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    Although I don't understand half of it, I can appriciate the hard work gone into the build.

    The brazing quality, craftsmanship, attention to detail, and planning are incredible

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    Quote Originally Posted by sacha35 View Post
    Looking good Baz, loving the pipe work mate nice and clean lines.
    Ya ,it's a shame you just can't lacquer the shinny stuff....most all needs to be covered by insulation.

    Hey you could color code & label the piping & insulation. They have tape thats color coded with arrows indicting direction of flow.Then label the major components. I sure you will be answering a lot of questions where your cascade shows up,labeling will help people understand direction of flow & whats things are.....

    But you probably already thought of that........


    Forum members, if you really look @ this cascade about the only "EXTRA" parts are a few fancy quick disconnects for the electrics. And those are necessary for the purpose,portibility and ease of repair.All the rest is necessary.

    It "shows" so well because of all the planning & attention to detail BAXZ and SACHA35 did. It usually doesn't cost much more in material to do a professional job ,just a little more labor. This is offset as you acquire the tools, not having to hire out work and you get faster & better with experience. Plus, professional work brings a premium price but more important "more work".

    Example : You need the same compressors,same tubing,HX's, Starting & safety components, wiring in every similar unit. You can do neat professional work or you can throw the stuff together to look like crap.

    Many customers hire you because they don't understand or do not have the ability/tools to do the work(applies to any job). So they judge your work on neatness and of course it has to function as intended............. < Thats the formula I found to build a successful business on and have customers/friends for life. It doesn't matter if doing HVAC/R/E or mowing lawns...neatness counts,and you bet your customers notice....

    Keep up the great work.......
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    The Laws of Thermodynamics say:

    Zeroth Law: "You must play the game."
    First Law: "You can't win."
    Second Law: "You can't break even."
    Third Law: "You can't quit the game."

    Do you wanna Play Thermodynamics ???????? I forgot "you must"

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    thats real nice thing to say there walt thanks mate




    Made some head way today 2nd stage is now under 20 bar test pressure

    i will have to get creative with the R23 receiver as i did not allow for the insulation of this part and the cold will spread out from its mount to the aluminum base plate but i have a few ideas on how to deal with it

    the safety blow off valve for the R23 has been mounted in the lower section as i needed to be able to get to this part for maintenance as they sometimes don’t hold up and need to be replaced and I have some room there









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    my R23 receiver is mounted on an acryl bottom with insulation between base of unit and acryl. it works
    Good insulation on receiver of lower stages is very important.

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    Very nice, very clean
    I am following your project and like your work mate!

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    thanks godmod


    Quote Originally Posted by august123 View Post
    my R23 receiver is mounted on an acryl bottom with insulation between base of unit and acryl. it works
    Good insulation on receiver of lower stages is very important.
    i will have to work something out for sure

    but i have a few ideas
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    Again looking great, how much was that R23 TXV, and what tonnage it rated for? I'd imagine you don't need more then 1/4 ton of capacity.


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    No sight glass used before TXV?

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    @ dago

    http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=124

    @nol its a TEB2 danfoss part and is just for R23 dont have the specs
    1. The first rule of Bench Club is, you do not talk about Bench Club
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    Quote Originally Posted by DagoDuck View Post
    No sight glass used before TXV?

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    You can just charge by sub-cooling. You don't need to SEE the liquid to know it's present.
    The Laws of Thermodynamics say:

    Zeroth Law: "You must play the game."
    First Law: "You can't win."
    Second Law: "You can't break even."
    Third Law: "You can't quit the game."

    Do you wanna Play Thermodynamics ???????? I forgot "you must"

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    Great work like always Bazx. You never stop to amaze me
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    Beautiful work man.
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    damn you guys...am i in a three way and didn't know it again
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    Im exclusively benching ECS from this point forward

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    Quote Originally Posted by bazx View Post
    @nol its a TEB2 danfoss part and is just for R23 dont have the specs
    Well, I hope I didn't got it wrong. The capacity rating of the valve depends on the orifice used:

    It was quite a piece of work, so pls don't just copy and paste..

