Panasonic Color TV Repair, A/C Scare, & Discussion on Longevity of '80s/'90s TVs

[@BrianHolzheimer-mg4qt]

Love 💕 the dog 🐕 and train horn🚂🚂🚂 sounds in the background.

[@richardcline1337]

I lost my central unit a few months ago and to replace it was over $6,000.00! So far this new Carrier has been much quieter, more efficient and cheaper to operate. The old Tempstar lasted for twenty five years so I guess I can't complain about it dying.

[@tarstarkusz]

When I was a kid my room had a large window fan always on exhaust. Having it blow out rather than in helped my parents, but not me. My bedroom was ungodly hot in the summer. The main saving grace is that where I live is just not as hot as Mississippi and the summer is shorter where I lived, which is Philadelphia, PA.

[@dontknowbrian]

When I was a kid, our Chevy Impala had four-fifty five air conditioning. Four windows fully opened and the car going down the road at fifty five miles per hour. Our home was one of those 1960’s split level ranch houses where all the summer heat was directed directly to my bedroom. A huge steel box fan with heavy drive belts turned them airplane capable metal blades to push the hot, humid air towards my bedroom. My parents got the cooler fresh outside air and I got the stahl hot air that got sucked out of my parents bedroom. Lucky me!

[@tech45]

The new window ACs aren't window shakers any more:)

[@KameraShy]

I have the same exact Panasonic. Used in the kitchen until the DTV conversion. Still have it but haven't turned it on since.

[@rogersmith7396]

Can get on line compressors at decent price. Typically Goodman, American made in Houston. Not the best seer but decent. Free delivery. Price depends on size. Other makes available.

[@apctech1]

i own two this exact model set and both work as good now as the day i bought them:)

[@Musicradio77Network]

2:20 is where he switched back to the old camera. Excellent transition. Back to the new camera at 6:40.

[@stpworld]

I kept a panasonic tv/vcr from 2005 and my grandpas 1994 sony crt one of there last ones made in japan for the smaller sets both still work great. I try to run them at least once a month. I also stopped using duracell batteries along time ago after one almost ruined my sony recording walkman with a leak out.

[@connorm955]

My grandmothers AC unit had a bit of an issue recently, but it didn't go out, it was going 24/7 for about a week before it was fixed. She didn't care about the bill as long as it kept the house cool she said.

[@Jammerk40]

Dang Barking dogs!

[@Calcraft11]

Can't even have peace of mind in your own home. Feed your darn dogs!!!!

[@bountyhunter4885]

Woof Woof ! 🐕 Sometimes they do that because a bad storm is approaching.

[@BrianHolzheimer-mg4qt]

Woof woof 🐶🐶🐕🐕🦮🦮

[@angryshoebox]

My grandparents' 1950's house had an attic fan. I didn't know what it was at first when I was a kid, having grown up in California. They had had central a/c put in though (big ol' Carrier unit).

[@andrewscrazy]

@angryshoebox when did your grandparents have central air installed?

[@angryshoebox]

@andrewscrazy In the '60s, if I had to guess, I'm not exactly sure.

[@rogersmith7396]

R 22 and R 12 have a significantly higher cooling capacity to newer freons. They also require mineral oil. The newer ones use PAG. I have a fridgidaire window unit that will cool up to about 90- degrees then can't cool. I assume low freon. But they are unrepairable basically. I bought a new GE for $99.00. Would like to fix the old one but R22 being $500 or more makes that pointless. Shango used propane in his truck. Much respect.

[@wfukfm]

Yes I love R-12 nice and cold

[@johnchildress6717]

The propane refrigerant was called HC12 and worked well but was outlawed by the feds.Was handy for older big trucks that leaks would occur.R12 was too expensive.

[@rogersmith7396]

@@johnchildress6717 Its called R290 now. Theres another one for isobutane. Its legal in small amounts in the US but used commonly elsewhere. It does'nt affect the ozone and is about the least IR absorbing. It may become common here. I really need an R 22 replacement.

[@johnchildress6717]

The Hc stood for hydrocarbon and worked well @@rogersmith7396

[@jagmarc]

​@@rogersmith7396propane+isobutane 95/5 I've heard. the isobutane is just for returning the oil

[@rogersmith7396]

I was quoted a price of $500 a pound for R 22. Its only available used. Replacements are iffy and still pretty pricey. There is talk of going to Propane witch is common outside of the US. Just bought a new window unit with R 32? Big labels all over it saying its explosive. Propane is R 290.

[@tedbell4416]

Wow 500 a pound , I have two jugs of R22

[@rogersmith7396]

@@tedbell4416 You're rich!

