This video is brought to you by sportlin quality, integrity and tradition all right. This is a new customer and we've got a reach and they're saying that's not working um. I do not know all the symptoms, because i wasn't given much information. All i know is that they turned it off: um, okay, so i'm just gon na turn it on and we're gon na go through this thing.

I know it was temping high. That's it so check everything out uh. This looks like a glass tender knock off kind of, and i heard the click of death from the compressor yeah. This definitely looks like a glass tender knockoff.

That's really interesting! I wonder if glass dinner doesn't make their own regions crown new jersey. This is like the same design of a glass tinder huh all right, uh, like i said, i heard the click of death. I hear the compressor going on and off on overload, so we're going to open that up and see okay, um compressor's. Turning on and off, i can tell the capacitor is going apart from here: uh we're going gon na get this guy out looks like a couple screws.

You can see fluid in there. I could see like the white stuff around the outside of the capacitor before i opened it, but yeah the fluid capacitor is bad for sure, but we're gon na test it and uh. I probably have a temporary one to put on there just to make sure the compressor starts up so we'll see yeah, that's not good. Is it the dielectric fluid or whatever they put in there? Whatever type of oil yeah? That's interesting, zero! Microfarads! That's not a shock! So this guy's dead in the water, whether or not it's just a start, capacitor or not, we'll find out.

But again i changed starting components as a set, but um i'm gon na see. If i have a turbo start, capacitor that'll get me going. Let's go see. Amrad actually makes a universal start capacitor, just like the turbo 200 run cap.

They make a turbolytic 50, which is a universal motor start capacitor. This thing is awesome for the refrigeration guys, as you can see, i don't leave it at the customer's side, i'll reuse, it because essentially it's it's. My hermetic compressor analyzer, because i can test continuity on the windings. If that's good, i can test a relay by checking voltage and i can throw a universal cap on there and if i can get it running, then i'll order starting components.

But these things are awesome. So, let's see, if uh, if i can get this thing running, see what happens it's temporarily just sitting back there wouldn't leave it like that. Compressor started we're gon na. Let it run for a bit make sure that it brings the box down to temperature and now we'll make some phone calls and see.

If we can find the factory starting components, there still could be something else wrong with the unit, but we know we had a bad start cap, so we're gon na. Let it run for a little while and then see where it gets us. This thing came down to temp super fast. I want to say 20 minutes, 25 minutes at the most it's already at 33 degrees um.

So i'm gon na go ahead and go pick up new starting components. They actually have them locally to me. So get those and then we'll let it keep running with the temporary capacitor on there until i get back these things can be a chore to get off, but okay, so you want to pay attention to the wiring like the way it's running, because it all has To go back in the same place for everything to fit properly in here, i've got all factory starting components, so we're gon na pop these guys in and test everything after that. Well, if i didn't screw anything up, it'll be a miracle, because those things are so flipping tight, um i've got an amp clamp.

I'm gon na have to amp the entire condensing unit. So that'll tell me at least something: let's turn it on and hope it don't blow up in my face, i'm assuming that means d for us. So let's turn that off. Okay.

I hope i turned it off. Let's see if this guy turns on 5.2 amps, it says, run load for the compressor alone is 5.8, not including the condenser fan motor. So i think we're okay, i'm gon na rob. Let me check the refrigerant amount.

I think i'm gon na probe up with the field piece probes depending on the refrigerant charge on this unit, so i just shut the door. Uh looks like it's in a time delay right now we're going to watch this guy turn on i probed up. It does take 134a, it's an expansion valve system, we're going to let it start up and then check. I'm i'm pretty confident, everything's good, though the only thing that concerns me was the compressor was running really hot on the head, but sometimes on these little guys.

They do that we're not over amping, so let's just see what the refrigerant pressure should be. I don't i haven't talked to the manufacturer, but i'm just going to go with about 25 degrees over condensing temp um or you know, the condensing temp should be 25 degrees. Over ambien is my rule of thumb. Let's see if that's accurate on this guy, no more than 30 degrees um.

I don't think this is a super efficient system. Although this one looks like it was manufactured in 2013 - probably so we will see it should kick on here any minute as soon as the time delay clicks out. So we just kicked on. Let's see what happens with our refrigerant pressures, i am going to warn the customer too that whenever i change starting components - and i can't find a reason - i always warn them that there's potential that there could be compressor damage.

The condenser was a little bit dirty when i got here but not plugged, but i always warn them about potential compressor damage. I'm not worried about measurefix targets, the condensing temp over ambient, it's kind of accurate, but i'm not worried about the suction target. I'm more concerned about my evaporator temperature, so my box temp is right. Now see my vap, my evaporator td's 17 degrees.

I don't think that's horrendous. My condenser td is right at 30.. I think we're. Okay, i mean 5.2 amps.

I think we're going to give them the all clear and just tell them to keep an eye on it. Not seeing anything else. That's telling me i should do anything um, let's go back. Instead of curiosity, the scene has a receiver.

So i'm curious: yesterday i've got about five degrees, sub cooling, you know, checking sub cooling with the receiver is always difficult on the drain line coming out of the condenser. Usually, if i see at least three degrees sub cooling, i'm usually a happy camper. This unit doesn't have a sight glass, so without calling the manufacturer, i'm not going to know what kind of refrigerant pressures they want, but i'm thinking we're probably somewhat okay, we're just about to satisfy so all right, we're going to tell them to keep an eye on It all right from the beginning, um. I showed that the start capacitor had failed.

