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What did ya'll say a purge did on a chiller?!?!?!?!?!



Just stick a screwdriver in my eye I'll get better

thank you. she was the vanguard of an invading army. everyone spay and neuter your pets!

i will now go back to lurking, thanks for helping me get my post count high enough for pro member. i appreciate the great answers you provide. i really have nothing but the greatest respect for your professional knowledge.

Originally Posted by automig

it's more of a comedy routine. i'm seeing it doesn't make any sense in type.

did i tell you about the soap opera i'm writing about sheetmetal workers? it's called Coping. *badum-psht*

And I wanted to tell you - that's a cool picture of the cat sittin' on what appears to be the glass top coffee table.

Originally Posted by klove

Boy Howdy - you should get into acting, or maybe be a reader for those books-on-tape. That's some serious drama!!

it's more of a comedy routine. i'm seeing it doesn't make any sense in type.

did i tell you about the soap opera i'm writing about sheetmetal workers? it's called Coping. *badum-psht*

Originally Posted by txhvac

Ya'll need some beers. I doubt Luno will be posting anytime soon, he may need a beer too.

Like I said earlier, luno is long gone. Joined on 10/20, posted question at 11:27 am, left at 1:17 PM and hasn't returned.

Ya'll need some beers. I doubt Luno will be posting anytime soon, he may need a beer too.

Originally Posted by automig

look, my friend.

all absorption chiller purges *are* good sized vacuum pumps. you don't get to piss on me over that. it's a fact. i am *positive* that there are many things you know that i don't know, many jobs you've pulled that i've never had to deal with. i'm sure you're a world class mechanic. i'm sorry, i don't find absorber purges to be that complicated. i'm not going to start crying about the actuator, and the solenoid, and the tank, and the sensor, and the *sniff* software...does anyone know york's passcode to put this thing in manual?! what the hell is this, a gauge that reads in millimeters?! *ack* *weeping*.... oh lord, you've broken me. you win! how could i have been so arrogant! i know nothing of purges!

as for whatever errors you're finding in my *general* statements about how low pressure chiller purges *generally* operate, i'm sorry that i didn't include everyone's favorite purge, the turboguard, or clearly define the various assortments, brands, sizes, and designs of pumps used to evacuate noncondensables. i hope Lumo comes back so you can undo the damage i did to his brain before it's too late.<- that's sarcasm.

Boy Howdy - you should get into acting, or maybe be a reader for those books-on-tape. That's some serious drama!!

Originally Posted by jayguy

since i can't be you....i guess i want to be Bill Clinton...!

My wife, mother, sister, and a few ladies from my childhood are thankful that there can't be another me.....

Originally Posted by Healey Nut

Me too especially after Jays asparagus with bacon and extra pudding for dessert

Now there's a renewable energy source if there ever was one!!! Gas out the wahzoo!!! (pun intended)

Originally Posted by Healey Nut

Me too especially after Jays asparagus with bacon and extra pudding for dessert

yeah baby!

Originally Posted by klove

I'd accept the nomination for Secretary of Defense...What do you want to be?

since i can't be you....i guess i want to be Bill Clinton...his wife is out of town a lot...lots of press coverage of her coming back to town (forewarning)...couple hundred g's just to speak what's on my mind...lifetime bodyguards...lifetime medical...lot's of va-jay-jay....yeah!

Originally Posted by Southern Mech

Nice weather we are having today

nice!

Originally Posted by klove

I ran a lot when I was younger. I purged a lot, too. Come to think of it, I still purge a lot.......

Me too especially after Jays asparagus with bacon and extra pudding for dessert

Originally Posted by Healey Nut

Think Im going to take a stab at answering the OPs question ...

It runs...... It purges ............

Now back to all the other stuff

I ran a lot when I was younger. I purged a lot, too. Come to think of it, I still purge a lot.......

Think Im going to take a stab at answering the OPs question ...

Originally Posted by luno

what does a purge do in a chiller

It runs...... It purges ............

Now back to all the other stuff

20 degrees with snow on the ground here

Originally Posted by Southern Mech

Nice weather we are having today

73 and sunny here

Nice weather we are having today

look, my friend.

all absorption chiller purges *are* good sized vacuum pumps. you don't get to piss on me over that. it's a fact. i am *positive* that there are many things you know that i don't know, many jobs you've pulled that i've never had to deal with. i'm sure you're a world class mechanic. i'm sorry, i don't find absorber purges to be that complicated. i'm not going to start crying about the actuator, and the solenoid, and the tank, and the sensor, and the *sniff* software...does anyone know york's passcode to put this thing in manual?! what the hell is this, a gauge that reads in millimeters?! *ack* *weeping*.... oh lord, you've broken me. you win! how could i have been so arrogant! i know nothing of purges!

as for whatever errors you're finding in my *general* statements about how low pressure chiller purges *generally* operate, i'm sorry that i didn't include everyone's favorite purge, the turboguard, or clearly define the various assortments, brands, sizes, and designs of pumps used to evacuate noncondensables. i hope Lumo comes back so you can undo the damage i did to his brain before it's too late.<- that's sarcasm.

Originally Posted by klove

4) Lots of one-shot wonders never return to comment on answers given to their questions

EXACTLY! If anyone had taken the time to look at luno's profile one would have found he/she hasn't been on the forum since 1:19 PM on the day the question was posed. So luno saw exactly one answer to his question. The rest of the contest has been for the entertainment of regulars only.

Originally Posted by automig

well, it's a good thing you're here to put me in my place.

i'll just quit my job and tell my customers you'll be by lol. you up to cut into a heat exchanger next week? i'd rather be on a beach somewhere anyways.

I'll leave this one alone. It opens up way too much territory to shoot into. (I've opened gracious plenty HX's in my life - one more would just be one more.)

Originally Posted by automig

is this luno guy worth it? he your nephew or something? do i need to put together a powerpoint and spill my professional guts here or what? for all you know he's playing trivial pursuit with his sister or got the question on cash cab! jagoff never came back to see how brilliant we are!

1) No idea who he/she is
2) One shouldn't give in depth troubleshooting and service info on an open forum
3) Not a clue as to what he/she was doing that triggered the question
4) Lots of one-shot wonders never return to comment on answers given to their questions
5) #'s 2, 3, and 4 don't preclude us from giving a correct answer

The original question was very concise. Simply a beginner asking what a purge does/how it works. Could be an apprentice or a building owner/manager that wants to know due to who-knows-what. You asked "why are you asking?". I simply made the statement that they probably wanted to know. No ulterior motives, no subversive plots. Just asking. Should have gone away right there.

But no, it just wouldn't die. You insinuated that all purges use a small vacuum pump to get rid of the NC's out of the purge tank, and then used a Turboguard as your example of what the guy could be working on. See where this is going?

It's not about you and me seeing who can pee the farthest - it's about getting correct info to those that ask for it (to the best of our ability). No one's perfect or knows everything. As RichardL says, "Ain't none of us as smart as all of us". I've been corrected on this forum a time or two myself.

OK - my 2 minutes are up. I don't feel like debating anymore.