Routine maintenance on HVAC save you $12,000

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  • capwizard
    Badcaps Legend
    • Jun 2016
    • 1991
    • USA

    #21
    Re: Routine maintenance on HVAC save you $12,000

    Thank you.

    Understanding HVAC Schematics - 1
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxwFzhaZmgY

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    • sam_sam_sam
      Badcaps Legend
      • Jul 2011
      • 6057
      • USA

      #22
      Re: Routine maintenance on HVAC save you $12,000

      Where is the path for the 120 volts to go through the winding and then where ?
      Any way the winding would over heat and burn out at full current
      The biggest reason for putting one pole contacter is cheapness
      I would rather pay $5.00 more for quality any day of week

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      • srhofmann
        Senior Member
        • Aug 2016
        • 135
        • usa

        #23
        Re: Routine maintenance on HVAC save you $12,000

        Originally posted by ljintexas
        The reason they use a single pole contactor is two fold, first, and foremost, it is cheaper. However, in theory, it saves them from having to furnish a crankcase heater for the compressor by applying 120 volts across the motor windings of the compressor, keeping the oil warm that is in the crankcase.

        Now you know.....the REST of the story!
        100% Correct. Really common in GE and Tranes. Replacing a single pole with a double pole contactor can cause damage to the compressor on startup when the compressor oil foams from the freon in the oil causing bearing failure. If you're that concerned with replacing the contactor then you should also put in a temperature controlled belly band crankcase heater to keep the compressor at least 10 degrees warmer than ambient air temperature.
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        • capwizard
          Badcaps Legend
          • Jun 2016
          • 1991
          • USA

          #24
          Re: Routine maintenance on HVAC save you $12,000

          Quick way to measure system air flow using fan curve
          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z__6Tr84Gig

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