New Tenants Said Their AC Won’t Blow Cold!

In this video I visit a mobile home with new tenants! #hvacguy #hvaclife #hvactrainingvideos #hvac #airconditioner #hvactechnician #hvactroubleshooting #heatpump #furnace #hvacinstall ‪@ruud‬ #mobilehomes #skilledtrades #bluecollarpride
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[@bigblue3568]

IF disgruntled previous tenant did do this then the next trade to visit will probably be a plumber...

[@cbar30]

So true! I had a tenant that flushed dish towels down both toilets before moving out. Cost them a $300 plumber bill (took it out of their deposit).

[@notaquitter]

now that could be a shitty mess

[@deddie4645]

Well, that's a lot better than somebody foaming the sewer line.... With big gap filler foam

[@mastectechnologies8536]

Be lucky someone didn't steal the outside unit

[@keithv708]

Yes

[@rolytech212]

Curtis, I think you spent more time changing that disconnect than changing a fan motor 😂

[@harryschrysan3183]

For real 😂 🤣

[@nuc2726]

Fan motors are easy. Everything is either unplugging wire terminals or turning some nuts on some threaded screws built into the fan. With disconnects, it's demo work and fitting work, which is always the longest part of installs, from new systems down to the electrical whip...

[@jeffreys1554]

​@@nuc2726 you are faded lol

[@nuc2726]

@@jeffreys1554 You must be a poor technician if you can't whip a fan motor in and out in 30 minutes.

[@jeffreys1554]

@@nuc2726 I can do a disconnect box in 10 minutes

[@edwardmissouri2216]

Nice job. That heavy wire is a pain to work with, and so are those knockouts. Thank goodness for washers. They won't be taking away a disconnect with that nice new box! I can't imagine that kids would mess with something like a disconnect. Probably was some jerky tenants. As a rule, the tenant is behind in their rent, and they get evicted. Then they want to take it out on the owner, even though it's their fault. My brother in law had a tenant that put nuts and bolts in the garbage disposal, and he was trying to help them out when they were having a tough time. So much for gratitude. Some people are such A-holes

[@richardharmon874]

That knock out problem happens to me almost every disconnect that style, know i try to save the washers from the whipps i buy.i always end up knocking out the whole hole instead of the 1/2 in electric. Good video

[@jthonn]

That is a pain.

[@jthonn]

@@hinspect Sounds like an idea, he had a video a while back using a step bit.

[@AnUnapologeticApologist]

@@jthonn Just use dikes. Knock it out a little with a flat head then clip the welds with your dikes trust me it works every time

[@scyarch1136]

I've had it happen on big expensive electrical panels and little boxes too. Enough that I've taken to eyeballing how punched or not the knockouts are and keeping a cordless dremel style tool and metal cut discs and scoring the breaks so I don't need to get the knockout reducers. Some mfrs just have really bad punches

[@HANDYMANDAN51]

great vid. I feel your pain with the tough knockouts. thank goodness for doughnuts

[@HVACingMyWay]

I have a container full of different style pullouts for disconnects just for that reason. Not a common thing but they have came in handy.

[@MariosACandRefrigeration]

he has so much to learn.that is a lot of work,for the same pay.

[@Mo4Honesty]

Where do you get them? Salvage from replacements or can you buy them separate in bulk?

[@MariosACandRefrigeration]

@@Mo4Honesty You buy different ones,and pull the guts out,90% of the time ,you just change the guts.

[@drozcompany4132]

@@Mo4Honesty Where do you think the missing disconnects go? haha just kidding

[@Mo4Honesty]

@@drozcompany4132 that may not be far from the reality 😱

[@jedgeled759]

i like how the newer boxes,the knockouts never seperate like they`re supposed to,,,,it always knocks out the whole section🙄

[@LeoLoder]

Might as well use a uni bit a save the aggravation...

[@cardsfan1590]

Glad I'm not the only one,those can definitely be a pain sometimes

[@AnUnapologeticApologist]

Use a flat head screwdriver to lift the knockout slightly then clip the welds with dikes. It works perfectly and way faster than using a step bit

[@Z-Ack]

Yea i just get a pack of reducers and go ahead and knock out the big ones because they’re always easier to get out and reducers makes it easier to run the wire in. Customer pays for the reducers but saves from labor.. win win in my opinion..

