HVAC Service Call: Smoke in Store. This situation could have ended badly! Hit me up at hughesmanhvac@gmail.com Check out the Misfits of HVAC Podcast / @misfitsofhvac misfitsofhvac@gmail.com
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@jamienoel7 ай бұрын
I don't usually rag on other companies, but this is an exception and there's no excuse for it. I'd make it known in the write-up that the previous company bypassed the safety.
@HughesManHVAC7 ай бұрын
I mentioned it for sure
@BartlettTFD7 ай бұрын
I think it might be necessary to have the owner pull the service history on this unit. The company that performed this “work” needs to be held accountable for it. Some city inspector’s office should be notified if appropriate. That company should be fined and told that further violations will cause them to lose their business license. This is really a dangerous situation.
@HughesManHVAC7 ай бұрын
Extremely dangerous, totally agree 👍
@jasonjohnsonHVAC7 ай бұрын
Good lord....safeties is 100% non negotiable for bypassing....i dont care how cold it is...never gonna happen....that is a disaster waiting to happen.....nice job Ryan
@HughesManHVAC7 ай бұрын
Thanks Jason, thanks for watching man!
@MikeB97717 ай бұрын
That unit has been hacked in every bad way, lucky the building didnt burn down. Total hackery.
@HughesManHVAC7 ай бұрын
Agree 100%
@Georges3DPrinters3 күн бұрын
Omg this was a close call! 😮 this was a good one! No air flow and no limit means it's an oven 😂
@HughesManHVAC2 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@jrh867 ай бұрын
I've never seen an upside down limit switch before 😂 barking mad ! Immediately dangerous.
@HughesManHVAC7 ай бұрын
Definitely 👍
@subcoolHVAC7 ай бұрын
Good job Ryan, need to issue a BOLO for the Hack installer and the vandal who worked on those units.
@HughesManHVAC7 ай бұрын
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@nonamesplease82287 ай бұрын
Who in the heck would bypass a safety. Then walk away and say "it will be alright", No excuse
@HughesManHVAC7 ай бұрын
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@topher86347 ай бұрын
Might want to see if a wiring harness is available. If not, I'd say they need to replace it. I mean blower motor, possible heat exchanger failure, wiring damage and limits, that's half the unit.
@HughesManHVAC7 ай бұрын
Yeah, I submitted my report and will see what happens.
@HVACGUY7 ай бұрын
Dang. That was dangerous
@HughesManHVAC7 ай бұрын
Yes
@topher86347 ай бұрын
Good thing you got video. Something tells me that there will be more to this. Like who worked on it previously.
@HughesManHVAC7 ай бұрын
I think so too, thanks for watching
@user-qd3pi5ji7q7 ай бұрын
This customer probably didn't call a different company today...
@timmohney97376 ай бұрын
Scary that there are people out there that do stuff like this.
@HughesManHVAC6 ай бұрын
Yep 👍
@MrJujubean6 ай бұрын
Wow! I do not know how anyone could think it was a good idea to bypass a limit or any other safety.
@timothymcmahon15077 ай бұрын
That’s just the new wireless limit switch
@HughesManHVAC7 ай бұрын
😆
@oscalerup11296 ай бұрын
That’s crazy, I had one job once we came behind the people that installed it, the one 3T RTU had a main limit bypass with a lil popper 😅. One other 10T had a hole in the condenser from a screw when they put on the hail guards. And they left the manual on top of the burners so when it fired it burned all of the wiring in that compartment
@REWYRED7 ай бұрын
Hmmm... cooked motor, possible comprmised exchanger, comprimised wiring, comprimised condensate pan...... The entire thing baked itself.. If that was my unit it would be getting replaced and i would be going after whoever jumped the limit for replacement value plus.
@HughesManHVAC7 ай бұрын
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@zack99120007 ай бұрын
We always drill holes on the outside of the economizer, with no reason to run the wires like that. Much less bypassing limits
@HughesManHVAC7 ай бұрын
Yep
@jani1407 ай бұрын
Please change all those wires. If they got that hot and not yet short, the plastics get very brital and isolation on "still good" wires will flake off soon.
@HughesManHVAC7 ай бұрын
We quoted a new wiring harness
@timmorrison41077 ай бұрын
You could have cooked Thanksgiving dinner in that oven, wow everything needs reworked ,I’m surprised that drain pan didn’t melt away, I say new unit is an excellent option.
@HughesManHVAC7 ай бұрын
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@gregbowman35987 ай бұрын
Good one Ryan
@HughesManHVAC7 ай бұрын
Thanks Greg
@Farley4457 ай бұрын
Bring back the melted filters to your shop and show your guys
@HughesManHVAC7 ай бұрын
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@jochemsluis88347 ай бұрын
Great job Ryan. You should never bypass any safety device unless for testing purposes. Leaving it bypassed leaves you with a whole hell of hurt. Safety is paramount and if it works is secondary.
@HughesManHVAC7 ай бұрын
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@Paul-IE-Repairs7 ай бұрын
i would replace the wire, that insulation is compromised, the way it was creaking and cracking it exceeded its rating, 90C is 194F and a new insulation pad.
@HughesManHVAC7 ай бұрын
I agree, I’ve filled out my report and also have the video. Appreciate the input, thanks!🙏
@jenna_12217 ай бұрын
Wow. Can’t believe people sometimes 🤦🏼♀️
@HughesManHVAC7 ай бұрын
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@adamdnewman7 ай бұрын
Surprised if any of the wires in the blower area are good insulation wise
@HughesManHVAC7 ай бұрын
Probably not, they were hard and brittle.
@ChingusTheOneAndOnly7 ай бұрын
What a find !
