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| yuri
|  "Water question for Houston and others"
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Just wondering if you read the post about water in the system below this one. Is it possible to get 2 gallons inside. I know it can be very humid down South but have you ever heard of this and how can it happen.
Cheers
Yuri
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| Jojo98
| "Re(1):Water question for Houston and others" , posted Mon 25 Aug 00:09
I recently came across a 1 1/2 ton HP that had a lot of water in the buried line set (at atmo psi) but never anything out of the box. And the statemment about purging the system with oil was a new on for me too. I would suspect that either the person didn't know what they were talkiking about or the installer trying to protect their screw up.
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| Houston204
| "Re(1):Water question for Houston and others" , posted Sun 24 Aug 17:35
I've seen buried gas lines fill with water between the meter, behind the detached garage, and the house. I suppose if the pressure went into a vacuum it could pull in water if we have buried lines.
I've seen leaks really low on the evaporator coil before, again if were to run into a vacuum it could pull in water from the primary pan.
Both seem like longshots though.
"Tip of the Day" Remember to remove power first.
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| | yuri
| "Re(2):Water question for Houston and others" , posted Sun 24 Aug 18:49
Thats what I was thinkin. A/Cs don't usually pull deep vacuums like refrigeration compressors can so I find it hard to believe it can suck in that much water. What a mess.
Yuri
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| | midwayice
| "Re(3):Water question for Houston and others" , posted Mon 25 Aug 00:43:
The message said they used an "oil vacuum" with 8 bottles of water? What's that all about?
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| | yuri
| "Re(4):Water question for Houston and others" , posted Mon 25 Aug 09:46:
Apparently they used 8 bottles of oil. Maybe their vacuum pump barfed/pumped its oil into the system and not water. Never heard of an oil vacuum. Somethings fishy.
Yuri
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| | ssmrjm
| "Re(5):Water question for Houston and others" , posted Mon 25 Aug 21:38
yuri i think he meant that they used 8 bottles of oil from changing the oil in the pump because they were pulling so much moisture out of the system
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| | yuri
| "Re(6):Water question for Houston and others" , posted Tue 26 Aug 16:46
Probably. Easy to troubleshoot when on the job, hard to do over the internet. 2 gallons of water. Sure would like to know how it got in.
Yuri
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