Most common question in the heating and air conditioning industry I get the most is what HVAC brand is best. Who do I recommend and so on... My answer is always the same. Focus more on your installer and less about what brand they install.
A good HVAC system can be made bad with a bad installation. Joshua Griffin goes over some bad installation practices homeowners can watch out for.
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Hey guys before we get to the video for more tips and tricks in the heating and air industry, please click that subscribe button. Thank you: hey guys, joshua griffin, air serving the middle peninsula and the northern neck of virginia and wanted to do a video, because i get one question more than any other question. It seems like i get this question on my facebook and my videos and everywhere, and that is what is the best brand who's good who's. Not and one common trend that you'll see across our industry is most heating and air guys can just about all agree that the brand matters less than who installs it so the installation or who installs it matters more than what brand you select.

Of course, we all have our preferences. We may disagree on who's the best, but ultimately we can all agree that usually the installer matters more than the brand that they install, and so the question becomes. I've actually gotten this question. What does that mean? What does it mean to have a bad installer versus a good installer, and that's what this video is going to cover? In fact, if you found this video we're going to do a series of videos where we're going to talk about bad installations, bad installers and some examples that you as the homeowner can sniff out and find, if you're getting a good installation or not so check out.

This video but check out the whole entire series and our goal is to arm you to help you figure out if you're, getting a good installation or not stay tuned, hey guys. So now, we've kind of gone over the outdoor units we've gone over different wiring situations. Let's piggyback off our last video and just real quick touch on some of the switches that should be wired in on the systems. We see installers all the time, install systems improperly by bypassing float switches and, if wired properly, i don't think you can have too many safety switches, and so, when we install systems we'll have a float switch on the secondary drain.

Pan we'll have a float switch on the easy trap coming off of the drain, we'll even have a secondary depending on the application. A secondary port float switch that screws into the secondary port on the drain pan and then, finally, if they have a condensate pump, definitely wiring in that float switch. The point is real, quick, just making sure that nothing's bypassed everything is protected and ultimately it's getting ahead of issues before they are issued. So if your drain were to back up all the float switches are installed properly working properly and even tested properly.

I would say when that system is installed, let's test those float switches, let's lift up on them, make sure they kill the system like they're supposed to and make sure everything's on the up and up hope that helps thanks for watching. The last thing i'll say is if you're in the market for a new heating and air system and you're in virginia and the middle peninsula or the northern neck, give griffin air a call. We'll give you a free estimate and the best warranty in the area. But if you're, not in our coverage area check out my new website, i've even got a little banner up here.
New hvac guide, dot com check out that site because we've put so much information on there. It's as if i wrote a book telling folks, hey here's. The good and the bad avoid this or that i've even got a whole page called no knows things to stay away from, and so before you spend thousands check out that website and finally, for more tips and tricks in the heating and air industry. Click that subscribe button, thanks for watching you.


3 thoughts on “4. hvac bad installation examples for homeowners to check. float switches”
  1. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Hola! jeff shorter says:

    Not a favorite video of mine. Long repetitive intro, then no info on what float switches are, and no examples of ā€œbad installsā€. I love most all your videos, but this one seemed like you ā€œmailed it inā€ to make content

  2. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Michael W. Perry says:

    Does anyone wire those float switches so they turn on a light explaining what the problem is? Simply shutting down the entire air-conditioner will cause needless worry when all that needs to be done is to remove a stoppage.

  3. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Paul Calabrese says:

    Once again you make total sense and help a lot of people.

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