Okay, i could see it right when i opened it up. Usually, when you have these small hermetically sealed compressors, they do lose starting components, a lot. What happens on them? Is they short cycle uh oftentimes uh? Maybe the the customer doesn't keep the condenser clean or they're opening and closing the box a lot who knows there's a lot of things that that cause the starting components to fail? Sometimes it could be compressor damage too. In my opinion, okay, that's just things that i've noticed is usually you know, sometimes if you have a high failure rate on starting components.

Typically, you have issues with the compressor, but you know we personally have never changed these before and they were factory components in there. So, who knows? Okay, but whenever i change starting components, i change all three as a set, preferably okay, so the start capacitor the current relay and or potential relay depending on the system. If it has a run cap. I change the run cap and i change the thermal overload or the clicks on relay okay or clicks on whatever you want to call it personally, the the components themselves are extremely cheap and if you're in there it it's just my opinion, i just change them all.

Okay, that's just the way that i do things um, it's not like. I'm ripping the customer off or anything, i'm doing them a service, and i always let them know you know we're gon na change, all three starting components, because we change them as a set. That kind of stuff - okay, that's my personal preference! I'm not saying that your hack, if you don't do that for all, i know you guys, probably think i'm a hack, but it is what it is. Okay, that's just how we operate here.

So we change all the starting components once i did that um everything was working. Okay, now i also tested the system using my universal start, capacitor, just to make sure that it would run now, as i was editing the video of course, i look at them and i think okay, you know it probably would have been a good idea to throw An amp clamp on there when i was testing it just to see if we were having any funky issues, but regardless we got it going and everything was fine. Okay, i made the decision to go and put my service gauges on there uh. I didn't you know.

I was kind of iffy whether or not i needed to do that and to be honest with you, what pushed me over the edge was that this was a new customer and um. I wasn't very familiar with them and maybe the trust level that they have with me just wasn't quite there. Okay, so i felt the need to go ahead and put service gauges on there, even though the box was coming down to temp really fast. I just did okay, and once i did you know again, i didn't expect to see anything really strange.

Okay, i made an assumption because i didn't talk to the manufacturer of what i thought. The refrigerant pressure should be okay, there's no set in stone number here. Okay and you can't go by 10 degrees, sub cooling. You know eight degrees super whatever you.

You can't go by a set number every single time. Okay, you just can't all right uh. It's an expansion valve system with the receiver you're not going to run 10 degrees, sub cooling, all the time. Okay, you know the manufacturers, they do all kinds of weird things: for instance, okay, uh, the suction line is ran with the liquid line in the same piece of insulation and it's taped together.

So before it goes through the insulation. The suction line is taped to the liquid line, so for those people you know, especially on capillary tube systems. That say, oh, my gosh you got to have this perfect superheat coming back or whatever that number is, is not going to be as accurate as you think. It is if it's wrapped in the same insulation, because it's acting as a sub cooler, essentially right and the suction lines, absorbing the heat from the liquid line, making the box more efficient.

Also on these boxes, oftentimes they have a hot gas condensate loop. So the discharge line coming out of the compressor goes directly into the drain pan and it creates a condensate loop for the condensation that comes off the evaporator to evaporate it. Now, if you have water in that pan, it's going to affect the system operation, your refrigerant pressures are going to change. Okay, theoretically, you're dropping the discharge temp.

Therefore, theoretically you're going to drop the liquid line temp, you know things everything's going to change, so you can't just assume that everything's going to be this perfect number on these regions. Now, of course, i always use my vitals as a guideline. You know i'm always looking for some sub cooling with a receiver, not necessarily 10. I'm always looking for.

You know mediocre super superheat. I don't want extremely low superheat coming back to the compressor, because that's an indication of flooding um, but i don't have a set number in my head. Okay, i just kind of use my senses, i walk up. I feel things i feel the compressor.

I check the current draw. I look at the refrigerant pressures. Look at the evaporator pressure. Look at the condensing temperature! Typically, i don't ever want to see anything over a condensing temp that is 30 degrees over the ambient temperature.

Okay, don't ever want to see that typically, so i um you know, i make assumptions uh what i call an educated guest with these things. Okay, i don't always call the manufacturer um this one. I wouldn't have gotten a hold of them, because this was right. Actually, this is an older video, but this was right at the beginning of the covet shutdown.

So i wasn't going to get ahold of anybody all right now, um for the record. This box has been running fine for months now and never had a complaint from the customer, but regardless um always try to take a step back. You know look at everything, especially on the new customers: okay, because that trust level isn't quite there yet um and there's nothing worse than a callback right, callbacks happen, but there's nothing worse than you know you. You want to try to eliminate that stuff.

So i'm looking at everything, okay, so i watch this box satisfy multiple times. I didn't see any other reason anything to concern me. I did look at the receptacle behind the box. I did measure the voltage coming into the box.

I know i didn't show it on the video we had accurate voltage coming in. I didn't see any other issues, so i told the customer to keep an eye on it and that's where we're at okay, i'm not a perfect tech. I make all kinds of mistakes. I'm always interested in your guys's feedback.

Leave me some feedback down in the comments. Let me know what you think: how would you have done it differently? Would you have just simply thrown a sight glass on there? I have done that in the past. Okay uh. If i ever had to open the system up, you know sometimes i'll throw a side glass on there who knows, but i'm always looking for you guys feedback, good or bad.

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That's the only ones i delete and so long as you're, not bashing other people or just being a plain punk or anything like that. Okay, but you can tell me that i'm a hack, i don't care, that's all good. You know, because i'm always looking for feedback. If you have advice for me, give it to me, you know i'm always looking to learn um.

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