New Techniques for Bosch Heat Pump HVAC Installation Revealed

[@kens.3729]

NASA would be Proud of that Concrete Landing Base for the Outdoor HVAC Equipment. 👍🙏

[@robertsmith2956]

They look lawnmower safe to me.

[@PipeDoctor]

No doubt!

[@stephenarthur5267]

I concur. lol

[@paulkenney5846]

Mikey pipe, you’re a good man you’re not afraid to show when something goes wrong. Anything can be fixed.

[@PipeDoctor]

facts!

[@G_0NZ_O]

need more of these long videos they’re so good

[@PipeDoctor]

Okay. 👌

[@robertsmith2956]

First half of this video could have been shot with a phone in portrait mode, and still captured it all. Would have liked to see the brazing on the evap core connections under there.

[@abcdefghi2175]

THAT PAD I LOVE IT LOOKS LIKE 10000 LBS OF CONCRETE COULD HOLD THE WHOLE HOUSE LOVE IT LOVE ITLOVE IT

[@shanebist]

You seem like a great guy to work for Mike, keep up the awesome work

[@rbianchi1983]

I have the one hose setup. Works fantastic!

[@PipeDoctor]

One hose works great too!

[@5sunny01]

Hello Pipe Doctor I need your help;p, after watching your videos I decided to go with BOSCH IDS connected. I’m in Delaware. My installed said they are familiar with the Bosch systems but aparantely they had no idea. They just installed the system like any other ac system, didn’t do any checks like you did. Plus now I have very low air. I think they didn’t even set my system as 4 ton. Too much condensation in the basement unit and duct. Can you help please guide me. Also they didn’t setup my thermostat as heat pump. :(

[@Justin-qz9rs]

Wonder how long those control boards will stay good, seems like than are only so weather tight

[@robertsmith2956]

the warranty is confusing. 10 years. but one year for parts bought from bosch??? Guess I need a full copy of the small print. At least the board is where you can get at it. That means you can study it. My Bosch dishwasher wasn't as easy to probe for it's arduino replacement board if ever needed.

[@ryans413]

That pipe straightener is cool I like it.

[@PipeDoctor]

yeah, its pretty darn cool

[@scottmaz4063]

Great installations as always.

[@abatro5664]

Purge send the rest of the refrigerant from the pump and you can send it into your recovery tank. Valve off your schrader removal tool and then put it in purge. Then close your tank when it’s done purging 🫡

[@AB_HVAC]

Long time fan. Your attention to detail and always one up-ing your install from what was previously there is just 👌🏾 let those hacks keep bringing you stacks

[@PipeDoctor]

We have that motto to try to do better than the last. I think we accomplished that

[@search_eternal]

Very nice looking job Mike. I put one of those systems in last week. Very nice units.

[@PipeDoctor]

Very cool

[@johnmcfetridge3974]

True mark of a real leader. Cuts on the hands with dirty figure nails.

[@TomHolcombe-fh1kv]

I use AC service tech calculator which takes in the suction and liquid line for adding refrigerant. It works awesome.

[@PipeDoctor]

Good to know!

[@KansasHVAC]

Do you have any videos talking about that Shoebee floor covering? do you buy a new roll for each job or re-use it? now how does it stick to carpet vs hardwood?

[@FB-111A]

Love that pad

[@PipeDoctor]

Thanks!

[@robertsmith2956]

@@PipeDoctor Left over cement from the florida sewer pipe?

[@stevealoia]

Hey Mikey Peter was using the RLS pro press and fitting . In the attic . How do you like using them

[@PipeDoctor]

Love ❤️

[@mariowilson5663]

Mike your brazing is pretty decent brother good job

[@robo7981]

Apologizes if I missed it. Please details the entire system inciuding a look inside, or direct me to where that description is. Thanks!

[@matchue394]

Did you have to mess with ductwork? what size supply wire to condenser is that?

[@garysmith9772]

Mikey, you have a short memory. Don’t you remember when you were bragging on all those Navian water heaters until they come back to bite you. wait till the $2000 board toast and Bosch won’t stand behind it. Good luck. Nice workmanship good videos keep up the good work.