[@jimdavis6833]

Welcome to the world where everything is made in China.

[@TomLawson05]

Great job Curtis thanks for the video

[@HVACGUY]

You bet

[@jme36053]

Add neighborhood kids to the mix. Going around in the wee hours pulling those pesky disconnects. Just to add to their collection.

[@guytech7310]

Or the former tenant was a Karen that annoyed the nieghborhood kids, one to many times!

[@UrenaDomingo]

On my experience, working in apartment complex, that's the norm with disgruntled Tennant. They fill they have to damage something to stick it to the man...

[@dfirth224]

Years ago I worked as apartment maint. man. One tenant who got evicted left a mattress and box spring behind. A few hours after they moved out the smoke alarm in the apartment went off. I went in and the place was full of smoke. They had set a smoldering fire between the mattress and box spring. If the smoke alarm hadn't gone off the whole place would have been on fire.

[@jimwhite9483]

What exactly is it that they fill?

[@johnj4860]

In the UK we have isolator switches with lockable handles. Turn it off and use a padlock to prevent others turning it back on because you have the key. No fiddly disconnect parts to lose.

[@ranger178]

you can put a lock on the disconnect box but then people would lose the key the new one he put in was a breaker not a removable disconnect like the old one

[@stevencossaboon3237]

Nice work Curtis. I have run into that situation several times throughout the years. I chalked it up to disgruntled tenants.

[@chuckq54]

You can always keep the disconnect from a few old boxes for emergencies but that’s not going to make you any money 🤷‍♂️🤣

[@deddie4645]

Yeah, why didn't you just go pull a old disconnect out of the back of the service truck....

[@cryptogeek3559]

@@deddie4645 I think he did the right thing to install a breaker. just replacing the disconnect might end up with a return visit beacause someone mischievous might steal it again.

[@Dustin-zk8nb]

Thanks for the vid!

[@HVACGUY]

You bet!

[@chrisnapier5626]

Nice work,Curtis!

[@HVACGUY]

Thanks!

[@emeliojuarez3617]

I did a unit before for a breakup. He took shower head and tub spout. Then they said the A/C has not worked since he left, I was like I'm sure it's just a coincidence, but no pull out was missing. I feel your pain.

[@jimwhite9483]

If it wasn't the "pullout" missing, what was it?

[@OnusBones]

Maybe some local feral primates stole it just to cause trouble, or it might have been someone who had a beef with the prior tenants; who knows? Fleetwood Mac is definitely one of the better earworms to have. I've got another one for you, a particularly fitting one: Georgia Rhythm, by Atlanta Rhythm Section. Play that one cranked a few times, and you'll have a new earworm.

[@jthonn]

Have to watch the copywrite, it could defund the video.

[@amiatroll6347]

feral primates 🤣

[@a.j.5822]

There isn't any thing wrong with Fleetwood Mac, Good job and thanks for the video.

[@unabridgeddick6645]

That trailer park tribal warfare

[@dashcamandy2242]

2:16 - As Eric O. from South Main Auto would say, "There's your problem, lady!" Having "Edge of Seventeen" stuck in your head isn't that bad. There are at least a dozen songs I can think of that would drive me absolutely nuts if they were stuck in my head. Donovan's "First There is a Mountain," Maria Muldaur's "Midnight at the Oasis," Lou Bega's "Mambo No. 5," Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians' "I Do," just to name a few. I definitely felt your pain on those multi-size knockouts. I don't trust my luck, so I always buy a reducing adapter ahead of time. 😉

[@JesseDoesHVAC]

Should invest In a step bit or “Christmas tree” bit in your drill for those disconnect knock outs, way quicker

[@jiminsav]

I bet if you had extended that disconnect search, you would have found it yeeted across the way behind the trailer.

[@craiginswflorida9324]

The roof?

[@MrTurbo64]

Maybe neighbor borrowed it.. good to have them conduit reducing washers

[@user-ty2uz4gb7v]

So you can't just buy a spare disconnect pull out, you have to replace the whole box?

