Hey everyone! 👋 Guess what? I'm still kicking and very much alive! 🎉 Big news: I stream on RUclips every Saturday (including tomorrow, 9/14/2024) at 11am Pacific Time right here on this channel. Many of you might not know this because RUclips's notification system can be a bit... quirky. Maybe this video will be the beacon that lets you all know I'm still around and kicking! 😉 I also stream on that other platform that rhymes with "Itch" (wink wink) under the same name. Last week was a no-show due to some pesky health issues, but normally that's where you can catch me a few times during the week when I'm not doing #TechTalk here and I should be returning this upcoming week for regular shows again. If you missed me and want to reconnect? Here's where you can find me: RUclips: Right here, every Saturday (11am Pacific Time - LIVE)! That other streaming site: A few times a week (No official schedule just yet) X (formerly Twitter): Follow @barnacules and chat me up by tagging me or better yet responding to my posts. All my links are in the video description below. 🤗 For those of you I haven't seen in years, I'd absolutely love to hear from you again! Let's catch up! And to my dear trolls in the comments section - yes, I missed you too! You guys were the rocket fuel that propelled this channel into the top 3% for so many years before my nerve issues decided to play party pooper. You guys are directly responsible for giving me and my family some really good years after Microsoft me and my bros packing. All thanks to fat jokes and being trolled from 4chan leading to my discovery by some big guys that blew me up. Man, those were the days, everything is different now. I know this might seem like an odd video to break my long silence, but hey, I was just so excited about fixing my AC after a super rough day after an even rougher couple of weeks, and X wouldn't let me upload because the file was too big because Elon Musk apparently can't afford anymore storage. So, alas here we are! 👋 Don't be a stranger - come say hi, whether it's in the streams, comments, or on social media. Let's make some noise and have some fun like the good old days! Honestly, it's probably time I start dusting things off and become a regular around here again. Probably won't happen overnight, but it's on my radar now! 🎉
I can't believe this AC is honestly still working after all these years. She's only broken down about a half dozen times and we've been able to bring her back to life for basically free each and every time. LG makes a pretty solid Windows AC. However, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't nervous about replacing those surface mount relays once I figure out how to safely discharge the capacitor. Because this banging on the relay trick isn't going to work forever. Or, just maybe it will since it did for about 100k miles on my Ford Ranger back in the day! 🤣
Yay. Great to see ya posting. Hoping I can watch the stream today. Been sick AF this week. Had to start my morning with a breathing treatment bad. This brighten my morning
You're probably not wrong, this AC has seen a lot of over the years. But, every time she breaks down we find a way to bring her back without any money somehow! 🤣 That being said I probably should replace these surfaces mount relays because beating on them will only fix them so many times and honestly the part is only like $3-5 USD. I just don't like soldering and I don't like removing Electonics next to giant capacitors that can kill you. But, one of these days I'll buy or build the right tool to discharge them safely, so I don't have to worry every time I'm working around them in some appliance.
Wow, I'm still somehow alive after poking the AC relay about a dozen more times. However, it finally did completely fuse so now that compressor is stuck on 24/7 unless I physically unplug the AC since the control panel can now only control the fan. So, I'm going to try jerry rigging an ESP32 using Home Assistant to make a sensor with a climate probe to control the TP link to turn power on and off for the AC based on room temp to hold the temp where I want it. This is as janky as it gets baby! Wish me luck!
I have watched your channel since the man cave tour video and have enjoyed your content for years after that, even watched older content. And even though you don’t see me in chat at all I have watched/listened to all your streams over the last few years especially when playing games like American truck simulator/grinding at games like Destiny 2 or doing general work in my own content creation. Even though this is just a short 7 minute video I hope this means your back pain has became less severe enough to allow for you to pursue content creation. Would definitely love to see more like this! ❤
Thank you so much! This was meant to be a little social media post but it got denied so I uploaded it here and the reception has been so much better than anything I actually accepted and this really helped me mentally today after going through so much lately. Thank you for taking the time to post, it genuinely means a lot to me!
@@Steve30x Are you being intentionally mean or trying to pull a reverse card on him to try and make him post more? Probably the first but I thought I'd ask.
Jerry!!! Love your videos! No need for s big production or editing. Is you that make your videos great. You are an amazing person with a great personality and is gold! Keep them coming !
Now you have tell people that you just recently watched my latest video on RUclips @geirkrister! You broke that 10-year streak buddy and I broke my longest streak without posting a video. We're both on a roll! 👍
It makes me smile seeing that you left such a nice comment! I honestly expected to see a lot more trolls in the comments hating on me and this really surprised me and made me feel welcome. That is a feeling that I desperately needed apparently and now I want to post more.
Congratulations on your first video back! Just had a month off work due to stress and anxiety so I know hard it can be to push through and actually do the thing that scares you. So VERY proud of you, I love you and everything you do, keep being the best version of you.
Thank you so much! Stress and anxiety can completely destroy any enjoyment from life. I'm glad that you took a break to collect yourself to push through your barriers. Sometimes it's more important to take some steps back and regroup than to try to push though something that you're in no position to only to push yourself even further back again. I'll always strive to be the best version of me that I can be and if that's not good enough for some people that's okay. It just has to be good enough for me and the people I care for.
Congrats to y'all & Simone Biles America's sweetheart who had anxiety✌️ Good article: "How the Tokyo Olympics Changed the Conversation About Athletes’ Mental Health"
you randomly popped into my head today, i remember watching your 3d pen video as a kid and many other of your videos. sorry to hear about your back man, hope you feel better soon!
