Simple Air Conditioning fix using Short Pro Tool

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Ай бұрын

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@chrissipple1018 Ай бұрын

I've been using a Short Pro Tool ever sense they came out and I don't know why more people are not using them.Good tool

@MrMultitool Ай бұрын

Me too

@Chevroldsmobuiac Ай бұрын

Great example of tracking an electrical fault, thanks!

@bobgardner5580 Ай бұрын

Retired now from 45 years as HVAC Tech. When I had a short like that in the outdoor unit the first thing I checked was for a small burn mark on the units cover where the control wires come in to the unit. The wires would be up against the door and would vibrate thru the insulation after a few years of running and finally short and leave a small burn mafk on the door. When you were putting the door back on it looked like a burn mark on door on the lable. Love your videos and love the way you troubleshoot. Your expertise shows.

@JazawaToad Ай бұрын

This was only a simple fix because of your experience and knowledge. I dont think a youngin' would have figured it out quite that easily.

@rj.parker Ай бұрын

“Short Pro Tool” with current limiting and auto reset for the win. Beats the heck out of a Little Popper.

@Sunrise_HVAC Ай бұрын

Love that tool. Better than the little popper.

@user-se3qd9sy2m Ай бұрын

I am getting one of those short pro tools. Great video as usual.

@KenMagee Ай бұрын

After watching you cut those connectors I started doing the same thing and it works great. So much better than trying to deal with any stranded wire.

@RayRay-nb7tn Ай бұрын

1 ton for that Bonus room seems alot, no? They be changing filters with the construction going on. I like that short probe tool, gotta look in on getting one. Nice explanation of what, how, and to find a short. Nice job Ted.

@fredsmith1240 19 күн бұрын

Gonna start calling you the one handed film bandit. Great vids man!

@James_Bowie Ай бұрын

Using those old connectors as ferrules is perfectly OK. Much better than bare wires. 👍

@williamserver4332 Ай бұрын

Great video. Very informative. Finding low voltage shorts always gives me problems.

@stevencossaboon3237 Ай бұрын

Nice troubleshooting and work Ted.

@dimbag1 Ай бұрын

Videos on back to back days . YES !

@spitzer1113 Ай бұрын

Great diagnosis and working the issue quickly and efficiently!

@FPHA697 Ай бұрын

Great job Ted I have tool need to break it out and use more !

@peterhodgkins6985 Ай бұрын

Good work and nice demo of the Short Pro Tool! Thanks!

@Eddy63 Ай бұрын

Nice looking install ... Love these chasing shorts vids that uses good troubleshooting like you did ... Thx

@seadeas Ай бұрын

This is one of the better videos I’ve watched, of yours 👍

@The1JBanks Ай бұрын

Nice. Good find Ted.

@robalexander7348 Ай бұрын

A nice check over job Ted 👍 Au

@Garth2011 Ай бұрын

Nice job...Nice house too. Plenty of HVAC...all 2 stories should 2 or 3 units for full control and options. A few smaller units tend to work best.

@Paul-IE-Repairs Ай бұрын

Those lugs are not rated for a finely stranded wire, thus requiring a ferrule to crimp to so that the wires do no break under the set screw. So you are correct in the way you are installing wires into the device

@tomcarroll3771 Ай бұрын

I believe the contactor is called a double pole single throw contact

@sknight0391 Ай бұрын

Ted is The Man! 😎👍 🚨🚨🚨

@Hvac-dude Ай бұрын

Holy cow I haven't seen a dico thermostat in a while basically white rodgers 😊

@lee-johnson Ай бұрын

I leave the short pro connected while testing outside. Finds the problem quick.

@carbine85 Ай бұрын

I do the same thing with contactor lugs. Never had a problem.

@woodystokes1543 Ай бұрын

Nice work 😊

@Mac4Willy Ай бұрын

Great troubleshooting my man!

@chesstime356 Ай бұрын

As always very nice video

@watermanone7567 Ай бұрын

Great little tool, Where did you purchase it? Thanks for the video.

@petergarofolo9385 Ай бұрын

Excellent video 👍 👍

@jasonrtfm3471 Ай бұрын

Ah, the famous Carrier run cap that you'll be back for soon.

@seadeas Ай бұрын

It certainly isn’t…, such good English!!! 👍

@uxwbill Ай бұрын

I've yet to see my Short Pro light up. Somehow I had imagined it would light up orange.

@RogerGregory-vl4kb Ай бұрын

Thats a nice pen you have their Ted.

