I recently gained employment with new plumbing /heating company with a long and reputable history in a new town and i am now the only tech doing hvac work for them. Said company has a sister non profit that takes disabled vets on guided hunts and uses their own walk-in freezer to store the meat for processing. This freezer was previously dismantled and being prepped for relocation when the tech that was performing the work ceased employment with company, leaving the job in the middle undone with no notes or status recorded whatsoever!!
I will humbly state that my experience is primarily in residential and light commercial with very little to no experience with refrigeration!! This is all very new and have no one to approach or speak with in person, that being said i like to believe i have enough common sense and intelligence to self educate to some extent
Scenario-freezer is located i n back of warehouse with compressor located on top of freezer, absolute minimum length of line set is used at a total of no more than 7’ of 3/4” and 7’ of 3/8” line
The one bit of info i did receive was that the unit had a very small leak and had not been addressed
Copeland compressor model-EAVB-021E-CAV-800
SERIAL-14A65711R
The leak was located on one of the capillary tubes coming off of the low side. Now i am aware that i probably shopuld have replaced the capillary tube with brand new but instead was able to seal with a bit of welding( is this acceptable or bad practice)
After testing with nitrogen and confirming that the leak had been sealed i vacuumed it down to 563 microns.
Having no information of any kind for charging and proper pressure ratings i began to slowly add refrigerant until i started seeing positive results and was stoked when this freezer responded exceptionally and dropped to 22 degrees and was purring like a good Copeland kitty!!
Then all of a sudden the compressor stops all of a sudden but the inside fans continued to run as if under normal operation
I still have power to all places requiring it but compressor will not return to function
I am at a complete loss as to what it could be like i said this is very new to m,e and any positive feedback will be greatly appreciated
I will humbly state that my experience is primarily in residential and light commercial with very little to no experience with refrigeration!! This is all very new and have no one to approach or speak with in person, that being said i like to believe i have enough common sense and intelligence to self educate to some extent
Scenario-freezer is located i n back of warehouse with compressor located on top of freezer, absolute minimum length of line set is used at a total of no more than 7’ of 3/4” and 7’ of 3/8” line
The one bit of info i did receive was that the unit had a very small leak and had not been addressed
Copeland compressor model-EAVB-021E-CAV-800
SERIAL-14A65711R
The leak was located on one of the capillary tubes coming off of the low side. Now i am aware that i probably shopuld have replaced the capillary tube with brand new but instead was able to seal with a bit of welding( is this acceptable or bad practice)
After testing with nitrogen and confirming that the leak had been sealed i vacuumed it down to 563 microns.
Having no information of any kind for charging and proper pressure ratings i began to slowly add refrigerant until i started seeing positive results and was stoked when this freezer responded exceptionally and dropped to 22 degrees and was purring like a good Copeland kitty!!
Then all of a sudden the compressor stops all of a sudden but the inside fans continued to run as if under normal operation
I still have power to all places requiring it but compressor will not return to function
I am at a complete loss as to what it could be like i said this is very new to m,e and any positive feedback will be greatly appreciated