You’re the 2nd comment from someone that got a similar result banging on it. This needs to be added to the AC manuals in the trouble shooting section 😂
Idk if you'll see this but I used to watch your videos religiously as a kid, I decided to look you up and am glad to see you are still making videos. Keep doing what you do best man! You always make the best videos
FINNALY YOU ARE GETTING BACK TOU YOUR OLD TYPE VIDEOS!!! i'm pumped to watching them all over again. if you continue with this type of videos count me in being your sub again :D welcome back dude
Jerry, i built my own William (Puget Genesis workstation) Has to be one of my favorite videos made by you. Just need to find a person to cut out a hole in the acrylic. Once thats done, it will be complete! Glad you are uploading again!
Thank you so much! Honestly, I was just going to post it to social since it was so short but X blocked me so I uploaded it here and I'm happy that I did. I honestly didn't think many people would watch it if I uploaded it here since I haven't made new videos in so long and have mostly been live streaming which most people don't even know about since RUclips basically hides you as a streamer from your audience unless you also upload edited content.
Please make more content. I've missed these kind of videos. There's a lot of reasons why you probably stopped but this is the content we need on RUclips. Your content is always quality and still is. This small little video reminded me of that.
Hi Jerry hope you are doing fine! Really missing your videos, I'm a big fan since the beginning and you were my inspiration on building my own "nerd" cave. Greetz from Belgium!!
The same thing happened last summer when i installed my 6 year old window ac, it turned on but it just didn't kick in, a refrigerator technician told me to use a tiny rubber mallet on the side to dislodge "something" with small hits, wait a couple of minutes then turn it on again, and it worked!!! The compressor just kicked in!!! i am running the same ac this year working without a problem, and it hasn't done that again, I think is the same situation with your Ac.
I don't blame you, I'm sure a ton of people think this is an old video or live stream. The fact it's taken me this long to post a video when I could have just been posting simple stuff like this the whole time is truly unfortunate. But my physical pain has been really screwing with me mentally lately and it's driven me into a corner that I'm desperately trying to get out of. But, baby steps right!
I just uploaded this video here because it was too big to upload to Twitter! 🤣 And boy am I glad that I did, because tons of people in the comments seem to be enjoying it which is something I didn't expect. 👍
Wow it's been a while. Started watching you in middle school and now I have a mechanical engineering degree! Love to see some more Puget Videos. Those guys don't get any coverage. You're old videos are still about the only ones.
Hey Jerry, i suddenly thought about your videos which i always used to watched back when 3D printers were getting very popular. I was just looking for your channel for over half an hour scrolling to all the channels i subbed to because i just couldn't remember your name and i'm so glad that i found it again. It's great to see that you're still uploading. I wish you all the best and hope that you're fine.
Everyone in the comments: He's alive, a new video from Barnacules Barnacules: pokes electronics with a screwdriver near a super high density, deadly capacitor
I made this video to upload to X (aka. Twitter) just to update people on the thread following this AC saga today. But, when banging on the relay actually worked and X was complaining about the video being too large I decided to just upload here and I'm glad I did. It made me realize that not everything I upload here has to be a blockbuster. Just like #TechTalk it can be whatever I'm working on and some people will enjoy it and some people won't just like every other video I've ever made.
you discharge it like any other cap, use a screwdriver and touch the terminals together. make sure your holding the rubber end of the screwdriver tho :P
With a cap this big it will weld to the contacts 😬 Not sure I’m willing to try that yet. Maybe I’ll just build a little resistive discharge just to be safe 😆
I've really enjoyed reading the comments, so far I've only seen a single troll comment which is just mind blowing to me. But, trolls are like the honeybees of the internet and they will eventually make their way around to pollinate my comments section and boost my SEO and analytics. 🍿
I'm so happy this actually worked. This video was supposed to just be another step in a thread on Twitter (X) about trying to diagnose and fix this AC problem. But X refused to let me upload the video because it was "Too big" so I just uploaded it to RUclips and when it asked if I wanted to go public or unlisted I just decided to make it public just to see what would happen since I haven't uploaded an actual video in a long time aside from live streams and private JITR's for Patrons. The comments have been overall amazing, and the trolling has been insanely minimum, so this is really encouraging me to upload more stuff without feeling like everything has to be a blockbuster. I keep forgetting that one of my most famous videos of all time was setting up an inflatable hot tub completely run and gun vlog style with no fancy special effects or editing and it went gangbusters. As long as the video is clear, and the audio is good the content is king at the end of the day for most people. Not all, but most.
@@Barnacules I now have owned over 15 printers and taught myself cad haha! I also own a business selling motor kits for electric gokarts! Thanks for always inspiring me as a kid!!
And I hope to stay, but my health will ultimately decide my cadence. But, lately things have been improving a little with this new knee compression sleeve I've been wearing that has helped with my hip SI joint pain when sitting which si really strange and I don't understand it but I'm very grateful!
