Heat Pump Troubleshooting Techniques by Wayne Shirley
Hey, it’s Digital Zeus™. What did you expect. Sometimes our most effective tools and instruments aren’t found in our vans or our tool bags – they’re in our DVD players. Digital Zeus™ is proud to present another clip from WayneShirley.com’s Troubleshooting Heat Pump Systems. A two DVD set covering both the electrical as well as refrigeration circuits. If you want straight forward, down to earth, brother to brother explanations and troubleshooting techniques on the heat pump system, what makes it work, what makes them not work, and what to do when they stop working, Zeus highly recommends this DVD set as essential for both experienced and entry level technicians. See the links below this clip to visit Wayne’s site to view more demos or purchase the set.
Visit WayneShirley.com for more demonstration clips – or to purchase your own set: http://www.wayneshirley.com
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August 29, 2009 at 2:14 pm
I have your heat pump troubleshooting dvd and want to buy the gas furnace dvd. Please contact me at volk43@msn.com.
August 28, 2009 at 4:43 pm
hey wayne just wanted to know can you give me a price on the videos it could help me understand more on how to work on the units here in the mainland. i just moved from hawaii now living in san antonio, tx. and it very difffrent on troubleshooting and dealing with gas. no heating in HI so verry diff.
October 22, 2008 at 3:49 pm
Wayne,
Last week, Jerry Self took one of your continuing ed classes at Johnstone Supply in Huntsville. He was impressed with your presentation and thought that we might find it beneficial in our commercial/industrial HVAC business. He also told me you have a DVD for sale. What is the cost, how can I get one, and could it assist us?
Thanks,
Bobby Paysinger
ASM-Sanders, Inc.
Madison, AL 35758
256-464-9233
January 4, 2008 at 2:48 am
Review from HVAC PROTech® member Maineac on Wayne Shirley’s Heat Pump Troubleshooting DVD Set:
I recieved the DVD’s in the mail today. I watched both the Electrical trobleshooting first then the refrigerant trouble shooting disc.
I’ll start with evaluation of electrical.
The electrical was very straight forward and shows the sequence of troubleshooting. This was not one of those boring,head bobbing droopy eye training class’s.
For the new and seasoned tech it is well laid out. Using resistance troubleshooting, I have found most newer tech in the field only use ohm’s to hear the meter beep and have no idea what resistence readings mean. It is explained,in laymans terms. No $5.00 words straight to the point. I think most newer tech’s never read or understand the meter they bought or what they really need in a meter. I dont know if was ment to be part of the program but does teach basic meter functions and the basics of what is needed in a meter.
The DVD covers low voltage and short circuts,motors,compressors,symptoms of failures in a very logical easy to understand manner. I really liked the capacitor section , I was never taught how to troubleshoot a cap except to swap it out in the begining of my career. I have seen nebee tech replace a compressor due to the high amps and have never checked the cap. Huge price difference in a compressor than a cap,and alot of wasted time and homeowner $$$$.
The second DVD covers trobouleshooting the refrigerant system.
Very nice. The refresher was excellent. Well thought out andreal reasons and explantaions of what is happining in the system. SH/SC covered very well. Also why not to reley on SH readings alone, and what can happen if you do with a TX system. Why to add freon and why not to,what the readings mean,Indoor wet bulb and how it is important in the whole scope of the system.
I really liked the areas of SH/SC w/ TXV or fixed oriface and how the pressures and temps change.
I got to tell ya I think they are great. Kinda like being with (when I was new in the field) with one of the old guys. You know what I mean. Not saying Wayne is old. I also noticed in both DVD’s a very methodical troubleshooting method.
I recomend them both for the seasoned tech for the refresher and the newbee to really see what is going on and why, And why a shot of gas can do more harm than good.
Awesome product. If you want to know more about heat pumps look here
http://www.WayneShirley.com or click on the link on the front page.
ATTA BOY Wayne.
Thank you
Mike