Zone Valve Wiring for Beginners - How to Wire Multiple Honeywell Zone Valves to Stats and Boiler

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Mikey Pipes - Pipe Doctor Plumbing & Heating & Air

Жыл бұрын

How do you wire a zone valve? What is a zone valve? During this zone valve wiring for beginners video, I simplify the confusing and overwhelming task of wiring for diagnosing defective zone valve wires.
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@douglasmayherjr.5733 Жыл бұрын

Wiring is one of the hardest concepts for guys to learn, when they get it, it’s like a light bulb turning on in there heads. I have been teaching HVACR Apprentices for close to 20 years, on and off. Really Good Video, Mike. Some guys learn by seeing a diagram, some by reading a book, some by watching a video and others need to put there hands on it and do it over again. In the trades it’s usually the hands on type, not being disrespectful at all, I don’t care how someone learns, as long as they learn. 👍🏻👍🏻

@jondolan8551 Жыл бұрын

Man you don't know how refreshing it is to watch you cut that cluster fn mess and it is simple to do a neat n tidy job.

@Stormy2510 Жыл бұрын

I generally don't comment on these videos, but my goodness.. This was simply phenomenally done. Very detailed, but easy to follow and understand. And most importantly, it wasn't boring. This allowed me to watch it completely without skipping through and missing important things... Well done, sir. You certainly earned my subscription.

@paulkenney5846 Жыл бұрын

Mike, I wish I had a mentor like you. I worked in maintenance for 45 years. Maintaining and repairing specialty wire production machines. Extruders cable machines. First 10 years none of the old-timers would show me anything. After gaining knowledge on my own any time a new mechanic came into my shop I would show him everything I knew. I watch your videos every day you were the man.

@eddiew.6485 Жыл бұрын

We use to call wiring like that a “Rats nest”! I would do like you did, cut back all the excess, organize the wires by pair, and put Brady tags on them making it easier for the next tech. Great job as always, Mikey👍

@scottapt5291 Жыл бұрын

Nicely done Mr. Pipes. Good concise method and instruction. Thanks for spreading proper technique.

@falconxlc Жыл бұрын

please, more of these educational videos! Perhaps your own HVAC course? haha thank you for these videos.

@martilmedrano624 Жыл бұрын

I always coil up the extra wiring to make it look a little better, great work!

@EB1156 Жыл бұрын

You made this very simple to understand with your... descriptive explanations! Thanks for the Vid!

@robertcooke3500 Жыл бұрын

This guys does such a good job explaining everything

@Eddy63 Жыл бұрын

Nice explanation and clean-up on aisle 4 ... You made it look so easy ... Thx Mikey Pipes ...

@chuckquinn8026 Жыл бұрын

Mikey is always 100% confident and fearless in his wiring skills and never lets us down 👍👍

@alanburris463 Жыл бұрын

Great video. Sir you know your shit. These guys working for you have a great opportunity to learn the right way and make a great living. I’ve got a couple years in plumbing and looking forward to get my hvac license. Good luck in Florida!!!

@albertcaushi9343 Жыл бұрын

You can’t know how spot on you are with the part where u said what your sisters watch

@davefoisy8751 Жыл бұрын

Mikey … can’t thank you enough for this one my hvac guy was lost … watched your video and BOOM ALL IS WELL !!! Thanks

@paulierluva Жыл бұрын

excellent educational video Mikey p. great job!!!

@josecarrasco4895 Жыл бұрын

that was very educational video good job Mike

@ATSNorthernMI Жыл бұрын

You appreciate us watching and we appreciate you teaching us. I learned so much watching you just like an apprentice learning from a master being right there and listening to you explain what's going on is priceless. I couldn't get one contractor to take me through the trade because they have to pay me a decent wage. They'd rather hire a guy that can make them stacks of cash without having to "baby sit" them all the time. It's hard to survive in a world of lazyness and being cheap. Someone has to make that decision of do I want to waste 50k a year on someone or pocket that money. Because of that, I work at walmart stocking produce barely surviving. I used to build 480v service's, run conduit, romex, doing a lot of residential work such as wiring entire houses by myself to struggling to stay afloat. Where I am, there isn't a lot going on and learning a new trade is always a plus, especially when that guy decides to drop 50k a year on an apprentice, they better step up to the plate.

@mattwittneben443 Жыл бұрын

Since watching your channel I can now look at my boiler and identify all the parts. Maybe even attempt to fix something if it breaks. Mikey Pipes taking over the world.

@josetineo223 10 ай бұрын

Best detailed video. I had the same mess and without your help, I would have not been able to upgrade to my modern wifi thermostat. I'm currently happily following you. Thank you!

@Alex-jo2oi Жыл бұрын

Great vid Mikey. Learned a few things.

