Same pic as above. Hooked up for evac with the micron meter dead ended:
I had issues with the evacing, but let's cut to the chase with the first signs of life:
Followed by the next sign of life:
Went round and round with the charging/evacing...back and forth...round and round. Many Thanx! to shurik who was there to try to help a fella out! But in the end the top portion of the res was not filling with water (trapped air). It wasn't until after I realized this ( )that everything started jumping into place. Once I tilted the chiller to get the trapped air out....charging was a breeze!
I decided to go with R290 (the ghetto version :p). Modified a torch valve/tip:
I did not modify the teeny, tiny little hole, so filling was super-duper slow....needed to fix that, so I did--unbrazed the mod, took apart the torch valve and cut the tip off. Now it charges vapor and/or liquid...and super-fast:
Put it back together again:
She ain't purdy, but she works right nice....
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