HVACR Service Call: Walk In Refrigerator Not Cooling (Refrigerator Compressor Not Starting/Working)

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10 ай бұрын

HVACR Service Call: Walk In Refrigerator Not Cooling (Refrigerator Compressor Not Starting/Working) HVACR (Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning/Refrigeration) Refrigeration Emergency Service Call (Walk In Refrigerator Not Cooling/Walk In Refrigerator Not Working) Beer Cooler Not Working / Compressor Not Starting/Working / How To Check Compressor / How To Check Run Capacitor/How To Check Start Capacitor / Commercial Refrigeration / Walk In Cooler Troubleshooting / Walk In Freezer Not Cooling / Walk In Refrigerator Troubleshooting / Walk In Refrigerator Not Working / Commercial Refrigeration Training
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@Neto-1984 10 ай бұрын

Reason why 120 to ground was showing on both sides of the contactor is because you have a closed circuit through the contactor coil...once you pulled the terminals off you interrupted the flow across the coil. Hope this helps and keep up the great content.

@mynamesdan2164 10 ай бұрын

I always appreciate your videos! You made this one a little more complicated then it needed to be. Me personally I always do all my interior box checks before heading to the roof. That includes taking the cover off the thermo which would have led you to the issue right away and this job would have been done very quickly. I’ve found it very important to approach walk in calls the same way every time and have a procedural way of doing it so I don’t miss easy things like this. Also I would never say a load is working/not working by testing pins to ground, 120v on both sides to ground is not the same as 208v across the coil. There are several reasons to why you would have those voltages but testing across for 208v is truly the only way of know if it should be energized or not. I think you’d benefit by approaching these calls the same way every time rather then changing how you do things based on the condition! Do it in a procedural way for a year and you will not get stumped on calls like this and you will have a vastly better understanding! I’ve been training a few techs lately and I’m really just trying to help! Keep up the good work JMT!

@mgonzalez8880 10 ай бұрын

This comment helps me.. im a rookie tech, thank you!!

@ronnym1977 4 ай бұрын

That certainly makes sense.

@tobyoverton_hvacr 10 ай бұрын

Dude don’t ever check voltage to ground as a diagnostic test. It’ll mess you up every time. Always reference the other leg of power.

@poohbear4130 10 ай бұрын

As my journeyman always told me the meter will always tell you the path! My Multi Meter is my best friend, no matter who tells you what’s not working or disconnected ( upside down switch?) I always meter every thing myself before I start. P.S the meter can save your life!

@scottk0623 10 ай бұрын

Great find, I’m not real crazy about them using t-stat wire for line voltage. Always great job thanks

@JumpermanTech 10 ай бұрын

Thank you! That t stat wire should definitely be replaced. Appreciate you watching & commenting 🔧⚡️

@JCM2LA 10 ай бұрын

Checking voltages to ground when troubleshooting can often get you confused. Great video.

@hamerding 7 ай бұрын

Your electrical troubleshooting skills were fun to see. This is journeyman level electrical control systems troubleshooting at its best

@davidwatty20 10 ай бұрын

Think of the coil as just a length of wire (which it is). When only one side is connected to AC, then it will act as a wire, so you will always see a similar voltage at both ends of the coil with reference to ground, but no voltage across it because no current is flowing. When there is power applied across both terminals, the coil is energised, current will flow and it will drop voltage across it, so you will see a voltage between the terminals.

@Shawn_RHVAC 10 ай бұрын

Holly shit. There using low voltage thermostat wires for line voltage.

@JumpermanTech 10 ай бұрын

That was definitely an interesting find 😂

@Progressivehvacr 7 ай бұрын

Aw man! They used thermostat wire for line voltage!! 😮 Your doing a great job by the way! Great video!

