Gas Furnace unsafe carbon monoxide warning

[@toneale]

Really appreciate how "go with the flow" you are in people's homes, no matter their situation. Obviously a very dangerous situation with a unit that hasn't been taken care of.

[@danobrien3109]

Did you turn off the gas to the furnace Theodore ? Here in Ontario we are obligated by code to turn off the gas supply to the appliance and make it inoperable. We must issue a violation tag, inform the residents and leave a copy of said tag with them. Send a copy of the tag to the utility company.

[@bobboscarato1313]

I used to call Entex in Houston and report violations at once! They had someone come over within 1/2 an hour!

[@Garth2011]

Not too often you see a cat who is that friendly. The dogs were happy to see a stranger too. That unit was so clean for being an older heater. Too bad the owner doesn't keep up with the filters for his renters. I'll bet the system and ducts are all filthy dirty by now as well. Ted Cook made a seasoned and quick diagnosis as to why the unit wasn't heating and lucky for the tenants and pets Ted discovered the CO rates are a bit too high.

[@topher8634]

I've always called that limit the spill switch. I've seen them trip on real windy days, when no other problems are found. Given the shape of that filter though, I imagine it was running a little hot.

[@bobboscarato1313]

All the dirt that bent filter was supposed to catch ended up all over the blower assembly; thorough vacuuming and cleaning to restore it to healthy life. Also have some wires accross return side of the furnace to prevent re-occurence!

[@scott_meyer]

Dumb place for the filter I had roof package units in Vegas. The filters were in the ceiling returns.

[@jdretiree2433]

A few days ago Stevie Lav had a similar looking filter in a furnace and he said it didn't look too bad and left it in there.

[@daddygc5814]

He does that all the time

[@AlexVrives]

Thanks for sharing your diagnosis and process in this job. I find it quite educational and easy to watch.

[@sknight0391]

You're gonna have to put that cat on the payroll Ted. 😎👍

[@Android_Warrior]

And what would be his classification, CAT III or CAT IV 🤣😂

[@scott_meyer]

Hight limit trip with a plugged filter, makes sense.

[@barncii]

Enjoying your videos. Sure wish you were in my neck of the woods. It’s sometimes hard to find people who take their time and actually troubleshoot things and then have the knowledge to take the steps needed to solve the problem!

[@danielbutler578]

The place where I worked for 20 years had a furnace failure that was so bad that I could stick my hand through the holes in the heat exchangers. The boss had told me that he didn't think the heat exchangers were bad because there was no soot coming from the ductwork. The secretary had been complaining about headaches for about a week when I told the boss that I didn't care if the furnace wasn't blowing soot. I was going to check the heat exchangers because the secretary was showing classic symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning. He was getting upset with me until I showed him a picture of my hand reaching inside the heat exchangers. Then he was nervous because he realized that he was only one severely cold day from possibly having a dead secretary on his hands. At that time of the year we only needed heat in the morning and she was already getting sick.

[@letslockit]

Tried to hire a few cats. They couldn’t pass the drug test. Tested positive for catnip!

[@KevinfinityDrums]

🤣

[@jkmarshall3553]

We too have a serious catnip problem in our area. 🐱

[@marvinsellers4457]

Happy Thanksgiving Mr Ted from Mobile Al watch you a lot I’ve been in the game since 01 I’m licensed but I still learn thank you for all you do for our industry

[@mmengyan]

Educational, informative, balanced , honest evaluation. Thanks Ted

[@benjaminscott3314]

Good video. I just had to condemn my first furnace two days ago. Exact same situation, tripped limit, CO detected in supply. 30 year old furnace. I also went outside to make sure my detector cleared and tested again.

[@bobboscarato1313]

I bet that heat exchanger had a crack for a long time! Some horizontal furnaces made by Premier (they also sold under other brands) were notorious for cracks in their heat exchangers. Once I got a brand new replacement heat exchanger and when I got it out of the box It had a crack accross all four bays! Enraged was I.!!!

[@catfeline1530]

love this video with the cat. she's so friendly and excited you are down there with her lol

[@mikeyanp]

Any chance you could do a install in Eastern NC? We are about to get bids for a complete system

[@HfJax]

Ted thanks for all videos I learned so many tips and tricks, can you pls tell me where did you got that magnet you use for the drain pump you’re using, we have so many drains issues here in Florida

[@chadhartsees]

Ted - dumb question, but have you ever gotten a bad carbon monoxide dose working in some of those enclosed spaces while diagnosing things?

[@ed6837]

Plugged filters probably cause the HX to crack over time

[@JonnieComp]

How high of a concentration of carbon monoxide does it have to be before people are evacuated from a home..

[@bradmarshall7075]

What is the process to tagging out unsafe/compromised heat exchanger.?

