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TXV Valve Installation

Thermostatic expansion valve troubleshooting and installation on a First Co. air handler UC series model.
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00:00 - Diagnosing a bad TXV
00:37 - Pumping down the condenser
02:31 - Refrigerant recovery
02:48 - Removing the bad TXV
03:23 - Installing the new TXV
04:57 - Leak check with Nitrogen
05:37 - Prepping for system evacuation
05:54 - Evacuating the AC system
08:11 - Breaking Vacuum on AC system
09:20 - Adjusting refrigerant charge
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  • @techfive7202
    @techfive72023 жыл бұрын

    Good job. When you open the system back up with your service wrench, keep it 1/8" from being totally back seated. Opening %100 makes it prone to leakage. It's in the installation manual. You have a new subscriber!

  • @ApartmentMaintenancePro

    @ApartmentMaintenancePro

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks techfive!

  • @diegocalderon4894
    @diegocalderon48942 жыл бұрын

    I just started Hvacr school about 1 week and a half ago, and watching your videos has really helped me understand more of what I’m being taught! I appreciate you taking the time to explain what you’re doing every step of the way! Keep up the good work!😎

  • @rveerman1800
    @rveerman18002 жыл бұрын

    Best video I have seen in a long time - very concise and informative !

  • @djspoilbrat7627
    @djspoilbrat76278 ай бұрын

    I love it all..but more details should be given. Such as explaining that you will be using high temp to braze on the copper. Newbies will think you are soldering. Understand that it's a quick video, which a true step for step video will be much longer. But excellent job to explaining how to replace TXV

  • @astromaddox1989
    @astromaddox19892 жыл бұрын

    I'm a newbie and you explained everything that needs to be done 👍

  • @ApartmentMaintenancePro

    @ApartmentMaintenancePro

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching! Watch as many hvac vids as possible to keep learning in this trade

  • @victordemoya2642
    @victordemoya26422 жыл бұрын

    That was a great class video . Thank you

  • @PissDrunxs666
    @PissDrunxs6662 жыл бұрын

    Awesome explanation great job man learned a lot..much love from vegas

  • @ApartmentMaintenancePro

    @ApartmentMaintenancePro

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much Nel Son!

  • @StephenMattison66
    @StephenMattison663 жыл бұрын

    Good job Dave! Good video too, TY!

  • @ApartmentMaintenancePro

    @ApartmentMaintenancePro

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @bigdogg7947
    @bigdogg7947 Жыл бұрын

    Sir your are a freaking beast in HVAC

  • @ApartmentMaintenancePro

    @ApartmentMaintenancePro

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!!

  • @elsupermon0121
    @elsupermon0121 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome video man great job

  • @argenismoreno7253
    @argenismoreno7253 Жыл бұрын

    Excelent video. Thanks a lot, from Venezuela 🇻🇪

  • @ApartmentMaintenancePro

    @ApartmentMaintenancePro

    Жыл бұрын

    You are welcome!

  • @manuelponce3715
    @manuelponce37153 жыл бұрын

    Great Video!

  • @kylegilliland8146
    @kylegilliland81463 жыл бұрын

    life saver. thank you. keep making videos.

  • @ApartmentMaintenancePro

    @ApartmentMaintenancePro

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Kyle!

  • @octaviomartinez7535
    @octaviomartinez75353 жыл бұрын

    Great video!

  • @ApartmentMaintenancePro

    @ApartmentMaintenancePro

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!!

  • @ravenmontalvo5520
    @ravenmontalvo55202 жыл бұрын

    Great video

  • @ApartmentMaintenancePro

    @ApartmentMaintenancePro

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @noppadol.pusampaopusampao705
    @noppadol.pusampaopusampao705 Жыл бұрын

    Good job😁

  • @rabnawaz181
    @rabnawaz1813 жыл бұрын

    Excellent

  • @JP-zz5rm
    @JP-zz5rm3 жыл бұрын

    Right on!

  • @andrewsimon5437
    @andrewsimon54373 жыл бұрын

    Those are not actually “king valves”; they are service valves. King valves are only found in refrigeration systems at the receiver outlet.

  • @mbrazile1

    @mbrazile1

    3 жыл бұрын

    nah dog its a king valve.

  • @ApartmentMaintenancePro

    @ApartmentMaintenancePro

    3 жыл бұрын

    While this may be true I did AC service and installs for many years and everyone I worked with called them "King Valves". Kind of like an installer yelling to solder that joint faster, but it's actually 'brazing'. We all understand each other though :)

  • @taephillips3276

    @taephillips3276

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ApartmentMaintenancePro went to school and know it's not actually a king valve but when my supervisor is showing me shit and he calls it that I definitely don't correct him🤣we know what we talking about

  • @willhvac

    @willhvac

    Жыл бұрын

    Actually king valves are where you have to crack it off the back to access positive pressure. So essentially you have to put your service wrench on and turn it in order to read pressure on either side of the system.

