Reviving an Older Rheem Gas Pack!

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8 ай бұрын

In this video I repair a gas pack I diagnosed over a month ago! #hvacguy #hvaclife #hvac #airconditioner #hvactechnician #furnace #heatpump #hvacinstall #hvactrainingvideos #hvactroubleshooting ⁠‪@ruud‬ #heatexchanger #crackedheatexchanger #stainless
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Пікірлер: 89

@HVACGUY 8 ай бұрын

Forgive the strings in the camera. I take that hoodie off halfway through.

@kens.3729 8 ай бұрын

NO need to Apologize, Curtis. 👍🙏

@89tin 8 ай бұрын

I thought you were running dreadlocks

@dmc31405 Ай бұрын

Curtis earns his angel wings on jobs like this. I know that lady is exceedingly grateful that you got her heat going.

@jthonn 8 ай бұрын

Man that was a lot of work. A fun job redoing that old Reem, I just hope it was worth it. I bet you gave him a good price. You are the man. Great job!

@HVACGUY 8 ай бұрын

Thanks

@robertwojtowicz933 8 ай бұрын

I noticed you’re wearing a heavy sweatshirt did the temperature dip below 65°F 😂

@HVACGUY 8 ай бұрын

😂

@Paulie1232 8 ай бұрын

Man, you really rebuilt that unit 😳 the customer will be good for at least another 10 years .😊

@HVACGUY 8 ай бұрын

I hope so

@Killerbuckets23 8 ай бұрын

I have to replace a heat exchanger in a Goodman furnace in a crawl space sometime this week. Please pray for me 😣

@HVACGUY 8 ай бұрын

Nobody’s listening to my prayers. You’re on your own.

@robalexander7348 8 ай бұрын

Well Curtis that sure was a expensive rebuild, it may have been better for the customer to install a complete new system 🤔 Au

@markjones7268 8 ай бұрын

Those strings are fine. Just sharing to us is very important

@samuelnason8585 8 ай бұрын

Good Lord, they should of bought a new one. with the amount of work you put into replacing parts for this thing.

@j.r.branch1681 8 ай бұрын

I have replaced so many of those heat exchangers threw the years on that style of unit after the first one there easy..no drip leg with a change in direction or no step down regulator on the gas line is that code we’re u live brother…most of the time they will smoke like crazy with that oily reduce on it..

@gallowaylights 8 ай бұрын

Still don't know why package units have a/c coil before the heat exchanger? 😂 rust is inevitable

@JHACbiz 8 ай бұрын

I condemned one like that last week. I think it may have been older than this one.

@DevinHVACInc 8 ай бұрын

Very nice pay day. Well done

@aarongates1452 8 ай бұрын

Curtis you do awesome work! Man I miss the Ga humidity lol! It’s a lot different in Oklahoma! Keep up the good work bud!

@HVACGUY 8 ай бұрын

Thanks! Will do!

@zman919 8 ай бұрын

She kept shutting off due to air in the gas line. Once you bleed the air and had straight gas she will stay on!!!

@harrydickson4575 8 ай бұрын

Another nice job 👍👍👍

@Hvac-dude 8 ай бұрын

I love the grinder I have a corded dewalt one I love it !!!!

@nickwheeler927 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for your videos Curtis and very nice job! I wish we had more residential outdoor package units up here in Mass!! I'm jealous! I noticed your meter was in millivolt dc when reading flame current. I didn't even realize you'd get a reading that way, I was taught to read in uaDC (Microamps) I wasn't even aware you'd get reading that way, which is why I'm addicted to watching other fellow tradesmen do their thing. Keep up the great content brother!

@charlesmalinoski6325 8 ай бұрын

I would imagine.The reason your flame sensor wasn't holding.Was because you probably had air in your gas line. Just needed to cycle a few times,to bleed it thru. No biggie...

@bagtube 8 ай бұрын

When you yank out all those wires how on earth do you know where they all go when putting this system back together?

@iamnoone. 8 ай бұрын

Curtis on the job

@MiguelAngel-jk2lg 8 ай бұрын

Great job, exelent!

@HVACGUY 8 ай бұрын

Thanks

@houstonsbestairheat 8 ай бұрын

A lot of work 💪🏽💪🏽

@ezekiellackey3439 7 ай бұрын

I just replaced a heat exchanger on a carrier furnace in a crawl space. That was fun

@TomLawson05 8 ай бұрын

Great job Curtis what’s the difference in price between new unit and repair? Hopefully the compressor won’t go out next summer.

@jthonn 8 ай бұрын

I was thinking the same thing. I bet he gave him a good deal.

@HVACGUY 8 ай бұрын

That was a 1/3 of the cost of a new system. Or close to it.

@PhillipFrischman-vo8gm 7 ай бұрын

Keep up the good work bud...😊

@jeremylcamp 8 ай бұрын

30:47 Should give Pepsi Zero Sugar a shot.