Thank you, it's all I can do! But, I have to admit that my random decision to upload this video here has given me a mental boost reading all these amazing comments. I'm sure more trolls will show up shortly but right now it's mostly people that enjoy my uploads even when they aren't long or super edited and I truly needed to see that.
reasons like this is why preferrably I'd rather use mechanical knobs and simple electronics wherever possible. I have one of those plug in thermostats for my AC unit that just unplugs the AC whenever it's cool enough and that costs $16. then I use the knob on the AC to set the temp where I want the fan still running but no AC. I get the added benefit of being able to position the sensor closer to where I'm at. also for about $30 you could get a remote controlled one so I don't have to get my greasy ass up to set the temps but I don't mind the dumber model
Yeah, not double checking the power to make sure it was unplugged was really stupid. Also, poking around in the electronics with a screwdriver that wasn't electrically isolated properly wasn't a good idea either with that giant capacitor sitting right there fully charged. I shall endeavor to be more careful in the future. But, in true fashion I left my mistake in the video instead of jump cutting it out like many would have hoping that other learn from it.
LG ACs seems to be well made as this one lasted very long. I have a GE 12000 BTU which also had that same stuck relay issue and I fixed it by hitting the relay. In adittion, I also have a 2013 LG 6000 Btu that still works fine, the only component that just failed recently was the capacitor in August 2024 but it was replaced and the AC it is still going strong to this day,
I'm completely taken back by how many people enjoy this video given how simple in nature it is and how close it is to stuff I normally just post on social media and nowhere else. There is clearly a demand for this kind of simple video content and now I feel like a huge mental barrier has been removed. Thank you so much! You and everyone else with the positive comments!
This is old school technology so it clicks super loud when it's working right, however, now you have me wondering if I could buy a solid state relay with similar specs in the same form factor so I could replace it with something that won't just die again.
Thank you so much, I'll try to start uploading more. It will have to start with stuff like this given my health crap, but I could start to evolve from there again. I'm just beyond happy that so many nice people in the comments enjoy even this little video and are glad I posted it. I honestly didn't expect this response, and I'm tickled! 🤗🤗
if the relay got stuck it probably welded it self and might do it again , and if it does it's probably because the ac starts and stops too often and with a capacitor that can deliver 6.1 amp of power to the relay you need to order a new board in case you trick stops working
I 100% agree, if the relay got stuck it's going to get stuck again eventually so this just bought me a little time. Thankfully the surface mount relays are like $3-5 on Amazon or eBay. But, I want to learn how to safely discharge the capacitor before I go digging the board out to actually solder on new components. But this AC has been an absolute beast running 24/7 for so many years. She has broken down a few times but I've always been able to fix or work around the problem for free. This is the first issue it's had that might cost me a few bucks. Well, maybe that's not entirely true since I did buy stuff to clean the coils, etc last time it got super gunked up and stopped blowing cold at all.
I honestly don't blame you at all for thinking that. I would bet money that most subscribers are thinking the same thing and passing on it. Especially with the noob default thumbnail. 🤣 I don't even have Photoshop anymore since I had to cancel my creative cloud subscription last year.
@@Barnacules Add a tiny intro waving into the cam. People will see this is not an old one. You've changed over the years, as has just about everybody else. Isn't it mostly about convenience with Adobe? Once you know how a product works you'll want to stick with it. There's more stuff out there, even for free. It's just a learning curve. This could be a video series. See, there's already potentially more content without even getting into AI, LLMs and all that.
@@SlurP667 There is no shortness of content ideas, just need to get comfortable posting again which this little impromptu post is helping a lot with. I'll start playing with Krita since I have it installed and see if I can't get some decent thumbnails out of it. For my next video I will put myself in the thumbnail though, so people know it's older fatter me and it's not just a rerun. 😉
I can't believe you just stuck a screwdriver in there with the power still on😂 Maybe smacking it from the side (close to where the power board is) could fix the problem without having to open it up?
OMG!!!!! I missed these videos!!!!!!!!!! YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYYAY!!!!!!!! HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIII JERRRY!!! LOVE YOU LONG TIME
I haven't seen Jason in far too long. That definitely needs to happen before the year is out. Not sure if we will vlog our first time together after so long but if he's game, so am I! What say you @MetalJesusRocks?
No worries, I totally get that not everyone can watch huge streams so I’ll start getting back to some shorter form content like this hit maybe a bit more complete. Sound good?
When i did hvac the amount of run caps i discharaged by just using a screw driver lol, yoy might as well just replace it, theyre cheap anyway. Pretty much everything in there is cheap its the time to replace thats expensive. Until you get into like compressors and boards (not boards if you can fix them yourself) its pretty cheap to fix
@Barnacules im in law enforcement now but i still keep up with hvac as i do it as side work or free for the less fortunate, but sadly soon the epa will probbaly get their push passed to make it so only someone who is EPA608 Certified is going to beable to buy capacitors. The government overreach is getting a bit insane from the ol alphabet crew
Yup! This AC is probably the most famous AC on all of RUclips by now. I think I've made like 3 or 4 videos on it and a few dozen other social media videos. It's crazy this thing is still working after all the abuse it's gone through. But it's definitely showing its age! I'm happy to report though that everything that stopped it working was easily fixed so far and this relay shouldn't be too big of a deal to replace once it welds itself shut again. LG makes a good unit!
Bro you sound so much happier the last i saw you on twitch. this is the same Jacob on twitch. Love ya buddy. Hope this is the return of the Jerry on RUclips i had to make a new RUclips account because i realized i was on my random videos i used to make on my old MRREDSTAR20 RUclips account i was going to rename it to this one but i decided naw it would suck to lose that channel. I Hope you remember the time I sent you a ton of bits watching Microsoft ads on twitch back when they rewarded you for watching ads. Sorry for yapping off just wanted to let you know whats up man.