@josetineo223 10 ай бұрын

Best detailed video of wiring

@scottvolage1752 Жыл бұрын

The Rubes are strong with this one. Nice Video Mike and Peter. Bring on the waygos.

@920HVAC Жыл бұрын

Thanks Mikey! Your the man🤙

@Ssplumbingandheating Жыл бұрын

Mike very knowledgeable video, thanks for your effort and well explained video. I recently learned the basic electrical and it all made sense ( I am plumber my self and learning electrical has been a huge plus for me). Thanks again Mike 🔥

@arjunmali7195 Жыл бұрын

Excellent work

@jspinosa50 Жыл бұрын

Neatness counts! Nice job!

@Spoiler5081 7 ай бұрын

DC voltage Oneway street… AC Voltage 2 lanes… helped me get my head wrapped around it when it was being taught and explained to me great video!

@robertpenczar8930 Жыл бұрын

Excellent job your the man

@wilthomas7766 Жыл бұрын

Willlie from Phillie, “ love your video’s “ giving us newbies the skiils that will bring back respect 4 the tradesman! Thank you so very much ! -Willie

@scottmaz4063 Жыл бұрын

Great video mikey 👏

@neildesposito1492 8 ай бұрын

Mike incredible informative video thank you

@daviddunn9898 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for taken the time explain exactly what you're doing in walking through the steps I have been in HVAC for 3 year's It's great to see someone take pride in there work I have been in construction for long time I take pride in my work Any I can learn is greatly appreciated thanks for the video take care and Marry Christmas and Happy New year

@allisteclinton1186 Жыл бұрын

Great Video!!! Educational, Entertaining, Real. I just subscribed.

@chrisjohns8041 Жыл бұрын

Great Video. 👍

@Pure_H2O_Center_LLC 7 ай бұрын

As a fellow HVAC Professional, I was side by side until the Green wire! ;) And then you confirmed it at the end. You are a humble and professional, well deserving of the title as an educator. I too just like Stromy2510, have for the first time subscribed to a GURU in high regards! Great Job!

@bruceelias2732 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Mike

@takedeadaim8671 Жыл бұрын

Nice job of cleaning up a goat rodeo. I do this a lot of this, I hope some day WAGO will follow, but I was taught to do these with terminal blocks mounted to a board somewhere near the valves. In later years I went to running the thermostat wiring in plastic push lock air tube to eliminate pinching loose wires. It looks great on multi zone radiant systems and it’s easy to install drill a hole pop in a rubber grommet and use a zip tie to retain.

@davidb.2355 4 ай бұрын

Thank you! Best video I've seen yet!! I definitely learned something. Great video!

@PipeDoctor 4 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@sushilraja Жыл бұрын

excellent job 🤟

@pawelpaluchniak4416 9 ай бұрын

Thanks mikey

@carllinton Жыл бұрын

Great educational a video👍🏾

@stanleykania7184 9 ай бұрын

Nice work

@myf1165 Жыл бұрын

Wow Mike u make it look all eezy peezy

@oscarreyes3175 6 ай бұрын

It’s my first time watching your videos and you’re great My whole family is from New York, my mom lives in Oceanside and my cousin in island park and Long Beach. From Indianapolis enjoying your videos

@PipeDoctor 6 ай бұрын

Welcome!!

@nitinrajput2957 Жыл бұрын

Soo nice video

@SajidKhan-vw3em Жыл бұрын

Well done

@mayankbajiya5977 Жыл бұрын

Very good

@JohnSmith-cp2yg 7 ай бұрын

Great video I'm not even know why HVAC or nothing but I want to get into it and I'm learning a lot of stuff from you thanks Mikey I'm putting in my own boiler

@impsquared 8 ай бұрын

absolutely a clean and detailed video!!! 🔥🔥🔥

@PipeDoctor 8 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!!

@kisusola Жыл бұрын

Full support 🔥

@krishnalata1217 Жыл бұрын

Soo good

@scoobywrx05dw Жыл бұрын

One statement you made I strongly agree with. Let's make the trades industry professional again. I get very tired of the half a$$ work that 80 percent of these heating guys do now a days. I run into more messes like you ran into with this than I do clean installs anymore. Not sure if it's because some people don't know what they are doing or if they are just lazy or a combo of both. Thank you for installing "pride in your work" to your apprentice and if your apprentice is reading this, that pride in your work is what will land you jobs for the rest of your life.

@williamserver4332 Жыл бұрын

My first hvac job was with an oil company in 99 before zone control boards were common. The hornets nest of wires was intimidating but now it's so easy. Important to know which t stat wire goes to which zone valve before tearing it apart to clean up. Great video

@verticallines212 Жыл бұрын

they were not labeled so Mikey buzzed them out, that why he tore it apart like an animal.... lmao

@tomcarrigan902 9 ай бұрын

Great job brother

@PipeDoctor 9 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

@angelruiz9549 12 күн бұрын

Good stuff 🎉

@b3d3g69 Жыл бұрын

Nice Video! If i may make a suggestion for future videos. Wire up only one zone valve so we can see and follow better. Then, proceed the way you normally wire them. I was following ok at first, but starting getting a little lost as you were adding more wires...

