Monthly Archives: April 2015

SUPER-HEAT as a Diagnostic

Whether you are working on a 1½ ton unit or a 50-ton unit, the principles of the refrigeration cycle is the same.  The most important thing to remember about compressors is that they are VAPOR PUMPS. Compressors do not like … Continue reading

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Quality is a Two-Way Street

The other day I  came across this description of MANUFACTURING QUALITY  and I thought about it since I had been the service rep for a manufacturer and decided this would be an interesting topic for a post. You can call … Continue reading

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Proper Charging with Sub-cooling Revisited

Sub-cooling seems to be a great mystery to a lot of service techs in the field yet, any unit with a TXV type metering device, should be charged by sub-cooling instead of super-heat. Since a TXV has a pre-set super-heat … Continue reading

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