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Thread: Crankcase Heater Failure
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08-07-2010, 12:40 PM #1
Crankcase Heater Failure
Hello,
New to re site,
I was replacing a Carrier 06-E compressor and found that the crankcase heater, (plug into sump type) failed overnight. I checked it that afternoon all ok and found it not working and open cct the next morning. I had the system with oil to the base of the sightglass, and had left the system under vacuum overnight ready to charge the next day. It was a very old heater id say 15 years plus.
My boss has now advised me to leave crankcase heaters off while evacuating a system? Any truth to this? I would have thought its best to leave them on.
Cheers, James
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08-07-2010, 02:46 PM #2
Re: Crankcase Heater Failure
i wouldn't have thought it would make a blind bit of a difference to be honhest!!
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08-07-2010, 04:29 PM #3
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08-07-2010, 06:47 PM #4
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09-07-2010, 07:15 AM #5
Re: Crankcase Heater Failure
Come on. Eveybody knows that the vapour pressure of refrigerant is a function of temperature. The higher the oil temperature, the better the vacuum.
It's written in each and every manual of compressors: keep the heaters on while evacuating.
RTFM!
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11-07-2010, 11:02 AM #6
Re: Crankcase Heater Failure
Thanks guys, with some bosses, even when your right, your wrong. Will keep heaters on when pulling vacs anyways, thanks James..
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