No Cooling ICP furnace AC unit my oversight from the past winter

[@Swharf13]

I have the utmost respect for a professional that admits when they are wrong. Humans make mistakes all the time. Thank you for sharing this video.

[@genecheeseman8204]

Space pens have pressurized cartridges to allow you to write upside down. Like when astronauts are in space.

[@TheEagle2688]

Reversed blue and green. Saw that when you first pulled the stat off. Great job

[@Impulse21s]

good eyes! took me a couple times. You win!

[@fwagoner]

Why not lengthen the blue wire to fit? or Maybe leave a note in the thermostat and furnace so the next person knows?

[@smartyjones7459]

I label both ends of the wire... for the next guy... because I may be the next guy... it falls under 'common courtesy'...

[@bart1meuz]

Thats why I always used to take a picture of the board. Cant assume anything anymore.

[@bryanstiles5970]

Good video but I do believe it called a space pen because it can write in zero gravity unlike most pens that count on gravity for ink flow

[@smartyjones7459]

When you dropped your Space Pen in that attic... it almost became a Lost in Space Pen... ar ar ar...

[@Spector_NS5_RD]

Was really hoping you were going to use the Fender Pearloid guitar pick as the replacement fuse. Give that house a nice vintage 60 hertz tube amp hum.

[@Alanski340]

Spector NS5 RD lolol

[@Bunch007]

This proves that you can't look over the little things. I missed it. I was looking for something technical.

[@mattluongo7763]

Working out of Wilmington NC there doesn't seem to any rule to what color Common is here but its useally Black, Brown, or Blue. Get lots of blown fuses in the fall when homeowners change their own stats. Works fine for cooling but soon as they switch to heat it pops. Mainly talking about heat pumps that energize in "O"

[@antoniosantiago2770]

I noticed it at t stat. I always snap a pic and confirm takes a few seconds. Im also use to blue being common but some ppl use brown for c so a quick pic. And confirm at the end

[@pahick54]

Much respect for your candidness

[@gabrielsaircarellcgabriels4397]

If the home owner decided to install a new thermostat or nest they going to burn the fuse and they will call you back 🙂.

[@josetorres3355]

Maybe they'll take a picture of the old thermostat and copy that for the new t-stat and completely skip the manual.

[@macmac3374]

Had something similar today, homeowner said she just put new batteries in the thermostat last night and it wouldn't turn on, I pop the stat off and one of the batteries is reversed 😂 got to love Honeywell stats.

[@Imwright720]

That blue was super short. Sucks having to do a free service on Sunday. I’m glad you have work. I’m at home with nothing. My business is done until this is over. I’m learning a little a/c repair until then. Lol. I’ve always been able to fix my own stuff plus neighbors. The kid working for me was doing hvac school at night. I’ve been helping him study for the test but he failed his first attempt. I’m pretty sure I can pass it but at 58 I’m not really looking for a new career.

[@brianhouk543]

Good video that short pro tool is awesome! Always check AC and heat after a board change haha

[@andrewpierce2213]

On Rheem and Ruud Heat pumps, I use brown as common since Rheem uses the Blue wire for the reversing valve to be energized in heat mode (B terminal on most t-stats). I am in a more rural part of GA where most people use a heat pump since natural gas or propane is not directly available and the winters are so mild, so seeing anything but brown as common is a bit weird to me, although I have definitely seen it before. Good troubleshooting; it is always easier to see a mistake when you aren't the one diagnosing the issue.

[@TheLuckyman7726]

Another reason why love this job are the tools, that short pro is pretty nice even tho wouldn’t use it a lot and that’s a lot of my tools

[@HeroCaleb]

I believe Rheem and Ruud’s standards are brown for common because blue is used for the reversing valve (b). Whereas for Nordyne, black is for common because blue is for y2. Different standards for different manufacturers

[@tjrooger1092]

9:37 Saw your booties. Reminded me. Our company had to switch. We'd get complaints from customers about techs not wearing them. We ASSumed it was slackers. Then one day it happened to our field supervisor. It turned out, the blue booties were too close in color to our pants. We switched to bright frik'n yellow booties.

[@MrLuchoBigoton]

Great stuff. This is what technicians run to in the real world and It could make you go nuts, the importance of paying attention to the details mr. Ted is a wise gentleman I was completely lost. I would like to know what did you tell the costumer? I'm kind of new on service and dealing with the costumer makes me nervous still.

[@aberdeenbelfry316]

That van with the flip up tool door is neat.

[@robertj.2319]

That is why, no matter what repair you are doing you always cycle the tstat to heating and cooling to make sure they both run before you leave! Only takes 5 extra minutes!

[@rfbedell347]

Maybe there was enough extra T'stat cable in the wall to pull it out and wire the Thermostat per standard. And yes I remember the Brown Wire being common. I would have wired the IFC board as standard too.

