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emerystora
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Can you please clarify exactly what refrigerant you are using. You say R12a but is this Freon 12 or is it HC12a? It makes a big difference in pressures.
Emery Stora
77 Kingsley
Frederick CO
> On Jul 11, 2019, at 8:10 PM, Deb McWade via Gmclist wrote:
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> Hi Roy. Low side static is at 70psi. Running drops to about 40ish but goes up to about 45-50 and down again as the switch repeatedly opens and closes.
> It never settles at one pressure. So I don't really know exactly what the running pressure is. I did find in the manual that the low pressure switch
> wants it above 37, so anything less than 40 would be getting pretty close to low end acceptable.
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> It is possible Im still running with too little refrigerant but the static low side is at 70 which I think should be pretty close to where it should
> be. I'm running the R12a and I'm checking into whether that should affect my static pressure in this system. I know 37 is bottom limit for the
> compressor to run (thats in the switch). But I have to find what the static pressure should be. Still going through the manual. Don't want to
> overfill it but don't want to freeze things up either.
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> I'll take another look at it tomorrow. If it is that switch, what is more likely - problem with the expansion valve or the switch itself? Any good
> way to determine where the problem lies?
> --
> Deb McWade
> Logan Lake, BC, CAN
> "Li'l Sister"
> '77 Kingsley, 403, EBL EFI;
> TZE167V101404
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By: Deb on Thu, 11 July 2019 14:36
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