[@Jon-hx7pe]

other inverter tech heatpumps have the same problem with expensive proprietary parts. hopefully the board isn't actually $2k.

[@rodneyjames6335]

All great Mikey until controls take a dump and good luck getting parts quickly 🙈

[@DCHVAC]

We’ve had a control board fail due to a surge, Bosch warrantied the part and we got it within days.

[@picklerix6162]

The truth is that Bosch should expect power surges and integrate a good surge protection circuit into their product. Of course, that would increase the price of the product and affect profitability. Where I live, we have so many power surges that I finally installed a whole house surge protector. Before I had the protector, we had a surge that destroyed the blower motor in my furnace. It also destroyed the compressor in my neighbor’s brand new Carrier condensing unit.

[@Jon-hx7pe]

@@picklerix6162 most places don't have that problem. a whole house surge protector in problematic areas makes more sense than surge protection in every appliance.

[@MrC24CRAIG]

Awesome Install !!!

[@PipeDoctor]

Thanks!

[@aperson9495]

Looks like you have some covergrip drop cloths. they work well to help prevent becoming unalive due to drop cloth slippage.

[@daisy5644]

I have a question my small bungalow home has the bosch bova 36, and paired with the goodman variable speed furnace, the outdoor unit was with in 15 feet of the acoil so we just used the factory precharge, as far as a heat pump goes it works pretty good, but when i used the air, my duct work in the basement was sweating bigtime, the duct work is old and im sure central air wasn’t available like it is now a days, is it possible the duct work needs to be bigger? I was under the impression that the bosch bova “brain” would compensate pressure and air flow rate, so we basically use window air, which the electric bill hasnt been to bad, but there doesnt seem to be and bosch techs local in my area of Ohio, doesnt seem to be a popular choice around here, btw nice informative vids you share thank you!

[@seanwebb1589]

Does the 3 ton really require a 45amp circuit? Little confusing if it’s not using many amps that it needs that much juice. Looking to swap a 2.5T AC to one but sounds like I’d have to upgrade electrical if I’m understanding correctly. Is that what you see?

[@PipeDoctor]

specifications of the BOVA36 Max. Fuse Size 45 Min. Circuit Amps 26.3

[@traillockpwr4414]

Great video. Enjoy seeing pros doing quality work.

[@ChrisTopher284765490]

Their a beauty. Nice Work !

[@PipeDoctor]

Thanks 👍

[@Eddy63]

Nice looking install & the Campbell Brothers are awesome as usual ... Take care of em ...Thx

[@russellhill5959]

Used a brazing rod this time instead of Stay Brite. Have you lost confidence in stay Brite? Does Bosch have higher opperating pressures? Nice pipe bending! Another great professional installation!

[@PipeDoctor]

No, I just wanted to show off my brazing skills

[@bruceorourke5432]

Use 8% stay Brite it's good with r410a no purging no flaking

[@PipeDoctor]

We used to use that.

[@picklerix6162]

I believe that StayBrite 8 has 6% silver content so I’m not sure what the 8 signifies. It’s great to use for new installations. I used it when I installed my own equipment three years ago and I have had no leaks.

[@Aepek]

10:28 @Mikey Pipes - Pipe Doctor Plumbing & Heating & Air Hey Mikey, know been awhile, been dealing with health issues but finally getting better, hooray! Anyway, so glad finally came to Florida and setup shop, we need more HVAC guys that do great work and know what doing. Also, just learned where you decided to open a shop, different from when we DM’d last year as took time off from KZbin watching and editing, making vids. Chose great place, as central Florida during hurricane season isn’t too bad, yes Floridians, I know….smh Can’t believe you are 30 MINS AWAY FROM MY SISTER’S house in Lake Mary. If only you covered this service area as well. Maybe in time, as know a on of ppl that are unhappy with the main company that serves this area… Hope to see ya around Florida! Cheers✌🏻

[@PipeDoctor]

yes, we cover basically from Clermont to Daytona up and down I-4 Happy to hear you are feeling better. What techniques are you using for marketing and making your phone ring?