[@softwarephil1709]

Disconnect boxes are cheap. Travel time to find the right plug is very expensive.

[@sparky5543]

@@softwarephil1709 Cheap? Not a disconnect box with a breaker!

[@softwarephil1709]

You can buy a disconnect box with pull plug from Home Depot for $18. That’s far cheaper than the travel time to find a matching pull plug replacement.

[@user-ty2uz4gb7v]

​@@softwarephil1709good to know 🫡

[@sparky5543]

@@softwarephil1709 So, you are saying the exact same thing I said, but in different words.. Yep :) Maybe you missed the "with a breaker" part. I didn't say anything about finding a matching pull plug.

[@ChrisCreech-uf2ty]

Yes it was my aunt rented out a house when the. People move out they took everything the light bulbs, etc she was mad

[@gregs9555]

I recently heard a trap is now required on all new electrical sealtights😂

[@youtubedailypoem]

Wow not to tought put in a new bar. You carried this project to extreme I think.

[@Ronaldo-nj9pi]

I imagine that it may have taken him longer to go get one in labor, than to replace the panel with one on the truck. Maybe he also charges more per hour on the weekend, maybe his parts place was closed on the weekend. I am sure there could be many reasons.

[@powerstorke03]

The bar could be a different style also

[@ronniebuchanan6575]

Those bars don't always interchange. Besides I have never tried to buy just the bar. The entire disconnect is 17.00. If he can't buy the bar itself and that one would work. That would make the new disconnect useless. He would have to charge for the complete disconnect anyway.

[@jimwhite9483]

Stay safe, Curtis. Do you have a link for the shears you used to modify the reducing washer?

[@emeliojuarez3617]

That's very common for schools, i padlock them closed.

[@billy5032]

The neighb stole the pullout

[@cjhardknocks7040]

When I was on call I use to hope I'd get calls like those!

[@robertjohnson4401]

Could have been a neighbor that pulled the disconnect.

[@jenko701]

I had a buddy that did maintenance in a trailer park and a disgruntled tenant filled the duct work with raw chicken, in the summer. All the duct work had to be replaced to the the smell out .

[@drozcompany4132]

Heard of a guy once filled his ex-wife's curtain rods with fish when she got the house.

[@jayc4283]

Love these types of channels, THANKS !! curious, in these situations, and maybe I missed it in video, do you call landlord and say, I can put an entire new component in now, or I can order you a replacement pull out, or they can look around for it and see if they find it?

[@Boga217]

If your wires are to short, code allows wire nuts in the box..put you a little extension and good to go. Also the knockout, I lift with screw driver and use some good nippers.

[@davefuelling7955]

I hate knockouts, seeing a professional having the same problems that I have trying to get the right size knockout is actually relieving knowing that it's not me.

[@denverbraughler3948]

Yes, it is you. You aren’t following the NEC. You are being dangerous. Use two knockout bushings like you’re supposed to.

[@williamsmith6]

Have people put a small padlock on disconnect box

[@steveurbach3093]

Carry a couple of Reducer washers just for this

[@jthonn]

good idea

[@GhostSniper67]

11:11 @@RainmanRaysRepairs has a t-shirt that says "Everything is a hammer" I think you should get one...😂

[@pilotboba]

Those disconnects have a place to put a padlock on them for a reason. :)

[@elBusDriverKC]

I think that’s for locking out when power is off. Usually it’s dangerous to lock something on in the event of emergency.

[@bgreenwood9730]

I bet that bastard tossed the pull out on the roof of the trailer 🤔

[@DrHarryT]

There is a possibility that the previous tenants pulled the disconnect to prevent others in the house from using the AC and simply forgot to put it back when they moved out. Here in California I have never seen a breaker AC disconnect, it has always been fuses. Is a breaker up to code???

[@nelsonflores67]

Hows the Milwaukee vacuum pump working out after all this months? You still like it?

[@HVACGUY]

Love it

[@jamalbenthall151]

I enjoyed the video, so I liked and subscribed. Can you do a heat pump system . Im a beginner.

[@billmilosz]

Might have been the previous tenant, but it could have been ANYONE. That disconnect box is wide open and there are teens around who think this kind of vandalism is fun. (I remember being almost that silly when I was 15...)