[@jagmarc]

Doesn't plain dry propane need a few % isobutane or something added. To carry the oil back to the pump. Propane alone doesn't mix. Edit. Synthetic oil like PAG does

[@rogersmith7396]

@@jagmarc Well Shango66 has an old vid where he overhauled his truck AC apparently using propane from his barbeque. I messaged him 5 years afterwards and he said it was working no problem. Propane is an oil distilate so is soluable in oil. So I would think you would continue to use mineral oil. But there seem to be a million details to the whole subject. Isobutane is a seperate R formulation number. Its just something else that comes off the cracking stack at a refinery.

[@jagmarc]

@@rogersmith7396 that's proof of working, edit I looked it up. R290 mixes (funny I remember it didn't) . Also I checked the P/T curves of R22 & R290 almost identical

[@jerryspann8713]

The new window air conditioners have styrofoam inside and they end up with black mold, because the moisture can't drain like old window units.

[@eeengineer8851]

They don't have a drain on the idea that the water gets in the fan and splashes onto the evaporator. Supposed to improve the efficiency or power use. The last 2 window units I have bought got a drain drilled in them as yes it turns into a moldy dead skeeter stew.

[@jerryspann8713]

@@eeengineer8851 Does drilling the hole prevent the nasty mold?

[@RemoWilliams1227]

​@@jerryspann8713I would also like to know this.

[@eeengineer8851]

@@jerryspann8713 Allows the water to drain out so no stagnant water and damp when the unit is not running and it dries out. I suppose how well it works depends on the local climate and humidity. One needs to be very careful with drilling or risk hitting the evap and holing it thus wreck the unit.

[@patricknesbitt4003]

Best thing to do is when you are ready to shut down is to either turn the thermostat up a few degrees or set it to "fan" and let the fan run a couple minutes before turning it off. Helps to dry out the insides.

[@rivards1]

Living in Phoenix, I run my AC a lot. Hopefully your unit just as a bad run capacitor. I've got to change mine about every year. AC units are another victim of green mania. Common people are deprived of highly robust effective units, and subjected to inferior coolants and materials. Just wait until cities start mandating the ability to throttle them remotely to train us how to live and be comfortable to their liking.

[@KenKen-ui4ny]

All the more reason why i rather to live out in the country. Big city living is not my cup of coffee.

[@LyonsArcade]

Motor run capacitors believe it or not there are actually still several companies in the United States that make them and they seem to be better quality. Titan is one brand in the US.

[@RetrofIex]

How many Tube TVs do you currently have in the arsenal these days?

[@markmarkofkane8167]

Hi, RTVPN! Long time no hear! 👍

[@TerryMcKean]

Right on, Brian... thanks for sharing. Did the Panasonic remote's PCB survive the DuraSwell onslaught?

[@ntsecrets]

AC unit might be just the run capacitor which is an easy fix.

[@andrewpike2924]

You need to check your camera frame rate is set to 60Hz. That will reduce the flickering.

[@HDXFH]

Much better with new camera

[@RetrofIex]

Any opinions on the Apex TV you own, as far as quality and reliability?

[@whosaidavery]

Janitrol I believe was manufactured in house by Goodman, a company known for giving issues, so that explains why the system before the Rheem was garbage.

[@HamtaroEL]

13:33 plan to use that for European imports?

[@tarstarkusz]

I do not buy whatsoever that the new units are more efficient. They use a worse refrigerant. The best refrigerants have been banned. The heat exchangers are aluminum rather than copper. AC motors have been a mature technology for many decades. Even if they are more efficient, it's probably by a barely measurable amount and is offset by being of such lower quality that you will go through 3 of them in the time the old one would have lasted. Plus the old one was made here and did not take a months long party cruise from China to the US consuming 150 tons of bunker fuel a day.

[@audubon5425]

I have a 3-ton and a 2.5-ton from 2015. My electric bill is the same or less than folks I know with smaller houses and units installed in 2005-07 (after Katrina.) And those ran cheaper than the 80s and 90s units that went down in the flood.

[@tarstarkusz]

@@audubon5425 I don't believe these wild claims. Where is the increase in efficiency coming from? There is only a few places it came be coming from. More efficient refrigerant. More efficient compressor motor or more efficient fan motors. Maybe an algo can make it slightly more efficient, but not by much. I see bold claims, never the methodology, never anything specific. Also, there are NEVER any adjustments for lower physical build quality. In fact, I think if they are more efficient, this is where it is coming from. Like it takes less energy to run a physically smaller and lighter compressor. Same with the fan.

