Locked Rotor...


locked rotor

I threw on my gauges. The pressures did not move. The compressor had failed.
failed compressor refrigeration

The only compressor available had sweat connections and I needed a compressor with roto-lock fittings. The two adapters on the top of the compressor solved this problem. I just had to silver solder them in.
new compressor

I back seated the service valves and cracked the connections off the defective compressor. The manager of the store who helped me pull the scroll up the roof thought he would make things go a little faster by unthreading the suction roto-lock completely.... Oil discharged with the gas all over the condensing unit!
refrigeration apprentice

The rest of the job went well and started up with out a problem.


That's a little better...
fluke meter



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