@robfederico2133 5 ай бұрын

Jumper man keep on jumping ! Don't feel bad electrical troubleshooting has humbled us all at some point lol. These types of struggles are the types that will elevate you to electrical master in no time. Bottom line if a component is tagged for 208,120,24 etc and you don't get it from post to post then the component is not bad and you should keep on working backwards from there.

@joshperez7731 10 ай бұрын

I thought it was a bad contactor too, what a strange call man. Glad you figured it out!

@michaelbryan2847 10 ай бұрын

N to 1 is the line voltage that powers your defrost clock always start there when no lights are ON at the clock.

@samuelaranda4568 10 ай бұрын

Great digging.

@user-ut3uy3oo9u 6 ай бұрын

Great video. You were a little confused with 120v to ground on each side of the contactor coil but nothing across. That's typical 208v control meaning you lost a leg of 208 which you found at the burned up wire at the tstat. Still wonder why you didn't check 208v at the time clock to power it up when your green light was out? Hopefully your next call there isn't an iced up coil due to time clock motor not powered up. lol. Love the liquor check at the end!!

@jasonhewitt7614 3 сағат бұрын

Great video, I liked how you followed the circuit out

@sherwinalvarez7365 10 ай бұрын

Great video. I noticed their was no green light on the clock tho. Should have checked 1 to N and 4 to N. Then put in defrost to make sure it cuts off the tstat. Then check 3 to N. Always check wires when no romex is used. The definitely rub out.

@mikedillon6233 10 ай бұрын

Now you did a good job troubleshooting. I was thinking coil too , But when you pull that wire off the coil and all of a sudden, you had twenty eight Volts I thought the same thing you did , huh? Lol!

@vinhle7246 10 ай бұрын

WE LOVE YOU GUY, YOU ARE NUMBER ONE....

@MatCanix Ай бұрын

You had 120 on 1 side of the contactor and power was flowing threw the coil giving you the same 120 out. Testing ac voltage should be done leg to leg. Not leg to ground like DC. But none the less you figure it out and fixed it good job bro.

@jrh86 10 ай бұрын

Most excellent 👍👍👍💯

@JumpermanTech 10 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!! Stay tuned for new videos every week🔧⚡️

@CM-ou4zr 10 ай бұрын

Good job man. A little bit of a confusing call. But you got it right. Its crazy how different HVAC is in NY due to limited space. I'm in Wyoming and almost never see water cooled condensor on anything most chillers are air cooled. Actually a decent amount of vrf stuff out here it's getting out into old commercial buildings because install is less invasive. Thanks a bunch for taking the time to make these service call vlogs.

@seymourwrasse3321 10 ай бұрын

this isn't HVAC, it's refrigeration

@johnwalker890 10 ай бұрын

Good job Jumper.

@JumpermanTech 10 ай бұрын

Thank you John!! 🔧⚡️

@mansourramzey7711 10 ай бұрын

Wow , that was great, you caught it , I thought something is about to blow up 😂

@JumpermanTech 10 ай бұрын

Thank you! Haha thankfully nothing blew up & that wire didn't shock me while I took off the cover. Thanks for watching!

@mansourramzey7711 10 ай бұрын

@@JumpermanTech ya good eyes. I enjoyed the video. Take care

@JumpermanTech 10 ай бұрын

@@mansourramzey7711 Thank you! You also take care and enjoy your weekend ⚡️

@shine-cg9uf 10 ай бұрын

👍💪🇺🇸❄️ nice vid. Any thoughts about why clock wasn’t lit up ?

@perryseidler434 7 ай бұрын

Very good

@2969566 4 ай бұрын

Hello, great educational videos. I would like to ask if you could make a video about your parts, what parts you constantly carry in your truck, universal or commonly encountered ones. For refrigeration equipment. I do residential HVAC and am also adding refrigerators to expand my business.

