Justin Hernandez Posted March 23, 2016 Report Share Posted March 23, 2016 What's wrong here?? This unit has no ground what so ever not even a mechanical ground. If this unit would have a short and you touched the cabinet you can become the grounding point of the unit and be electrocuted. I rewired this unit all the way back to the panel and got rid of the seal tight that was just shoved into the emt. It was wired with #8 wire and the heater required #6. So I pulled 6's and a #10 ground wire and used greenfield flex. Now unit is ground mechanically and has a ground wire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnarlyCarl Posted March 23, 2016 Report Share Posted March 23, 2016 No ground. Are those heat strips in a furnace? Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboS1ice Posted March 24, 2016 Report Share Posted March 24, 2016 Zip tie? And like Carl said no ground, shady connections as well Jimbo Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Hernandez Posted March 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2016 4 hours ago, KnarlyCarl said: No ground. Are those heat strips in a furnace? Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk 1 hour ago, JimboS1ice said: Zip tie? And like Carl said no ground, shady connections as well Jimbo Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk This unit has no ground what so ever not even a mechanical ground. If this unit would have a short and you touched the cabinet you can become the grounding point of the unit and be electrocuted. I rewired this unit all the way back to the panel and got rid of the seal tight that was just shoved into the emt. It was wired with #8 wire and the heater required #6. So I pulled 6's and a #10 ground wire and used greenfield flex. Now unit is ground mechanically and has a ground wire. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Hernandez Posted March 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2016 4 hours ago, KnarlyCarl said: No ground. Are those heat strips in a furnace? Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk I have never seen a furnace in real life we have no need for heat here. This is an air handler with heat strips, they never get used but code requires that they be installed. The last time I had a no heat call was three years ago, it was because they had a new born baby. They only ran the heat for two days after I fixed it, we have no winter here..lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMack37 Posted March 24, 2016 Report Share Posted March 24, 2016 13 minutes ago, Justin Hernandez said: I have never seen a furnace in real life we have no need for heat here. This is an air handler with heat strips, they never get used but code requires that they be installed. The last time I had a no heat call was three years ago, it was because they had a new born baby. They only ran the heat for two days after I fixed it, we have no winter here..lol We have a couple days of Winter! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Hernandez Posted March 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2016 20 hours ago, BMack37 said: We have a couple days of Winter! I'm close to the Keys its way hotter here than in Orlando or Tampa area during the so called winter. I haven't worn a jacket or sweater in years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kato Posted April 3, 2016 Report Share Posted April 3, 2016 I'd be a little upset that line was wire-nutted instead of connected direct. But, I'd at least say "Well they taped the wire nuts, so I guess they weren't completely stupid". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dano123 Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 No winter? Wow! It's back down in the 20's here. Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMack37 Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 2 hours ago, Dano123 said: No winter? Wow! It's back down in the 20's here. Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk Today was pretty cold for April, I think it dipped down to about 76 degrees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboS1ice Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 Today was pretty cold for April, I think it dipped down to about 76 degrees. Beats my crazy weather yesterday of sunny and warm, blizzard like conditions, he's snow! And hail... Yea and some straight line winds, fun day yesterday in Chicago. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dano123 Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 53 minutes ago, BMack37 said: Today was pretty cold for April, I think it dipped down to about 76 degrees. We had snow Sat night. I was 45 min from home and they got so much I had to pull over because it was a white out for 30 min. Several accidents on the way home too. I plow snow so I am used to driving in bad weather, but this came down so hard and so fast and I wasn't familiar with the roads. Extremely windy all day too which made it worse. My dad is in Bonita Springs, FL for the winter and he always makes those comments too... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Hernandez Posted April 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2016 On 4/3/2016 at 2:38 PM, PROTOOLNUT said: I am glad that you got this fixed, as it was a disaster waiting to happen. You seem to come across this kind of stuff often, are you the one they call out to fix the shoddy job done by another? lol Let's make this clear I don't find this stuff it finds me..lol Yup I go behind unlicensed contractors and clean up there mess, the crazy thing is homeowners are always complaining about my price. They seem to forget the fact that the other guy took there money did crappy work and now it all has to get redone. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Hernandez Posted April 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2016 On 4/4/2016 at 8:20 PM, Dano123 said: No winter? Wow! It's back down in the 20's here. Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk On 4/4/2016 at 10:51 PM, JimboS1ice said: Beats my crazy weather yesterday of sunny and warm, blizzard like conditions, he's snow! And hail... Yea and some straight line winds, fun day yesterday in Chicago. On 4/4/2016 at 11:41 PM, Dano123 said: We had snow Sat night. I was 45 min from home and they got so much I had to pull over because it was a white out for 30 min. Several accidents on the way home too. I plow snow so I am used to driving in bad weather, but this came down so hard and so fast and I wasn't familiar with the roads. Extremely windy all day too which made it worse. My dad is in Bonita Springs, FL for the winter and he always makes those comments too... On Saturday it was 93 with a heat index of 96 and humility like 80% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dano123 Posted April 5, 2016 Report Share Posted April 5, 2016 On Saturday it was 93 with a heat index of 96 and humility like 80% Nobody likes a show off... haha Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noops Posted April 12, 2016 Report Share Posted April 12, 2016 Was it EMT from the panel? If so then it was grounded. Seal tight in EMT tho... That sounds special. Sent from my SM-G930W8 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Hernandez Posted April 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2016 7 hours ago, noops said: Was it EMT from the panel? If so then it was grounded. Seal tight in EMT tho... That sounds special. Sent from my SM-G930W8 using Tapatalk The EMT stopped at the bottom of the air handler, they shoved a non-metallic seal tight into the EMT with no connectors. I removed the plastic seal tight, installed a transition fitting from EMT to metallic flex along with metallic flex to the unit. I wish I would have took some more pictures, it was not mechanically grounded before no ground what so ever. Now it is mechanically grounded and has a dedicated ground wire. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrsalas Posted April 12, 2016 Report Share Posted April 12, 2016 Yup... I have like 20 sweaters and jackets ?. we only get like 3 months of summer and 9 of winter. Forecasted for snow on Thursday. On the positive note its good to see your troubleshooting others peoples Mickey mouse work to make it right and safe. Salutations from the cascades of California. Sent from my VS985 4G using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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