[@onenikkione]

yes should have done that

[@ZookeeperJohnG]

You hold yourself to a high standard, THANK YOU!

[@marvinsellers4457]

We are never perfect buuut you are really Great in my Book Mr Ted

[@martindeloach]

Idk if you're aware but another way to test the t-stat it self is take off the t-stat, look for the small pins on the back, put your meter on the dummy beeps and place one where R pin be and go down touching the W, Y, G pins if you hear the beep on either pin, your T-Stat is bad, you should not have continuity with any unless it receives power. Just a tip.

[@jeffreywhitlatch1409]

That kind of s*** happens, when you get older and your eyesight starts failing. Getting old sucks. I know I've done similar things in the past. Because the C and G sometimes look alike, when you can't see for s***. That was a neat little short sensor you had.

[@johnhubbard6262]

You're braver than me wearing those shoe protectors on wooden stairs :)

[@testvienas4611]

Its a space pen, not because it can become a full sized pen, but because you can use it in zero gravity. usually pens work only because there is gravity to pull the ink downwards so that it would come out. in space that does not work, so the pen has pressure inside it, to push the ink out of it.

[@bellagrace9812]

I've been watching your videos hoping to find the answer to my 35 year old trane compressor not coming on. I changed my thermostat last year because my heat would constantly run and not cut off,, now my heat works fine but my ac isn't working. I put old thermostat back on and it still doesn't work. It was working before the new thermostat. Fan comes on, but outside unit blows cool air and I don't think compresdor is coming on. I replaced three capacitors (yes my heat pump ac has three) still no cool air. I'm a 60 year old female and I'm determined to get this thing up and running.

[@briancarlisi2224]

Good to see you wearing gloves today. Be safe and thanks for the vids. BTW, what did you tell the customer about what you discovered? Also, did you ever visit/ play at the Governor or Silver Bullet in Spartanburg during the late 80s early 90’s (my watering hole) when I worked at that big mill off I85 in Chesnee (TNS Mills ).

[@CarlTheHaitian]

This is the original board replacement video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5u2aXqFq5p-i9k You can see at the 31second mark that the green was tied to common, and the blue on the G. Glad it's only low voltage wiring.

[@Ted_E_Bear]

Superman eyes would have seen it ! Great troubleshooting !

[@Heavy_metal_rulez]

Good video Ted. Did i hear that lady mention Trans Siberian Orchestra? The boys from Savatage! \m/

[@cmc7256]

Weird I usually use Brown as common and blue I will save for Y2 when applicable. To be fair though I was taught by my old man a bit and he's older school (did it for 30+ years). So I guess it's just a time thing?

[@hector6970]

Cool tester. I want one. Good video

[@gsxrsquid]

I would have left a note in the AHU about the wiring so the next guy (even me) wouldn't look at the wiring and go WTF.

[@epiphany6]

0:57 what's up with the loose green wire, that spade fitting just flopping around...

[@dennislloyd44]

Hope you did not charge for your mistake.

[@polarbear1754]

Doesn't C stand for Cyan (Blue)? Because the B is for Brown, yes?

[@findme5270]

No c is common

[@crazydan2327]

Did you charge the client for that service call. Common is usually black in Canada and brown on york units

[@dylandrymond3951]

Thanks Ted. Do you guys use the housecall pro app or something similar. I paid like $120 a month it does all my invoicing so I'm on paperless tickets and I'm able to keep all my prior history and notes. If I ever decide to cancel my notes and everything I've collected over the years comes with me free of charge. We already been using it for the past year-and-a-half and I tell you what I wish I would have done that when I first started out. It also gives you a picture of the technician who's coming out which be a one-man shop will always be my mugshot. But it helps the homeowner feel comfortable with the person that's coming out and if they want to do a background check they can do that as well.

[@tedhicks5431]

Yes I remember brown as common hate those tstats and what was the light thing you were using?

[@H4zuZazu]

Those Customers speak german.

[@mychoclabwinston]

Never ever as a tech assume anything when it comes to colour coding for 24 volt, do you self a favour and carry a sharpie, and a roll of painters tape, label wire 1/2/3/4 with painters tape, write down on furnace with sharpie inside, what all wires go to, it’s like doing a fireplace maintenance, photos photos photos, where all the log set goes to😊

[@texasmade2684]

I hate when they put the white wire from the condenser to the Y on the board and the red to the common. I know it doesnt make a difference but I like to put the red on Y and white on common

[@lightmagick]

There seemed to be plenty of slack upstairs, couldn't you have just pulled a bit more through at the stat and redone the wiring correctly?

[@duaneroberson7447]

Where can I purchase the short probe tool

[@3740westmichigan]

www.amazon.com/Short-Pro-Replacement-Zebra-Short-Finder/dp/B07V3G6S4Z

[@AmbachtAle]

Does anyone leave a note for such things?