I absolutely remember you from that event where you got a ton of Microsoft ad money when they were paying huge bits for them. I appreciated that greatly! I hope you're doing well my friend and honestly I needed this today. After all the hell I've been going through reading all these nice comments completely caught me off-guard and really helped with my morale honestly.
@@Barnacules im glad i made your day happy man i can’t stand to see you upset man because i see you as a friend and i try my best to make my friends happy.
@@Barnacules will we see a comeback of codegasam and prank calling scammers or is that against RUclips tos as well as twitch those were the good times I laughed so hard at the prank calling scammers series i got hit with a “Microsoft support agent” and they kept calling my dad and then he was like answer these retards and I was like my time has arrived so I answered the call went to my windows 7 machine and went through the bs. They try to scare you with all these normal error codes in event viewer and he was yapping all of these errors are hackers trying to get in your pc and then he tried the old run Remote Desktop command then i said ok i know what your doing its not going to work then i hung up on him then instantly calls back after three times i had enough and called him out on his bs and said look dumb ass i know Microsoft support would never call there customers for support about getting hacked or getting a virus this is up to the customer to contact support and then ended the call with the scammer saying this is not a cam as I hung up lol never had a call back lmao i went hehe got his ass.
Yup, and it looks like it will give you Tetanus just from looking at the pipes. But she's still holding refrigerant and aside from this sticky relay she still blows ice cold! I just need to order a new $5 surface mount relay and drain the capacitor so I can pull the mainboard and swap it, and she will be good as new for hopefully many more years until one of the corroded pipes gives out and lets the magic gas out and I have to go buy another one since I don't know how to braze copper pipe. But who knows, maybe by the time that happens I'll have that skill in my quiver and can try to squeeze 25 years out of this like my Microwave I've fixed multiple times that keeps going strong! 🥶
Hey everyone! 👋 Guess what? I'm still kicking and very much alive! 🎉
Big news: I stream on RUclips every Saturday (including tomorrow, 9/14/2024) at 11am Pacific Time right here on this channel. Many of you might not know this because RUclips's notification system can be a bit... quirky. Maybe this video will be the beacon that lets you all know I'm still around and kicking! 😉
I also stream on that other platform that rhymes with "Itch" (wink wink) under the same name. Last week was a no-show due to some pesky health issues, but normally that's where you can catch me a few times during the week when I'm not doing #TechTalk here and I should be returning this upcoming week for regular shows again.
If you missed me and want to reconnect? Here's where you can find me:
RUclips: Right here, every Saturday (11am Pacific Time - LIVE)!
That other streaming site: A few times a week (No official schedule just yet)
X (formerly Twitter): Follow @barnacules and chat me up by tagging me or better yet responding to my posts.
All my links are in the video description below. 🤗
For those of you I haven't seen in years, I'd absolutely love to hear from you again! Let's catch up!
And to my dear trolls in the comments section - yes, I missed you too! You guys were the rocket fuel that propelled this channel into the top 3% for so many years before my nerve issues decided to play party pooper. You guys are directly responsible for giving me and my family some really good years after Microsoft me and my bros packing. All thanks to fat jokes and being trolled from 4chan leading to my discovery by some big guys that blew me up. Man, those were the days, everything is different now.
I know this might seem like an odd video to break my long silence, but hey, I was just so excited about fixing my AC after a super rough day after an even rougher couple of weeks, and X wouldn't let me upload because the file was too big because Elon Musk apparently can't afford anymore storage. So, alas here we are! 👋
Don't be a stranger - come say hi, whether it's in the streams, comments, or on social media. Let's make some noise and have some fun like the good old days! Honestly, it's probably time I start dusting things off and become a regular around here again. Probably won't happen overnight, but it's on my radar now! 🎉
I can't believe this AC is honestly still working after all these years. She's only broken down about a half dozen times and we've been able to bring her back to life for basically free each and every time. LG makes a pretty solid Windows AC. However, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't nervous about replacing those surface mount relays once I figure out how to safely discharge the capacitor. Because this banging on the relay trick isn't going to work forever. Or, just maybe it will since it did for about 100k miles on my Ford Ranger back in the day! 🤣
Nothing like percussive maintenance.
FYI it isn't electrically rated... more so on live circuits.
Yay. Great to see ya posting. Hoping I can watch the stream today. Been sick AF this week. Had to start my morning with a breathing treatment bad. This brighten my morning
@@Barnacules Just replace the relay if it dies LOL.
YOu're amazing(still waiting for the hdd cloning video you promised years ago LOL)
This must be the most viewed AC unit on all of the internet - very well done with the AC
You're probably not wrong, this AC has seen a lot of over the years. But, every time she breaks down we find a way to bring her back without any money somehow! 🤣 That being said I probably should replace these surfaces mount relays because beating on them will only fix them so many times and honestly the part is only like $3-5 USD. I just don't like soldering and I don't like removing Electonics next to giant capacitors that can kill you. But, one of these days I'll buy or build the right tool to discharge them safely, so I don't have to worry every time I'm working around them in some appliance.
Every 4 years, Jerry always has a video on that air conditioner lol. I really miss the DIY gasms and Jerry Rigs, this surprise made my day!
I'm gonna keep this thing alive forever!
Wow, I'm still somehow alive after poking the AC relay about a dozen more times. However, it finally did completely fuse so now that compressor is stuck on 24/7 unless I physically unplug the AC since the control panel can now only control the fan. So, I'm going to try jerry rigging an ESP32 using Home Assistant to make a sensor with a climate probe to control the TP link to turn power on and off for the AC based on room temp to hold the temp where I want it. This is as janky as it gets baby! Wish me luck!
