Excellent Write off LOL

Heya everyone!

Attended customer's house today as a outdoor Pool Heat Pump (Calorex) wasn't heating.
First visual inspection was to find the EVP coil covered in leaves and muck, fault lamp on....possibly lost charge.

Opened unit up to find Suction accumulator had been cut out...strange. Cobwebs everywhere, 2 inches of muck in the drip tray, filthy.
Attached gauges to system, no pressure, pumped the system up to about 1 bar and heard glugging noise.

I knew excactly what this was (spend alot of time with these units) so i pierced the lowest refrig pipe on the system, i had forgotten to vent the Nitogen, when i removed the piercing tool i got covered in pool water from within the system :-( NOT HAPPY.

Ooooopppss My mistake :D
Had a look over the system for any other picture opportunities and found that the compressor capacitor blown to ****.

Obviously:

Pool water condenser had failed.
Pool water made its way into the refrigeration system.
Compressor blown
Unit written off.

Will post some pictures up later.....good times.

JD
Thanks for the interesting post.
Can you tell me as I am completely ignorant as to what these units comprise of.
What type of condenser is used?
Is it Shell and Tube or a Plate Heat Exchanger?
Grizzly

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Originally Posted by Grizzly

JD
Thanks for the interesting post.
Can you tell me as I am completely ignorant as to what these units comprise of.
What type of condenser is used?
Is it Shell and Tube or a Plate Heat Exchanger?
Grizzly

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please see the pick,taken from

http://www.calorex.com/Product_range...ction_page.htm

only ever worked on a hand full of these myself

Heres the pictures from today!

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/e...Fig_2_13_4.gif


Basic pool Water condenser, should answer your question

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/e.../IMAGE_041.jpg

Compressor Capacitor

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/e.../IMAGE_043.jpg

Water Exiting system at lowest point, at roughly 1.5 bar

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/e.../IMAGE_044.jpg

Blocked Evaporator :-)

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/e.../IMAGE_042.jpg

Cut-Out Accumulator

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/e.../IMAGE_040.jpg

Water from system and dirty drip tray.

Thanks both!
Grizzly