[@Z-Ack]

Seems like youd call the owner and ask if they took the disconnect for some reason before youd go through installing a new one.. but i guess easy money if you just put one on in.. way of the game..

[@bobmorse225]

had teenagers doing this at my bosses park..started trying some tstat wire on them and it stopped

[@jimwhite9483]

How was trying thermostat wire effective?

[@DrJuan-ev8lu]

Maybe the landlord pulled the disconnect to get non-paying Tennent's to move out. Might have been several months till summer heat set in and disconnect was lost in the mean time.

[@steveprice-n9b]

this is exactly why rent is so high now, people destroy homes they rent, every single home I ever rented when I was younger always had several major repairs due to people doing damage while living there.

[@mauricionardin1863]

Boa troca de chave para disjuntor é mais fácil de ligar e religar dá mais segurança para o ar central. Um bom dia 🔨🛠️🏠☀️🇧🇷❄️

[@GhostSniper67]

I must admit, when I was younger and my neighbor was a complete jerk, I would frequently flip their breaker on their AC unit.. I have since grown up...😂😂

[@ranger178]

I had some annoying kids next door to me always worried they would do something like that. guess you can't just get new pullouts if someone takes it.

[@billyglenn4994]

Could have been sabotage, but also one of the neighbors may have lost their pullout and went over and took that one

[@jeffreywhitlatch1409]

Or somebody needed it to fix one. I keep a few used ones on hand when I can. OMG those crappy knockouts.

[@bailles]

Tenant didn’t get all deposit back. I doubt landlord would call if he knew where it was. Old tenants were spiteful and was like I’ll make you pay the 1k somehow.

[@vegasfordguy]

Why not just go get the proper disconnect instead of changing the entire box out?

[@softwarephil1709]

Disconnect boxes are cheap. Travel time to find the right plug is expensive.

[@user-ty2uz4gb7v]

Did you install a lock 🙂

[@jsmiles4060]

why cant they make the pop outs easier :( always givin issues

[@JV-pu8kx]

Size options.

[@johnvanwinkle4351]

I would have checked the disconnect first to verify power.

[@repetemyname842]

Damn are those straps hideous why not just pour a little pad there or buy a pad and set the unit on that? If one trailer gets pulled out the next is just getting parked in the same place, wouldnt affect the unit any. People do some weird stuff.

[@maintenanceman1015]

Wonder why you didn't buy just a cheap disconnect. Put the pull in the old box and charging for a box

[@kdawson020279]

It was a Saturday morning. He tried just a pull but his wasn't compatible.

[@mcdonamw]

Pardon the stupid question. The pullouts aren't standard? Couldn't just replace it vs the whole box?

[@johnnysaffel797]

Was that a 22 guge wire feeding the condensor. It looked like yellow romex

[@johnnysaffel797]

12 guage

[@Mike-rm7vf]

I’m hoping the local municipality took it due to the installation of that thing. 😂

[@RXSVN_2]

Edited: At least you don't use all 3 terms of "Jake Leg, Hack Job and Sabotage" in every single one of your video titles just to get people to click on it. Appreciate that.

[@Vinmaster73]

When you give the Landlord the bill, You'll probably get the sabatoge answer. Let us know if you find out. Difficult if not impossible to prove though. They could loose their deposit, or possibly they did. Have a great weekend!

[@MrKeithsplace]

If it was same brand disco, why not just stick disconnect in from new one, rather changing the whole thing? But I’m guessing you checked that off camera.

[@kcMan7938]

That screwdriver seems very cumbersome to use ! Lol

[@fldave612]

I hate those concentric knock outs, you have to hit them perfectly or you end of with a hole that's too big for your fitting.

[@shasta9961]

11:07 those disconnects are punched out like shit

[@harrydickson4575]

👍👍👍

[@btwbrand]

I'm 4 minutes into the video and the first thing my mind is doing is asking if someone has swapped a ground and a power wire going into this A/C unit to see if I will damage it by plugging a disconnect pull out into the system.

[@CraZyNOTRT]

What the amp rating of that unit? Being fed by 12 guage wire.