I have watched your channel since the man cave tour video and have enjoyed your content for years after that, even watched older content. And even though you don’t see me in chat at all I have watched/listened to all your streams over the last few years especially when playing games like American truck simulator/grinding at games like Destiny 2 or doing general work in my own content creation. Even though this is just a short 7 minute video I hope this means your back pain has became less severe enough to allow for you to pursue content creation. Would definitely love to see more like this! ❤
Thank you so much! This was meant to be a little social media post but it got denied so I uploaded it here and the reception has been so much better than anything I actually accepted and this really helped me mentally today after going through so much lately. Thank you for taking the time to post, it genuinely means a lot to me!
On this day a miracle has occurred, Jerry is BACK 💯💯💯🔥🔥🔥🎉🎉🎉
I have no doubt this is a one off and he won't post another video for a long time again unfortunately.
@@Steve30xYou must be fun at parties! /s
@@Steve30x Are you being intentionally mean or trying to pull a reverse card on him to try and make him post more? Probably the first but I thought I'd ask.
First video back in years and it's Jerry nearly shocking the shit out of himself lol
Jerry!!! Love your videos! No need for s big production or editing. Is you that make your videos great. You are an amazing person with a great personality and is gold! Keep them coming !
Thank you so much! I’m gonna start small and work my way up again 🤗
HE’S ALIVEEEEE
Haven’t watched your videos in like 10 years
Now you have tell people that you just recently watched my latest video on RUclips @geirkrister! You broke that 10-year streak buddy and I broke my longest streak without posting a video. We're both on a roll! 👍
Great to see you post a video again! I know how hard this was for you, so it makes me smile to see a new video from you! :)
It makes me smile seeing that you left such a nice comment! I honestly expected to see a lot more trolls in the comments hating on me and this really surprised me and made me feel welcome. That is a feeling that I desperately needed apparently and now I want to post more.
Congratulations on your first video back! Just had a month off work due to stress and anxiety so I know hard it can be to push through and actually do the thing that scares you. So VERY proud of you, I love you and everything you do, keep being the best version of you.
Thank you so much! Stress and anxiety can completely destroy any enjoyment from life. I'm glad that you took a break to collect yourself to push through your barriers. Sometimes it's more important to take some steps back and regroup than to try to push though something that you're in no position to only to push yourself even further back again. I'll always strive to be the best version of me that I can be and if that's not good enough for some people that's okay. It just has to be good enough for me and the people I care for.
Congrats to y'all & Simone Biles America's sweetheart who had anxiety✌️
Good article: "How the Tokyo Olympics Changed the Conversation About Athletes’ Mental Health"
Bruuuuuuh, we need you back
Congrats man. I know its hard to come back after a long break 😊
you randomly popped into my head today, i remember watching your 3d pen video as a kid and many other of your videos. sorry to hear about your back man, hope you feel better soon!
I had this issue with the LG 12K i had in one of the kitchen windows. Gave it a good whack and its been working fine so far. what a coincidence.
You’re the 2nd comment from someone that got a similar result banging on it. This needs to be added to the AC manuals in the trouble shooting section 😂
Glad to see you’re alive! I appreciate your optimism in the comments. Keep your head up.
Idk if you'll see this but I used to watch your videos religiously as a kid, I decided to look you up and am glad to see you are still making videos. Keep doing what you do best man! You always make the best videos
You go Jerry, glad to see you posting
This ac is iconic at this point. 😂😂
FINNALY YOU ARE GETTING BACK TOU YOUR OLD TYPE VIDEOS!!! i'm pumped to watching them all over again. if you continue with this type of videos count me in being your sub again :D welcome back dude
Jerry, i built my own William (Puget Genesis workstation) Has to be one of my favorite videos made by you. Just need to find a person to cut out a hole in the acrylic. Once thats done, it will be complete!
Glad you are uploading again!
That makes me so happy! I'm glad you enjoy the system and I hope you get that hole cut soon!
Jerry so proud of you, this video is awesome.
Not gunna lie though, I had to pinch my self thought I was dreaming seeing the video pop up in my sub feed
Thank you so much! Honestly, I was just going to post it to social since it was so short but X blocked me so I uploaded it here and I'm happy that I did. I honestly didn't think many people would watch it if I uploaded it here since I haven't made new videos in so long and have mostly been live streaming which most people don't even know about since RUclips basically hides you as a streamer from your audience unless you also upload edited content.
Please make more content. I've missed these kind of videos. There's a lot of reasons why you probably stopped but this is the content we need on RUclips. Your content is always quality and still is. This small little video reminded me of that.
Thank you, I’ll try to post more stuff like this 🤗
LET'S EFFING GOOO!!! WELCOME BACK Jerry!
I missed these videos!!! Keep them coming barnacules!
More to come!
Welcome back, this is very positive. Hoping you can get back to your old self sooner than later. Great video!!!
Thank you 🤗
Hi Jerry hope you are doing fine! Really missing your videos, I'm a big fan since the beginning and you were my inspiration on building my own "nerd" cave. Greetz from Belgium!!
Secretly hoping Jerry’s AC keeps breaking so he keeps uploading
The same thing happened last summer when i installed my 6 year old window ac, it turned on but it just didn't kick in, a refrigerator technician told me to use a tiny rubber mallet on the side to dislodge "something" with small hits, wait a couple of minutes then turn it on again, and it worked!!! The compressor just kicked in!!!
i am running the same ac this year working without a problem, and it hasn't done that again, I think is the same situation with your Ac.