[@robertsmith2956]

Just looking at the systems, figured you would be the one to answer since salesman have ulterior motives.. Does it require you to have internet access for that app, and the machine operation in general? I don't put my homes on the internet for any reason.

[@emyunster]

What exact model of these units? Looks 5 ton BOVA ids 2.0

[@issacrobertson]

Hey mike, great video as usual. If the house has a whole house fault system do you still use the icm units?

[@PipeDoctor]

No

[@Samlol23_drrich]

Nicely done.

[@PipeDoctor]

Thanks!

[@TomHolcombe-fh1kv]

I have a BluVac digital gauge also I use a five eights hose and half inch hose. I pull 1000 µm unless in a minute it’s awesome.

[@PipeDoctor]

It’s really great

[@robertsmith2956]

I guess when they designed it they sucked the copper pipes flat, then backed it off a hair.

[@Superman3638]

Beautiful job Mikey ! Since this is a heat pump why isn’t the liquid line also insulated? Does Bosch not ask for that?

[@PipeDoctor]

not needed

[@davidfoley5817]

I was here for the 50k when we were all over that N BRAND! Congratulations brother!

[@PipeDoctor]

The good old days.

[@kaiserhead]

I just got a Bosch IDS, noticed that there’s no filter drier. Are they required for the Bosch?

[@PipeDoctor]

yes, a filter dryer comes with the unit.

[@dkinfishing]

Damn Mikey that brazing was 🔥👏🏾

[@buddylee2733]

I didn’t know that the Bosch system now has a communicating stat. Is it similar to the Trane and Lennox?

[@edwardreilly8452]

I mentioned this in the video from yesterday but it looks like the condenser covers are all the same size, could you have swapped them to have bosch logo facing the front? Great job on the install im sure the customer loves it.

[@PipeDoctor]

No I didn’t

[@MichOutdoors]

Bosch trifectta soon🇺🇸🤑

[@PipeDoctor]

2 out of 5 ✅

[@zacharypalczynski8450]

Awesome as usual Mikey fuckn pipes !! The Bosch trifecta is coming soon!!!! Ps Ladder safety , 4/1….every 4’ up 1’ out..OSHA would be proud lol(but seriously , have seen tooo many fall with an extended foot print of ladder as how yours is set,just saying cause I fuggn love ya guys. Yea I’m a day one (less than 500 subs) I’ve been watching my guy Mikey Pipes !!

[@throttlebottle5906]

when they said too close to the window, they meant "in line" with it. but moving it far enough to the right for a clear view would have out it against the other old system.

[@watomb]

213 micron, that Goodman still looks new. Nice job

[@PipeDoctor]

close, but others closer

[@watomb]

@@PipeDoctor ya should have waited was thinking you used manifold

[@picklerix6162]

That Goodman did look quite new.

[@MarkHughes-pb1xe]

Propress mikey And staybrite 8 Im surprised u aint pressin U got me guessing

[@MindzEnt]

Looks great but the line set insulation needs to be thicker and covered in UV paint.

[@soydelrancho]

It is the Disconnect manufacture instruction you have to follow no the surge protectors. Those terminals are not design to have two wires in them

[@zacharypalczynski8450]

That’s why you technically have to pigtail

[@soydelrancho]

@@zacharypalczynski8450 yes, exactly

[@joehernandez8208]

Attaboy Mikey. Looks great. Nice to see other quality conscience tradesmen in hvac. What does a job like that go for in NY?

[@PipeDoctor]

thanks! love the feedback from the community

[@Hvac-dude]

By the way great job 😊😊

[@TomHolcombe-fh1kv]

62 µm that’s awesome. I usually get mine under 100 and do the DK test.

[@PipeDoctor]

Not bad

[@Jersey-GT-F150]

Top o the morning Mikey

[@PipeDoctor]

Hi 👋

[@bruceorourke5432]

Where did you get that at 3/8 what's the name of that tool Manufacturing

[@PipeDoctor]

I don’t know

[@benjaminwallace4626]

Love Bosch!

