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FEA
Nov 19, 2020 3:09:09 GMT
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Post by scooter on Nov 19, 2020 3:09:09 GMT
Good evening, I've been asked if I could bring life back to a FEA that a someone has dismantled. Well I was able to get the compressor to run fan needs replacement. And the lines to evaporator need to be reattach as someone cut them. My question is the really small line and I mean small is it repairable?
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FEA
Nov 19, 2020 13:04:25 GMT
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Post by ckfan on Nov 19, 2020 13:04:25 GMT
I assume you mean the capillary tube. Yes, it is repairable. You have to be careful when soldering it to not let solder flow over it and block it off. You will want to insert it into the tube it is going into a fair bit in order to prevent this from happening. I’ll let the experts chime in on this though.
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FEA
Nov 20, 2020 3:30:51 GMT
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Post by scooter on Nov 20, 2020 3:30:51 GMT
I assume you mean the capillary tube. Yes, it is repairable. You have to be careful when soldering it to not let solder flow over it and block it off. You will want to insert it into the tube it is going into a fair bit in order to prevent this from happening. I’ll let the experts chime in on this though.
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Post by scooter on Nov 20, 2020 3:32:49 GMT
Much appreciated!!!!! This will be my first basket case . I well try and keep everyone up to speed
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Post by turbokinetic on Nov 20, 2020 5:20:53 GMT
Much appreciated!!!!! This will be my first basket case . I well try and keep everyone up to speed I'm sure you can get it up and going! If it's been sitting with cut lines for a long time, it will need to have the compressor dehydrated or "baked out." You can do this by leaving the vacuum pump running overnight with the compressor receiving the warm air from a ceramic warm-air heater. Place containment around the compressor to keep the heat trapped around it, and let the vacuum pump run all night. That will help to remove moisture trapped in the parts inside. Also, when you reconnect the lines, be sure to replace the filter-drier; or install one if it didn't come with one from the factory. The cap tube is difficult but not impossible to work with. The end needs to be prepared by scoring it and breaking it. You don't want a pinched-off or occluded opening. It takes practice! If the cap tube is broken in the middle, you can splice it by placing the cut, deburred, and non-occluded ends inside a sleeve of copper tube as a coupling. This will affect the calibration of the cap tube but sometimes there is really no alternative. Sincerely, David
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