I tried banging on it from the outside with no luck, this relay wanted some directly love 😂
The world’s most viewed ac unit returns!
Hahaha it’s definitely a contender at this point, how long can I keep it going? 😆
Holy crap!! You uploaded a video.
I'm happier than a bird with a french fry.
Keep em coming.
Perfekt. This scratched my itch. Finally a upload. Good job Barnacules!
Thank you! I'll try to upload again before too many years go by. /jk
Don't comment often, but had to show support by commenting. Will watch the vid later. You go!
That means a lot 🙏
I'm glad it worked. I wouldn't want to get a new AC this time of year.
Hitting like and commenting for the algorithm. 😂 Keep it up, Jerry!
A Barnacules video! Hell yeah i love your videos!!!
wow this video was 100% caught me off gaurd i thought it was a live stream cause that what im used too
I don't blame you, I'm sure a ton of people think this is an old video or live stream. The fact it's taken me this long to post a video when I could have just been posting simple stuff like this the whole time is truly unfortunate. But my physical pain has been really screwing with me mentally lately and it's driven me into a corner that I'm desperately trying to get out of. But, baby steps right!
A BARNACULES VIDEO ❤🔥
Not my best work, but I'm very glad I uploaded and with the great response I've received I shall have to post more now.
great to see you back man
I just uploaded this video here because it was too big to upload to Twitter! 🤣 And boy am I glad that I did, because tons of people in the comments seem to be enjoying it which is something I didn't expect. 👍
Yooooo welcome back
Wow it's been a while. Started watching you in middle school and now I have a mechanical engineering degree! Love to see some more Puget Videos. Those guys don't get any coverage. You're old videos are still about the only ones.
Thank you so much, I've been only live streaming for the last few years here on Saturdays and on Twitch during the week.
Hey Jerry, i suddenly thought about your videos which i always used to watched back when 3D printers were getting very popular. I was just looking for your channel for over half an hour scrolling to all the channels i subbed to because i just couldn't remember your name and i'm so glad that i found it again. It's great to see that you're still uploading. I wish you all the best and hope that you're fine.
Welcome back! It's great to have you back.
@@Barnacules Thanks man, really appreciate that!
Everyone in the comments: He's alive, a new video from Barnacules
Barnacules: pokes electronics with a screwdriver near a super high density, deadly capacitor
Yeah, I flew too close to the sun on this one. But I left my mistake in so hopefully next person doesn’t make it. I legit thought it was unplugged 😬
A new barnacules video? You bet your ass I’m going to watch till the very end!!!
I made this video to upload to X (aka. Twitter) just to update people on the thread following this AC saga today. But, when banging on the relay actually worked and X was complaining about the video being too large I decided to just upload here and I'm glad I did. It made me realize that not everything I upload here has to be a blockbuster. Just like #TechTalk it can be whatever I'm working on and some people will enjoy it and some people won't just like every other video I've ever made.
Man, this really reminds me of diygasm! ❤
Think of it like a mini DIYGasm!
you discharge it like any other cap, use a screwdriver and touch the terminals together. make sure your holding the rubber end of the screwdriver tho :P
With a cap this big it will weld to the contacts 😬 Not sure I’m willing to try that yet. Maybe I’ll just build a little resistive discharge just to be safe 😆
I could not believe it a video, Nice to hear your Voice again!
cant say i understand a single thing in this but its great
Are we gonna get more videos like this? I like seeing short DIY projects like this
Hopefully. This little fluke of a video was well received so it made me receptive to the idea 🎉
GASP! A BARNACULESE VIDOE?! YAAAAAAAAY! I knew you could do it, Jerry!
🤗 😊
He's back!
I've really enjoyed reading the comments, so far I've only seen a single troll comment which is just mind blowing to me. But, trolls are like the honeybees of the internet and they will eventually make their way around to pollinate my comments section and boost my SEO and analytics. 🍿
@@Barnacules This channel is practically dead, what did you expect? What would trolls even do here?
Knowledge is power & Barnacules is baaaack!! 💪
Nice work man
I'm so happy this actually worked. This video was supposed to just be another step in a thread on Twitter (X) about trying to diagnose and fix this AC problem. But X refused to let me upload the video because it was "Too big" so I just uploaded it to RUclips and when it asked if I wanted to go public or unlisted I just decided to make it public just to see what would happen since I haven't uploaded an actual video in a long time aside from live streams and private JITR's for Patrons. The comments have been overall amazing, and the trolling has been insanely minimum, so this is really encouraging me to upload more stuff without feeling like everything has to be a blockbuster. I keep forgetting that one of my most famous videos of all time was setting up an inflatable hot tub completely run and gun vlog style with no fancy special effects or editing and it went gangbusters. As long as the video is clear, and the audio is good the content is king at the end of the day for most people. Not all, but most.
Hell yeah! DIYGasm!
Man this brings back so many memories I miss watching your 3d print videos back in the day in awe when you had the ultimaker 1 😂
Perhaps it's time to learn DaVinci Resolve finally and get some posted.
@@Barnacules I now have owned over 15 printers and taught myself cad haha! I also own a business selling motor kits for electric gokarts!
Thanks for always inspiring me as a kid!!
The king is back
And I hope to stay, but my health will ultimately decide my cadence. But, lately things have been improving a little with this new knee compression sleeve I've been wearing that has helped with my hip SI joint pain when sitting which si really strange and I don't understand it but I'm very grateful!