@tphvac87 8 ай бұрын

Nice how they put the whip right in front of the panel… that W coil is in pretty rough shape too. Would it be cheaper to replace to entire unit? Gotta love those Rheemjobs… 🤣

@brianwaldo2642 8 ай бұрын

Hey, you can $4k before I get out of bed 😂.

@chrissmith513 8 ай бұрын

That's a ton of work for an old unit ! But your very patient and you do good work 😇😇😇

@kevinwalker4623 8 ай бұрын

So you had to go through all of that because of the unit no being installed level? Or do they just rust out regardless? The video says you did it in 47 minutes, reality is what 2 hours give of take? When the insulation peels off is there an adhesive that works to put it back? Thanks for videoing these for us!! Extra scratches for Riley please.

@HVACGUY 8 ай бұрын

It was about 2.5 hours. This one was level

@JoeB3 7 ай бұрын

With Rheem this was a known issue on older units, their fix also creates a ton of rust but supposedly only on non critical components, we will see how it goes.

@Bob.W. 8 ай бұрын

Gad that's a lot of corrosion. Thanks.

@user-su5ft8lc9q 8 ай бұрын

Curtis you need to update your pipe wrenches to Aluminum.

@HVACGUY 8 ай бұрын

why?

@richardambrose3156 8 ай бұрын

my first year I worked for Sears. I did about 6 of them in first 3 weeks of cold. I didn't care for the Smell when you first turned them on.. Had one Customer that would not open her windows to allow Smell to go out.. I told her it would not be Good for her. About 5 minutes later.. her windows were coming open...LOL

@patricktonz7833 4 ай бұрын

Great content

@TylerFoster3810 8 ай бұрын

Great job Curtis Awesome video man keep up the hard work!

@HVACGUY 8 ай бұрын

Thanks

@rickr6908 8 ай бұрын

Great job 👍 it always amazes me that they can still run with that much wrong. That was a lot of work, but it looked great when you finished .

@fernandobazan829 8 ай бұрын

did you ever see the part number I sent you about that lower plate it’s on line it was a different customer but same heat exchanger really hard to find but it’s there in the other video comments great. video

@HVACGUY 8 ай бұрын

I’m sorry but no.

@fernandobazan829 8 ай бұрын

well i find it again and post it here for you

@fernandobazan829 8 ай бұрын

best of luck

@johnwalker890 8 ай бұрын

Great job Curtis, I know the customer was thoroughly happy with the results, Your better at rebuilds than service and trouble shooting.

@tomrichardson2099 8 ай бұрын

Wouldn't a replacement of the complete unit have been more cost sffective? And why?

@davidca96 6 ай бұрын

Im glad for you business wise and your work is well done, but if that were mine id have spent extra and replaced the entire unit, too much rust everywhere for me to be comfortable. Its good for Curtis business wise though 👍

@scottmaz4063 8 ай бұрын

Great job Curtis job well done

@sirraident 8 ай бұрын

What was wrong with the flame sensor? If you don't mind me asking

@phoenixhvac-r828 7 ай бұрын

And now you own it 😂😂😂😂

@romeoser5397 8 ай бұрын

Question is it possible to change a heat exchanger off a regular split system?

@Killerbuckets23 8 ай бұрын

If your talking about in a furnace then yes it is. However, it will be the biggest pain in the butt for you as a tech

@kevinwalker4623 8 ай бұрын

@@Killerbuckets23 I gather that is because they are in a closet and you can only get to 1 side?

@HVACGUY 8 ай бұрын

Yes.

@richardambrose3156 8 ай бұрын

But I loved doing that

@user-su5ft8lc9q 8 ай бұрын

It would have been much easier on you to install a new unit.

@george420 8 ай бұрын

Isnt this kind of like giving a 70 year old a new heart or something vital?

@karellodewijks4971 8 ай бұрын

👍👍😊😊

@fernandobazan829 8 ай бұрын

Great Belch after that swig of pepsi

@5822huron 8 ай бұрын

Is this the same one with the bad pitch?

@HVACGUY 8 ай бұрын

@Garth2011 8 ай бұрын

It sure looks like that one doesn't it.

@mikemaki1104 8 ай бұрын

On a union!!

@isrosa2894 6 ай бұрын

It seems like a lot of work and a big expense for the customer. At this point why not just offer a new unit since it's so deteriorated? I'm just thinking if the heat exchanger is like that, other components would need replacement as well.

@Garth2011 8 ай бұрын

If this is the same one thats not level. Too bad with all of that work to get the rusted stuff out of there and the owner didn't request the unit be "Leveled" to prevent this improper install from doing the same thing again. He should at least asked about it and then had it leveled and remove all of that growth around the base perimeter which also harbor bugs and moisture.