[@dm7097]

Wait a minute! Are you trying to tell me that you are human!? Lol Love your video's

[@tomwalker9184]

Mr Ted I'm am of the opinion that the only Mistake you ever made is thinking you made a mistake. Because the Boss may not ALLWAYS be right but he's never wrong.

[@Ericbakereb1]

If it was an installer that replaced the furnace, would you have talked about bad installers for not checking the wires at the tstat?

[@Wolfhound.]

looking behind the thermostat it would not make sense to cut blue to fit and not cut the others to fit so seeing as blue is super short and the rest are not im going to say at one point blue was cut off and not used and now it is with this thermostat so needing that wire now they decided to switch 2 wires and they did the scumbag thing and didnt mark that in the furnace for the next guy making you play guessing games cause your average jo will pull the wires blindly knowing where they go back on the board lol oh well easy fix

[@rj.parker]

I agree. The original thermostat did not need a common so it was cut off. I might have spliced a piece of blue wire on it but the right way to do it is electronic solder and heatshrink.

[@lcampm2]

Are you staying healthy Mr T?

[@awxlio8496]

Sometimes it's the stupidest of things.

[@AMStationEngineer]

I had a stat that on a handyman installed system which was wired for a heat pump and connected to a AC/Gas furnace + air handler; it kept blowing 3.5 Amp fuses, and the screw terminals on the stat were trashed. Wound up installing a harness with an in-line fuse, to prevent the handyman from doing the fix again. Is anyone seeing an uptick in install requests for duct humidifiers besides me?? Seven since Monday.

[@shawnphifer4979]

It’s just wires you can wire them anyway.... yes there is a industry standard must of us go by but, it really doesn’t matter

[@HCheatNcool]

Great video but that’s not why they’re called a space pen

[@frankblankenship3026]

Can you explain how to use the short pro Tool?

[@95thousandroses]

I dont understand why jumping red to yellow would signal a short even with the G and C crossed. Wouldn't the Y be power just like Red.? what am I missing?

[@LOB24]

95thousandroses because the Y sends a direct short (24V) to the C wire.

[@GoatzombieBubba]

Might be enough excess wire tucked in the wall to pull some out...

[@minafarag2597]

Hi

[@minafarag2597]

I wanna communicate with you

[@emprsnm9903]

Was that a one in a thousand chance wiring hack?

[@Impulse21s]

Is that buzz while idle the lvt? Mine does the same & drives me crazy.

[@rheidtech]

Yup. Brown common👍

[@celestialdream49]

LOL... They call it a Space Pen because it's made to write in Zero-G (no gravity) environments. Not because it doesn't take up much "space". Hilarious !! (that was a joke ...right?)

[@laurencel.7980]

we wear masks in customers house due to the virus... be safe everyone

[@steveg5576]

pretty good.....

[@Shmash_whatever]

Why did energizing Y blow the fuse though 🧐

[@traviswood8346]

That's what I want to know!

[@HVACtroy]

When the thermostat was calling for cooling it was also calling for fan therefore making a 24v connection between R,Y, and G

[@khx73]

When he jumped R to Y upstairs, the tstat would have internally closed R to G to activate the fan (it was on Auto), which was really R to C due to swapped wires. Dead short. Does that sound right, or am I missing something.

[@throttlebottle5906]

now you'll have to fire that installer... LOL!

[@matthewhansen5008]

That would be very easily missed.

[@donnierobertson3088]

Good

[@IFIXCASTLES]

It happens.

[@TheWoodman064]

A mistake easily made by all!

[@lilpbass]

What is the name of that short finder?

[@3740westmichigan]

www.amazon.com/Short-Pro-Replacement-Zebra-Short-Finder/dp/B07V3G6S4Z

[@garyoconnordbaairrepair7775]

Where did you get the short detector?

[@3740westmichigan]

www.amazon.com/Short-Pro-Replacement-Zebra-Short-Finder/dp/B07V3G6S4Z

[@hg2.]

Min 2:00 Short Pro Tool.

[@steveblake8766]

#236 thumbs up

[@dhinton8127]

I think that tstat is the worst stat out there. I have replaced more of them than any other stat.

[@carlfoster3961]

Hey we all make mistakes

[@sknight0391]

Green & blue swap 😒 #HeadScratcher

[@rickyhertz7250]

Lol , Still managed to blame someone else !

[@TedCookHVAC]

I mentioned in the video that it was my oversight and how I should have seen it last time I was there... also, even the TITLE of the video plainly states it was my fault.... how exactly did I blame someone else sir ? If you don't mind also please explain exactly what it is you have against me anyway ?

[@rickyhertz7250]

@@TedCookHVAC I don't have anything against you , you stated that the wiring was done wrong by the previous person /install ! No ! Take it easy ,!not every with a negative comment has something against you ! Ghezz man chill!

[@rickyhertz7250]

Anti DIY HVAC , Stay safe Ted!