Knockoff Hydrotherm Gas Boiler Millivolt System Not Firing Bad Pilot Generator - Dynamic Oval ?

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Looks like of like a Hydrotherm - similar rating plate - on this 50 year old gas boiler with 2 zone valves.
Bad pilot generator replaced
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[@waterheaterservices]

I am surprised this isn't at a million views yet.

[@LS-br3rp]

Disappointed the content didn’t match the cover 😂

[@MrBen527]

Lol

[@LS-br3rp]

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[@yurizhivago4848]

I worked on thousands of millivolt systems back in the day and I would remove the generator wires off the valve and put my meter on them with alligator clips. Light the pilot and hold the knob down and read it once it peaks. Anything less than 500 mv and I replaced them. 600mv is the minimum I like. Lots of times the pilot burner was dirty and the flame weak. Ideally you want to test them under no load. Pretty much only boilers and old gas conversion burners and fireplaces use pilot generators now where I am but they are a science to themselves ( almost ). LOL.

[@Antisign]

That chick wanted some of Mikeys pipe!!

[@gregimusprime7478]

she was HARDCORE flirting.

[@BlownF150]

Why do you think he changed the channel name?

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A headlamp is life changing. I wish we were able to record our work when I worked for the local gas utility as a tech.

[@gualbertomontes3730]

You really had me cracking up this is one of your best videos.

[@geraldschilli8870]

I’ve noticed something on this video & also on other videos. There are always wires running through raw edged holes in control chassis & other devices. Is this common practice in the New England are or what? I used to always carry 2 or 3 different sizes of either plastic chase nipples or rubber grommets in my tool bag. Always used them when replacing controls or working with wiring. It can prevent call-backs. Something to think about.

[@johnnewton1051]

Holy thumbnail Batman! This guy knows about the algorithm

[@kkovler1]

Love your stage name Mike Pipe, and like that your able to put up the videos so fast(same day!)

[@matthewwalters8504]

Great content. My only advise would be to clean the pilot orifice out be it by blowing on it or trying to brush it out a bit. There should not be any yellow tipping on the flame. A yellow tip means something is slowing the gas down out of the pilot. You’ll get better flame impingement on the pilot generator in turn getting better millivolts out of it. Most of the time, just having proper flame characteristics can solve most of the cases like this. Keep up the good work!

[@efman2k3]

Nice work. At fifty years old that thing cannot be efficient any more. Thanks for posting!

[@stevebabiak6997]

50 years ago efficiency wasn’t a consideration. The cost of the fuel was cheap enough that the added cost to improve efficiency might not be recovered assuming that energy prices remained low. Once energy prices soared, efficiency became more of a big deal.

[@airmech5083]

You're the man! You carry those thermopiles, I usually leave an extra one with the customer.

[@airmech5083]

@@PipeDoctor i don't stock the part so I'll pickup 2 and have the customer pay extra and it's there if it fails again.

[@johng1077]

Love you working on the old boilers that most of us have or can afford, this is probably why you get so many views, also where’s the old plumbers torch need to go old school, lol

[@stephenmobley8061]

Does the burner assembly not slide out? That's the way I normally replace them.

[@KavinSBS]

Because we love what you do

[@joeyz1391]

Dude u are great and I live on long Island and I do hvac ...this is a great channel.. I love it ....keep it up bro if u ever need a hand let me know

[@richardcranium5839]

gotta love old iron no bs simple controls none of this new stuff will ever last that long

[@eldoradoboy]

I was waiting for the TESTO print out on that old thing.. prob still works as good as new

[@arseniym3185]

Truth is that if left alone, this boiler will still be heating up that house, and we will all be long gone. They don't make them like that anymore.

[@rickw4160]

So this thing just had enough juice to keep the pilot on, but not allow it to light? Doesn't it normally shut the pilot off as well when the milivolts are too low?

[@frigee53415]

I have found it a good idea just to put a bit of anti seize compound on the threads before I put the new thermal couple and or thermal pile just in case your the one that gets called new time it goes or the next tech appreciates it for sure. It makes it come out a lot easier.

[@eddiew.6485]

Has to be one of the funniest video’s you’ve done in a long time!!! Lots of innuendo and tension there. 🥰 So tell us , Mike......who’s the female? Inquiring minds want to know!

[@georgen.8027]

@@PipeDoctor I bet it's your sister! lol

[@brettwing737]

@@PipeDoctor Is it your sister? or mistress?

[@brettwing737]

@@PipeDoctor I heard a thanks uncle mike at the end so im guessing sister. Dam I was hoping mistress more juicy.

[@OverKillPlusOne]

@@brettwing737 if he was in Arkansas or Alabama could be both lol

[@Eddy63]

Good 1 Mike ... Enjoyable ...

[@donnierobertson3088]

Nice job and video

[@turboBEER650]

Entertaining and educational, but not too educational, nice job!

