"WaIIy" wrote in message
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On Fri, 15 Apr 2011 09:58:42 -0400, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:

"Wayne B" wrote in message
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On Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:49:39 -0400, Gogarty
wrote:

However, I have been
having problems with blockage of the capillary tube. The only solution
may
be
a new evaporator.

If the blockage is coming from frozen moisture you may be able to
cure it by leaving a vacuum pump on the system for 6 to 8 hours. I
just had to do that with a new Adler-Barbour system and it seems to be
OK now. The symptoms were that it would start out cooling just fine
on startup and then slowly degrade over 24 hours.




Or, alternately, purge the system with dry nitrogen, then vacuum pump.

http://www.air-conditioner-selection...n-skilled.html

Wilbur Hubbard


Didn't you fix yours with duct tape or something ?



Electrical tape - and it's still working great. There was a tiny pinhole
leak in the tubing behind the evaporator where the copper joined with the
aluminum. Apparently it was like that from the factory as when I installed
it, it didn't work due to being low on refrigerant. I had it warranteed and
the service guy came out and recharged it with his gauges, leak detector
etc. He put the correct pressure into it and it lasted about six months and
then it stopped cooling again. I bought my own pressure gauge and an adapter
from NAPA so I could charge it with those little automobile refrigerant
cans. But, it kept leaking down. Finally, the leak got big enough so I could
hear a hissing in the ice box when the compressor was running. Rather than
remover the evaporator and have the leak soldered, I just wrapped it thick
with quality electrical tape and it's now been about a year and it still
cools great.

Few sailors are as ingenious (and frugal) as I am.

Wilbur Hubbard