HVAC Trouble shooting heat strips. (yes again

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talking about troubleshooting electric heat kits a bit more.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• heating
• air
• conditioning
• electric
• heat
• strips

[prad2s]

if my strips get broken  ,where can i get it???o where can i get the parts to repace it???

[mikie2501]

@prad2s If one of your strips is broken you would have to get the parts from a supply house or order them. Just because the strip isn't coming on doesn't mean that it is broken, unless you have seen it. I STRONGLY recommend that you hire a professional to change out the heat strip; This is 240 volts and you need to make sure that the job is done correctly and SAFELY the first time. This voltage can kill you easily and/or start a fire if not properly installed! Take care, Michael

[hdyudu]

how hard is it to the the new element coil

into those round firebrick spacers

[mikie2501]

It's not really that hard, more time consuming than anything. This is because the new elements don't look like this, they look like a screen door spring and you have to stretch it out as you go. So you have to be patient and not stretch it TOO far or you wind up with too much and have to try and compress sections back down :)  Most of them are replacable but some are welded in and you just have to buy the whole heat kit to do it right.

[fritzhvac]

Hey Mike , just relized this video was a year old , can't believe I missed this !!!

I don't care though, it could be a hundred years old, still fantastic, watched it 10 times ...

Great job man, FRITZ

[fritzhvac]

Hey Mike , Great video technical instruction, mostly gas here too , but out in the country 90% geneally strip heat .

I can't get enough of these VIDEOS either, between you and DR.Z, I am getting a good EDUCATION !!! Looking forward to heatstrip trobleshooting #2, #3, #4, #5, #6 , #10,886, etc !!! LOL

Thanks again Mike , FRITZ

P.S. Valuecreation75 is right , you would be one heck of a good tech instructor !!! Fantastic DETAIL man , outstanding !!!

5kW= 17,000btu

10kW= 34,000 btu etc ?

[aburkman]

how do you replace a heat strip and how do you know what size to get?

[hdyudu]

i seen an electric furnace heat strip boxes

operate in open air before looks vary cool

how the element coils glowed yellow hot

just like tube gloved kind element coil you see operate the in oven or on the stove

[hdyudu]

ok it's much worth a try if you have to

[DrZarkloff]

Can't get enough of them heat strips. I don't know why; I get a lot of requests to do videos about heat strips, too.