[@tonydelgrego2906]

Nice repair

[@aamirshahzad8060]

This boiler was built when Mobydick was a minow - Stev Lav

[@randyreinninger6826]

The boiler King did it again 💪😎💪

[@hvacdoc2338]

Hahaha Great video Doctor !!

[@dklucas1]

That is one thing i miss when i lived in buffalo was the snow If it snows significant in Alabama the whole state shuts down because they can't handle it

[@kangaroogod]

I live 30 min from buffalo and work in buffalo most days... snowing like a mf right now. A foot in the last several hours

[@petersmart1999]

I just finished a Dunkirk DXL,it no shit ,took me an hour to convert the pilot orifice, my helper is like you want me to do it, I wear a size 16 ring,so that stuff is kinda tight!

[@joshuaryanferguson3702]

This might be a dumb question but what dose mili volts mean is it low voltage or high voltage

[@scott_meyer]

So they built a boiler around a thermopile?

[@troz451]

Seriously! Who doesn’t shovel and move the crap away from the furnace when a repairman comes over. Get with it people 😠

[@pauliemoto]

Savages

[@christophersines8238]

A lot of people. Half my customers

[@pauliemoto]

@@christophersines8238 those people would get the sloppy surcharge.🤑

[@seccat]

People that want their panties on the internet.

[@winkhvac62]

You got me thumbnail

[@andrewgilbreath1331]

Oh the convos we have with our customers

[@bernardaflores1720]

That boiler internals will probably out last many of today's boilers, it is built like a tank!

[@bobschuster63]

I feel your pain brother

[@bobyuen1389]

Had the exact same problem last week. What a pain.🤬

[@stevebabiak6997]

@@PipeDoctor And then you got the chance to screw her too ;) Innuendo galore today ...

[@jamesdowney8582]

Maybe you have to pull out the burners good luck love your channel

[@kangaroogod]

At least you didn’t walk into a hydro-pulse boiler :)

[@stevebabiak6997]

That’s the kind of house where you want a disconnect right next to that heating system; kids might flip that emergency switch on you at a bad time.

[@kenreid6950]

you have good language skills around your customers "how the 0000 did they get this in here < congratulations

[@realestateservicessaleshea99]

Also it could be a burner tray that slides everything out which I love! Slide out slide in! 🤔🥃 JS? Stay safe. Retired keyboard super tech.😁 Wear your safety glasses.

[@picklerix6162]

Did you get a new helper?

[@thomasbauer3991]

May the saints be praised Mike E Pipes! Your the patron saint of double bubble prime time no heat calls! Good show once again....is that the mom in the opening frame...she’s hot!

[@bobberger918]

Sometimes hitting pilot or blowing thru pilot tube with pressure

[@guytech7310]

But it could fail again... At 11 PM.. Mikey won't be happy nor would the customer. As Sgt. Hicks famously said: Nuke it from orbit, its the only way to be sure! Aliens (1986): Nuke it from orbit seen: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJ-rnoihlK9prrM

[@craighvac1808]

Put the girl in your thumbnail and you'll get more views !

[@craighvac1808]

@@PipeDoctor hahah I like it

[@scott_meyer]

What a royal PITA...

[@geraldrwilliamsjr8373]

Thermal dynamics is in schuylkill haven, pa. 1 mile from our shop. Agreed, JUNK

[@danielz722]

I am not trying to troll. Your videos are good. Though I don't think you're supposed to remove the pilot light, it is an electronic ignition device and not a traditional pilot. www.thermodynamicsboiler.com/manuals/CWL.pdf

[@richardpatrick7701]

I miss being New York!! Miss all the what the fuck, how the fuck, holy fuck, are you fucking Kidding me!! Keep up the Great work!!

[@randeesreality1]

Yeah I thought customer must be flirting to get a lower bill until reading comments & someone said kid said “Thanks uncle Mike” 🤙🏻😂

[@mikeholubek4419]

I knew there was some kind of relation there.

[@50ohmsbenchwarmer6]

I love that # 2 oil for the working man's salad

[@cadwerks3277]

That girl wanted to light up your Furnace Mike.

[@rickyhertz7250]

Love the customer interaction !

[@arielhernandez2911]

I hate when they don’t shovel the side walk and shit

[@kellymoran3175]

Damn Mikey... Not to keep bringing up how you sound a lot like Ron Jeremy, but how you were talking to knock out wifey with the sexually suggestive language, well it all became more evident in this video. You are the man my friend. Stay safe and keep up the "hedgehog" persona. PEACE!

[@rileypup5959]

Good thumbnail.

[@Mridgwell]

Mikey millivolt to the rescue .

[@markmonaco8901]

Mikey pipes do you wear baseball caps?

[@philfalz01]

the pilot needed to be cleaned it was lazy and not making enough heat to make the generator operate properly

[@realestateservicessaleshea99]

Every connection in the pilot circuit should be clean (clean)clean. The burners probably lift out from the front and twist. Clean the pilot,check the thermostat connections for gang green??? They are easier to work on then a needy navi which will never never last as long as the oval!!🤔🥃😜😂🤣🤣 Just say'n. Retired keyboard super tech. Wear your safety glasses.

