HVAC Troubleshooting

HVAC Troubleshooting

When an air conditioning, heating or ventilation system goes on the fritz, your the homeowner's salvation. However, you may not have much information on what's wrong, so you will have be an HVAC detective. This playlist covers many common HVAC troubleshooting processes.

When your air conditioning, heating or ventilation systems go on the fritz, it can seem like you’ll have to put the handyman tools away and call in the professionals.

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HVAC Troubleshooting
  • Repairing a Liquid Line Restriction and Restricted Filter Drier

    In this video, we will show you industry best practices of how to properly diagnose liquid line restrictions, along with being able to identify restricted filter-driers.

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  • Feed Valve Types and Replacement

    In this video, we will cover the different types of feed valves (Often called fill valves) installed on a boiler system in the field, and show you how to replace them.

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  • Troubleshooting Demand Defrost Boards

    In this video, we will go over troubleshooting procedures for demand defrost boards on a heat pump system.

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  • Troubleshooting High Limit Controls, and Flame roll-out Switches

    This video goes over the troubleshooting processes for limit controls and roll-out switches on a gas furnace.

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  • Troubleshooting a Heat Exchanger

    Heat exchanger inspection is a task that should be done on every gas-burning appliance to ensure the safety of not only the heat exchanger but the customer. In this video, we will show you the steps needed to perform an inspection on one.

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  • How to Clean a Blower Assembly

    Cleaning blower assemblies is a task that many service and maintenance technicians will do often throughout their careers. In this video, best practices are shown of how to do this.

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  • Troubleshooting ECM Motors

    Testing ECM motors are quite different than testing a standard PSC motor. In this video, we will show you how to correctly test these motors along with tools that will aid in this diagnostic procedure.

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  • Replacing a Gas Valve

    In this video, we will demonstrate how to safely and properly replace a gas valve on a gas heating system in the field, and which tools you will need to perform this task correctly.

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  • Attaching Gauges and Measuring Superheat and Subcooling

    In this important video, we are going to show you the necessary steps of how to properly attach gauges and measure superheat and subcooling on a system in the field. This will allow you to know if a system in the field is undercharged, overcharged, or charged correctly.

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  • Troubleshooting and Replacing an Electric Heating Element

    In this important video, you will see the steps to take when troubleshooting and replacing an electrical heating element.

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  • How to Cut, Strip, and Crimp Wire

    There are correct and incorrect methods of cutting, stripping, and crimping electrical wiring. In this video, we will demonstrate how to do this properly and safely.

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  • Troubleshooting Time and Temperature Defrost Boards

    Time and temperature defrost boards are one of the types of defrost controls you will see on a heat pump system in the field. In this video, we will go over how to correctly troubleshoot these types of defrost systems on heat pumps.

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  • Normal, Under, and Over-Charged Systems

    We will show you what a system looks like when it has normal, overcharge and an undercharge of refrigerant.

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  • Checking Heat Pump Refrigerant Charge in Heating Mode

    In this video, we will demonstrate how to effectively check the refrigerant charge on a heat pump system that is operating in the heating mode.

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  • How to Clean a Condensate Pump

    You will learn what the manufacturer requires to perform general maintenance on a condensate pump on a system in the field.

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  • Relay Types and Operation

    HVAC equipment can have many different types of relays to turn different components on and off. In this video, we will show you the different types of relays found on equipment and how they operate.

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  • Replacing a Service Valve

    After watching this you can successfully replace a faulty or leaking service valve on an air conditioner or heat pump.

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  • Troubleshooting and Replacing Circulator Pumps

    After watching this, you will have deeper understanding of what it takes to properly troubleshoot and replace a boiler circulator pump.

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  • Testing Auxiliary and Emergency Operation of Supplemental Heat

    Are you ready to learn about testing the emergency heat / supplemental heat function on a heat pump system? We will cover just that in this technical video on heat pumps.

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  • Testing the Windings on a Blower Motor or Fan Motor

    Understanding how to test blower motors correctly is critical. In this video, we will show you a step-by-step process of how to test the windings of a blower motor.

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  • Troubleshooting A Compressor

    Most compressors turned in for warranty are not even bad. This video shows you how to properly diagnose a compressor in the field to see if it does in fact require replacement.

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  • Over & Undercharged Heat Pump Systems

    In this video, we will learn how to tell if a heat pump is overcharged or undercharged.

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  • How to Test Defrost Operation

    In this video, we will show you how to properly test the defrost operation on a heat pump system in order to verify proper operation.

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  • Recognizing Liquid Line Restriction and Metering Device Problems

    In this video, we will show you how to recognize liquid line restrictions, along with how to diagnose a problem with a metering device.

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