Magnet on solenoid valve

[jimp]

If you had a chiller that the liquid line solenoid valve wasn't powering up sometimes and tripping on LP. Would you have the nerve to use a magnet and walk away?

[Chillmac]

well, she's never going to pump down if it needed to.

[jimp]

BTW this system has a three second pump out when set point is reached, and then the compressor contactor opens.

[ehsx]

Why not fix the problem?
Every time it starts up it will flood back. Scroll would survive a while, could kill recip or screw.

Nerve no, stupidity yes.

[jimp]

Why not fix the problem?
Every time it starts up it will flood back. Scroll would survive a while, could kill recip or screw.

Nerve no, stupidity yes.

I would never do it, I would find the problem. Someone told me they did it, I said it will flood the compressor.

Maybe they will get lucky and it will survive a while, IMO I don't think so.

[Melting_in_NOLA]

That CPS soloniod magnet is a really useful tool if used as intended . But in some ways it encourges bad techs to do the wrong thing. I've run across several permanently installed magnets out there. One was a small carrier water cooled chiller. They had the O6E compressor permanently unloaded because it was tripping on high pressure fully loaded . Simple fix , descale the condenser barrel . problem solved .
But the magnet solved the problem for them.