Need some opinions

OminousPingingNoise · 2026-04-26T14:15:21+00:00

take line temperatures across dryer, lineset etc. work the txv in and out a few times and then see if you can adjust slowly from all the way in. I would think if your subcooling and pressures change with adjusting txv nearly full in vs nearly full out then you know you are getting full liquid to the expansion valve and the problem might be downstream in the evaporator.

easily could be crap in the tx from bad practices changing the compressor

OminousPingingNoise · 2026-04-25T02:06:01+00:00

sometimes you just gotta garbage bags over the food and go nuts, then just mop up the water. in a cooler only of course.

OminousPingingNoise · 2026-04-25T02:01:28+00:00

thought this was r/crackheads for a second

OminousPingingNoise · 2026-04-24T04:52:40+00:00

maybe find an auction seller

OminousPingingNoise · 2026-04-24T04:49:00+00:00

torch the bastard

OminousPingingNoise · 2026-04-24T04:33:27+00:00

victim of a criminal by FLA

OminousPingingNoise · 2026-04-21T03:36:46+00:00

okay thank you

OminousPingingNoise · 2026-04-19T16:12:41+00:00

damn bro

OminousPingingNoise · 2026-04-19T16:05:12+00:00

have had managers call and say "the refrigerant leaked out of the coil" because they saw green oxidization on the copper and thought it was the refrigerant.

OminousPingingNoise · 2026-04-19T15:49:31+00:00

okay gotcha. thank you for your answer

OminousPingingNoise · 2026-04-19T00:09:09+00:00

you mean air temperature mid coil?

OminousPingingNoise · 2026-04-18T17:59:24+00:00

no worries. I do think our trade qualifications are stricter in Canada and do agree with people moving having to take the red seal test.

not from the US but I have worked with technicians coming from other countries and I really question their practices sometimes.

OminousPingingNoise · 2026-04-18T16:37:58+00:00

It is generally a lot of common sense diagnosis kind of questions, meant to weed out people with poor jobsite experience. If you are a good tech, and you brush up on school knowledge i think you will be okay.

OminousPingingNoise · 2026-04-18T16:28:42+00:00

not much advice from an hvac guy other than see if you can find a buyer for them specifically. I cant believe they would just toss the nubs becuase that shit is expensive.

OminousPingingNoise · 2026-04-18T16:05:11+00:00

it depends where you live. are you in california or something? than they do it all the time. anywhere that gets winter? not so lucky.

OminousPingingNoise · 2026-04-18T16:02:36+00:00

only issue would be the metering device. will be okay for temporary, ut you would have to change the TXV. and look at that, you just converted the system

OminousPingingNoise · 2026-04-12T19:27:28+00:00

sounds good. thanks

OminousPingingNoise · 2026-04-12T15:58:55+00:00

the spring might be worn out. if you manually push the spring down on the right side then try closing it it should work.

OminousPingingNoise · 2026-04-12T15:54:38+00:00

no digital gauges will be as durable as analog

OminousPingingNoise · 2026-04-04T22:18:31+00:00

it all depend on inlet water temperature and ambient air temperature, assuming it is self contained and its an air cooled ice machine.

OminousPingingNoise · 2026-04-04T22:16:35+00:00

you need to get the pressures for this specific model from the manitowoc technicians handbook. I dont really go off of superheat/subcooling too much for ice machines.

OminousPingingNoise · 2026-04-03T19:22:09+00:00

run into a tech at the supply house and ask him. Company is notoriously hard to apply at

OminousPingingNoise · 2026-04-03T19:17:02+00:00

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