Quote Originally Posted by NH3LVR
If the fans are not runing and the valve closes, what difference does it make which orfice size is installed? Closed is closed. If the coil is flooding the valve should respond unless the piping arrangment and bulb location permit flow through the bottom of the suction pipe without cooling the bulb.
There will be little or no superheat to open the valve.
Or unless the power element lost it's charge. Then it could potenitally seep liquid since the valve is only responding to pressure changes alone (inlet and outlet).