I live in the southeast. When my house was being built the builder said the Air Handler would be in the attic. I told him to put it in the unfinished basement. The HVAC guys said thank you thank you thank you. Many years later when I had to have a new air handler, they thanked me for having it put in the basement.
@SuburbanDon
11 ай бұрын
The only thing that should be in an attic is insulation.
@JackS425
11 ай бұрын
I like that Ted wears loafers to work. Really brings something to the whole laid back vibe of his videos
@5822huron
11 ай бұрын
Why not! It's his company
@albertmcalister9066
11 ай бұрын
The Honeywell thermostat has a five minute time delay every time you power it up. 5 minutes seems like 5 hours when sitting in the attic waiting.
@AdamWBush
11 ай бұрын
Step 387 reduce delay to 1 minute
@bryansimon4072
11 ай бұрын
You can go into settings and reduce delay to zero. Directions have the settings for it.
@albertmcalister9066
11 ай бұрын
@@bryansimon4072 The 5 minute delay is to prevent short cycling the compressor. It is a nuisance while you are servicing a unit but serves a purpose. Taking the time delay out puts the compressor at risk.
@5822huron
11 ай бұрын
@@bryansimon4072correct
@Hvacmania
10 ай бұрын
I watch KZitem videos if nothing else to do I look for a 10 minute video 😄
@bobgallo3775
11 ай бұрын
I envy you Ted. The way you are able to sit cross legged in front of the unit. Even when I was working, I had to kneel because of sore knees(I did use kneepads). Good post, hopefully they have you do some p/m.
@billderby1527
11 ай бұрын
Notice most techs covered their butts by always recommending doing a PM. This way the customer can't call back with the 'you were just here' excuse when the weak cap blows.
@bmcc12
11 ай бұрын
An idle question:why the emergency call when no one lives there?
@alanm2842
11 ай бұрын
maybe not emergency. if i was working in attic i would not go there in the heat of the day
@Uneedhelp91
11 ай бұрын
Who is ever doing the reno might have said something and the owners called.
@tedbell4416
11 ай бұрын
I watch a lot of these videos yours by far are the best. No goofy music intros just straight to the video. So much nicer. Hope you make more of them.
@Alboalt
11 ай бұрын
Happy that I live in the northeast and have a basement with a drain where I have my HVAC so techs don't have to hurt their knees and sweat profusely from an airhandler in the attic.
@stevedemarest276
11 ай бұрын
As a Joe Customer, my favorite part of these videos is that moment when Ted hunts for a piece of loose duct tape for the door switch. 😆
@edlijewski5356
11 ай бұрын
Did Ted remove that tape over the door switch...if so I missed it.
@williekeener9604
11 ай бұрын
Go back and there is a piece of tape on the unit near the position of the door switch. IJS
@plainrock-ik3se
11 ай бұрын
Good video sir I like how laid back u are keep up the good work
@curtwuollet2912
11 ай бұрын
I've seen an old Honeywell round mercury tstat that was 50 years old still working
@slabslayer258
6 ай бұрын
I don’t a call in the attic this summer of new home owners that purchased a existing home . Checked the A/C out got it working checked float it worked properly. Called it good . 2 hours later A/C failed again . Came back and the dam float switch had went out . Must been intermittent failing first time I was there and couldn’t catch it .
@jamescarter7752
11 ай бұрын
Let's hope they leave their politics in California. Enjoyed the video.
@jovangrbic97
11 ай бұрын
You left the duct tape on the panel switch disabling it, wouldn't it be best to have left it working as it was when you arrived? Or is it just a nuisance and best jumped out?
@sylkelster
23 күн бұрын
Make you up some alligator clip test leads for the meter to keep alongside the regular set. I find they come in handy at times, along with several sets of jumpers.
@clivejoyce9437
11 ай бұрын
Hi Ted, brilliant job, keep it up, best regards from the UK.
@joeshearer1247
11 ай бұрын
I’m not a big fan of those float switches they don’t trip until water is really high in the pan so you better hope you put it where the low spot is
@realSamAndrew
11 ай бұрын
What's your favorite method then? Also Joe, maybe you can explain why he heard the condenser when he only jumped red to green?
@watermanone7567
11 ай бұрын
Nice fix, I don't remember ever seeing a bad float switch before, unless it was damaged or mis-used. Thanks
@caru3257
10 ай бұрын
I ha d one easy trap switch not work out of the box.
@rtoweprojects9072
11 ай бұрын
Sometimes simple is overlooked as being something hard from my experience as a tech. Great job 👍 enjoy your videos 😊
@brandonprice2897
11 ай бұрын
I never knew that a bad float switch could cause a unit to not run if there is no water in the pan. Thanks for the tutilage.