Well done Jerry, one step at a time bro.
Thank you, it's all I can do! But, I have to admit that my random decision to upload this video here has given me a mental boost reading all these amazing comments. I'm sure more trolls will show up shortly but right now it's mostly people that enjoy my uploads even when they aren't long or super edited and I truly needed to see that.
reasons like this is why preferrably I'd rather use mechanical knobs and simple electronics wherever possible. I have one of those plug in thermostats for my AC unit that just unplugs the AC whenever it's cool enough and that costs $16. then I use the knob on the AC to set the temp where I want the fan still running but no AC. I get the added benefit of being able to position the sensor closer to where I'm at. also for about $30 you could get a remote controlled one so I don't have to get my greasy ass up to set the temps but I don't mind the dumber model
You've posted more than i have in a month, I don't have any motivation to post
Hopefully you can get some motivation from this.
I just do it for fun when I feel like it. I just post ai stuff mostly
Good to see you Jerry.
Thanks 🤗
luv it, close call, thank goodness, god bless.
Yeah, not double checking the power to make sure it was unplugged was really stupid. Also, poking around in the electronics with a screwdriver that wasn't electrically isolated properly wasn't a good idea either with that giant capacitor sitting right there fully charged. I shall endeavor to be more careful in the future. But, in true fashion I left my mistake in the video instead of jump cutting it out like many would have hoping that other learn from it.
LG ACs seems to be well made as this one lasted very long.
I have a GE 12000 BTU which also had that same stuck relay issue and I fixed it by hitting the relay. In adittion, I also have a 2013 LG 6000 Btu that still works fine, the only component that just failed recently was the capacitor in August 2024 but it was replaced and the AC it is still going strong to this day,
Glad to hear you've had good luck with your LG ACs!
Please.. More of these! ❤
I'm completely taken back by how many people enjoy this video given how simple in nature it is and how close it is to stuff I normally just post on social media and nowhere else. There is clearly a demand for this kind of simple video content and now I feel like a huge mental barrier has been removed. Thank you so much! You and everyone else with the positive comments!
@@Barnacules Your videos were always a highlight of my day when they were uploaded. Thanks for all the great content!
Pretty neat. Some relays don’t specifically click, because they’re a solid state relay.
This is old school technology so it clicks super loud when it's working right, however, now you have me wondering if I could buy a solid state relay with similar specs in the same form factor so I could replace it with something that won't just die again.
We are so back fam! Keep it up!!!!
I look forward to next year's A/C repair
I’m gonna keep this thing going for the rest of my life 😆
happy happy happy to see youuu
I’ve never clicked on a notification so fast
You guys are honestly making me feel super welcome, I didn't expect any of this. Thank you for the huge pick me up!
I miss barnacles videos. I've remained subscribed in hopes that he would start uploading non stream videos at least once a month.
Thank you so much, I'll try to start uploading more. It will have to start with stuff like this given my health crap, but I could start to evolve from there again. I'm just beyond happy that so many nice people in the comments enjoy even this little video and are glad I posted it. I honestly didn't expect this response, and I'm tickled! 🤗🤗
if the relay got stuck it probably welded it self and might do it again , and if it does it's probably because the ac starts and stops too often and with a capacitor that can deliver 6.1 amp of power to the relay you need to order a new board in case you trick stops working
I 100% agree, if the relay got stuck it's going to get stuck again eventually so this just bought me a little time. Thankfully the surface mount relays are like $3-5 on Amazon or eBay. But, I want to learn how to safely discharge the capacitor before I go digging the board out to actually solder on new components. But this AC has been an absolute beast running 24/7 for so many years. She has broken down a few times but I've always been able to fix or work around the problem for free. This is the first issue it's had that might cost me a few bucks. Well, maybe that's not entirely true since I did buy stuff to clean the coils, etc last time it got super gunked up and stopped blowing cold at all.
woooooohooooo A BARNACULES VIDEO!!!
Hah I thought this was an old video somehow resurfacing. Keep going!
I honestly don't blame you at all for thinking that. I would bet money that most subscribers are thinking the same thing and passing on it. Especially with the noob default thumbnail. 🤣 I don't even have Photoshop anymore since I had to cancel my creative cloud subscription last year.
@@Barnacules Add a tiny intro waving into the cam. People will see this is not an old one. You've changed over the years, as has just about everybody else.
Isn't it mostly about convenience with Adobe? Once you know how a product works you'll want to stick with it. There's more stuff out there, even for free. It's just a learning curve. This could be a video series. See, there's already potentially more content without even getting into AI, LLMs and all that.
@@SlurP667 There is no shortness of content ideas, just need to get comfortable posting again which this little impromptu post is helping a lot with. I'll start playing with Krita since I have it installed and see if I can't get some decent thumbnails out of it. For my next video I will put myself in the thumbnail though, so people know it's older fatter me and it's not just a rerun. 😉
@@Barnacules I was thinking more grey, old man. 😂
this A/C... lol.
I miss your videos. I designed my office based on ideas I got from you. I really hope to see you return soon.
I’m really trying! The comments on this little video have been massively motivating.
Holy shyt. Barnacules!
Good post. Worth the wait
the screwdriver your waving at the death can is the proper tool to discharge it.
your finger would be the incorrect tool.
It’s a pretty big cap, I don’t want to weld my screwdriver to it.
I can't believe you just stuck a screwdriver in there with the power still on😂 Maybe smacking it from the side (close to where the power board is) could fix the problem without having to open it up?
