stubborn to defrost.

[@HVACAdventures]

HVAC Productions yeah kinda sad when all my attempts ended in the carrier defrosts all 12 of them I have

[@ashay2]

Thanks so much for this this video. It literally saved me a service call.

[@TreachourusJdogg]

Thanks for the vid! Thought my AC unit was getting ready to launch into space 🤣

[@notmychannel11]

Defrosting happened after I cleaned up my condenser fins with pressured water inside out and left water inside the bottom of unit because their is no exit hose in the bottom. Is my situation normal too with the white odorless smoke? Or it only happens when there is ice? I freaked out and turned off the units:)

[@United_HVAC_and_Fans]

The vid we have all been waiting for!

[@SapperSap]

Thanks, you saved me a call. First year with my Goodman hp and I was concerned about that noise.

[@HVACAdventures]

Yeah all heatpumps will usually do this unless it’s broken it’s just to prevent the coils from freezing up or else it’ll have trouble heating and more trouble down the line

[@alanh127]

Same. I thought my unit was burning up when the fan wasn’t spinning and steam was rolling off of it 😅

[@nelsonbolster]

my goodman syays in defrost for seems like up to 15 20 min or so and fan still runs

[@pogtuber5146]

Is it normal for the air handler to keep blowing air during this cycle? Or maybe it's a timing mismatch. Anyways thanks for this video I was pretty sure my unit was breaking and that it exhausted all the refrigerant or something.

[@HVACAdventures]

Yes it’s completely normal for this to happen as the air handler is commonly paired with an electric strip heat that will heat when the outdoor unit is unable to heat the house (defrost or too cold outside)

[@pogtuber5146]

@@HVACAdventures ahh, my auxiliary is hooked up to a propane furnace though. I think it might be a bug in the thermostat, maybe it doesn't know the heat pump is going through its own defrost process and just sees it as "on" and continues moving air.

[@HVACAdventures]

@@pogtuber5146 oh I see, I’m honestly not sure then

[@TheBalognaPony]

Wondered why my goodman i got installed this year was so fuggin noisy. Looks like it's normal. Sorry neighbors!

[@matticus6339]

They have a 30/60/90 minute interval switch on the board. Every one I have seen comes with it set for every 30 mins. Crazy. I switched mine to 90. The problem is they go into defrost whether they need to or not, I think some more expensive units have an air flow sensor on the coil that would actually be looking for a drop due to ice build up and initiate defrost when needed only. I like the Goodmans, parts are easy to get I just hate the defrost when it doesn;t need it, it costs you more money and its wear and tear on the unit.

[@joecool4656]

This is the best comment I have read

[@NickCrate007]

I wonder if this will survive in Canada at -20°c ?

[@HVACAdventures]

Nick Crate probably not that’s pretty cold it make work it’ll probably freeze over a lot and slow down heating until it would stop heating

[@NickCrate007]

Mine just died after 20 years but it was another brand and am looking for something to replace it

[@United_HVAC_and_Fans]

@@NickCrate007 I would suggest ameristar.

[@NickCrate007]

@@United_HVAC_and_Fans All compagny to install here are loaded till november the only one i had luck to put my hands on is selling York brand so i had no choice 🤷‍♂️

[@m7791]

Wait until NG prices in Canada sky rocket, heat pumps are slowly creeping in as primary heat source down to around -8C and then switch over to natural gas burner. As the price of NG goes up that switchover point will keep getting colder. As far as the units holding up though there are no issues, most can even still heat at -20C, the COP just drops off and natural gas still by far cheaper. I believe by 2030 you’ll only need a COP of around 2.5 at -20C to equal the hiked natural gas prices.

[@BRISTOLFORCE2009]

Nice dual startup

[@JB-HisDisciple]

Mine sounds like that but sometimes it sounds like a beluga whale blowing off it's very very very loud, is that a problem

[@hungryhungryhummer]

Nope completely normal. Most of them sound that way. In a way it’s almost satisfying to hear.

[@bobberger918]

No frost at start of defrost set for 90 minutes?

[@HVACAdventures]

It’s an interval type defrost so if it just reads a cold temperature it’ll defrost and the time is set on 90 minutes I think I don’t remember if it was that or around an hour

[@jeffhamula]

How do you quiet it? Anything you can do?

[@HVACAdventures]

Only thing I can think off is a compressor blanket which is an insulated cover that goes over the compressor to block most of the sound

[@DW-rw4yc]

Mines make that noise. Do I need to have it checked?

[@HVACAdventures]

No this is completely normal it’s just defrosting ice off of the unit to prevent any issues in heating

[@JustinMentionedIt]

@@HVACAdventures how does it know there’s ice on the unit? Does it have internal thermostat to tell what the outside temps are? Or how? Mine is brand new I don’t think anything is wrong with it I was just outside one day and realized it runs all day every day it seems but I guess this is normal and the reason I’m here is I wanna know how it works, why it works, and all that

[@HVACAdventures]

@@JustinMentionedIt I’m not the greatest at explaining this but there’s a defrost board hooked up to the compressor and the fan motor and a few other sensors and once the run time is reached at certain intervals it’ll check the temperature and if it’s below a certain temperature it’ll kick into defrost to melt off any ice that may have formed on the coils. Hope this helps you can look more into it by looking up how an interval defrost cycle works!

[@purpelanimating]

muy buen descongelamiento, esperando obtener mi primer descongelamiento

[@HVACAdventures]

¡Buena suerte y me alegro de que te haya gustado el video!

[@United_HVAC_and_Fans]

It steamed too!

[@tcdplumbingmore9650]

I love the heat pump is cool tho