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    can any body help with this



    Supaheat: 26degs,
    Evap: -11degs.
    Condens: 48degs.
    Compressor: 126degs (thats our GT6 sensor when it alarmed).
    GT10: 12degs (ground loop in).
    GT11: 7.5degs (ground loop out).
    Heavy frosting on expansion valve, which would defrost in my hand but after about a minute. Would expect a much quicker response.
    No subcooling temps.

    the gas is 407c



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    Re: can any body help with this

    faulty tev/orifice blocked

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    Re: can any body help with this

    Hi Thanks install monkey! Can you explain why its the TEV and not an undercharge?

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    Re: can any body help with this

    heavy frosting on thr tev and ur condenser is 48deg,what are ur running pressures

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    Re: can any body help with this

    hi hes not sent me running pressures but has adjusted valve and now getting these readings


    Supaheat: 15degs.
    Evap: -3degs.
    Condens: 52degs.
    Compressor: 110degs.
    No frosting on expansion valve.

    what pressures should we be looking at?
    the system has been running fine for 12 months prier to this.

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    Re: can any body help with this

    what should super heat be?

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    Re: can any body help with this

    Superheat 6...10K
    Subcooling 5...8 K

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    Re: can any body help with this

    have you checked your liquid line sight glass?
    how does you liquid line drier feel?
    15k still is a wide superheat.
    restriction
    or short of gas
    your only as good as your last job

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    Re: can any body help with this

    Hi Cold Man thanks
    I suggested that it might be short of gas, but he did not check the sight glass yet
    Can you explain how u would tell the difference between whether it was the tev or undercharge?
    I know that the system has all been sized properly, and has been running fine for nearly a year
    The frosting and the high compressor reading made me think its not getting enough gas but I don't know what the different symptoms would be for whether its a tev restriction or undercharge. I don't think the tev was set wrong but I know they can sometimes need adjustment - but would that be after a year?

    Dont know if am making sense now as it the middle of the night

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    Re: can any body help with this

    It's allright thanks - I got it. I was just getting myself confused

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