GAS FURNACE NO HEAT ODD FIND

[@vonboldler5219]

"You gotta make sure your testing it right steve" 😂

[@porky7753]

185 gave that control board a "How you doing?"

[@Android_Warrior]

🤣🤣😂😂🌩🌩🌩🌩

[@tomking1890]

Woud like to see a follow up on how much equipment is goofed up after all is fixed.

[@Brad1237202]

Great diagnosis Steven! The facilities staff and I at the hospital are getting an education from every video! Keep up the great work! "Like you say, Every day is a school day."

[@WeatherNut27]

Whoa! 185V?! Wonder what else burnt out. Power company will be getting a ton of complaints.

[@theodorgiosan2570]

Used to work maintenance for a large store long ago and every week the voltage would go up to 175v for about a minute and wreck all the computer equipment. Power company was called about a dozen times and it was never fixed while I worked there. Never did figure out what caused it but I thought it was an intermittent short in the windings of the transformer that fed the store. Could never get them to replace the thing because it never did it while they were there.

[@ntsecrets]

Sounds like an open neutral for sure. Although usually that will vary with load. The other side of the line would be 60vac.

[@butchbutch7521]

Should check if the neutral is shorting positive?

[@robertblacksmith4355]

Great video SteveHope my mom's 44 yrs old Natural gas furnace keeps going just changed the original blower motor out last week!

[@phased-out-24-73]

My sister's house lost the Neutral and her Vacuum Cleaner sounded like a Turbo Charger kicking in. Drove her crazy. She called me over and I was laughing my ass off.

[@richardreynolds9885]

Gone woke Steve

[@donhorn548]

I love a good mystery

[@hardies1]

Holy Smokes!! At that high of voltage I bet that there are other items around the house that have been knocked out as well.

[@mtjr.3018]

Right On, thanks,Steve!

[@kdmq]

Could have also took your volt meter around the house and probed all the outlets. Bet ya you would have seen the same 185V. I work with electrical engineer designers at my job and we diagnose weird faults like this all the time.

[@gthomas785]

so your drop light and the condensate pump are getting 185v also? Did they survive?

[@zackmax7184]

Sounds like the Neutral Wire from the Power Company is gone.

[@jblyon2]

Maybe damage from a recent storm. A friend of mine had a similar issue a couple years ago and it burnt out pretty much everything that was turned on that wasn't run by a transformer rated for 100-240v.

[@gocubsgo5055]

That plug on the side of the furnace is kweeuh.

[@billnahorn3939]

That’s why you need your own neutral at the meter base , because when the power company loses their neutral you still have one and you don’t fry anything up. In our area power company not responsible. You need 2 ground rods 8’ apart very cheap way to keep a ground

[@handyman9366]

You have no idea what you are saying! Why people like you find a need to comment and confuse others is beyond me. You even managed to get 9 likes lmao 😅 I pray you are not an electrician! 😮

[@japmlp09]

Ground and neutral are differant.. differant potenetials..

[@MichiganCustomCraftworksLLC]

That's a hot 🔥 one there mama!

[@tss212]

I love your phone call. Made me laugh

[@OfficerLarryNMSE]

Do you know what's funny, Bobsdecline Lineman Blogger just posted a video on a Faulty Neutral Connection about a month ago. What an odd Coincidence, eh...

[@tonym6920]

Hey Steve and Miss Molly! Workin’ again ya’ll. 👍👍

[@nmccw3245]

“I know it’s a pile of York” 😂🤣😅

[@dock_yard1149]

I love that quip.

[@JavierGalvan-s2f]

Good eye Steve on detecting that voltage! Another great video, remain safe and keep the videos coming ☝️ 👍 💥 👌 🫵

[@jackl9922]

Good call Steve. I’ve run into issues before. A lot of houses here from the 80’s have shared neutral for branch circuits. My house does, but fortunately issues are always somewhere else. Lights going dim or bright on changing loads is a big clue. I know electric, but I watch you in order to help DIY other things. You’ve saved my ass on plumbing before. Thx!

[@andyvitz]

Nice right up to date

[@fanofoldfans9238]

Wow 185 volts! Smoked the transformer for sure. A floating nuetral caused an unbalanced load between phases probably.

[@dosgos]

Check the next video to see if you are on track. . .

[@japmlp09]

There isn't any phases.. its resideental.. single phase

[@fanofoldfans9238]

Well L1 and L2 are split phase from the transformer and center tap neutral balances the load.@@japmlp09

[@Sarah-ll8oi]

How is everything so queen in this furnace???

