Recent content by jackemiller

Yeah I'm familiar with servicing auto AC but know nothing about residential AC. I appreciate all the help yall. I didnt know they used a vacuum pump on home ac like I do on auto ac. I'll have to look around for one, vacuum it out, charge with nitrogen and hopefully find my leak.

Thank yall! I am hoping to go and swap a tank to get a nitrogen tank. How would I pull a vacuum on that system?

That's awesome, thank yall. After reading this I'll be looking for a welding supply close to me to do that and get a regulator. Yall have really helped me out, I appreciate it!

Ok guys, I really appreciate the advice! I'll have to call a tech to come fill it then because I dont have nitrogen or anything like that to pressurize the system with. Unless yall know that I could get nitrogen relatively cheap and pressurize myself?

It's a home AC unit, not a vehicle AC unit. I will need a tech eventually to do the final charge of freon. I want to find the leak, fix it or replace the bad component, then call a tech to charge it up with freon. It takes R22, which I know is going to be hard to find and expensive...

It's a home split unit with a heat pump. There's no freon in it currently. I am wanting to find the leak without having g to call a hvac tech right now.

Does anyone know if I can test my ac unit for leaks of it doesnt have freon in it?

Thanks everyone! Usually the smell that I smell was like a "heat" smell, I'm assuming from the heat strip heating up, but this time it was like wires burning or shorting out. I switched the new thermostat out for one that has a dedicated port for W2, unlike the other one. My actual AC unit is...

Ok. I went through the setup booklet and it got to a part where is says "if your old thermostat had Y1, W1 and W2 wires, STOP NOW and contact a qualified contractor for help". I dont understand where the yellow wire connects to Y1 and W1 on the old thermostat base but on the new one I wouldn't...

I have a split unit with an air handler and a heat pump with electric heat. I had an old Honeywell Chronotherm III that went bad. So I went out and got a Honeywell RTH2510 which is compatible with a heat pump and Aux heat. I followed the wiring diagram in the instructions, turned the unit on and...