Unexpected Disaster: Trane AC Unit Derailed

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11 ай бұрын

TRANE AC UNIT COMES OF ITS RAILS
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@pennypingu 11 ай бұрын

"I'm not really doin it to make a ton of money, I'm doing it cause I enjoy the journey. You're out there doing the best you can and keep people up and running." This is why we watch. We like the rough/ blunt exterior of a guy that seems to mostly help out the elderly so another crook doesn't go in there to take what little money they need to eat. To a long and honest carrer Steve; cheers and never change.

@J-Colt 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for video Steven. Had a guy come to work today to give me estimate to replace a rooftop commercial unit. He watches you so we started having a good laugh with some of your sayings and some of the customers you've had.

@altieri555 11 ай бұрын

Great job as usual Steve,it's nice seeing someone care about their work.There are so many hacks out there today,a homeowner never knows who they can trust.

@brianhoward6896 11 ай бұрын

Good job Steve, that change out looks real nice! I like seeing those change outs too, regular service calls get's kinda boring. So a change is nice to see.

@SkyChaserCom 11 ай бұрын

Wow. You are really honest and passionate about your trade. Very few folks like you around anymore. Awesome work :)

@jr6381 11 ай бұрын

We enjoy travelling along with you too Steve. Thanks for the videos.

@makgou9148 11 ай бұрын

Steve nice job turning lemons into lemon aid. Solid install.

@ryanscho9207 11 ай бұрын

Cased coil for the win! Nice work Steve you help people out and don't apply pressured sales tactics

@bill8by5 11 ай бұрын

Watching you is as pleasurable as watching my AC guy!! He appreciates not dealing with a dumbass when it comes to this stuff. Plus, when it hits a wall, I call and he's there within a couple hours. About an hour later - back on line.

@mark_r49 11 ай бұрын

Just replaced a Trane A/C. Installed in 1991. Only repair was a new fan motor 5 years ago.

@Garth2011 11 ай бұрын

Same here. We have an Amana 4T condenser built from 1991, all original, even the capacitor ! The Emerson motor bearings were slowly drying out. The fan was not coasting to a stop freely that I noticed months back so I kept an eye on it. Sourced a Nidec US Motors Mojave (ball bearings) motor and replaced it just a month ago. The Emerson motor had "oil ports" for both sides...filled it with the recommended oil and she's now a back up motor...spins freely as ever. Measured the existing capacitor and the numbers are still 40/7.5 according to the meter ! I replaced it anyway and its now a spare with the old motor in the event there is a need in the future. Used an Amrad made in USA so I hope that goes for awhile longer than the $10 caps.

@tedparkman3111 11 ай бұрын

The Master right hear boy's!! Awesome job Steve and great advice on the stress of life, love it thanks!!!

@anthonygasparini1734 11 ай бұрын

Enjoy the journey! Excellent thought for the day. Thanks, Steve!

@kytacomaguy 11 ай бұрын

Agreed "Keep life simple" Great quote Steve!! Nice work..

@Gman2930 11 ай бұрын

Nice professional install, Steve.

@gewing61 11 ай бұрын

Great video. Thanks for sharing your install

@1022hard 11 ай бұрын

Very nice workmanship!

@jo6520 11 ай бұрын

Very clean installation

@fanofoldfans9238 11 ай бұрын

Steve nice tie in with that new coil. Another professional job well done!

@markimbesi4791 11 ай бұрын

I started watching a few years ago and watched his round table on boilers to help me with our solar thermal and just kept watching.

@Dominick_Calvitto. 11 ай бұрын

Great work Steve

@southside6924 Ай бұрын

Same here bro I really do it because I want ppl to know how reliable I am and the money comes second… I get more of a joy from the customer satisfaction 😊

@joshcallihan Ай бұрын

Your definitely one of the best hvac and heating guys I’ve ever seen

@stephenbullock-yn3vh 11 ай бұрын

Excellent work Steve 👍

@porky7753 11 ай бұрын

Great work Steven.

@ForgetU 11 ай бұрын

Enjoy the Journey.

@petergarofolo9385 11 ай бұрын

Great video Steven. Thank you. 👍 👍 👍

@joetalley2638 11 ай бұрын

Nice install and good camera work!

@pdsrenos 11 ай бұрын

Excellent Work Steve!!

@danwittels5542 11 ай бұрын

Great job Steve! Nice clean install. Why anyone would put a junk Trane system on top of a nice Ruud furnace is beyond me.

@Clamjammer 11 ай бұрын

I can’t stand trane I think they’re over priced over engineered garbage. Expensive to buy and terrible to service

@overwatch2671 11 ай бұрын

Nice system Steve.

@Hvac-dude 11 ай бұрын

Much respect steve amazing job !!!!!!😊😊

@themayorofairconditioning2868 11 ай бұрын

These titles just keep getting better

@user-sx2xy8dn9v 11 ай бұрын

Just another kick ass video Steve, great job! Keep the awesome video's coming 👍☝️💥🫵

@rickmartin6817 11 ай бұрын

Nice clean job.

