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 in this video we're going to talk about electrical issues. So when that system is being installed, yeah, it's an appliance, but it's not like any other appliance. It's not one of those things that you can go to a store and just plug it in when you get home, there's more to it than that, and because of that, when we're talking about electrical connections, they are a huge deal.

We see problems all the time when they're installed. Some of those problems have to do with improper connections, we'll see folks putting say like two wires under a lug that only should get one wire. The wires might not be the same size, so one of them's not making a good connection, so, in other words, think about it like this, like my two fingers, if one's a larger diameter than the other one, when you tighten down that lug, this finger is not Getting super tight, we see that sometimes we also see breakers not sized properly, whether they're too big or too small they're, not sized for the system that they're supplying, and that also goes for few sizes. If you have a fused disconnect - and sometimes we see folks put fuses, that are too big or too small, another thing with electrical connections is water.

So if it's in a certain location, it has to meet certain codes, it has to be liquid tight or it has to be a certain type of connector, we'll see, installers cutting corners on that all the time we'll see disconnects sometime, that don't break the power and They just use the disconnect box as a junction box, they'll bring the wires into it and connect them and come back out, and you might say well, what's the big deal with that, if a professional comes up and pulls the disconnect, they now think that they've broken Power - and you might argue well shouldn't they check the power before they start working on the equipment. Absolutely it's just a huge safety issue and it's not a very good practice, we'll see all kinds of sloppiness we'll see wires, not strapped properly they're, just kind of hanging. There in crawl spaces and attics we'll see uh low voltage wiring that just kind of looks like they just threw it together and there's no rhyme or reason. There's nobody taking a moment and to just clean everything up use a zip tie.

You know making sure everything looks nice and is not sloppy. Another thing is sometimes installers. Don't think ahead. They'll have wires up against other things that they shouldn't be.

We've seen high voltage, wiring up against a hot flu vent or up against things that vibrate or could actually wear through the sheathing getting back to the locations. There are different ratings on different types of cables, so some cables are not designed to go underground or be exposed to the sunlight, and they just throw caution to the wind and just install it. And the last thing i'll say about electrical connections is folks doing things that they're not licensed to do so here in virginia. I can only speak about virginia on this.

I'm allowed to connect to my equipment from a form of disconnect or something like that, but i'm not allowed to pull wires from the panel. If i'm not a licensed electrician - and we see folks doing things all the time, we have campgrounds around us that they're just breaking rules all the time because they're in a campground and they use that as an excuse to not pull permits and to do things properly And you might say: well, it's not a house, maybe they shouldn't have to pull permit, but there's still codes, there's still safety issues and you want to make sure everything is on the up and up. You want to make sure the folks that are doing work that are licensed to do what they're doing and also insured so that way, they're protecting. You 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.