@wurthmannd024 Ай бұрын

1.5 pole contactors should always read

@jeffreywhitlatch1409 Ай бұрын

I think contactor coils are failing way more than they used to these days. Even though my last short was a bad tstat wire beween the A-H and tstat, on a 6yr old metal stud condo with a Carrier. I was using my lil popper. And I do compressor wires the same way in lugs.😶

@zachary2999 Ай бұрын

Awesome tool. Does it matter putting 5amp fuse on board that says 3amp fuse on it? And if you take screws out of back of the contactor the black plastic on side, slides out and you can see the coil.

@natepeterson7145 Ай бұрын

IMO that's a more secure way to secure those wires on the contactor. I wish they were all like that.

@padricfleming Ай бұрын

How many ohms are you looking for when you ohm out the contactor?

@davidsanders6957 27 күн бұрын

Check the muffler bearings

@TedCookHVAC 18 күн бұрын

Yes, and the blinker fluid.

@carlosrodas1169 Ай бұрын

one of the best video. I stared to wach all your videos. can you tell me where can I buy the screw driver that one you use in the video

@boeing757pilot Ай бұрын

That's a Klein, not sure model.

@jhatfield2755 Ай бұрын

I ohm y and commong inside and itll lead u to contactor straight off bat sometimes

@TedCookHVAC Ай бұрын

Smart !!

@tbone6354 Ай бұрын

A good idea is to add 50ml of sulphuric acid to the compressor before regassing

@Sunrise_HVAC Ай бұрын

You could have left that short pro connected then when you connected the contactor it would have engaged. I do it a lot but like you said, just another way to skin that damn cat. 😊

@stephenpeele3309 Ай бұрын

What tool is that you are using

@duramusmosley5530 Ай бұрын

Short pro tool

@davidlundy5007 Ай бұрын

How many times have you forgot to mark the box and it wound up in your parts bin ? Lol

@nomusicrc Ай бұрын

Last Nice job

@brandonneims9397 Ай бұрын

Are you sponsored by the short pro tool can I use something to get a discount on it

@Doughboy1824 Ай бұрын

Big house!!!

@daddygc5814 Ай бұрын

And beautiful, like so many of the homes he works in

@scotts4125 Ай бұрын

If it's Dico it must be the best.

@kevincampbell7276 Ай бұрын

I have been cutting them ends off for years

@Zee-hl5iu Ай бұрын

Tool link?

@user-se3qd9sy2m Ай бұрын

I can not get the fan speed turned up on Pepe's (Your old neighbor.) Trane. On fan only it blows on the lowest speed. It will not let me change taps. What am I missing?? PLEASE HEP a brother out!!!! I will be calling you about this soon.. : )

@TedCookHVAC Ай бұрын

Call me up man …. I can tell you how.

@Honestandtruth Ай бұрын

This is Not Simple.....a lot of experiences going into troubleshooting to pinpoint the Problem 👍

@gerardomireles122 Ай бұрын

Helicopter 🚁

@briancarlisi2224 Ай бұрын

Sell them some new modern T-stats when you return with filters. Those old, mismatched ones look hideous.

@kevincampbell7276 Ай бұрын

Someone had red on common is supposed to be blue

@gvnumber3200 Ай бұрын

Ted Cook is workin’ again, Y’all !

@yamohvac3181 Ай бұрын

Ted

@AdamDeal-KF0PRI Ай бұрын

very n8ce trouble shooting! china keeps you in business thats for sure!

@nastymatt6685 Ай бұрын

first comment

@davidsanders6957 27 күн бұрын

Glad I'm not the customer of yours. Because yes, there is a need to put gauge on it. Regardless of how you feel me as a customer is what I am paying for. Being a SERVICE PROVIDER is just that !! Provide FULL SERVICE, to the "best of your ability " I guess. Your now un-employed

@TedCookHVAC 18 күн бұрын

First of all the customer was only billed for the low-voltage diagnostic, and the contactor replacement. So you’re mistaken, the customer did not pay for anything that I neglected to do. The general maintenance is done by a different tech at a different time of year, and is not combined with a repair situation, therefore, full service to the air conditioner or furnace was not performed nor was the customer billed for it. Second of all, it is up to me and my experience as to whether I see a need to connect gauges and affect a port that can easily create a leak for no reason. If you think you know better than the service tech, then you may as well service your own unit. And lastly, I agree with you, I am very glad that you’re not my customer either. If you don’t trust a professional, you should not hire them. And if you do hire a professional, you should trust them. You do not know more than me about Hvac. You have made that obvious. I just don’t throw gauges uselessly on every machine I walk up to. We take temperature readings, line temp readings, Delta T readings, etc. and there are many things we can do without disturbing the refrigeration system whatsoever. I hope your defensive posture pays off for you and other situations of life, but in this particular instance, it only makes you appear to be difficult to get along with.