@Shawn_RHVAC 10 ай бұрын

Wiring is probably burnt from higher amp draw. 18 gauge wire not to be used for line voltage

@JumpermanTech 10 ай бұрын

Definitely should not be used for line voltage. That should be replaced 💯

@amirzaman9769 8 ай бұрын

Good job sir

@kaloiankrastev6851 10 ай бұрын

Great troubleshooting my man! How long doest it take for termostat to reach 35 !?

@JumpermanTech 10 ай бұрын

Thank you!! It was quick to come down to about 45 but from there it took a while to reach about 38 degrees. I'd say about 1 hour. Thanks for watching 🔧⚡️

@TheSoundmanPete 3 ай бұрын

As mentioned.... when troubleshooting 208v controls circuits.... you can't measure to ground, You must assign an L1 and L2. L2 is the "neutral" of the circuit.

@user-py6su6sf4m 4 ай бұрын

Nice find! Was sitting here saying it's the contactor. Lol appreciate your videos. New to the trade. Normally work on the hot side. Follow up on the indicator light on the defrost timer? I thought walk ins don't do defrost. Help

@MindzEnt 2 ай бұрын

I had a similar situation to this a while ago, it was for a crematorium, the bodies were beginning to get warm!!!

@ErickHernandez93 10 ай бұрын

Missing a leg from the defrost clock buddy Seems your other leg of the coil is the #4 from the clock, if the clock is bad or has bad contacts which your clock has no lights you’ll never have your other leg to the coil to contactor unless stuck closed which in this case it might be it, hope it helps You check to ground to verify but not to diagnose as it’ll always throw you off

@ErickHernandez93 10 ай бұрын

@@jruizsr yes sir Have made a wiring diagram board to train my brother that just joined the trade not too long ago

@skanteroar 10 ай бұрын

I was screaming by minute 5 to check power at the clock. I thought he was trolling by ignoring the clock.

@ErickHernandez93 10 ай бұрын

@@skanteroar 😂 it’s cool man we don’t all know it to be the main power source of operation on a unit but then again we all get tunnel vision sometimes and that could mess with us hard, just glad he found the short in the wire but that clock not lighting up indeed shows to be bad

@Shawn_RHVAC 10 ай бұрын

Like I said. The low voltage wire can not handle the amperage from the line voltage running then it. The wire is only good for low voltages

@JumpermanTech 10 ай бұрын

Facts. It should definitely be replaced. So many shortcuts have been taken in this location

@jphvac5725 10 ай бұрын

@@JumpermanTechdefinitely dangerous to have high voltage on stat wire. Easy fix is to install a transformer and 24v contactor to power the control circuit. Btw the small metal switch is a pump down switch.

@iraregister7589 10 ай бұрын

Your AC voltmeter measures voltage drop, it measures 208v across an energized coil because there is a 208v drop across the load. 120v on one side of a 208v coil will still conduct across the coil but will show 0v drop across the coil because there is no load.

@DelticEngine 10 ай бұрын

Interesting video! Thanks for posting. That 'isolator' switch may be upside down for the US, but here in United Kingdom, Europe, (I'm British by the way) that's the normal way for switches.

@JumpermanTech 10 ай бұрын

Thank you! That's interesting how it's the opposite where you live. Thanks for watching & stay tuned for new videos every week🔧⚡️

@learnatradecommercialequip2869 2 ай бұрын

Nice find with that broken wire.

@gnaflethegarthok3074 2 ай бұрын

Why would you read 0 volts on the thermostat if both wires get 120

@christophergonzales1321 10 ай бұрын

That paragon clock did you dirty

@johnmeyer8495 6 ай бұрын

the 28 volts was coming through the coil from the live side of the contactor and then dropping to ground as the difference between the phase and earth (ground in the US). If you think the contactor control coil has failed (Which does happen with coils energized for hours on end), disconnect the coil and do a resistance test across the coil. These pesky faults can have you chasing your tail for ages if you are focused on whats wrong an see something weird... I always do the supply test first, then the contactor tests after checking the fuses are good and then the switches and the starting caps.... if they all look good, then look at things like compressor winding resistances.... Some of these systems start out well designed, but the differing skilled contractors on a quick turn around can turn the unit into a heath robinson setup so quickly... Kudo's for staying focused on getting the control circuit ironed out dude....bravo

@persimonsen8792 9 ай бұрын

Word of advise. Do it the european way, single phase or triple phase. Not those 208 thing. Coils using LNE (230V), motors using either 230V LNE or 400V 3 phase (usually without N). Electricity in Europe (DK), is much easier.