[@audubon5425]

@tarstarkusz I'm not going to do research for you, and you can believe what you want, but I'm not making wild claims - these are personal observations between myself and family & friends. Radiotvphononut keeps his house at 80 and his bill is comparable to mine at 73. I have 700 more s.f. and two units. We are about 150 miles apart - same climate.

[@tarstarkusz]

@@audubon5425 Do you believe this is a valid experiment? You and your buddies checking electric bills? You are making the claim, not me. WHERE is this increased efficiency coming from? You ENTIRELY ignore the build quality issue. If you have to replace something 3 times in the space of something else, that's a lot more energy. I myself was forced to replace a 70s era air conditioner in like 2014. It was a GE air condition and heater. 220v I think like 15-20kbtu. It worked well. It was replaced with a Frigidaire from the same year (IIRC, 2014). It stopped working 5 years and like a month after it was installed (it had a 5 year warranty). The worst part was what broke is not the air conditioner, but the circuit board that controls it. When you turned it on, it just ran at full blast non-stop. The circuit that monitored the temp is what stopped working., No new parts were available. I did not notice any decrease in my year over year power consumption when it was still working.

[@rogersmith7396]

Right about the shipping. Hopefully the heat exchangers are larger. My Jeep uses Y1234. Does OK. My 70 Cadillac still running on R 12. Refrigeration uses all different pressures which are matched to the freon. Very complicated subject .Propane may be coming on line soon.

[@LapisandHamtarolover]

13:37 britain electrical voltage!

[@jeffreyhickman3871]

That’s a change from black plastic crap 💩 sets. Although these TV’s 📺 weren’t 1960’s quality, 1980’s sets were still better than ones of today. A TV like 👍 this will average about 13 years, even if ya daily drive it. I like 👍 the 1980’s nostalgia of this TV 📺. Your friend, Jeff.

[@rogersmith7396]

Chinese HVAC condensors are low quality. Pros say to always get higher voltage cap then specified.

[@randyab9go188]

If you can find someone that will sell you a general electric capacitor get that. All these made in China POS are just that POS. I've been running now with the general electric capacitor for well over 5 years. I was lucky to get two out of the more expensive believe it or not Chinese POS. From a local motor shop they would charge me 50 bucks for that China Wonder and from an HVAC shop they are 17 for the general electric made in America.

[@rogersmith7396]

You can't be sure anything is made in US. I have Dayton water pumps. One side says US, the other says China. I try to get US, German, or Swedish wheel bearings for my cars. Its not easy. Moog parts might be US, might not. I understand TRW has a Chinese line. Delco does. Only their premium is US. My new GE window AC is Thailand. At least not China.

[@rogersmith7396]

I doubt you can get US caps unless they are mil spec or commercial power.

[@LyonsArcade]

@@rogersmith7396 You can absolutely get US caps, there are multiple companies making motor run caps here in the US.

[@rogersmith7396]

@@LyonsArcade I see mostly rebranded Chinese manufacture. As said my expectations are Dayton products are US but the ones I got are made in China. Still high priced.

[@BrianHolzheimer-mg4qt]

Woof woof 🐶🐕🐕🐕🦮

[@ChrisTombstone82]

So I may be in the minority here I gave up cable along time ago but I just don't enjoy antenna DTV. So what I've been doing is I've got this T-Mobile home internet and it works pretty fine and I have a Roku and there is a way that you can convert it and hook it to an old crt using an HDMI to composite. And I find a lot of the times I'm having to run it at 480p because Internet isn't all that great but it's cheap. So for me personally watching it at 480p one of these big flat screens sucks. So it's nice to have an old CRT because 480p looks nice on it. Mainly watch KZbin videos anyways. So that's an advantage of having a CRT. I've got one of those 2004 Sony Trinitron. Flat panel but still CRT though.

[@randyab9go188]

Duracrap batteries 😢😢

[@BricksVids]

I'm surprised that you had to bring back your old camera because your new camera had to charge. The old camera has shitty audio and video so I don't miss your old camera at all but at least only part of the video has video from your old camera. I prefer your new camera much better because the audio is actually better but I can handle bad quality, that's okay but I prefer better audio.

[@wgrantha4438]

A new central ac system is probably no lower than $6,000

[@jerryspann8713]

Speaking of capacitors, hopefully that's all is wrong with your air conditioning unit.

[@GaRbAllZ]

I had to replace my Central Air unit last year and it was $5600. it was a Ruud

[@lox_5017]

The next rant video you make could you at least turn down the damn set !