Never seen this before. New glycol cooler we installed over the summer. I did start up, and glasses looked normal. Did some service on it the other day, and found both glasses the same (individual circuits). Anyone ever seen this?
Sight glass material disintegration?
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Never seen this before. New glycol cooler we installed over the summer. I did start up, and glasses looked normal. Did some service on it the other day, and found both glasses the same (individual circuits). Anyone ever seen this?
I guess it's worth contacting sporlan, but I'm not gonna do anything with them....as far as changing.
They're directly upstream of the TXV screens, so it's not moving through the system.
Very odd indeed.
They're directly upstream of the TXV screens, so it's not moving through the system.
Very odd indeed.
It's a small rite temp chiller. Actually the basic model is a heatcraft that they put controls on and rebrand.
Running 404A.
I was actually afraid it might have ruptured the heat exchanger. They apparently had a makeup water line connected to the glycol circuit, that nobody was aware of. So it diluted the glycol. The sight glass on the front froze and broke, then the makeup continued filling. The pump runs 24/7, so I think that's the only thing that saved it.
Refrigerant circuits are functioning properly, just odd the glasses did that.
Running 404A.
I was actually afraid it might have ruptured the heat exchanger. They apparently had a makeup water line connected to the glycol circuit, that nobody was aware of. So it diluted the glycol. The sight glass on the front froze and broke, then the makeup continued filling. The pump runs 24/7, so I think that's the only thing that saved it.
Refrigerant circuits are functioning properly, just odd the glasses did that.
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