@HughesManHVAC7 ай бұрын
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@nastyhvacr7 ай бұрын
Good find! Last guy out has got some splaining to do.
@HughesManHVAC7 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching pat
@10minutenewhampshirebreak777 ай бұрын
Some tech, somewhere has some explaining to do!
@HughesManHVAC7 ай бұрын
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@Studentofhvac7 ай бұрын
Excellent. Interesting.
@HughesManHVAC7 ай бұрын
Many thanks!
@vincentmcclelland91797 ай бұрын
I wonder if the whole unit needs to be condemned and replaced
@BryanGullickson7 ай бұрын
i know i would as it would be cheaper to replace than sit there and rewire and replace 90%of the unit
@HughesManHVAC7 ай бұрын
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@qomco7 ай бұрын
Thats why you dont bypass safeties...
@HughesManHVAC7 ай бұрын
Exactly 👍
@brianliles48597 ай бұрын
Need to replace the unit
@HughesManHVAC7 ай бұрын
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@fshn767 ай бұрын
Good stuff Ryan. Just dealt with a unit that caught fire because someone had bypassed safeties all I had to do was go take pictures, total loss.
@HughesManHVAC7 ай бұрын
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@danpresson7 ай бұрын
Great job Ryan you are so thorough
@HughesManHVAC7 ай бұрын
I appreciate that!
@joecorbin51587 ай бұрын
Wowser….😳😳😳🔥
@HughesManHVAC7 ай бұрын
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@Brutis-19837 ай бұрын
Looks like what we call Chuck in a Truck was there. Is was a service tech that trained when I started would call them. Plus filter change in December and did not cut the heat off. SMH . Good luck with that unit.
@HughesManHVAC7 ай бұрын
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@Zackrutledge19987 ай бұрын
Nice work man. Good video👍🏻 You ever see anything like that before? I never have.
@HughesManHVAC7 ай бұрын
I have not, thanks for watching
@zekenzy64867 ай бұрын
Great Video. Thank you for sharing. May I ask, what is the same and different between roll out switch and high limit switch ?
@mitchell82047 ай бұрын
Roll out switches are typically manual reset so they have a little button you need to push if it trips otherwise it will not close again by itself. High limits on the other hand tend to be automatic reset because they can be tripped by dirty filters, low airflow, etc but they will automatically reset and the unit will light back up. They should not trip during normal operation with clean filters, so if a unit is cycling on limit (running until it hits high limit then shuts off then lights up when limit recloses) there is usually a problem to fix somewhere.
@acrservicesmathewr75657 ай бұрын
What’s your opinion on the plastic pulleys on VFDs? Have been bypassing vfds due to unavailability and after bypassing we change the pulleys to steel since bypassing gives to much torque on startup and blows them apart. All this nonsense just to meet efficiency standards. Carrier going downhill
@HughesManHVAC7 ай бұрын
Not a fan of the plastic pulleys either
@Randylazz7 ай бұрын
What are the chances that the person who did all that managery is watching this video……..
@HughesManHVAC7 ай бұрын
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@ryanisaacson1187 ай бұрын
That ac you looked at with the plug pulled looked like a single circut system
@stevencossaboon32377 ай бұрын
Nice work Ryan.
@HughesManHVAC7 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@Farley4457 ай бұрын
Start for fire burning smell on the wires check in see if there all connected you can’t not let the customer turn on the unit for safety reasons
@HughesManHVAC7 ай бұрын
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@steveblake87667 ай бұрын
121 thumbs uP
@HughesManHVAC7 ай бұрын
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@ryanmarlatt57267 ай бұрын
Those machines have fixed orifices. Pick yourself up a mini Guage so your not bringing up a whole hose.
@HughesManHVAC7 ай бұрын
These units have txv’s
@MariosACandRefrigeration7 ай бұрын
I would be surprised ,if you do not have that limit in your van.
@HughesManHVAC7 ай бұрын
Me too
@bryann26333 ай бұрын
I think it got hot
@HughesManHVAC3 ай бұрын
Me too, this unit has since been replaced
@ThunderPantz01Ай бұрын
Replace the whole unit. it can't be trusted after that.
@HughesManHVACАй бұрын
Agreed! This unit has already been replaced. Thanks for watching!
@MariosACandRefrigeration7 ай бұрын
2:00 no wires at the limit ?
@HughesManHVAC7 ай бұрын
Yes someone bypassed it
@hvacblogger7 ай бұрын
What did it smell like? 😆
@HughesManHVAC7 ай бұрын
😂
@Farley4457 ай бұрын
Owes inspect the job
@HughesManHVAC7 ай бұрын
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@Kevin-wj4ed3 ай бұрын
Replace the unit!!!!!!!!!
@HughesManHVAC3 ай бұрын
We did
@roqueherrera84716 ай бұрын
Where u located?
@mmorrison67757 ай бұрын
one question Why didnt the duct smoke shut down the ac?
@BryanGullickson7 ай бұрын
well if the disabled safety is any indication i'd have to assume either bypassed or not equipped also that fire department needs to go back to training as it took them 3 times of coming out to shut the unit down
@HughesManHVAC7 ай бұрын
It may have, the alarm company and fire department were both there before me and it was shut off by the time I showed up.
@jonathanhensel89297 ай бұрын
That return smoke detector sampling tube is backwards.
@Farley4457 ай бұрын
Them Raheem is much better
@HughesManHVAC7 ай бұрын
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@user-hi4sh9um7x6 ай бұрын
Hi sir I am AC technician I need job u r have job i have experience 15 Saudi Arabia package unit your career train
@Farley4457 ай бұрын
Are group will do the job and take off and not do the job the right way