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Thread: Custom metering device
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01-02-2003, 01:32 PM #1
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[Edited by Boss on 12-28-2003 at 10:13 PM]
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01-02-2003, 08:01 PM #2
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I've done that before!
Hindsight is NOT a plan!
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01-02-2003, 08:03 PM #3
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are ya Bragging
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01-03-2003, 05:58 AM #4
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Nah, if I was bragging, I would go find the picture and post it!
Although, when the TXV was dead on my friend's unit, and I was working on it for free. I was pretty proud of my homemade cap tube!Hindsight is NOT a plan!
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01-03-2003, 07:20 AM #5
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Bama, This wasn't a freebie, it was an actual SANYO PTAC warranty repair.
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01-03-2003, 06:51 PM #6
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Well you should'a said SO! That puts this thing in a whole new light!
Which one of you JackLegs out there did this? I wanna know!Hindsight is NOT a plan!
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01-03-2003, 07:01 PM #7
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Well let me ask this. If you when on a service call and the cap tube was chaffed through, how would you fix it?
I think my repair would look like the one in the picture. The customer would be waiting until the cows come home for a brandy new capillary tube to come from Sanyo.
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01-03-2003, 07:08 PM #8
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I would have pulled the data sheet out of the envelope attached to unit and replaced it with the stated size. If that wasn't avaliable I would refer to my Cap Tube application guide from JB Industries and based on the unit size ,I would select the proper tubing.
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01-03-2003, 07:17 PM #9
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Aren't you a special little fellow...
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01-03-2003, 07:19 PM #10
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not really
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02-19-2003, 06:50 PM #11
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The official fix using that method would be to:
make a clean cut (no tubing cutter),
use the larger tube,
push the two cap ends together in the larger tube,
crimp the splice tube the full length tightly,
Braze.
The picture shows an unsucessful attempt at an acceptable repair method. Of course you wouldn't want to lop off a couple inches and do that...
EDIT- This was always a cap system, right?
[Edited by sysint on 02-19-2003 at 06:52 PM]
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02-19-2003, 07:51 PM #12
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I've done that in a pinch but it never looked so sloppy.I did use to keep a TXV distributor in my brazing toolbox to look at whenever I was about to braze. It reminded me to not use too much heat and be patient.
AAAhhhhhhh, those carefree youthful days when things like that were expected and understandable......R2B4BTU
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02-20-2003, 12:10 PM #13
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I've repaired many cap tubes in a similar(but better looking) fashion. I use a file to cut the cap tube into.
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