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Blergo
08-27-2004, 06:49 AM
Hi,
just been playing with my waterchiller and i noticed that the cap tube gets cold and i get condensation forming on it. dont think this is normal? any idea what could be causeing it? or am i being paranoid and it is sposed to be like that?
many thanks,
owen
i_jester
08-27-2004, 04:47 PM
How long is it? Does the whole thing get cold or just the end as it heads into the evap?
Blergo
08-28-2004, 12:17 AM
well, about half of the cap tube gets cold to the touch, and the rest is cool. not sure on length as it is whatever the dehumidifier had on it, id say about 2 meters and probably .031 hard to tell as it is coiled. just seems a little strange to me, and it dosnt go straight into the evap, it goes into a copper tube that ataches to the evap (which is aluminium) i think i am going to strip it all and rebuild it soon, shame as it gives pretty good temp's compared to my last chiller.
owen
i_jester
08-28-2004, 05:51 AM
I get condensation on the last few inches of my cap tube.
Blergo
08-28-2004, 07:26 AM
its probably ok in that case, it was just the first time i noticed it and i hadnt really heard of it before so it kinda worried me a little, thought i might have had a blockage somewhere or something..lol..
owen
Blergo
08-28-2004, 07:26 AM
EDIT: sorry guy's.. double posted :stick:
JohnFish
08-28-2004, 08:22 AM
my cap tube gets frost at the end. Isnt this normal???
it means you don't have enough cap tube I believe and the refridgerent is starting to evaporate in the cap tube.
Pandrone
08-31-2004, 11:02 AM
Umm, my chiller has 1.50m of 0.026 captube. And it gets frozen over the last few inches too, so you mean that i should shorten this? I thought it was too short :).
Darn I got it backwards =/