EXAMPLES OF HOT GAS VALVE
INLET/COMPRESSOR DISCHARGE LINE
TEMPERATURE COMPARISON
Findings | Comments |
The inlet of the | This is normal as the discharge |
hot gas valve is | line should always be too hot to |
cool enough to | touch and the hot gas valve |
touch and the | inlet, although too hot to touch |
compressor | during harvest, should be cool |
discharge line is | enough to touch after 5 minutes |
hot. | into the freeze cycle. |
The inlet of the | This is an indication something |
hot gas valve is | is wrong, as the hot gas valve |
hot and | inlet did not cool down during |
approaches the | the freeze cycle. If the |
temperature of | compressor dome is also |
a hot | entirely hot, the problem is not |
compressor | a hot gas valve leaking, but |
discharge line. | rather something causing the |
| compressor (and the entire ice |
| machine) to get hot. |
Both the inlet of | This is an indication something |
the hot gas | is wrong, causing the |
valve and the | compressor discharge line to |
compressor | be cool to the touch. This is not |
discharge line | caused by a hot gas valve |
are cool enough | leaking. |
to touch. |
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