The your heat exchanger is cracked so your furnace must be replaced scam

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this series of videos is about HVAC
00:00:09.930 00:00:09.940 scams I was a service tech for 35 years
00:00:14.100 00:00:14.110 I worked with a lot of people that did
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00:00:22.290 00:00:22.300 paid for it that's not what this is
00:00:24.720 00:00:24.730 about this is about those few that take
00:00:29.249 00:00:29.259 advantage of people's lack of knowledge
00:00:32.450 00:00:32.460 sell them things they don't need selling
00:00:36.690 00:00:36.700 repairs they don't need sometimes scare
00:00:39.570 00:00:39.580 them to death this is what this is about
00:00:43.430 00:00:43.440 this one is your heat exchangers cracked
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00:00:52.580 00:00:52.590 now there's some truth in this if your
00:00:57.300 00:00:57.310 heat exchanger is cracked you have two
00:01:00.600 00:01:00.610 choices number one choice replace the
00:01:05.369 00:01:05.379 furnace number two replace the heat
00:01:08.730 00:01:08.740 exchanger some furnaces have very long
00:01:14.370 00:01:14.380 some lifetime warranties on heat
00:01:17.069 00:01:17.079 exchangers and you need to make sure
00:01:19.489 00:01:19.499 whether yours is one of those are gone I
00:01:22.609 00:01:22.619 think the minimum I've seen is about
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00:01:36.440 00:01:36.450 can get a replaced now the heat
00:01:41.069 00:01:41.079 exchanger is usually the only part that
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00:01:47.639 00:01:47.649 in and that can vary okay but oftentimes
00:01:51.269 00:01:51.279 this is a scam because the heat
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00:01:56.639 00:01:56.649 we're going to take a look at this
00:01:57.779 00:01:57.789 furnace here and I'm gonna give you an
00:02:00.929 00:02:00.939 idea of how the heat exchanger would be
00:02:02.819 00:02:02.829 checked and what questions you could ask
00:02:05.510 00:02:05.520 if this is your diagnosis okay this is a
00:02:10.130 00:02:10.140 mid-90s 80 percent first the burgers are
00:02:14.370 00:02:14.380 right here the heat exchanger is behind
00:02:17.010 00:02:17.020 there so an ordered
00:02:19.140 00:02:19.150 check to see if there's cracks in the
00:02:20.850 00:02:20.860 heat exchanger there's a couple of ways
00:02:23.309 00:02:23.319 you can do it
00:02:24.449 00:02:24.459 one is you can remove all the burners
00:02:27.979 00:02:27.989 inspect either with a camera or just a
00:02:31.649 00:02:31.659 flashlight you can go down to the blower
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00:02:40.110 00:02:40.120 pull a blower out and check there okay
00:02:43.619 00:02:43.629 the reason I told you about these two
00:02:45.119 00:02:45.129 different places they're not real simple
00:02:47.429 00:02:47.439 to tell are they taking the blower out
00:02:51.119 00:02:51.129 takes a little while thing the burners
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00:02:56.369 00:02:56.379 process is not something you can do in
00:02:58.979 00:02:58.989 just a very few minutes you're going to
00:03:02.789 00:03:02.799 have to look closely in there so when
00:03:05.009 00:03:05.019 the man comes up and says you know he's
00:03:07.349 00:03:07.359 been down to your basement you know 5 or
00:03:09.599 00:03:09.609 10 minutes he says while your heat
00:03:10.979 00:03:10.989 exchangers broke gotta have a new
00:03:12.149 00:03:12.159 furnace you want to question that you
00:03:15.990 00:03:16.000 want to see the crap if he's used a
00:03:18.300 00:03:18.310 camera you want to see the camera
00:03:20.550 00:03:20.560 footage if he's showing you where the
00:03:23.520 00:03:23.530 crack is you want to be able to see it
00:03:25.970 00:03:25.980 okay sometimes they'll say well there's
00:03:30.030 00:03:30.040 carbon monoxide not carbon monoxide not
00:03:33.270 00:03:33.280 carbon dioxide monoxide is a poisonous
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00:03:40.550 00:03:40.560 in the ductwork if there's a cracked
00:03:45.240 00:03:45.250 heat exchanger sometimes so he can use
00:03:48.539 00:03:48.549 them to knock sir to look inside your
00:03:51.300 00:03:51.310 duct or to check inside the duct and see
00:03:54.330 00:03:54.340 if there is carbon monoxide in there you
00:03:57.180 00:03:57.190 want to see the readings you want to see
00:03:59.039 00:03:59.049 that he's put the probe in and he has
00:04:02.039 00:04:02.049 gotten a seal reading other than that be
00:04:09.780 00:04:09.790 very suspicious when someone says you
00:04:12.089 00:04:12.099 have a cracked heat exchanger we must
00:04:13.800 00:04:13.810 replace your furnace remember a lot of
00:04:16.319 00:04:16.329 these heat exchangers have extended
00:04:17.939 00:04:17.949 warranties and can be replaced if you
00:04:22.140 00:04:22.150 wanted to let's say you had a cracked
00:04:24.149 00:04:24.159 heat exchanger and you wanted to put
00:04:27.060 00:04:27.070 extra money with it and buy a newer
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00:04:30.910 00:04:30.920 was more energy-efficient that's a good
00:04:33.760 00:04:33.770 time to do it but you need to be sure
00:04:37.600 00:04:37.610 that that heat exchanger is cracked
00:04:40.110 00:04:40.120 before you decide to do that
00:04:42.610 00:04:42.620 remember Co test the guys got to spend
00:04:45.970 00:04:45.980 some time down there and you want to see
00:04:48.130 00:04:48.140 where that crack hits those things will
00:04:51.850 00:04:51.860 probably keep you out of trouble so
00:04:54.970 00:04:54.980 that's it on the quickie heat exchanger
00:04:58.240 00:04:58.250 scam as with all these videos if you
00:05:02.950 00:05:02.960 have questions or comments put them in
00:05:06.010 00:05:06.020 the comment section I'll get back to you
00:05:08.530 00:05:08.540 as soon as I can and I'll try to help
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