[@robd7365]

What's wrong with the existing 410a Goodman? It looks brand new

[@PipeDoctor]

shit and loud

[@mmaforlife1339]

You need to try yellow jacket benders the new ones the best

[@PipeDoctor]

What’s wrong with my old ones?

[@zacharypalczynski8450]

Yea and have you tried the NAVAC one??? Not too bad , Hillmore good too

[@scotth5978]

2150 sq ft house with a current 3.5 AC that runs 6-10 mins max then shuts off (1 stage). Multiple local companies say replace with 4 ton variable but one say 3 ton variable. Looking at a Bosch 20 seer Heat Pump with 96 backup furance…the one 3 ton company ran a manual s but entire house says 26,500 btus for cooling…would a 3 ton running closer 100% at peak or a 4 ton running closer to 70% be better based on your experience?

[@mitchdenner9743]

Why run a manual j at all if your just going to oversize it anyway and ignore the numbers?

[@scotth5978]

@@mitchdenner9743 valid point sorry it was a manual S, but the info on house said 26k btus. The other companies just based on sq ft and said the 4 ton would rev down 🤷‍♂️

[@zacharypalczynski8450]

@@scotth5978 what does your gut tell you to go with bigger isn’t better think comfort and total square footage man J and Mann S

[@buddylee2733]

If you’re going with a true variable system, then you can oversize. With an engineering letter you can get this through permitting.

[@mitchdenner9743]

@buddylee2733 why waste the money?

[@anthonyelectric6045]

Pipes I need you in Connecticut. Looking for a qualified installer?

[@PipeDoctor]

Sorry. We don’t service CT

[@throttlebottle5906]

16:38 why wouldn't you run the whip behind the lineset, so they're not crossed up multiple times? and umm, jug of R22 for a R410a system at 25:25. oh lawdy

[@throttlebottle5906]

use conduit benders to bend the copper and just use the electrical conduit bending charts. 😁

[@tombalboni2143]

Doing a triple changeout next week, but dang it, none of my supply house's carry that equipment pad...

[@robertsmith2956]

both lowes and HD carry it here. Even have contractor prices. Just watched a pour fid, well puling from shelf, putting in truck, unloading truck, piling bags here. I moved 4000 lbs by hand today........

[@Justin-qz9rs]

When do you braze vs press tool?

[@robertsmith2956]

obvious you braze when the roof is 28" above you. I wanted to see that.

[@sadsamr-un8rl]

I want videos explaining how to convert a split system from 22 to 410. Thank you

[@PipeDoctor]

Coming soon!

[@sadsamr-un8rl]

Thank you, professor, I am happy for that 🙏

[@Jon-hx7pe]

don't cant, they're too different and it wouldn't work properly.. there are r22 replacements though that will work okay.

[@The812ryan]

Why not weigh the charge in the vacuum. Nice job though looks great.

[@TheMcGuireLife]

Hi, Mikey Pipes! I’m being honest with you. I’m not a huge fan on bosh brand of air conditioners.” I did some research on Bosch I looked up online. They’’re a German band from Germany, I don’t like central air conditioning systems made outside the USA!! I prefer Goodman!! Because they’re made in Houston, texas!! Thank god I got 2 brand new Goodman central air conditioners I got installed back in April. Made in the USA is the way to go!! USA! USA!! USA!! USA!!! USA all the way!!! God bless American!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@robertsmith2956]

Vee will sell you a bosch and you vill like it!! I'm never giving up either of my VW bugs until american cars come without dash's, and junk that doesn't work. I can get in my beetle on the hottest day of the summer, and it is cool inside because there is no dashboard cooking the car from the inside. Plus the cardboard insulation on the doors. Ask any bum, paper is good insulation.

[@picklerix6162]

Goodman is selling inverter systems but I haven’t seen any in the field yet. I took the Goodman factory tour and the tour guide said those inverter systems have a 12 year warranty so they stand behind their product. I have no idea how much they cost. The Bosch systems are priced competitively but will the equipment hold up?

