Vibration Is The Root Of Most Failures

Trane AC unit had a very bad vibration coming from the compressor. 

[@mihaiachim5299]

I usually use with great success the slow motion video capture feature on my phone to see the severity of the vibration of a refrigeration system 😊

[@HVACRSurvival]

Great point

[@per995]

We had some small 1/3HP compressors situated on springs from an ULT freezer supplier. They thought that springs would decrease the noise. ( earlier rubber based ) It ended up so badly😬The noise by 50hZ versus the origin 60hZ at the home marked was terrible. The worse was that the compressor tubes cracked like biscuits after a short while. Seen a lot of half hermetic Copelamatic run so decent and quiet due to a better harmony between the springs on them. The higher weight of the cast iron compressors did help too. Some rubber mounted get the correct rubber density and behave wonderfully, too few make the match Always great to see your missions out there😊

[@HVACRSurvival]

That's interesting to hear, thank you for sharing!

[@natepeterson7145]

That compressor needs a hug. It's so scared😂

[@chris84662]

Its shivering because it's cold. No crank case heater

[@HVACRSurvival]

😅🙏

[@borshardsd]

Heck yeah brother. I like to tell my clients "time and vibration are usually the issues." In this case. Keep up the great work and ty for the content.

[@HVACRSurvival]

Thanks! Will do!

[@RSBot2jar]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us 😊

[@jasonjohnsonHVAC]

I recently bought a vibration analyzer for motors, pumps etc etc. Good video as always Rick

[@HVACRSurvival]

I knew a guy whose business was purely doing vibration analysis. It pretty much tells you what's getting ready to fail.

[@jasonjohnsonHVAC]

@@HVACRSurvival yes sir.

[@joeyf504327]

still quieter than a goodman lol

[@BrannndonM]

Love your work

[@HVACRSurvival]

Thank you so much 😀

[@nickcampbell8096]

I had a Lennox unit like that. When you broken the suction cap free it would spin itself off. 😅

[@MrHVACR]

I had that same exact issue a little while ago on a unit just like that too. My pressure probes wouldn’t stay on because of the vibration. They would unscrew themselves.

[@HVACRSurvival]

Nice lol

[@Ericbakereb1]

It's hard to start a trane, or something like that. Symbio is a solution to a problem nobody had.

[@throttlebottle5906]

vibrates harder than a hitachi! 🤪🤪

[@Pippy626]

That makes you sound like a good drummer. That’s how they derail so easy.

[@haydenpowell1787]

I’m waiting on a video for tonight

[@HVACRSurvival]

I'm running behind. It's uploading now.

[@BubbaShaffer]

Need to put service panel on to diagnose. Head pressure will be too high.

[@HVACRSurvival]

I understand that but what I was showing you was the vibration, that's hard to do with the cover on.

[@zekenzy6486]

Great video. Thank you for sharing. Have a nice weekend. is that, bad comepressor and need to be replace ?

[@HVACRSurvival]

Thank you I hope you did too!

[@danfinch3963]

I thought money was the root of all evil? 🤔

[@HVACRSurvival]

There you go not reading your Bible again. It's the love of money, not money in general.

[@fshn76]

Nice short Rick. How are you liking the NAVAC meter?

[@fshn76]

Correction Testo meter.

[@sprockkets]

I have it, kinda chunky. I do like the way the clamp opens. Don't like the wires it came with, but you might like the fact that they are just small exposed tips.

[@HVACRSurvival]

So far it's been pretty good. It's a little slow on capacity readings however it has a higher resistance capability in rush temperature frequency, and a few other things that it does pretty good on.

[@commenter5469]

Excess oil can cause that.

[@markm0000]

That’s what I thought. Compressors don’t really just do that on their own.

[@HVACRSurvival]

I suppose that's possible, but then I would be curious as to how the extra would gotten in there unless somebody added to it.

[@markm0000]

@@HVACRSurvival there’s a lot of untrained techs running around just throwing new compressors at a problem and completely oblivious of oil balancing. These companies don’t even want to train them right because A) it costs money to train and pay raises from skill. B) it will cause early failure and the customer will eventually buy an entirety new system. Greed has no end.

[@HVACRSurvival]

Sad 😞

[@commenter5469]

Also mistake at the factory is possible

[@BrickTop900]

How do you rate the testo meter?

[@HVACRSurvival]

So far pretty good, the capacitance readings are a little slow to come up but the extra decimal points and the frequency and in-rush is a lot of cool features that my basic 902 doesn't have. This meter been out for over seven years and they're still making it so it must be fairly decent.

[@theairconditioningguy]

Unrelated question. What camera are you using?

[@HVACRSurvival]

GoPro 11 and iPhone 15 Pro Max.

[@theairconditioningguy]

@@HVACRSurvival Thank you!