She said she smelled something burning in her furnace. Look what I found on her heat exchanger.

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[@cliffweinan3907]

Minute 11, our HVAC hero discovers a plastic cable tie that apparently broke and got sucked through blower. "OMG" Tail of plastic cable tie was touching hot heat exchanger surface causing the burning smell. Thank you HVAC hero for sharing this mystery.

[@npc_retired]

You just saved me 15 minutes

[@mattp4079]

HVAC con men and scammers are thinking I could have convinced her that the turbo encabulator was bad and charged her for a whole new furnace , with elctrostatic air cleaner and humidifier. Thanks for being among the 10% of honest repairmen.

[@praticalmechanical1986]

Oh man , i wish my hvac guy can be this thorough and polite to work with...

[@diyhvacguy]

Lol you need a new hvac guy!

[@brianphillips4115]

congratulations on one year

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[@hitekrednek66]

Love the ride along sir! Go pro is kinda hard to get used to. Your camera operator is quite good but I know you both probably have to work and she can't go on your service calls. I enjoy the info I get! Just a suggestion....tell us the reason for the service call and what type of system. I like that info myself.

[@realSamAndrew]

What did you find on the heat exchanger? Also, please talk about that shop light you are using.

[@diyhvacguy]

Hey! Thanks for the comment. It was an old zip tie that was burn through that someone left. I'm not sure what it was for but it would sure cause a burnt rubber smell! The light I have is a Streamlight switchblade. Best handheld light ive ever owned. It is so versatile and bright. Here is a link to it. I'll be doing a review on one of our tool tuesdays. Cheers! amzn.to/3snVoaF

[@markhoffmann5941]

Lots of Orange in the flame after you re-installed the blower and fired the burners.. was there more dust in the air. the flames were mostly blue on the first test.

[@alphanumericskeptic]

What did you find in the heat exchanger? I didn't see you reveal anything that was in that chamber.

[@bernardaflores1720]

Do you happen to have a quick video of how to clean the blower motor cage in place, not taking it out???

[@diyhvacguy]

It’s impossible. It must be taken out

[@barryriem3216]

If the water heater vent is connected to the furnace vent stack as it appears to be, the venting is un-safe/not per manufacturers specifications or national gas code and therefore illegal. When the furnace was upgraded from a natural draft to an 80% with inducer draft motor - part of the upgrade should have been separate venting to prevent a carbon monoxide hazard. It may be that this is Just An Optical Illusion on my part. It is just a video and I am not there. Code inspectors in Shelby County will red tag the vent tie in, the tape used on the B-Vent(it is U L listed as flammable) and on a bad day the screws used on the "T". I started not to post this but unfortunately I Know first hand how dangerous a tie in to a draft induced vent is. Please forgive me if I have seen this incorrectly. I promise I am only trying to help.

[@diyhvacguy]

No you are good. This lady has had this furnace for many years but I believe it was tied into the same vent… maybe I will mention this to her. What is the potential hazard there?

[@barryriem3216]

@@diyhvacguy The water heater vent gas can be forced back into the house. It just needs a vent of it's own now that a vent motor is in use. Vent pipes should be properly connected and should not need tape. I never do...30 years and thousands of vent pipes. Screws on b vent should not penetrate the inner metal wall of the pipe. The main thing is the shared vent. Get that fixed please. Thank you for understanding.