[@alfredwoodall663]

Wow Steve that’s bananas 185

[@jlindstrom3807]

I had a neutral issue at my house years ago, squirrel went into the pipe coming from the street and ate three quarters through the neutral wire, voltage would change every time I turned something on or off. Could have easily burned down the house.

[@lancelawrence3259]

Nice work

[@RetiredCanadian]

Good reason why neutral, must be Grounded to water pipe. ...cheers

[@robertsuelter4196]

Similar issue happened to me several years ago. Power company's line crossed and back fed through the neutral into the house. Fried everything electronic in 8 houses on our block. TVs, microwaves, computers, furnaces, stoves. Fridges and anything plugged in got cooked. Power company reimbursed for all damaged equipment.

[@derekmc9580]

Definitely a neutral problem. I just had this problem at my mom’s house. Some of the receptacles started smoking is how she found out there was an issue. The voltage will look normal at the panel until a load is put on the system then you will see a huge difference between L1 and L2. She had like 200v difference between the two legs and it almost burnt the house down. It was a broken neutral at the step down transformer on the pole in the street.

[@agostinodibella9939]

Wow, I wonder what other appliances could have been screwed up?

[@ThomasWalker-m2y]

Yep i think the Flux Capacitor took a ride at 185 volts.

[@realSamAndrew]

My Maserati does 185. I lost my license, now i don't drive... 🎶 🎶

[@AlexanderWaylon]

That’s a different one

[@shupe1907]

so would the electric company technically be responsible for this if board is fried? (read what Steve wrote at the end)

[@bobweiss8682]

Likely a broken neutral wire at the service head coming in from the street, Other things in the home probably burned out, as well.....

[@dock_yard1149]

Maybe you'll get similar calls from the same neighborhood, since issue's on the Power Co supply side.

[@shanebibby6006]

Thats not always the case could have a compromised panel or burnt neutral.

[@WeatherNut27]

Good point

[@dock_yard1149]

@@shanebibby6006 I wrote “maybe”. You replied “not always”. SMH

[@shanebibby6006]

@@dock_yard1149 i was replying about the power company issue not the fact he could get more calls.

[@shanebibby6006]

Shake your head all u want

[@lonewolf744]

Damm, That was a weird one. Not something you see everyday.

[@AnotherAlfredHawthorneHi-kg4iv]

This sounds like a job for a troubleman with a super beast service conductor tester.

[@Evansautorepair]

Got ta be netual

[@sumitpatel9741]

Hey, Really Nice Video! I was wondering if I could Help You Edit Your Videos and Make Highly Engaging Shorts Out Of Them.

[@rodneyskinner7741]

Hello Steve!

[@gordonpotts753]

Sounds like a failed line transformer from the power company.

[@johnodonoghue651]

Why not test the voltage at an outlet first?

[@frankrizzo3915]

Hello Steve.

[@wirenutjoe]

Call the power company

[@187rui]

Check the tire pressure's

[@butchbutch7521]

😂

[@bills6946]

More accurately, the utility had an open neutral.

[@Bob.W.]

Hello

[@urbanbshvac]

Oh heck yeah there bud what a pile a York eh

[@ethanchosdad-xh9ih]

That was very queer when Steve said “weird” instead of “queer” 😂

[@bobbywanger8123]

👍🔥

[@28balancer]

I wonder why your light didn't burn out when you plugged into receptacle. Should be same voltage, no? Did you check the receptacle as well?

[@mrbigvanlife7130]

Stevie boy - how are you 😊

[@sefaucon3839]

Tech tip Glue a magnet at the back of you tester, it makes a difference while working It holds itself !!!!

[@1768ify]

Those fieldpiece meters usually have one built in.

[@flyer617]

I've seen this before. You can usually tell it's a neutral issue if there is voltage between neutral and ground. There's going to be more than one problem, though; a bad neutral from the street and either a bad neutral-ground bond in the main panel or corroded/missing ground in the house, such as the wire to the cold water pipe from the street, or bad/missing ground rods. At this point the house is dangerous.

[@timothyjerry1177]

That meter is queer The volts released the magic smoke

[@mr.roberts3886]

This was one queer episode 😂

[@mjg263]

Ya lost a neutral to the service, seen it before.

[@iamnoone.]

Howdy Steve and Molly

[@Skanzool]

If the local utility is responsible for this, they should pay for the damage.

[@overwatch2671]

Another pile of York steve

[@worlddemize]

Your neutral is queer it identifies as a hot leg

[@RichardDenes-uj2lt]

Sounds like a shit show to me Steve, I think you ought to give it an old. How you doing…… that’s what I think Steve

[@GeorgeKennedy-u4r]

Have her unplug the tv and it will come back to 120v. It's a shit show anyhow.

[@Marcelwe419]

1st

[@PoloNius67]

First 🥇