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  1. #1
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    Frown

    4 ton carrier scroll compressor very very noisy, I had a owwned a scroll compressor but not that noisy . Unit does cool house down , suction return to compr. 55 degr.

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    Pressure means nothing, make sure it's correctly charged and not slugging liquid and then put a sound -deadening blanket over it if it doesn't already have one.
    If everything was always done "by the book"....the book would never change.

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    It does not have a sound deading blanket . I will check for slugging liquid .

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    you can put a sound blanket around the sides of the scroll but do not cover it

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    If its a Copeland Scroll then Copeland makes a custom blanket for it.

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    Shoot it. I've never seen a blanket make even a slight difference in noise reduction.

    The first thing I did to my YRA heat pump 10 yrs. ago was pull that heat trap off the scroll.
    There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action....Mark Twain

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    Sound blankets do reduce noise but if you have a nosiy compressor to start with they wont do much. They reduce the hum from the compressor. They are not a heat trap since the compressor is cooled by refrigerant not air. Airfow around a compressor has no effect on cooling, otherwise the compressors would have fins like the head of a motorcycle.

    The real problem needs to be addressed which may be charge related, airflow related, oil return related, non condensibles or a damaged compressor. Most often the compressor is changed out of ignorance but the noise returns because the real problem was never resolved and by replacing the compressor inadvertantly the non-condensibles issue gets taken care of and the oil is now doubled in the system which allows the poorly run refrigerant lines which trap oil to now flow it.

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    Self delete. Not worth my time.
    There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action....Mark Twain

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