Yeah that was a huge mistake. I legit thought it was still unplugged. Oops! I got lucky.
YES DIYGASM
Great video
Been watching you mess with ac units for a decade lmao the manufacturers must have a personal issue with you 😂😂😂
OMG!!!!! I missed these videos!!!!!!!!!! YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYYAY!!!!!!!! HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIII JERRRY!!! LOVE YOU LONG TIME
AM I DREAMINGG???!! 😱
Could you make an updated video tour of your gaming room? I used to watch your videos years ago.
OH MY GOOOD ITS HAPPENING
Please make some videos again! Maybe one every couple months? I miss your 3d printing stuff. You would get tons of views with how popular it is now.
You’re back!!! Please do a vlog visiting metal jesus again
I haven't seen Jason in far too long. That definitely needs to happen before the year is out. Not sure if we will vlog our first time together after so long but if he's game, so am I! What say you @MetalJesusRocks?
we missed u
Wish you well and we’d like to see ya again.
Wait a sec, this is not techtalk.
Nope, but we did do a TechTalk today if you want to watch that next 👍🏻
@@Barnacules I always do.
When all else fails, bang on it with a 🪛 😂🎉
Truth 🎉
i don't believe it a proper post on youtube that's not a podcast!!!! i must be dreaming.
So many people said this 😆
How long with no new videos, great you are back, ok I have to confess I avoided the long videos, 2 hours of video is just too much.
No worries, I totally get that not everyone can watch huge streams so I’ll start getting back to some shorter form content like this hit maybe a bit more complete. Sound good?
When i did hvac the amount of run caps i discharaged by just using a screw driver lol, yoy might as well just replace it, theyre cheap anyway. Pretty much everything in there is cheap its the time to replace thats expensive. Until you get into like compressors and boards (not boards if you can fix them yourself) its pretty cheap to fix
I agree, the run capacitors are cheap, but I didn't have any on hand. 😅
@Barnacules im in law enforcement now but i still keep up with hvac as i do it as side work or free for the less fortunate, but sadly soon the epa will probbaly get their push passed to make it so only someone who is EPA608 Certified is going to beable to buy capacitors. The government overreach is getting a bit insane from the ol alphabet crew
Is this the same AC that you hosed down in that other video?
Yup! This AC is probably the most famous AC on all of RUclips by now. I think I've made like 3 or 4 videos on it and a few dozen other social media videos. It's crazy this thing is still working after all the abuse it's gone through. But it's definitely showing its age! I'm happy to report though that everything that stopped it working was easily fixed so far and this relay shouldn't be too big of a deal to replace once it welds itself shut again. LG makes a good unit!
Glad to hear it's back in action. And great to see a new vid
Bro you sound so much happier the last i saw you on twitch. this is the same Jacob on twitch. Love ya buddy. Hope this is the return of the Jerry on RUclips i had to make a new RUclips account because i realized i was on my random videos i used to make on my old MRREDSTAR20 RUclips account i was going to rename it to this one but i decided naw it would suck to lose that channel. I Hope you remember the time I sent you a ton of bits watching Microsoft ads on twitch back when they rewarded you for watching ads. Sorry for yapping off just wanted to let you know whats up man.
I absolutely remember you from that event where you got a ton of Microsoft ad money when they were paying huge bits for them. I appreciated that greatly! I hope you're doing well my friend and honestly I needed this today. After all the hell I've been going through reading all these nice comments completely caught me off-guard and really helped with my morale honestly.
So your moving tech talk to your twitch now what up with that so your doing regular streaming on RUclips im so confused.
@@Barnacules im glad i made your day happy man i can’t stand to see you upset man because i see you as a friend and i try my best to make my friends happy.
@@Barnacules will we see a comeback of codegasam and prank calling scammers or is that against RUclips tos as well as twitch those were the good times I laughed so hard at the prank calling scammers series i got hit with a “Microsoft support agent” and they kept calling my dad and then he was like answer these retards and I was like my time has arrived so I answered the call went to my windows 7 machine and went through the bs. They try to scare you with all these normal error codes in event viewer and he was yapping all of these errors are hackers trying to get in your pc and then he tried the old run Remote Desktop command then i said ok i know what your doing its not going to work then i hung up on him then instantly calls back after three times i had enough and called him out on his bs and said look dumb ass i know Microsoft support would never call there customers for support about getting hacked or getting a virus this is up to the customer to contact support and then ended the call with the scammer saying this is not a cam as I hung up lol never had a call back lmao i went hehe got his ass.
This is the LG AC unit you got from 8 years ago right?
Yup, and it looks like it will give you Tetanus just from looking at the pipes. But she's still holding refrigerant and aside from this sticky relay she still blows ice cold! I just need to order a new $5 surface mount relay and drain the capacitor so I can pull the mainboard and swap it, and she will be good as new for hopefully many more years until one of the corroded pipes gives out and lets the magic gas out and I have to go buy another one since I don't know how to braze copper pipe. But who knows, maybe by the time that happens I'll have that skill in my quiver and can try to squeeze 25 years out of this like my Microwave I've fixed multiple times that keeps going strong! 🥶
That's good, actually I'm surprised it lasted that long.
Alive and chill now. 😏 (For the algorithm 😂)
Appreciate it bro! For the algo!
I hope you and jayztwocents still keep in touch
4/10 needed more Bate Knife 😉
I've missed your goofy videos like this 👍
i miss watch your videos !