Duct leak on my own HVAC! - Plus misc commentary!

Ok so check this out. I went into my attic to pull yet another coax cable to relocate one of my DirecTV boxes to the front room.

I get into my attic and find the first Tee-Wye after my supply plenum popped apart and COLD air just blowing into the attic! I am not sure how long this was doing this but a month max because I was in the attic a few months ago to pull another cable and it was ok and we started running the A/C a month ago. Hope I don't get a surprise bill but I haven't noticed the A/C running a lot. But again my system is kind of quiet compared to some of the noise makers I have posted and I don't really hear it stop or start.



The video is of me goofing off in the attic and some bonus commentary about the noise level of my Ruud unit vs some of the noisy P.O.S. Goodman Desert Series that are as loud as a weedwacker!

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• conditioning
• Ruud
• Goodman
• noise
• duct
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• ecm

[thatboymason]

oh yea nice CFM meter.......... kicks ass where'd you get that from been looking for that but my local supply house is always out of stock.. LOL

[hackfreehvac]

You have to go to Wal-Mart for a CFM meter that high tech!

[thatboymason]

Hey Hack I hope you put zip bands on that supply line and not tape. Another think I heard you you live in the desert, AZ, right, I don't know if you have a gas supply but you should think about getting a ac and furnace, hp are a pain your always going to have problems, they never stop running. Duct Board!! Duct Board, ha ha all fabbed metal here, maryland inspector won't let that CHIT fly here......But otherwise you have a ok system.

[hackfreehvac]

I usually use screws to secure the duct after using tape. Then it NEVER comes apart.

As for gas, we don't have it in this hood.

And no need because the heat don't even run but when we get a cold snap. It hasn't ran since January. And it probably ran 5 total hours for the entire month.

[mtorbert]

Probably a plumber who came in behind the HVAC contractors. Hilarious though that it is your own house! Kidding. I can't find your website FYI

[hackfreehvac]

I got rid of the website. Youtube is all I need now so no sense in paying for a domain. As for the plumber, I can't blame any of them. I've been the only one up there. I've been up there MANY of times in the HOT HOT Phoenix summer to pull wires for DTV and other things. I probably crawled over that spot a dozen times and loosened it.

[Vinylrecordsneverdie]

I had to repair a collapsed fiberglass return duct at my dad's house a 4 years ago. Not the best repair job due to a really tight and almost inaccessible space, but still does the job.

[ladyfire9302]

LOL, I love bashing Goodman.

[firebird890]

Yep yep yep!! it's the price people like u and i have to sometimes pay for havin our systems installed in the attic! lol i just moved to florida recently and being the dumb northern i am (was) i never knew they installed furnaces/airhandlers in the attic i always thought they installed em in a utility room or soemthin seeing as i have no basement! weird and soemtimes a pain in the ass especially when i have to change the filter... :(

[itscool1968]

shawn whare are ya havent see a video from you since this one

[legap]

I found that Ruud is installing a larger coil to the size of the blower to reach a higher seer...not good on getting 90% of airflow and the static pressure readings are reductulous.

[legap]

looks like a direct take off on supply side , this will be no good for static pressure.

[fanlimits]

where's the zip tie

[eggman9713]

6:22. A dangleometer! Nice!

[Hojemwod]

Its loud because 1 or both plenums isnt/arent sized right. by simply enlarging the plenum you will never know its on. its quite an amazing phenomenon.

[Hojemwod]

lawl, duct board...pure fiberglass, messy, garbage. what you want is metal with insulation on the outside. and there is nothing wrong with flex duct if its installed right.