[@Hvac-dude]

I have wet rag to although i ran outta acytelene to i have to get another cylinder but the oxygene is okay !!

[@nhhvac2167]

Why not add refrigerant before dumping the charge?

[@robertsmith2956]

You might go over. They have extra in the compressor for some line. and there is always the monday morning filler with a hangover. It could be done, but by the time you did all the calculations, the unit is on and telling you how much more. Don't forget how slow the recovery pump is when you go over. 🙄

[@joshuasoileau1836]

In Louisiana 410a is still pink

[@Richard-zz2cb]

I’ll take the Vevor I’m paid by the hour 😂

[@PipeDoctor]

lol

[@bagtube]

Would you take $150 for that recovery machine? I would like it. I’m never in a hurry. 🤑

[@acmm50]

Why don't you use Stay Brite for brazing??

[@joelmorales9369]

Stay Brite isn't brazing. It's soldering

[@daddygc5814]

But it still works well

[@joelmorales9369]

@@daddygc5814 I can't confirm I've always braze. BRAZING ONLY!! 🤣🤣

[@lanceditzler]

How long you been brazing for? That shit is way too hot.

[@PipeDoctor]

obviously not long enough

[@nickc6399]

Braze didn’t pull far enough into that suction line.

[@georgeengland743]

7/8 inch Vapor line with a 3-ton Bosch ? I have asked that question to tech support and they said NO

[@PipeDoctor]

You can ask 10 people the same question and you'll get 10 different answers. Absolutely nothing wrong or harmful to effect performance or reliability with using a 7/8" lineset on a 3 ton unit.

[@nickv255]

Why do you continue to let refigerant out of the condensor without removing your tru blu guage. Read your manual brother

[@cyberlight22]

5:21 was that refrigerant?

[@stevealoia]

I’m going to say 425 microns . I have gotten to 325 microns with fieldpiece .

[@donaldholloway5064]

Too bad I don't live there or I would ask for a job.

[@robertsmith2956]

The bosch isn't even a bad price. The board price had me thinking much worse.

[@mikehouser5430]

1

[@home-powersystems7782]

Mike you would buzz through large centrifugal chillers. 200+ tons. Very nice install, good work.

[@DA-PICKLES-VR]

Slightly grossly 😂 which one is it Mikey?

[@bagtube]

I’m guesstimate 273 micron

[@swaterman08]

NOT TOO CLOSE TO THE WINDOW, Blocking the view from the window from the inside. They had the original ones spaced so it was not blocking the window.

[@PipeDoctor]

Whatever you say

[@robertsmith2956]

Not blocking the view, blocking the sunlight so you don't need to cool as much. Maybe they WANT to view those Bosch's..... Is it on mom [tugging on apron], I want to see........

[@steveblake8766]

469 thumbs up

[@kat2641]

❤ sweet installation looks?? Sexy😊 But a point of order 😝 while the vector is 🐌 if someone 5 fingers it out of the van? Doesn’t hurt so bad as a Robinair or a Appion

[@LukeJones29]

150 microns I'm guessing you got it down to..

[@leeshilling83]

189.4 microns

[@JohnR9965]

That’s a huge pad…

[@harrygilbert4593]

What gives Bosch says Stay brite 8😂

[@donaldholloway5064]

40 Microns.

[@davidtillwach5542]

Mikey Heat pumps are not good for the northern states . Lennox is selling them like hotcakes ,we being subcontractors working for a company in Illinois. We just don't want to install them. I my self know how and to wire the low voltage for them. I just can't justify selling these to the customer when we have Natural gas fired furnaces up north .

[@PipeDoctor]

you are clearly clueless with the Bosch systems and heat pumps for that as well. Please get educated and learn. thank me later

[@pat750]

Tell Bosch to stop manufacturing their stuff in China!

[@daytonjensen9340]

Better then the crap made here nowadays tbh

[@JohnR9965]

Vevor is not professional that’s for sure…..lol