[@scottmaz4063]

Did you shut the unit down? Unsafe to operate

[@illiniwood]

Meh, that old dog will be their canary in the coal mine.

[@garypoplin4599]

15:00 - What options are there other than replacing the furnace or the heat exchanger?

[@mattthomas1217]

I would of shut the gas off and condemed it, thats not safe to run.

[@davidwright1653]

the one type of helicopter Ted approves of; the kitty cat.

[@Scott-hb8pu]

Tis the season, just ran into rollouts tripping on a bad HX

[@Catayst-123]

Great Video Thank You Brother Happy Thanksgiving/Take Care!

[@corgicliffdivingteam8280]

It’s ridiculous to think you are suppose to crawl under your house to change the filter. There’s got to be a better way.

[@woodystokes1543]

First 😮 Nice work as always

[@damionfragoso2655]

Unaccessible filters never make sense. You know that the customer doesn't want to pay an HVAC professional to come change a filter. Why put it in a place where no one can change it?

[@HammanD152]

Hopefully you shut the gas supply off or disabled the gas valve??!

[@thrillerjames01]

Thank you for the knowledge. 🤝

[@zekenzy6486]

Great video. Thank you for sharing

[@gnic76]

What are the options besides a new furnace?

[@johnhaller5851]

Electric space heaters, which have their own issues

[@realSamAndrew]

Replace heat exchanger if available.

[@scott_meyer]

@@gnic76 Replace the heat exchanger if you could find one.

[@RobertTuck-vo8cw]

A new heat exchanger. (if available) The unit looked fairly clean. Most heat exchangers have a decent warranty, but do not include labor.

[@danwittels5542]

First you need to find the leak. It will most likely be the heat exchanger. If that's the case, you could replace the heat exchanger if it's available for purchase.

[@kevincampbell7276]

I know most of my customers are lacking common sense none of them hardly changed their filter and the ones that do stick a high efficient filter in there which is tight pleated and burns up the direct drive motor and a loose pleated one works perfectly like a true blue from Menards and the fiberglass ones are junk like having no filter you can see cars going down the road through them

[@sergiohernandez4163]

What brand of carbon monoxide is that ?

[@JakePorterHVAC]

Thanks for the video. Stay safe out there.

[@eskiii2xx]

Metal tape on the smoke pipe 👏🏼🤭 it’s definitely not gonna get brittle and just fall off

[@CoreyLambrecht]

13:36.: Termite tunnels in the wall. They like to consume the drywall paper....

[@robalexander7348]

You have done your best Ted, we shall wait for the result 🤔 Au

[@corbettknowles9942]

Options fix unit or replace unit unit not usable leaking carbon monoxide That's going to be the options I don't know how the gas company is where Ted is but where I'm at Corbin monoxide leak is enough to get the meter red tagged and the unit

[@johnaclark1]

Helicopter cat!

[@scott_meyer]

16ppm isn't going to kill you but it can have long term health effects.

[@BULLDOGG]

It hit 16ppm in a short amount of time. That's pretty bad. Considering 30ppm in 8 hour period is bad.

[@bm03431]

Get a thermal camera, might be easier to see chimney emissions... I've seen one advertised that plug into your cell phone

[@woodystokes1543]

We call them nordont😅

[@PawsumGaming]

That filter has seen better days...

[@Eddy63]

Good find Ted ... Could have been worse couldn't it ? Thx

[@danwittels5542]

Red tag time!

[@AudiophileTommy]

Original filter in it 🎉 But you left us hanging at the end 🙁

[@bigneilh]

and people say duct cleaning isn't real :)

[@Ogtonyg]

Is there a co2 tester you recommend? that testo one is pricey.

[@davidtillwach5542]

The cat 🐈 wants to help

[@jeanluc397]

you were 3 secs away from being mauled from that cat

[@railbug6281]

Kinda like little Lucy Ted😉

[@Honestandtruth007]

Sadly to Say......I HATE Crawl Space..... but I just finished installed AC and Heating 80% furnace Replaced 38 years old System....😔 When I was adjusted gas furnace valve on New System without first Clean Up flue pipe it was clogged up by bird nest. So I got Co2 poison. Luckily it went away after one week

[@seangriffon6502]

A clogged filter will definitely shorten the life of tbe heat exchanger. Also Nordyne is garbage in my opinion. They manufactore several brands like tappen, miller intertherm whirlpool and nutone to name a few.

[@Davidnichols-p7w]

I would have shut the gas off and condemned that furnace, not safe to use. Nice video though.

[@bryan-q9h]

its fine they got heat

[@Honestandtruth007]

Only Crap 😮😢 look at that Filter..... very Lazy owner..... just like my brother in Law 👎👎