@rajsolanki6865 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic

@msbcas012 Жыл бұрын

EXCELLENT!

@puranpaliwal5613 Жыл бұрын

Best video

@nonoyrafael9505 5 ай бұрын

remarkable! the best

@PipeDoctor 5 ай бұрын

I’m very happy you enjoy this video. Hopefully you got something out of it. Learn something new every day let’s go.

@jacksonHuynh-ou4ul 3 ай бұрын

Good video

@PipeDoctor 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the visit

@alexrapp4253 Жыл бұрын

A rats nest of wiring always gets me excited, love a good challenge, good work mike!

@MedinaCliff Жыл бұрын

U DA MAN!

@aaronsabel Жыл бұрын

Very helpful, thanks. Question, if the top and 1st floor not heating how did plumbing contractor think changing one valve would fix it? Was the initial problem the commons on those two floor therms not matched up correctly?

@gasfitter78 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting I'm a heating engineer from the UK. 90% of our zone valves and controls are on 230-240 volts and the 2 most common systems in the UK are called S-plan or Y-plan. The basic concept is the same. Keep creating great content and have a prosperous New Year.

@donduck6621 Жыл бұрын

why dont they change that... much safer at low volt

@gasfitter78 Жыл бұрын

That mean retrofit step down transformer to millions of central heating wiring centre when this has been the normal for 40 yr

@jacktorres8691 Жыл бұрын

professor freaking pipes, zero doubts mr. pipes knows what he is talking about .btw....you like john deer tractors?

@amitsiyak7000 Жыл бұрын

1 no video

@shiprarao476 Жыл бұрын

liked a lot

@brokensmile8487 10 ай бұрын

I just love seeing that wago jump back in your case. 😂

@sunilsaini2497 Жыл бұрын

Good ♥️

@lokeshgurjar6396 Жыл бұрын

Keep it up

@devanshusharma7091 Жыл бұрын

Cool🔥

@jth1699 Жыл бұрын

I have been a electrical controls guy for 40 years - if you want to confuse a kid just start using the term "common"... to explain circuits. In control circuits it's a switched hot until it goes through a coil or motor then it is a neutral. And all your doing with multiple stats like that is parelling them so when a stat closes it opens a zone valve and the switch in the zone valve turns on the boiler IF the boiler temp is below the set temp... you should build a teaching board to teach boiler and ac electrical to the beginners ...and some of the more experienced guys that still dont get it...

@Joop5000 Жыл бұрын

Those HoneyWell zone valves have 4 long wires, but not long enough! What do i mean? Well I like to wire all the low voltage wires into a junction box and make my connections in it. With Taco zone valves this allows me to do just precisely that, which in turn makes for a cleaner, neater job. I do like those new age wire connectors you used here, they are quite neat indeed! Don't get me wrong, i know this is not a new install, so we have to deal with things the way they are most of the time in heating service. BTW Congrats on your licensure endeavors.

@jaas9457 7 ай бұрын

I know my way around AC wiring, ever even seen a boiler. My brother moved to Iowa and asked me flr help with his boiler. This video showed me exactly what I needed to know. Thank you. I have a question tho. Why are the two thermostats next to each other? Doesn't that mean it'll never know the actual temp of the zone it's heating?

@myboy051 Жыл бұрын

I sold my old and purchased my house a year ago. I’m a Automotive tech of 20 or so years now. I do all the Diagnostic / programming work and electrical repairs. In my new house I have 5 zone valves that all work fine. However the wire management is D~ work. One part of me says just leave it alone the bigger part says clean it all up and redo it.

@shispalbhunda Жыл бұрын

NYC 😍

@MarcHord-mk5ff Жыл бұрын

Heck looks normal, always switched the ground or common. Check the wiring manual for how to hook them up.Easily done.

@mithileshbinda Жыл бұрын

OMG 🔥🔥🔥🔥

@deepanshuyogi Жыл бұрын

Not bad

@JutanatuJ Жыл бұрын

This video was extremely helpful and almost identical to my system with some minor differences. My (old) boiler has two external 24v transformers for a 5 zone system. I wired just as described, but my nest thermostat is only showing ~12 volts at the thermostat for the C wire. Do I need a new 24v transformer with more amperage? Thanks!

@JutanatuJ Жыл бұрын

@@PipeDoctor Any thoughts to why my thermostats would show ~12 volts for the C-wire, but a multimeter shows 28v across the R and the C? Thanks!

