large carlin oil burner tripping out on safety

[@zacmetalfan]

I was on a call and was testing the transformer and the home owner thought it was "cool" and wanted to try. Only problem was he grabbed a wrench and before I could stop him he touched both springs. Never heard a grown man scream so loud.

[@KillerJoeFIN]

🤣

[@JJ-Toreddie]

Thatd be a great video.

[@zacmetalfan]

@@JJ-Toreddie for sure.

[@michaelferris9062]

I Bet he wont every try that again ..LOL

[@Frankreddy62]

If ya gonna be stupid, ya better be tough.

[@gabrielvillanuevaiii3926]

I like it when the trolls who leave negative replies and act like super techs, have no HVACR videos of their own 🤔🤔 At least Steve is honest and holds nothing back.

[@THECRAZIES06660]

This brings back lots of really bad memories of my red top boiler. That thing would go out every Sunday morning without fail. The one thing I will remember until the day I die is the day I covered myself with fuel oil. I was taking it apart to clean it. I turned the oil tank off outside and proceeded to remove the oil line. The tank was 15 feet above me and the shut off valve did not work. The line was old and got damaged when I took it off and then gravity took over. I ran outside to grab a garbage can to collect the oil but forgot I drilled holes in the bottom. I was wearing rubber gloves. :) I replaced it with a Train. It's been going strong for the last 20 years.

[@Eddy63]

Good vid Stevie Boy ... It won't be long till we'll be doing AC and de- winterizing calls ... Lol ...

[@JoeCdaYT]

To clean up that oil on the floor I recommend using Purple Power. Mix it 1:1 or 3:1 for tougher oil stains. Cleans up nicely and there is already a premix on Wally World shelves in auto. Love those old oil fire beasts.

[@JoeCdaYT]

@@daveschroers4222 that works when you are there working on the equipment, in cases like here where it was dripping oil before getting there, the cleaner works great.

[@egold1006]

7 years ago I replaced the electronic transformer with an Allanson, the original was only 4 years old when it failed during a power surge while it was in operation.

[@Bushougoma]

I hate paper gaskets they always stick like that I use a tool called the super scraper it's a long handled scraper with a square carbide tip on the end it doesn't wear out and takes those gaskets off like butter. I use it to remove stubborn gaskets when working on vehicles. The only downside is carbide is super hard but also super brittle just don't drop it or the blade will crack. I wish I knew about it years ago I've spent way too many hours messing around using razor blades.

[@mikebarron4929]

My guess was the winding on the solenoid was weak and dropping out once it was energised for a decent amount of time

[@cavibird2005]

You should do a video of just the best/dumbest phone calls you've gotten on film.

[@greggaieck4119]

Its intrasing when you are fixing oil heat and gas heat I get to see what you do Steve

[@williamdyckman9704]

Must be tough to diagnose the intermittent problem. Spark did seem wimpy when trying to pull across. Nice fix on that!

[@J-Colt]

3 mama's boys who couldn't even change a furnace filter down in mama's basement thumbed this video down. Thanks Steven! Always like the oil work you do.

[@kdmq]

Oh now it's 4 maybe 1 Joe Homeowner that ran out of oil and froze his house.

[@jimmydee2171]

The keyboard SURGEONS....CLOWNS

[@chaplint70]

What the heck? You're in Massachusetts and no snow anywhere? We've probably got 4-5" on the ground from last weekend and 1 to 12 more inches coming on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday!!!

[@royamberg9177]

Shouldn't you have checked the cad cell reading with oh meter before hacking on the sheet metal with tin sizers

[@Spector_NS5_RD]

IMO, that little triangular piece he removed shouldn't hurt anything. Just my opinion though..........as that's all you can do when making assumptions while watch a YT video.

[@royamberg9177]

@@Spector_NS5_RD that's how things get butchered and never work the same again. Test the cad cell reading before hacking at the air flow baffle that's in there to creat static pressure

[@Bob.W.]

So how many btu's would that boiler input be? 3.6 gallons x 139,000 btu per gallon? 500,400 btu's.

[@JP-kk5vw]

I find those Carlins are very picky about electrode spacing. I look up the specific burner model and set the gap and position with a machinists scale/rule. Makes a big difference.😀

[@heatrick1192]

Man I hate Carlin burners. They are real picky about how you set them.

[@JP-kk5vw]

@@heatrick1192 I find that using original Carlin electrodes help as well. Have found intermittent ignition issues when others have put what they had for electrodes on these burners.

[@greggaieck4119]

Steve you do good work

[@aircooledtx]

Ole gundy on gasket, good repair. Steven

[@rtoweprojects]

They are hard to get the gasket off the pump. Sometimes if the old gasket looks pretty good I'll put the new gasket over top of the old one. Then the next time it's not hard to change.

[@kylebass4635]

Must be back at the 🔥 house. 3.50 GPH ide love to have that customer.

