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    Question Freezer Flatlining



    I got a ColdTech/Minus Forty upright single door freezer which is giving me some problem.

    What i mean by flatlining is that it never reaches its designed temperature which is set by thermostat.

    Set point is set for -20 F But it only reaches to about -9 and keeps cycling.

    Its charged with 404
    Temperature probe is properly installed
    Control was replaced with new digital one but no luck.

    What could it possibly be?



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    Re: Freezer Flatlining

    is r404 on the cascade side of it. just thats a bit cold for r404. need mo info ie. is there a subcooler ? wat is the second stage doing ? (if it has 1 )pressures stuff like that

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    Re: Freezer Flatlining

    This is not a cascade system.. Its a upright single glass door merchandiser.
    Its a closed system.

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    Re: Freezer Flatlining

    You say:
    Set point is set for -20 F But it only reaches to about -9 and keeps cycling.
    So what is it cycling on?
    if not the thermostat, is it cycling on an LP control?

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    Re: Freezer Flatlining

    This unit has a digital controller that can be adjusted. I changed the controller and still same thing.

    I finally solved the mystery and it was low refrigerant that was causing it to have low SC and High SH

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    Re: Freezer Flatlining

    sultan

    not much of a mystery after all . if it was just short of gas .
    Last edited by tony--1; 21-03-2009 at 06:41 PM.

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    Re: Freezer Flatlining

    So where was the leak?
    I trust you found and fixed it?

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