need some help on a alco valve

[primmers]

i cant seem to get ahold of anyone at emerson/alco to help me.
i have a valve that is like a txv.part # asb-3

these valves leak freon and i dont know why..i need 3 of these hopefully a new design..
can anyone help me?

heres what the sticker on the valve says:

ASB3
040193-07
15603 PH

[icemeister]

I can't find anything like that number on Emerson's (Alco) site.

But why not just pick a different TEV to suit your application, conditions and capacity?

[primmers]

i talked to a guy at sporland cause i thought it was one of theres..anyway he told me it was a discontinued valve..its a weird one, came with a polyethelene cap and theres a 1/64 hole in the cap where oil is coming from..its on a filerine chiller..1/4" lines in and out..ive talked to the chiller maker and they had no idea why the valve would leak..and like i said getting someone from also in impossible at this point ayway.

[crackertech]

That sounds like it's a constant pressure expansion valve I found the A series valves in the johnstone catalog # 198 pg 1286. Or here's a link http://www.johnstonesupply.com/corp/OnlineCatalog/ProductDetails/tabid/1780/Default.aspx?Product_Code=B12-512 I'll bet they could help ya out.

[primmers]

thats the SOB..but see that poly cap?? as i said it leaks from under it..

[crackertech]

thats the SOB..but see that poly cap?? as i said it leaks from under it..


LOL yes they will do that sometimes.:eek2: But I've had good luck with them for the most part. BTW ya cant use to much heat when ya burn one in or it will leak every time.

[primmers]

im real carefull with fire...ill get ahold of parker tomorrow..thanks man..