@joeyf504327 10 ай бұрын

yo measured 0 Volts across the contactor. That means there is no current getting to the contactor.

@JulioRodriguez-kl1hh 2 ай бұрын

Check defrost timer for power if there is power present clock bad that’s why u had no green light or red when u turn the clock. if u follow the red wire coming from defrost clock its ur other half line for contactor. U just bypass the defrost clock and called it a day

@mohmmadazzeh9591 10 ай бұрын

This thing on it is like this counter low pressure cut out

@christopherleubner6633 4 ай бұрын

Measure neutral to ground then live 1 and live 2 to ground. Using 24V thermostat wire for a 208v control was plain dangerous 😳. Thermostat wire insulation is only good up to 120v max before it fails, and only legally meant for low voltage service. A shorted solenoid coil could have easily started a fire because the wire would have burned up before a fuse would have blown. Scary 💩

@gsxrsquid 10 ай бұрын

At least it wasn't full of rotting food they were still serving to customers.... been there. Installers put stuff in like it will never have to be serviced. Been there too.

@ausseamore8386 9 ай бұрын

@Shawn_RHVAC 10 ай бұрын

Start at the defrost clock. Typical issue

@JumpermanTech 10 ай бұрын

That defrost clock not having any sort of light is der strange. Led's burnt out it seems. Probably a good idea to get rid of that thing as well. Thanks for watching & commenting 🔧⚡️

@ILoveKittys78 10 ай бұрын

😻💚💜💚

@JumpermanTech 10 ай бұрын

💜🔧⚡️

@Shawn_RHVAC 10 ай бұрын

You should not even be repairing this for liability

@JumpermanTech 10 ай бұрын

I hear that!! Definitely some shady work has been done here 👀

@Robyrich2377 10 ай бұрын

No grommets on anything! Gentlemen, when you’re running wires through anything!,, put grommets on every entrance any junction box or any thermostat.. installation failure!

@eddevoe2519 10 ай бұрын

THERMISTAT WIRE FOR LINE VOLTAGE?!!!! Yikes, THAT INSULATION ISNT MEANT FOR THAT VOLTAGE.

@scottmaz4063 10 ай бұрын

Brain twister 😂

@JumpermanTech 10 ай бұрын

It seriously was! Had me stumped for a bit but I figured it out in the end😂 Thanks for watching! 🔧⚡️

@scottmaz4063 10 ай бұрын

Your videos are awesome keep them coming. 👏

@chrissipple1018 10 ай бұрын

Get rid of that Grassland defrost clock

@AndreasAndersson344 6 ай бұрын

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@thesilentonevictor 10 ай бұрын

That is what separates the professional from the amateur

@JumpermanTech 10 ай бұрын

Yes sir! Thank you! Glad this one was repaired. It was a tricky one. Stay tuned for new videos every week🔧⚡️

@richardbartlett6932 10 ай бұрын

I suggest you go back to basics as your electrical fault finding is haphazard and poor. You need to learn to test correctly follow the circuit step by step and by process, just grabbing wires and testing to earth does little or no good unless you charge by the hour... Test across the terminals not to earth as power was going through the contactor coil to the other side but coming to the other side. This was very obvious early on. if you went across the coil you'd see immediately one leg was missing. Blaming the contactor early on was another obvious "fault finding by assumption rather than by diagnosis" Sure you got there but you went round in circles and got lucky. Thanks for sharing, and good luck going forward