@joeburner7120
11 ай бұрын
Float switch breaks wires to low voltage. When switch is activated by lifting up by water, it opens cutting off wire. Apparently one of the connections went bad and interrupted low voltage. When they malfunction, they act as though there is water in pan
@realSamAndrew
11 ай бұрын
*tutelage 🤠
@jima3129
11 ай бұрын
My knowledge is mostly from the roofing business in which I installed roofs, and designed roofs as an RCI registered roof consultant. I learned very Early on that you have to give water a place to go. Now take this to the bank: putting a mechanical device in the way of the water in a drain pan that can fail is just plain stupid. If there was ever a place where the admonition " keep it simple, stupid" fit, this is it. Put in a minimum 1.5 inch line in the bottom of the drain pan and run it to grade with the least number of turns. My condensate line runs right to a catch pan that drains right through my poured concrete floor into the gravel below. I squirt a little soapy bleach into the line exiting my evaporator coil from time to time to kill black mold, because I know that mold likes to form on the inside of plastic pipes. Running a small 3/4 inch pipe through a hot attic to grade is simply asking for trouble. Just because it's always been done does not make it right. It does, of course represent a lot of service calls for the HVAC industry. Maybe thats why they still do it?
@caru3257
11 ай бұрын
I just got one out of the box and my brand new install wouldn’t work. I picked up a new one and everything started working.
@billderby1527
11 ай бұрын
Makes me recall the nightmares of being on call.
@pilotboba
11 ай бұрын
Why a late night call if they aren't even living there yet?
@zunar_j5_933
11 ай бұрын
Yay, new Ted video! Been too long. :)
@Eddy63
11 ай бұрын
Great vid as usual Ted ... Thx
@robalexander7348
11 ай бұрын
Nice video Ted, try and keep cool over there, its a cold afternoon here 120 km south of Sydney, it's 14C now and it may even rain ☔ Au
@jayjudd6518
11 ай бұрын
😂 quick and easy Way . Ho Lee Chit that was painful. Not easy ,easy ,easy Peezy. Like you said . Like following most of the time.😊😊😊
@gabrielstern4992
11 ай бұрын
Thanks Ted as usual you just seem to know how to fix things. Even if you don't like the brand. Maybe you can give us an update on your trane mini split. And ted maybe you can test out and do a Video on the new trane side discharge units. That are supposed to compete with the gree flex units with the conventional air handler but have side discharge units. Ohh and the Mr cool universals are rebadged gree flex units I took off the covers on the front and the compressor said gree on it. Began to figure that out 6 months ago after watching an install video for a gree flex. But verified this Saturday. So if you get one of those calls on those units you can order parts from gree. Since Mr cool seems to have terrible service. Anyway I wish trane would listen to you. They were a great brand along with Lennox and carrier and York back in the 1980s and 1990s, but sadly today the quality control is lacking with parts made too cheaply and that seems to happen with a lot of companies today.
@111000100101001
11 ай бұрын
Sadly the Chinese companies are overtaking by making the suitcase condensers for all the American companies:(
@sknight0391
11 ай бұрын
We all float down here. 🤡🎈 😎👍
@Mrs.SusieDunn
11 ай бұрын
Classic 😂 shannon I wear my sunglasses at Knight
@sknight0391
11 ай бұрын
@@Mrs.SusieDunn I'll try Susie, I try. 😎👍
@zackmax7184
11 ай бұрын
You might be a Leaka Momma if You have to stay in that Attic for very long.
@millenialmemoirs
11 ай бұрын
Hey I recognize that truck! Fellow upstate service tech here checking in.
@bryansimon4072
11 ай бұрын
That’s a good one, don’t see float switches go bad often. Nice reminder for everyone. Thanks
@Austin23191
11 ай бұрын
I had that reminder last year. The float switch would let 24v to the stat but only enough current to run the stat. As soon as it would call for ac, the stat would die. Replaced the stat and had the same problem cause I thought that was the issue. Ended up replacing the float and everything worked fine
@danwittels5542
11 ай бұрын
Good job Ted!
@craigbraswell4269
11 ай бұрын
I dont know about you ted, but I personally don't care for those aqua guard float switches. I hate that the pan will have to fill nearly to the top before it trips. I've also seen many that wouldn't trip on a full pan of water, ruining a ceiling.