@w.miller7282 11 ай бұрын

Lol these new titles are hilarious, Ted with antidyihvac would love this

@stevenlavimoniere 11 ай бұрын

ted loves goodman units

@w.miller7282 11 ай бұрын

@@stevenlavimoniere there’s only a little sarcasm in that lol. I personally don’t mind Goodman, and they are made here in texas. My carrier system is now 4 years old so far so good.

@jblyon2 11 ай бұрын

@@w.miller7282 I'm convinced Goodman's reputation is due to the hacked installs the low ballers, or the contractors working for large developers, usually do. Around here you'd be hard pressed to find a new development, condo, or apartment building that wasn't full of poorly installed Goodman equipment. There's a condo complex up the road from me, and just from the photos when one goes up for sale you can tell how horribly they were installed. I'm sure it's 10x worse when you look at it up close!

@Garth2011 11 ай бұрын

@@stevenlavimoniereLOL He will disagree and I don't see any reason for that when you figure in the "value" they provide vs. the expensive Trane brand. Not to mention, those spine fined coils do not impress in the long run.

@nosaya3 11 ай бұрын

Monsta job, Steve!

@slabslayer258 11 ай бұрын

I love doing the HVAC work . And I don’t up sale either I try to repair and I do honest work . Not out to get to the customers . I had guy call me Tuesday this week a local company had charged him $700.00 to wash condenser coil only . Told him it was fixed and would be cooled down after several hours. This job was done midday on Monday and at 8:00 pm Monday night it was 91 inside the house . He called me Tuesday to ask me if he got took . Told him he sure did and I would come look at it for him . He said he was gone call other back and see if they would warrant their work since it didn’t fix the issue .

@billmiller5075 10 ай бұрын

Great job Steve

@frankrizzo3915 11 ай бұрын

Nice Work.

@willbarger2233 11 ай бұрын

Nice work

@wmcc.1461 11 ай бұрын

nice use on the swag tool good soldering wicked a coil change out

@dandydenni1615 11 ай бұрын

Master level soldering! Just enough, not too much. 10/10 Mine, always too much. Me, an amateur.

@hinspect 11 ай бұрын

That was a great Video from start to finish, I wonder about the pros and cons of brazing the Copper lines Vs Soldering. Solder makes a much prettier joint and without all that heat. I'm convinced higher temperatures must change the Copper somehow and make it weaker. You do beautiful Solder work! It has to be learned.🙂

@stevenlavimoniere 11 ай бұрын

staybrite 8 is a high silver soilder its good for 3000 lbs stronger then brazing and less heat , and does not oxidize the inside of pipe ,so no nitrogen is needed when soldering .for me its just easyer to do it this way

@hinspect 11 ай бұрын

@@stevenlavimoniere I admire your Soldering, especially on Copper Piping. You have a rare talent for Beautiful Solder Joints!

@MOAONAABE 11 ай бұрын

got 30 years off my 1.5 ton trane. with a hard start kit it would still be going but with the gas situation i opted for a new carrier. its a lot quieter. and from what i hear tossed out for prices i did better in the midwest than down east. that was 3 years ago.

@MaMa-qh4dy 11 ай бұрын

"Helping people out." Way to go Steve!!!!

@danpresson 11 ай бұрын

What awesome job

@zippythechicken 11 ай бұрын

yeah that came out good.. its always something matching the new evaporator to the heater but it fit in well. Its a little bit of effort for sure. And it didn't rain so whats to complain about heh. :o)

@billparikka2728 11 ай бұрын

New cased evaporator coil would be a professional installation!

@petermasterson8276 11 ай бұрын

The roads seem to be very poor, very rough.

@Bob.W. 11 ай бұрын

At least Steve knows that he has to slide the coil in since he repeated himself a few times. It works for me. I'd say it once and then a few minutes later wonder "what am I doing in this old basement"? 😂

@mph5896 11 ай бұрын

I gotta tape it and screw it in real well 😉

@iamnoone. 11 ай бұрын

Howdy Steve and Molly

@vladekvladinov5753 11 ай бұрын

Old subscriber ova here. Thanks stevovo

@michaelhaney3175 11 ай бұрын

First off Steve, KUDOS on your soldering . It would be interesting to see what you could do with fine electronic soldering. My question is: Are all refrigerants dangerous in that they can produce a toxic (Fozgene) gas?

@Jon.Rushing 11 ай бұрын

The ones that have chlorine in them can produce phosgene. It can also produce hydrogen chloride and hydrogen fluoride too.

@steveksi 11 ай бұрын

I always mastic those tape seams. even the UL tape comes loose with Heat and cold.

@rodneyskinner7741 11 ай бұрын

Hello Steve!

@Parkhill57 11 ай бұрын

New unit is not very noisy/rattly. Nice and quiet. Maybe get an electric winch for the truck. Make it removable.

@tonym6920 11 ай бұрын

Hey Steve and Miss Molly! Workin’ again y’all. 👍👍. Great job Steve!

@cavemanballistics6338 10 ай бұрын

So on a relatively new TRANE system seems it would be advisable to put some Freon and Dye in the system and try to find the leak rather than replace the whole system.

