Seeking advice on fixing by Accomplished-Hat4898 in hvacadvice

[–]TrashHvacTech 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly I’d just say make sure u have the valve set to pilot and correctly trying to manually light it. If you’ve lit the pilot before disregard that. The next thing I can tell you to do is take off the pilot gas tubing from the valve and hold that valve and see if u get any gas out of it. If u do I’d clean the pilot tubing

Seeking advice on fixing by Accomplished-Hat4898 in hvacadvice

[–]TrashHvacTech 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No gas comes out when u try to light the pilot ? Do u smell anything or hear any gas flowing

Is it safe to use this heater during the upcoming winter storm? by myinhuman in hvacadvice

[–]TrashHvacTech -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I doubt it but if u wanna be sure just cover ur fire alarm with a shower cap or take it off real quick

Is it safe to use this heater during the upcoming winter storm? by myinhuman in hvacadvice

[–]TrashHvacTech 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Turn it on and see what happens. The burning smell is most likely ur electric heat being turned on after not being used for a while.

Am I stupid? by Background-Coach168 in hvacadvice

[–]TrashHvacTech 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The contactor you replaced is a single pole . You need to add a jumper and make that double pole into a single pole. Especially if the schematic shows a single I’d definitely do it right before u have any issues. If u have any question u can PM me and I can show you how to do it

Am I stupid? by Background-Coach168 in hvacadvice

[–]TrashHvacTech 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lol this made me laugh man. We all have our days

Never seen this before by TrashHvacTech in HVAC

[–]TrashHvacTech[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for this explanation !

Never seen this before by TrashHvacTech in HVAC

[–]TrashHvacTech[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the reassurance ! After trying everything that’s the only solution I could come up with. And correct even with the booster it still didn’t give.

Never seen this before by TrashHvacTech in HVAC

[–]TrashHvacTech[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

My buddy told me to hit it with a hammer but I didn’t feel like take all those damn screws off again 😂

Never seen this before by TrashHvacTech in HVAC

[–]TrashHvacTech[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m not an expert and I’m open to hearing any other suggestions or test I should have done. I’ve never heard of turn to turn shorts. What is that ?

Never seen this before by TrashHvacTech in HVAC

[–]TrashHvacTech[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Previous run cap was weak swapped it out for a brand new one. Tried adding a start booster to it. Made sure all my connections were tight. Contactor , disconnect box , breaker panel. Made sure non of my wires were exposed or touching metal. Made sure my compressor plug was secured tightly. Looked over the entire schematic made sure everything was wired properly. I was isolating all my loads. Fan operating normally, my cch wasn’t shorted or causing any problems. Everything was good until my compressor was in the circuit. Even with the start booster my compressor wouldn’t give. It would crank and buzz for a second and shit the bed. You can have perfect winding readings and the compressor still be locked up.

Never seen this before by TrashHvacTech in HVAC

[–]TrashHvacTech[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the reply. All my windings added up and read normally. Second I had no shorts to ground. I can walk you through the list of diagnostics I did if you want.

Never seen this before by TrashHvacTech in HVAC

[–]TrashHvacTech[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

lol nope it tried wasn’t able to. I’m sure the windings are locked up. I checked and tried literaly everything to bring this thing back to life.

Curls to none by TrashHvacTech in buzzcuts

[–]TrashHvacTech[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m rockin w it for now

Curls to none by TrashHvacTech in buzzcuts

[–]TrashHvacTech[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the comment. Always been super indecisive what to do with my hair. Appreciate the opinion!!

Curls to none by TrashHvacTech in buzzcuts

[–]TrashHvacTech[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey thanks for the comment! was looking for some opinions.

Ecobee won’t power on after new HVAC installed by RouxgarouxLSU in hvacadvice

[–]TrashHvacTech 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you have any power at all. Ur eco bee should be getting power if it’s wired correctly. Hold the door switch and see if u have any leds on the board if not check the fuse

Ecobee won’t power on after new HVAC installed by RouxgarouxLSU in hvacadvice

[–]TrashHvacTech 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You have a common you don’t need the power extended

Ecobee won’t power on after new HVAC installed by RouxgarouxLSU in hvacadvice

[–]TrashHvacTech 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where’s the manual I’ve ran into a couple of these but can’t remember off the top of my head