@tommyweaver3540
11 ай бұрын
You forgot to take the tape of the switch, Doesn’t make a difference since you put the door back, but obviously you were tired
@Dillonmechanical
11 ай бұрын
Nice work
@TheSimba86
11 ай бұрын
always a good idea to record stuff like this even if you're not going to post it on youtube. could save you from a lawsuit when they accuse you of something you didn't do
@lexlarkin
11 ай бұрын
You left the tape on the door panel switch!🤦🏼♂️
@negan454ss
11 ай бұрын
Thanks Ted
@yamaha4015
11 ай бұрын
Nice job, how ever, there is always a how ever, left the tape on de switch.
@andred1951
Ай бұрын
The tail comes off the lizard and wiggles so that the attacking animal will go after the tail while the lizard has a chance to get away. The lizard will grow a new tail
@dixiebrick
11 ай бұрын
Soooooo what’s the combination to the lockbox?
@carlossaenz4075
2 ай бұрын
Sir , what camera are using great videos
@drohvac4583
10 ай бұрын
Why would they pay for Afterhours call if no one living there yet? Won’t it been fine to wait till the next day?
@bruceshepherd6217
11 ай бұрын
Well if she running you better go catch it
@Bill_CBR
11 ай бұрын
BTW, did you intend to leave the tape on the door switch?
@Suncast45
11 ай бұрын
I have a 2 year old Trane smart thermostat with wi fi. Never been connected to the net and I hate the thing! Can I have a normal like Honeywell thermostat installed on our Trane system?
@ctrlzyx2
11 ай бұрын
Probably. I don't know the trane product line, but unless the system uses a proprietary communicating protocol, any conventional thermostat will work. If your system supports multistage cooling or heating, or you have a heat pump, your new thermostat will need to support that. Most do. Sounds like you need an hvac contractor to do this for you, since you omitted some essential info from your question.
@AaronPowellvox
11 ай бұрын
That is an odd ball thing to go bad.
@kevinh6098
11 ай бұрын
are those steel toed slippers that you are wearing ?
@rogergregory6512
11 ай бұрын
Can they wait until next April for their check up?😊😊😊
@TedCookHVAC
11 ай бұрын
They sure can !!
@blakesmith2101
11 ай бұрын
Exactly what you don't want to hear "I just moved here from California".
@EthanHurley-ky4hi
11 ай бұрын
Why would you not want too hear that?
@josephgrassa3085
11 ай бұрын
My units have “ wet switch” water detectors. They seem to be pretty reliable
@rogerf3622
11 ай бұрын
Looks like you left the duct tape on the interlock switch when you replaced the cover.
@jonesjl99
10 ай бұрын
And leaves the tape on the door switch for the next tech…
@joeburner7120
11 ай бұрын
Just jump one wire lead from float switch to the other or tie them together. If unit gets power, there’s your problem.
@jjllooggiicc
11 ай бұрын
It doesn’t look like you restored the door switch by removing the tape
@larrysmith9359
11 ай бұрын
Is it a normally closed or normally open switch, Ted?
@realSamAndrew
11 ай бұрын
Normally closed
@rcf8367
11 ай бұрын
I’m not Ted but FS is normally closed, so by definition it’s a supervised circuit.
@boeing757pilot
11 ай бұрын
Those float switches are normally closed (NC).
@bills6946
11 ай бұрын
Those time delays can throw you.
@549BR
11 ай бұрын
More people fleeing crazy California; yep, they'll probably want a high tech thermostat. Like Ted's favorite brand, Nest. lol
@gabrielstern4992
11 ай бұрын
Don't like nest or ecobee at all. Honeywell makes a wifi thermostat for 170 dollars that is just smart enough like giving humidity readings and outside tempetures without bieng too over the top or complicated. Who knows maybe Alexa will make a bad comeback don't like them either.
@mattb1967mb
11 ай бұрын
Yeh... my high dollar Honeywell failed after 8 months.
@rocker8692
4 ай бұрын
Hope he doesnt bring his woke California ideas with him.
@97Napkins
11 ай бұрын
why are you there? nobody is there> do you just want fix machines when you can be at home relaxing? Now I suspect he dont want to be home lol
@pauldusa
11 ай бұрын
Yellow break
@nomadismileseeker6611
11 ай бұрын
If it’s an aqua dog anything, drown it.
@walterrifle2725
11 ай бұрын
The very worst neighbors you can have in your community are moving from California
@nomusicrc
11 ай бұрын
Last
@RichB0330
11 ай бұрын
Tell her to leave her politics in Cali
@10speed4
11 ай бұрын
I hope the Californian moving in doesn’t vote to ruin your city too.
@timcat5614
10 ай бұрын
Why are you anti DIY. We can do better than any HVAc guy.
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