[@jerrym1070]

Great eye

[@rodgraff1782]

I can’t really see the full detail of the water heater vent, but I don’t see a problem. The furnace vent connector is not pressurized by that induced draft fan. The inducer is there to overcome the restriction 😅in the heat exchanger that a 80% furnace has, and delivers the flue gas to a negative pressure connector. Type B vent is a negative pressure vent. If you were to drill a test hole and take a draft reading, it would be negative, as long as the flue is working properly. It looks like the furnace vent connector is oversized, which can cause a problem. As far as the water heater goes, it looks like a singe wall connector, which is also a negative pressure vent, unless I’m missing something. I’m in California, and fired off hundreds of 80% furnaces with inducer fans that were common vented with standard water heaters with a negative pressure connector. There was nothing in any of the manuals that stated otherwise. The only reasons you would have to separate the flues is if the fuels were different, or if one vent was connected to an appliance that used an adjustable draft control. If one appliance vent was a positive pressure vent, and one was a negative pressure vent, they would have to be separated also. If one of those two appliances in the video was a positive pressure vent it would have to be a sealed type vent, not type B vent or single wall vent. No tape is necessary on a negative pressure vent because it draws air in, and would only be positive if the flue was blocked or grossly oversized. The only problems I was able to pick out was a very sloppy job on the vent connectors, possibly oversized vent on the furnace, pvc not allowed on relief valve discharge, and not allowed to discharge relief valve into water heater pan. Note all comments are for codes in my area, Northern California. I have a 32 year old carrier induced draft 80% furnace in my house, that was common vented to the water heater. When the water heater was changed out for a tankless unit, by the previous owner, the vents had to be separated because the new water heater WAS a positive pressure vent that used its own special sealed venting system.

[@waynecortez8568]

I’ve only see you working on gas furnace’s what about electrical heating furnaces? I was wondering if you can do the same thing to a electrical furnace as you did with the gas furnace when the power goes out? If so can you please demonstrate I’m just a layman and old a little slow. Thanks Wayne

[@diyhvacguy]

I haven’t seen ONE single electric furnace here in Utah. They’re literally all gas furnaces. I’ve seen a handful of heat pumps but they have gas backup heat.

[@waynecortez8568]

@@diyhvacguy yeah no gas line out where we live or they bring out a big gas tank thank very much for letting me know.

[@boydguie8129]

Nice work ,. Hope you where good knee pads to help the knees.

[@diyhvacguy]

I need to!! Geez, I’m falling apart for a 31 year old lol

[@davejoseph5615]

I hate the fact that on a modern furnace there is no easy access to the heat exchanger or the A-coil. These are buried and inaccessible items even if the furnace is installed in an open area.

[@lillianad9879]

Blessings I hope you continue to do what God guided you to do honestly and don’t turn corrupt thank you God sees all

[@toolwarrior1773]

I do enjoy mechanical type videos like this, but this video was hard to watch due to the way you attach the camera to your head. I am surprised nobody else has said anything about how this can make some people seasick with all that movement. I guess I am more sensitive to it. Your videos would be far more watchable if you would mount the camera on a stationary tripod. And please move the light out from the very spot you are trying to capture. I like to learn from videos like this, so please talk more about what it is your are doing and why. It is second nature to you, but most of us have never seen this stuff before. It would help to have a lapel mic for better sound quality of your voice. Just thought you should get some feedback that will improve the quality of your videos. Thanks for taking the time to put out this kind of content. Happy Holidays.......

[@diyhvacguy]

Thank you! I don’t wear a hat cam anymore nor a chest came. It’s all hand held or tripod setup. Thanks for the feedback! Cheers

[@toolwarrior1773]

@@diyhvacguy Awesome! I look forward to more watching then!

[@skyscraper37]

What was the gadget ya used on that gas valve

[@diyhvacguy]

That good sir is a monometer. Used for checking gas pressure and static pressure for airflow. Here’s a link for ya : www.amazon.com/dp/B01680C4C2/ref=cm_sw_r_as_gl_api_gl_i_B6Q38ZYW6ZC2KXPB5XKW?linkCode=ml2&tag=wasatchmoto0d-20 Cheers

[@brandy8093]

Am I wrong but you never explained what you were doing?

[@merrileemose571]

Who’s driving……

[@jhonnychingass6252]

Geesssss....get to the dammm point...nice job sherlock...I was expecting big foot!!!

[@diyhvacguy]

Haha gotcha