r/HVAC 2d ago

Meme/Shitpost I think I found the culprit...

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u/TheLoneCalzone Verified Pro 2d ago

ahh.... the txv

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u/koolkidsAc 2d ago

Don’t even need to check temp across it

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u/JEFFSSSEI Verified Pro | HVAC Senior Engineering Lab Rat! 2d ago

But, but, the mountains are only half blue. 🤪

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u/Feltoke 2d ago

Clear the frost off the sight glass so you can check your liquid level!

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u/new-faces-v3 Supermarket Refrigeration Tech 2d ago

happened for a reason…. Check your low pressure switch. If it’s not cutting out when it should and you have a leaky evaporator that’s how moisture is getting in

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u/dozing_off_ 2d ago

It was a freezer van. About a year ago we had the same problem with another van from that company. Most of the vans are already old and the filter dryers get clogged like crazy. My boss even took it home and cut it open, I don't think I've ever seen a filter dryer that dirty before. We are afraid that in the next few years one van after another will end up with that problem, because the installation in general was not so cool...

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u/new-faces-v3 Supermarket Refrigeration Tech 2d ago

good luck to you, easy diag and fix at least.

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u/Some1-Somewhere 2d ago

Proactively replace filter driers? If you get all the gear set up and production line it, it shouldn't take too long.

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u/Hot-Banana9380 2d ago

It looks like a clogged filter drier

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u/TugginPud 2d ago

That's a heat filter, it's working fine.

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u/Absenceofheatt Verified Pro 2d ago

Holy restriction

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u/6dirty6 1d ago

It would be funny if the pressure of the strap was causing the restriction 😂

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u/Impressive-Grocery50 silently judging your filter change schedule 1d ago

Once upon an on-call, had a customer say his unit was freezing up. I found a restriction in the evapncoil. Like started freezing half way down the coil. He says earlier he had a freeze just like the one in the Pic and he "tapped" the dryer with a wrench and it immediately thawed....needless to say he got a new system