  • @joshualarson3976

    @joshualarson3976

    Жыл бұрын

    @WIllHvac yeah I've seen king valves on old r22 capillary tube systems

  • @dporrasxtremeLS3
    @dporrasxtremeLS3 Жыл бұрын

    Great info and fast pace. I did not see a filter dryer change out???

  • @ApartmentMaintenancePro

    @ApartmentMaintenancePro

    Жыл бұрын

    👍

  • @mbahcarrier1629
    @mbahcarrier1629 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the knowledge, success for "Apartment ....." ... Pekalongan, Central Java, Indonesia attended

  • @ApartmentMaintenancePro

    @ApartmentMaintenancePro

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!!

  • @troyb9609
    @troyb96096 ай бұрын

    All you have to do to test a TXV is disconnect the condensing fan or cover the exit for the condensing fan your head pressure should climb your suction pressure will stay the same if your TXV is good if the suction psi goes up it is a bad TXV

  • @ApartmentMaintenancePro

    @ApartmentMaintenancePro

    6 ай бұрын

    How is the suction going to rise if it’s stuck shut or has a blocked screen ?

  • @troyb9609

    @troyb9609

    6 ай бұрын

    Then You have to check your sub cooling and if you have hi suction or lower then normal suction then you mite have a blockage or it is stuck if you can't get to your sub cooling number you have to do some testing

  • @paulshlasko3608
    @paulshlasko3608 Жыл бұрын

    When pumping down, if the system has long lines and more refrigerant than the compressor unit was designed to hold, how do you know when to stop? For instance, will you hear the compressor making a noise?

  • @LexVance
    @LexVance3 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic video! I just started on a new property that has TXV's. Is there a piston in the TXV as well? Where it bolts onto the coil, it looked like a piston came out of there. I dealt with only pistons for the last 6 years and needed a TXV lesson. Thank you!

  • @ApartmentMaintenancePro

    @ApartmentMaintenancePro

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hey thanks Lex! From my experience the Ruud/Goodman owned brands sometimes use pistons with there TXVs. Carrier, Trane and Lennox do not because they are more efficient and sometimes referred to as TEV’s. 👍 The TXV in this video uses a piston with it.

  • @LexVance

    @LexVance

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ApartmentMaintenancePro Right on! Your channel is awesome!

  • @ApartmentMaintenancePro

    @ApartmentMaintenancePro

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Lex! As is yours :)

  • @Vettedream

    @Vettedream

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@LexVance do not use a fixed orifice and a txv together like he did, absolute nonsense. A txv replaces a fixed orifice or vice versa

  • @reginaldbellamy9371
    @reginaldbellamy9371 Жыл бұрын

    My old txv doesn't have quick connect replacement part is different

  • @senorgringolingo
    @senorgringolingo2 ай бұрын

    Question: why did you confirm that the TXV valve was bad rather than perhaps just the bulb had leaked?

  • @randybayless5071
    @randybayless5071 Жыл бұрын

    Can you explain why you remove the Schrader valves I'm confused I'm a beginner so not questioning just asking

  • @mayfairboy25
    @mayfairboy25 Жыл бұрын

    23 super heat kind of high for me. I like mine 10-12

  • @ApartmentMaintenancePro

    @ApartmentMaintenancePro

    Жыл бұрын

    Nice. I like mine above 0 👍

  • @dakotaashwood4600
    @dakotaashwood4600 Жыл бұрын

    Good stuff and good use of shot angles for the viewer to absorb most of what’s happening. Now, I am a new maintenance tech still learning A LOT. My question is, before immediately condemning the TXV would you not want to know your superheat and subcool? High superheat with high subcool would indicate liquid restriction at the TXV therefore the TXV is not allowing liquid refrigerant to pass effectively or at all. But high superheat with low subcool could be a line restriction or leak (low charge). Also other sources I have studied say that adding charge and suction line stays while liquid skyrockets is almost always a failed TXV but liquid restriction is possible in certain cases. I am asking only to gain more information and not to state your work was subpar or anything like that since I am definitely in the learning process still. Please let me know your thoughts on my question and thanks for putting out information content.

  • @ApartmentMaintenancePro

    @ApartmentMaintenancePro

    Жыл бұрын

    This is who I learn from now since I’m not in the trade anymore and don’t have many real life mentors - kzread.info/dash/bejne/e5qAyLqxaabZd9Y.html From my experience txvs alway fail closed. If you can keep the furnace cover in and hold the txv in your hand or put it in hot water while monitoring the pressure, the suction should rise if the txv is operating properly. Hope that helps

  • @dakotaashwood4600

    @dakotaashwood4600

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ApartmentMaintenancePro thanks man! I love Brian Orr too! His podcast is always on in my van.

