Something I hate the most in our industry is HVAC Technicians taking your money but not doing things properly. In this picture you can see where a capacitor was replaced. They hooked up the wires but they did not strap it properly. It's a huge fire hazard.
In fact, this person left it in the box that the capacitor came in. That capacitor should be strapped in there properly. Some guys will just leave it in there just hanging and it's a huge fire hazard. Huge safety issue and it's something that you as the homeowner should watch out for.
Capacitor bandits what I call em
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Why are you calling them technicians? They dont know what they are doing, they're simply changin parts, or maybe a home owner special!
Huge fire hazard is total BS
Yeah.. this has never been nor will ever be a huge fire hazard 😂
I totally agree with you! , but in all honesty, that capacitor is not really going anywhere unless you have a huge huge hit on your air conditioning unit.. I can’t imagine any scenario where a capacitor, resting like that would really cause a likely issue. Extremely rare I would say, and almost unthinkable.
DAAANNNGGG that was N rigged like crazy
Never seen it pose a fire hazard. Breaker will trip if it faults. It’s definitely a safety hazard though.
I hate it when they stuff the owners manual up in the outdoor unit too.
I have been doing HVAC work for 25 plus years, this is not a safety hazard. The reason why we sometimes do this is because the screws don’t line up with new capacitor.
never saw a cap make a fire–they just go bad. compressors cause more fires
Josh how do we trust anybody anymore?
What's this world coming to?
Everything even the old architecture of buildings were done with quality and respect by contractors many many years ago now it's cheap and the cheapest materials without any quality especially in new housing.
I feel bad for all the people who who have been taken including myself
If you live near me I would have hired you as my HVAC man always but in Massachusetts I haven't seen any YouTubers like you thank you Josh for everything God bless
Im not saying its not wrong, but fire hazard? That’s a little too much Karen 😂 Are you in Kanata ?
I'm not defending it, but that exact scenario is so unbelievably common it begs the question, is it really a fire hazard. I mean it looks like a fire hazard, it seems like it should be a fire hazard. But I'd bet money that at least 5% of a tracks out there have that kind of s*** going on. Service area Orleans??
That's a first! For me Service area Ottawa??
Cap and go. Common in my area.
Strap and screws or real caps that fit in the original band