[@erikj.2066]

Would be interesting to do a resistance check on the secondary of the bad transformer, and compare it to a good one. Bet the secondary resistance on the bad one is way off in space, if even measurable. Next level fix...

[@lustfulvengance]

@@daveschroers4222 in Steve's defense though, if he doesn't replace a suspected part that's old and probably worn out and it ends up failing then he has to go back out there for free to deal with it when he could be making money! If your a DIY homeowner then yes you can measure things and only replace what's absolutely necessary, that's exactly what I do but when it's an old part that has a high failure rate and you're doing it professionally for someone that just wants the damn thing to keep working without a problem you just replace it!!

[@Illinois1234]

Hey Steve, where do you get your brass plugs for the flues? Also the metal sheet metal plugs? I need them to cover the holes after I complete my combustion analysis.

[@markf350s]

Hey Stevenw just curious what do you use for your laundry to get the diesel smell out of them I haven't found enough in the works yet are usually end up trashing and the Close?

[@kylebass4635]

I use Arm and Hammer liquid washing detergent. Put 3 cup fulls in the washer not one like it recommends. I also put some Dawn (not too much) Dawn dish detergent in and Wash with the settings on hot.

[@kylebass4635]

@@mommymilestones lestoil is some good stuff and been around a long time it's also good at getting oil based paint off you too.

[@derekobidowski3301]

i can hear the truck running at a high idle in the background which is audible in the video. these paper gaskets not a fan of them.

[@johnerway7255]

Yes, dam phone make a guy overlook stuff. lol, you do great work and I enjoy the in site you give, helps people know that shit is not easy to repair.

[@dgpuig45]

Missed seeing Miss Molly. Well I hope that takes care of the problem. I wonder why the factory would put a piece of floppy metal in the way of the cad.

[@dgpuig45]

@@daveschroers4222 thank you.

[@frankdinaro3220]

Install a Honeywell R7284 primary control , it does the thinking for u

[@Fireship1]

Intermittent faults are a pain. They always seem to act up when your all done and a mile down the road! Never when your looking right at the equipment.

[@utubepro7742]

That happened to me once Showed customer poor spark Then new one was worse 👍🏻

[@bobgallo2178]

happened to me too, was an electronic transformer.

[@tedkief6177]

The spark still looked weak with the new transformer ???

[@erikj.2066]

Nice hot blue spark, VS a dull orange one. 9:41 VS 17:08 I'd say there's a pretty good difference.

[@johnmurphy6366]

The edges of the spark were yellow on the first transformer,bright blue on second,blue is hotter!

[@kylebass4635]

Eventho the second transformer did not pull a long spark it was blue and was also louder; had much more punch to it.

[@sundown798]

Steve can you make a coffe mug "not good" I'll buy that stuff...

[@greg778123]

Or She’s a crusty one Mr Grinch He’s hilarious

[@7islander]

That's a air restrictor plate. It's used in large burners making it easier to control air flow with the shutter. Works like a dam in a river that controls water flow.

[@k20aa]

Brake plate . Not good to remove

[@jimmydee2171]

Looks like the nitrous solenoid to my big block Chevy ....miss Molly.....

[@Spector_NS5_RD]

A nice sharp razor blade makes for removing gaskets nice and easy.

[@jerziballer24]

I'm just starting out in hvac but can't you just do a resistance check instead of risking 40,000 volts killing you.

[@donnierobertson3088]

Good job

[@havocdarkphase1975]

Great job 👍

[@gerrybasildon]

Ain't no spandex and starbucks on this job !

[@G66CA]

12.5wc

[@brandonrutt2898]

Some poor schmuck is gonna be outside bottoming out his regulator trying to squeeze 12 psi out of it now lol. To that man I say 12 inches of water column.

[@JJ-Toreddie]

No oil burners in my neck of the woods. Just gas

[@jameskline5931]

Wasn't easy. Miss Molly is cutting zzz's at home ,she will be happy to see ya when you get home..j

[@atch_n_sons]

Long video Steve, took two flipping days to get through it

[@davidsturm7964]

Why did you leave the engine on in the truck with no dog, save resources.

[@anthonygasparini1734]

She's a Crusty old Momma Steve!

[@josephdeakyne197]

Did not see ma ma on board to day hope she feeling OK ma ma half the show molly shirts

[@zacmetalfan]

If it's interrupted ignition I'll use the electronic ignitors but the old transformers are far more reliable.

[@llservice3376]

When in doubt cut it out

[@bnasty267]

Parts for oil burners are super cheap, especially compared to labor rates. I'm certainly not paying someone $100/hr to sit there and fiddle with a meter testing a $12 CAD cell. Plus, as someone else said in the comments, if it looks even slightly suspect, replace it, because that callback you now have to eat cuts in to your profits.

[@paullehman8652]

Hahahah first comment