Thank you. Excellent video. I recently had to evacuate and charge my mini split but did not know about this tool. Does the EEV need to be manually opened to ensure a proper evacuation and that the liquid refrigerant finds it's way into the outdoor condenser? Very inspiring video.
Thanks for watching! With a 1to1 minisplit it is not critical to open the EEV manually for evacuation as there is only 1 metering device. Therefore, there is no potential for refrigerant to become trapped.
Hmm.. Not with any valves that I’ve worked with. The EEV motor is essentially just a coil / stator. Without anything energizing / magnetizing the coil, it doesn’t have the ability to turn the magnet (rotor).
@quentinbutlerhvac5410 i removed an EEV magnet, i also cut out the valve section and tested the magnet by blowing into the valve, rotating the magnet clockwise closed the valve while rotating it anticlockwise opened the valve, confirmed by me blowing into it. So it does work. For some reason this experiment stopped working after i played around with it for a few minutes. I dont know if the valve got stuck open or if the magnet stopped working
@@quentinbutlerhvac5410 Thanks, I tried those last week and it pressed the steel housing inwards and pinched the magnet. New blade and went the slowest I ever had with copper cutters.