[@HVACGUY]

#10

[@CraZyNOTRT]

@HVACGUY that looked like yellow romex, which is 12 Guage. Orange romex is 10 Guage. The wire from the a/c unit to the disconnect looks like 10 Guage

[@HarveyWallbanger-ho2cq]

Disconnects, who needs em

[@mikemmikem2758]

Unless I missed it I don't think you tightened the lock washer.

[@PedroHenrique-cu6fq]

do you guys at US really use ac all day every day ?

[@alanm2842]

it depends where in the usa you are located.

[@JohnH1370]

Florida an Arizona most of year.

[@softwarephil1709]

If it’s hot, hell yes. Have you been to Florida or Texas?

[@PedroHenrique-cu6fq]

@@softwarephil1709 im brazilian, and where i live its like 90/95 degrees a big portion of the year, and we do have mini splits, but usually use just when the heat is too much, i would say for my family we use it at max 5 times a month

[@sirraident]

In south Florida, yes they stay on. Most will only use heat for one week out of the whole year. It's not just hot but humid and AC takes care of both

[@drunkingsailor2359]

Do they sell the pull outs only?

[@ealdydar]

You definitely an HVAC or Sparky. Everything is a hammer but a hammer.

[@unclechaz8426]

The wires at the disconnect must be very very tight or the electricity will leak out.😱😱😱😱😱😱😱

[@thomasfetters7877]

Omg do you get payed by the HR😢

[@ssshady08]

You couldn't just have added a new pull out/fuse on it? Why replace the whole box? It had power. Wouldn't it have saved the customer some money?

[@jimdavis6833]

My disconnect is padlocked. I'll remove it if I have called for an A/C repaiman.

[@ronniebuchanan6575]

I hate those knock outs. If you knock the 1/2" from the outside of box in that works best. If you look close enough it is designed that way but still is not fool proof. Like everything else they get made thinner and thinner.

[@additudeobx]

I have always disliked the "Pull" disconnects. It's trouble waiting for a time to happen.

[@notaquitter]

Be glad it's not Clarence Carter LOL Fleetwood Mac I used to do karaoke when I DJ bars and believe me Clarence get stuck on the brain Strokin

[@dashcamandy2242]

The first time I heard "Strokin'" on the radio (I was around 9-10 years old), I was shocked they were allowed to play it over the air. It was pretty dirty for mid-80s daytime radio.

[@notaquitter]

Will Andy I work at night clubs from the later 80s all the way up to 2000 maybe a little passed I've done a lot of sleeping since then I don't remember too much, but now I work for a church I'm the sound man funny how the Lord works.

[@DavidKing-vb9ux]

Is it an amazing those two steel straps are a hazard to the HVAC guy but yet local codes are OSSH AAA doesn’t give a damn about you not enough money I guess!

[@Ilikecoolmovies]

I think I would leave old disconnect in place and wire nut the power straight to AC, then see if even ran. then come back with the missing part., another day .

[@timmcclannahan8309]

Yeah after 50 years Saw all kinds of stupidity

[@adamrspears1981]

Play sabotage by the beastie boys

[@anthonygonzalez7488]

You know, when the quick disconnect is missing there is always the chance of " stray voltage " . Are people that dumb, apparently .

[@melarky8555]

flipping electrical boxes now a days...makes me wanna say call an electrician....grrrr

[@todd8109]

Stolen for the copper blade

[@lcedric44]

Why didn't you lock out tag out power source.

[@madddaddy65]

Or.....they were paying on d utilities... And didn't want to be charged for AC when not there...but should've left disconnect in d upside down position. Yeah they did it

[@jinan0014]

no

[@steffiesing5449]

Wait What , you people Use a metal encasement with 110V/220V in there ? a golden recipe to get electrocuted.... and if i saw it correct the outside wall is also made of metal , a lawyers Dream i would say.

[@leonardhilliard2636]

Office probably moved it because tenants would not leave slum lord

[@djnone8137]

You really shouldn't make a habit of yanking on wires with a pair of pliers till you get slack. Risk burning the house down just because you don't show up equipped for the job. You're not an electrician.

[@garrettspivey]

Definitely sabotage

[@GreyRockOne]

How NOT to prepare an electrical box...