Hi from Thailand - retired Australian engineer this end. Mostly Optic fibre design, but a LOT of work for A/C for data centres... LOVE your work, never stop learning, MANY THANKS!
First thing I suspected was a leaking suction service valve. When you front seated the discharge service valve, and the bypass leak went away, that proved the gas was coming from the high side. Many times we don’t have both sides like that. Ya gotta love the semi’s.
Brilliant video mate! Was well worth the wait! I’m a junior engineer , but most of the systems I work on are semi hermetic compressors in glycol chillers. So it’s good to see this kind of stuff 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
AWESOME video on the gasket and reed in the can. Used to do those alot. Usually gasket leeks before reeds breaks but each can is different. Thank you for the video very helpful to see it. I would like to see you do a NAVAC cordless vac pump. I think it would benefit many. Stafe safe kid.
The true sign of a seasoned tech: That little piece of plastic from the broken suction gauge cover just floating around in there. Lol if it ain’t there, double check their work…
Great video. You won't get static from the office about not changing the compressor will you? My old boss ripped me apart for do the same thing, but as I said, he's an old former boss. Great video.
No , I had to send in my work order from the first call telling the office we needed to do valve plates first. They quoted and ordered and they came in today and I did them.
I know I know hahaha. I call the suction one a king valve a lot . Also I just film these once while I’m working . I make mistakes with what I say plenty of times but I’m not gonna back and retake a vid , gotta get the job done and running
Too Right brother. What year was that compressor? I collect data tags of dead semi herms. They're like the semi truck of the refrigeration industry. Tin cans are not practically recyclable/serviceable
I got fooled by a liquid to suction heat exchanger recently. Blamed the solenoid valve (Alco junk). Replaced it, wouldn't pump down, but compressor isolation proved it was good. Turns out... The liquid to suction heat exchanger had an internal leak... I was so pissed but happy to realize my mistake. Uncommon failure in my area SWFL
@@jakem117 for sure man. A lot of those liquid to suction heat exchangers are gone now haha. They are useless , took me a long time when I was younger to understand how it worked and what it was for
Bloody good video brother , thoroughly enjoyed it mate 👍 By the way , is there anywhere you can find information about the torque setting on the bolts , if you wanna get fancy ? I tried finding if for the filter dryer cartridges but I couldn't find anything , so I just go by what I feel is right , then I just break out the torque wrench just to make sure each bolt is evenly tightened ... Well , assuming my torque wrench is well calibrated and precise enough that is ...
@@Cscrefandhvac No, the pins which hold the new reed valves. You mentioned it around 7:00 mark. Did you get any video of changing those pins? I've been told for such simple pins, if those break the compressor is pretty much gone.
@@torosfcp yes , those were fine and not broken. Old ones pulled right out so I could put in the new ones. But yes if those break they will be in the comp somewhere and that’s no good ahhaha
Thanks for the reply , yes I have done a million and one rebuild jobs on all kinds and sizes of compressors over many year here on Trinidad island in the Caribbean .