@soufianemess7681 7 ай бұрын

Great vdeo, thank you for your time for doing it! I was wondering if I send you a simple schematic with 2 valve zones (the 1361 of White Rodgers and the 672b of Motorola) would you be able to just validate it that is correct? Especially that I want to replace and old TStat for a wifi one that needs an extra wire which is C. Thank you

@stevelamm2366 8 күн бұрын

That mess looks just like what I have in my home at the moment. 3 zone boiler system with Honeywell zone valves. I want to redo it and your video was real helpful. Thanks! Are the two reds and yellows on a zone valve interchangeable for wiring purposes?

@jamesruane382 7 ай бұрын

Love the channel. Quick question. My WM boiler keeps short cycling. Any reasons why?

@PipeDoctor 7 ай бұрын

Not enough load

@verticallines212 Жыл бұрын

Mikey, does the transformer on the boiler capable of suppling power to all those therms & zone valves?

@jimlafferty 8 ай бұрын

Hey, this is fantastic, and thank you for sharing. One *minor* quibble - can you add text overlays when you're asking the guy early on "what is this called?" I can't hear his replies and I'd like to know what they're called. Thank you.

@deepakajwani9563 Жыл бұрын

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@williamreick2669 Жыл бұрын

Steve lav, is the king of oil!

@user-eb6ue8ns3s Жыл бұрын

Good job and I thank you very much I'm at an old timer I need help One thermostat works the other one does not work if I switch it around the one that I switched to it works and the other one doesn't work any advice I thank you and have a great day keep up the good work

@rickc9873 Жыл бұрын

Great ! But I think I missed why two thermostats One for heat and one for AC ?

@verticallines212 Жыл бұрын

correct the other therm for A/C only, sloppy therm install

@tapsdas8432 Жыл бұрын

Like it

@Keegeth Жыл бұрын

I think they put the zone valve on the circulator to use as a flow check

@throttlebottle5906 Жыл бұрын

or possibly just for the end switch, but maybe both. at one point integrated flow checks were not a thing, so you'd need to use a relay box and flow check both. the other zone controller likely cannot switch both line voltage(for circ.) and low voltage end switch at once, or it's combined in a group of others. hard to say/guess without looking it all over. they may be stupidly running that circ. pump dead-headed by closing the zone valve and letting it run with the rest of the circs. and boiler.

@PatrickBMoore Жыл бұрын

There's something weird about KZfaq when you watch it this video on Roku. Watching this video on the phone fine but when you get to 7 minutes and 14 seconds on KZfaq through Roku it gets out of sync. Meaning the audio and the video itself is no longer in sync. It's kind of like watching a dubbed Japanese monster movie. But it still was a very interesting and educating video. Great job.

@ItsTheCostanza Жыл бұрын

You will make bank during hurricane season in Florida.

@ItsTheCostanza Жыл бұрын

@@PipeDoctor Hurricane Mikey is coming

@patrickf310 Жыл бұрын

Not in the trade. But I gotta say, after your channel popped up on my YT ( guessing cuz I’m in Nassau County? ) I’ve learned so much about HVAC. Besides that, this is my daily dose of education and comedy. I look forward to daily to seeing your videos Good Sir!

@ItsTheCostanza Жыл бұрын

@@PipeDoctor you should donate your Mercedes Benz sprinter van to Steve Lav, he just said his truck is dead 💀

@marsman716 Жыл бұрын

could you do a vid about line stats with ribb relays?

@throttlebottle5906 Жыл бұрын

very similar to a 24volt relay and thermostat, except you have line voltage thermostat and relay coil(mostly 120v but could be many other voltages). the relay contacts switch the "high current" loads on and off, while the thermostat only switches the "low current" relay coil on and off. that allows the thermostat wiring to be smaller gauge and long runs without voltage drop and high current (say 14awg), controlling a relay with 20 or 30 amp contacts "near" the device being switched, which would have much larger wire and high current draw. probably not a good explanation, there's a reason I'm not a teacher. 🤡 far better at doing than saying.

@shyamswami9576 Жыл бұрын

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@myleshunnel3252 Жыл бұрын

Thank you again Mikey pipes. I enjoy all your videos and wish you the best. Happy new years and hope you had a great Christmas/hanukkah. You should just turn to the dark side and get rid of siri. Love you brother and I feel like your apprentice. I started 2019 in Wyoming after 18 years in the kitchen. #mikeypipesapprentice Keep on learning. Don't ask someone to do something you are not willing to do yourselfe.

@SDPP992 Жыл бұрын

I was wiring a nest thermostat to my zone valve and the endswitch wasn't wired to anything, just to the 24vac wire and other was capped, should there be suspicion?? I'm in an apartment complex and it has 2 boilers that supply's 26 units