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Richard Russell video - Heat Strips
Richard Russell video transcript - Heat Strips (Training Transcript)
Speaker: Richard Russell
All right. Hello. My name is Richard Russell from HVAC Technical Academy, and I’m going to be talking to you about heat strips. Heat strips are these coils right here that usually run on 30 amps, depending on your heat pump. They create heat through resistance. Their main job is to create backup heat for the heat pump when it is in defrost mode or when it can’t create enough heat from the outside. The way you’re going to check if the heat strips are good is for continuity.
So, you’re going to use this voltmeter here and check for continuity right here. When you hear the beeping, that means it has continuity. Another thing to note is that in straight cool systems, heat strips are the only primary source of heat. Also, if you don’t use this for a while, it could create dust. So if you turn it on and it smells like something’s burning, that could be your reason. So, yeah, that’s all I have today. Thank you.