  • @ApartmentMaintenancePro

    @ApartmentMaintenancePro

    Жыл бұрын

    @@dakotaashwood4600 yes! A great teacher @HVAC school

  • @StephenMattison66
    @StephenMattison663 жыл бұрын

    *Do you recommend installing a TXV if I don't have one?* I lost the little orifice metering piece that supposedly came with my Mr Cool condenser and for some reason Mr Cool tech said it could take a month to get a replacement...wth?? He said it would be better to just install a TXV instead, so I bought one locally, $134, and hopefully my HVAC guy will be happy to install it later today. This is the last thing until I my new 3 ton system can be fired up.

  • @ApartmentMaintenancePro

    @ApartmentMaintenancePro

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hey Stephen, I always go with whatever the manufacturer recommends or says you can get away with. Not all txvs require orifices but some do. I would definitely confirm this with them.

  • @StephenMattison66

    @StephenMattison66

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ApartmentMaintenancePro Thank you!! I did talk with a Mr Cool tech, he said my system must have a TXV, instead of the piston/orifice freon metering thing. My HVAC guy said it won't save me the $134 it cost, so it sucks that I must use it, trying to "keep it simple", the TXV is just another system to fail/worry about. Mr Cool Tech said that my Mr Cool Universal system has trouble properly regulating freon pressure using a piston/orifice on the A-coil.

  • @BridgeWater94
    @BridgeWater94 Жыл бұрын

    To many hoses for the vacuum. I always use one hose. Less areas for leaks.

  • @Kilcrops0914
    @Kilcrops09143 жыл бұрын

    how were you able to pump the system down if it had a restriction that bad?

  • @ApartmentMaintenancePro

    @ApartmentMaintenancePro

    3 жыл бұрын

    I’ve always been able to pump down systems with restrictions 👍

  • @chrisdaunhauer1757
    @chrisdaunhauer17572 жыл бұрын

    23 degrees of superheat post fix seems high (??)

  • @ApartmentMaintenancePro

    @ApartmentMaintenancePro

    2 жыл бұрын

    Please time stamp the section of the video your referring to so I can help answer this question. Thanks for watching!!

  • @realSamAndrew

    @realSamAndrew

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ApartmentMaintenancePro he's talking about 9:59 ish.

  • @musselfrittaz

    @musselfrittaz

    5 ай бұрын

    This is total/compressor superheat being measured. Suction superheat measure at the evaporator would be a lot lower.

  • @5dc61
    @5dc61Ай бұрын

    You kinda look like the shoe bomber on the video’s thumbnail

  • @mizejustinojose5680
    @mizejustinojose5680 Жыл бұрын

    I like so match iam angolan

  • @raymondhui2598
    @raymondhui25983 жыл бұрын

    Did anyone see piston+Txv? No kidding!

  • @ApartmentMaintenancePro

    @ApartmentMaintenancePro

    3 жыл бұрын

    pretty common with Goodman and Rheem Co's

  • @jared9530

    @jared9530

    2 жыл бұрын

    Look at where it’s freezing. Double metering devices don’t work to well. Explains the head pressure chatter.

  • @wilwiljames1
    @wilwiljames12 жыл бұрын

    I'm a newbie and I wish you would have said something before you started brazing, I have no idea of what you brazed I would also like to know if soldering is an option versus brazing

  • @ApartmentMaintenancePro

    @ApartmentMaintenancePro

    2 жыл бұрын

    Some people solder - so, it's an option.

  • @realSamAndrew
    @realSamAndrew2 жыл бұрын

    Why did you put black tape over the center dial of your gauges? You p**** off at the brand that made them?

  • @ApartmentMaintenancePro

    @ApartmentMaintenancePro

    2 жыл бұрын

    I record stock video and sell it. No logos allowed.

  • @thisisvinayak
    @thisisvinayak Жыл бұрын

    presenting to you : Trevor from Gta V

  • @victorcontreras2551
    @victorcontreras255111 ай бұрын

    hello, when you removed the piston, did you add another one or just leave it with out?

  • @robertcherry4971
    @robertcherry4971 Жыл бұрын

    Those are not king valves my friend,those are service valves.King valves come off a receiver. When you do a pump down the refrigerant is pumped into condenser which acts as a receiver. Not the compressor as you stated. Not trying to bust your balls, just sharing knowledge with you young man…

  • @ApartmentMaintenancePro

    @ApartmentMaintenancePro

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Robert!! Always open for criticism! 😀

  • @frankspliff7037
    @frankspliff7037 Жыл бұрын

    Tell maintenance get rid of Goodman

  • @zafarullah3174
    @zafarullah31745 ай бұрын

    Doing very unsafe work , even you should to wear general gloves to protect your hands