[@b.powell622]

Is that Heidi from tool-time ?

[@jimalcott760]

Why no price...?

[@realestateservicessaleshea99]

Any of the contact points could have some gang green on it bleeding volts?? Just say'n. Stay safe. Retired keyboard super tech. Wear your safety glasses.

[@j.d.6221]

Gotta be the In laws lol 😆 😂

[@j.d.6221]

@@PipeDoctor whomp! Lol

[@arielhernandez2911]

Lmao og I see u haha

[@waltershulas623]

I graduated high school in 1986

[@waltershulas623]

@@PipeDoctor I was already married five years and my son was three years old now I’m 54 and I have four grandkids Life is good though I’m blessed every day

[@jascoplumbingsupply4224]

Damn that’s old. Haha sounds like a sister in law

[@martindesousa2606]

I thought therm oval is a steel boiler

[@swaterman08]

I had to see the Pipe Dr one time, after my first date with a girl named Susan

[@ASHole71]

Sounds like a friends house

[@ASHole71]

78 was worse lol

[@harbbains5718]

I just looked it up, Thermo Dynamics Boiler company is still in existence. www.thermodynamicsboiler.com

[@b.powell622]

Tell homeowners that you can replace the old unit with a brand new Bigfork model 2500/w all the bells and whistles ! Includes Tim's more power switches ! 😆

[@b.powell622]

@@PipeDoctor spellcheck messed up should say Bigford,Bigfork, sorry

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@@b.powell622 "Binford"

[@Samlol23_drrich]

Family? Gotta be

[@antoniodefilippis323]

This video is classic guaranteed her husband is white collard lol

[@swaterman08]

you say Hunny, if you want weekly injections I can be by Monday - friday

[@iliketakingshowers]

Do you use knee pads? I see a lot of knee time 🤣

[@jasonthewiczman5442]

I told my Dad on the Phone, how great mikey pipes thee best #1

[@mikecrevier4686]

She wanted the boiler pipe all day with those comments

[@mikecrevier4686]

@@PipeDoctor Sorry man I had to say something. When I did residential HVAC I've been in the hot seat with the silk house coat talking like that, was memory lane for this boiler goon now. Mikey pipes boys, click the shit

[@SureShotImages]

Customer didn’t do shit for you! “Come fix my heat, but don’t mind all the snow and clothes I left in your way”. It’s like getting a call to fix a leak under the sink, and showing up to find it packed with cleaning products still…

[@Keegeth]

I came because of the thumbnail

[@chuckquinn8026]

Gotta luv a customer that asks “So how much?” You are supposed to pull a price out of your ass on the spot. 🤬

[@larryboy4905]

God forbid you utter a low estimate! You’ll be held to it!

[@randyreinninger6826]

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[@lhr1701]

These boilers are made in PA . I have passed their plant thousands of times when I go to PA . www.thermodynamicsboiler.com/

[@horacerumpole6912]

That guy…

[@gilberteng8129]

More Burnham Videos 🥺

[@jamespetersen9890]

Be careful... it can only end bad

[@trinito97]

So where is the chick? Lol

[@Typlumbsit]

What in the world... she said I’ll give you that Mexican chicken again! Sounds like some kinky stuff to me

[@rickc9873]

Is it a good idea to wear a Rolex to a job ? Wouldn’t it give a bad vibe ? Just constructed criticism.

[@tjhanlonjr]

I'm a proud part of the now what 26%ers

[@abdulaziz-qh4xp]

watching these videos is a weird experience. I live in Saudi so with the heat here, it sounds insane that people do all this. and why is everyone so damn rude!! that guy was not apologizing to Mike for not shoveling the snow, mike was extremely rude with his responses to him. but the wife and mike sounded like good friends tho. i heard NY is pretty rude so is that normal there ?

[@loganc339]

That wasn't rude at all they were joking with each other. It's fun

[@MikeItalian612]

Mikey pipes you don't have to be Jewish to eat levyes !!!!!!

[@jasonjoncas5998]

Hell its called a snowblower.Tell them to get one.

[@Keegeth]

Some boiler designers are such dolts. They don’t think about the servicemen. Burnham is probably my favorite brand for gas. For oil I love trio boilers.

[@jeffreyminer3653]

I don't think it was a no heat call, she was already hot. She needed her drain snaked by the doc 👨‍⚕️

[@kangaroogod]

Dirty pilot... the yellow is a dead giveaway.. secondary air hole plugged with white soot I bet

[@dominicparson5270]

The wife sounded hot was she hot

[@Voltrondefenderoftheuniverse]

@@PipeDoctor no way , is it really her on the thumbnail , she’s crazy hot dude 😋

[@Nicecalgarian]

@@PipeDoctor I had to go back and see the thumbnail again 😂

[@bobt4949]

AGGRAVATION FEE! TWO FEET OF SNOW, RUG RATS, LAUNDRY