@JCHD18CVOLim 11 ай бұрын

Fantastic job Steve

@seangriffon6502 11 ай бұрын

Ill take that old Trane unit along with the indoor coil.

@savedxgrace 11 ай бұрын

How about a"good enough for this neighborhood" t shirt

@johnwalker890 11 ай бұрын

Bravo Steve, Great job.

@doq3596 16 күн бұрын

maybe mastic on all those plenum joints? tape comes loose over time....

@fredknapp2177 11 ай бұрын

Should you always replace copper lines with brand new ones ? Could be a royal pain to get those fished through on a 2 story house up to the attic where the air handler sits

@jt6969 11 ай бұрын

It's not required but a good practice. Old lines can be flushed

@dyershvac5884 11 ай бұрын

Great install, great little 9/10k day! Nothing wrong with that momma!

@lambchopLSX87 11 ай бұрын

Damn 9-10k for a 13 seer? We get 6-8k depending and most time make custom metal, condensate pump ez trap ect…

@broken1965 11 ай бұрын

You need to show pump down sometime momma 😮

@biker55555 11 ай бұрын

Does anyone know how the uninsulated ducts not condense during AC use?

@japmlp09 11 ай бұрын

Its a Trane... hard to start one😅

@seudosmart5278 3 ай бұрын

Hey Steve, what is the advantage to the STAY BRITE 8 as opposed to the braizing rods?

@stevenlavimoniere 3 ай бұрын

less heat ,,no dry nitrogen purge needed . easyer to use , faster , and stronger

@lambchopLSX87 11 ай бұрын

Also not for nothin in it a know it all but we have had quite a bit of call backs for the plugs seeping after a little while, so we been dabbing a little dope on em, have you not seen this issue with them?

@samsquires2877 8 ай бұрын

All the Trane fan boys aren’t happy about this one. The Goodman hat makes it even better.

@Demy26 11 ай бұрын

I like the play on words. Trane Derailed 😅

@edbug007 11 ай бұрын

New system don’t see these to often lucky customer

@randomsanwhich2 11 ай бұрын

That's a nice job for a one man show.

@mp289634 11 ай бұрын

My man cut the lineset out with a cutoff wheel lmao

@jremeee1599 11 ай бұрын

What’s your honest opinion on RUDD units?

@lambchopLSX87 11 ай бұрын

Do this every single day, we install exclusively rheem, good products while those 28” are fun the 34-1/2 are even more fun ha! can I ask why you chose to solider it and not braze in? You aren’t concerned about the higher pressure of 410?

@esbonwordenjr6069 11 ай бұрын

I braze everytime... i have never in my life used stay brite 8 but you can use it and the tensile strength is there... id still flow a little nitro just in case but its alright to use staybrite that is what it is made for but it dont close gaps well and i dont ever want to use flux unless you need to for bonding different metals...

@hayderalmajadi9122 11 ай бұрын

One day and already got a thousand likes 👍.

@TomHolcombe-fh1kv 11 ай бұрын

Instead of tape, which looks like crap use some duct sealer with some painters tape to make some nice straight lines

@jeffdickens7019 11 ай бұрын

I will agree with you Steve I really just like service calls but if someone needs a new system put in I've got to make money or I just won't do it when it's just one man doing everything people don't understand

@billwhite9890 11 ай бұрын

Nice job.

@devinx1026 11 ай бұрын

Just a question why did you solder instead of brazing on a 410 unit

@stevenlavimoniere 11 ай бұрын

@jacobflanigan6343 11 ай бұрын

Trane derailed due to going to fast on a restricting signal.

@davidnull5590 11 ай бұрын

Did the last guy use Dynamite to blow a hole in that foundation wall?

@Spirit96Amg 11 ай бұрын

I think micron gauge should be far away from vacuum pump

@jroberts3428 6 күн бұрын

no decay test?

@dariogiannetti1452 11 ай бұрын

Steve is this unit pre charged???

@richards5843 11 ай бұрын

Good Job!! Keep it simple!!

@dosgos 11 ай бұрын

First-class install.

@sandude5903 11 ай бұрын

How much for the replacement?

@seank2985 11 ай бұрын

When’s the next cooking with ms molly video?

@az242az 11 ай бұрын

Not brazing?

@richardreynolds9885 11 ай бұрын

She's a leaker in a good way

@jroberts3428 6 күн бұрын

just a question: I'm curious why you wear the surgical gloves. I mean I know you're literally performing surgery but its not like we need to maintain a sterile environment ?

@stevedentremont9849 11 ай бұрын

Just wondering Steve f do I’d you hire a editor to do your video titles?? Noticed there a lot different than usual and I like it by the way keep it up👍

@Demy26 11 ай бұрын

They are dramatic for sure. Hope they get him more views or subscribers

@lambrinos 11 ай бұрын

He's working with Scotty Kilmer

@Parkhill57 11 ай бұрын

@@lambrinos Is Scotty still on Earth?

@Samlol23_drrich 11 ай бұрын

@@Parkhill57not if you read and believe HIS titles. They are all “I’m finally done” or “Saying good bye”