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    Capillary Sizing



    Could anyone please help regarding selecting a capillary tube for a single door commercial freezer using a Supco Bullet Restricto Capillary Kit?

    The compressor is a Cubigel GP14FB 3/8 HP on R134A but Supco's selection chart does not include this size compressor. The condenser is fan cooled but the evaporator is without a fan.

    I have attached Supco's sizing chart.

    Any other suggestions to what the capillary size should be or how to size the capillary would be greatly appreciated!
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    Re: Capillary Sizing

    Download Dancap from Danfoss and you can calculate just what you need.

    Remember that most cap tube sizing is an experiment.

    http://www.danfoss.com/BusinessAreas...ils/DanCap.htm

    Also, download the specification of that compressor if you don't already have it.
    http://www.hawco.co.uk/GP14FB-ECC-Cu...or_2246_p.aspx
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    Re: Capillary Sizing

    let me know the test procedure to balance condenser water system for water cooled packages in a multy storied building please

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    Re: Capillary Sizing

    Quote Originally Posted by vijitha1234 View Post
    let me know the test procedure to balance condenser water system for water cooled packages in a multy storied building please
    What hast his to do wit capillary sizing?
    You must post this in the proper section
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    Re: Capillary Sizing

    Thanks for the advice Peter but I am not sure on finding some of the calculations needed with DanCap such as heat load of the system. I presume that the evaporating temp and the return gas temp will give the evaporator superheat differential??

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    Re: Capillary Sizing

    hi
    referring to tecumseh its 2 meter 0.036 internal diameter

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    Re: Capillary Sizing

    I have always trusted to use the DANCAP program which Brian has prescribed above.

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    Re: Capillary Sizing

    1.9m 0.042 for single feed evap on this comp

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    Re: Capillary Sizing

    DanCap seems to be a good software, but could someone please let me know, how to estimate the heatload in a easy way for any specifik unit ? For example, it can be tricky to estimate the heat load for a bottle fridge when one wants to change the cap.tube. Kind regards / Tobias

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    Re: Capillary Sizing

    Software or no software. The cap tube primary purpose is to meter the amount of refrigerant getting to a specific part of the refrigerant circuit. So what you need to know is how much flow through the original cap tube and match up a size and length that will do the same.

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