    DANFOSS ORIFICES:

    angloamerican, TON
    Code:
    Range N: -40 to +10°C / -40 to +50°F
    +----------+-----------------------------------+
    | Orifice  |   Rated capacity in tons (TR)     |
    |          +-----------------------------------+
    |   No.    | R22 |R407C|R134a|R404A| R12 | R502|
    +----------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
    |   0X     | 0.15| 0.16| 0.11| 0.11|     |     |
    +----------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
    |   00     | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.25| 0.21| 0.2 | 0.2 |
    +----------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
    |   01     | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.45| 0.3 | 0.3 |
    +----------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
    |   02     | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
    +----------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
    |   03     | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
    +----------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
    |   04     | 2.3 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
    +----------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
    |   05     | 3.0 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
    +----------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
    |   06     | 4.5 | 4.9 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
    +----------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
    
    Range B: -60 bo -25°C / -75 to -15°F
    +----------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
    |   0X     | 0.15|     |     | 0.11|     |     |
    +----------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
    |   00     | 0.2 |     |     | 0.21|     | 0.2 |
    +----------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
    |   01     | 0.3 |     |     | 0.45|     | 0.3 |
    +----------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
    |   02     | 0.6 |     |     | 0.6 |     | 0.5 |
    +----------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
    |   03     | 0.8 |     |     | 1.0 |     | 0.8 |
    +----------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
    |   04     | 1.2 |     |     | 1.4 |     | 1.2 |
    +----------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
    |   05     | 1.5 |     |     | 1.7 |     | 1.5 |
    +----------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
    |   06     | 2.0 |     |     | 1.9 |     | 2.0 |
    +----------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+

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    Code:
    Range N: -40 to +10°C / -40 to +50°F
    +----------+-----------------------------------+
    | Orifice  |       Rated capacity in kW        |
    |          +-----------------------------------+
    |   No.    | R22 |R407C|R134a|R404A| R12 | R502|
    +----------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
    |   0X     | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.38|     |     |
    +----------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
    |   00     | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
    +----------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
    |   01     | 2.5 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
    +----------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
    |   02     | 3.5 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 2.1 |
    +----------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
    |   03     | 5.2 | 5.6 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
    +----------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
    |   04     | 8.0 | 8.6 | 6.7 | 6.0 | 5.2 | 5.2 |
    +----------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
    |   05     |10.5 |11.3 | 8.6 | 7.7 | 7.0 | 7.0 |
    +----------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
    |   06     |15.5 |16.7 |10.5 | 9.1 |10.5 |10.5 |
    +----------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
    
    
    Range B: -60 bo -25°C / -75 to -15°F
    +----------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
    |   0X     | 0.5 |     |     | 0.38|     |     |
    +----------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
    |   00     | 0.7 |     |     | 0.7 |     | 0.5 |
    +----------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
    |   01     | 1.0 |     |     | 1.6 |     | 1.0 |
    +----------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
    |   02     | 2.6 |     |     | 2.1 |     | 1.7 |
    +----------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
    |   03     | 2.8 |     |     | 3.5 |     | 2.8 |
    +----------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
    |   04     | 4.2 |     |     | 4.9 |     | 4.2 |
    +----------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
    |   05     | 5.2 |     |     | 6.0 |     | 5.2 |
    +----------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
    |   06     | 7.0 |     |     | 6.6 |     | 7.0 |
    +----------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+

    I know that there are no data for R23, but maybe someone here could calculate it. I think I can, but I don't have time now since I have classes tomorrow and its 01:00 in the morning :/

    regards

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    Excellent work Bazx! What is your tool of choice for those well appropriated pipe bends?

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    One Servant: it seems the working fluid is flowing in the wrong direction in that 3 stage compressor in your sig ???
    The Laws of Thermodynamics say:

    Zeroth Law: "You must play the game."
    First Law: "You can't win."
    Second Law: "You can't break even."
    Third Law: "You can't quit the game."

    Do you wanna Play Thermodynamics ???????? I forgot "you must"

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    Quote Originally Posted by wdrzal View Post
    One Servant: it seems the working fluid is flowing in the wrong direction in that 3 stage compressor in your sig ???
    No, think about it. Depends whether it is a compressor or a generator.
    AFAIK the animated pic is from Wikipedia.

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    Quote Originally Posted by godmod View Post
    No, think about it. Depends whether it is a compressor or a generator.
    AFAIK the animated pic is from Wikipedia.
    looks like a generator to me.


    Bazx..... this thing is awesome. so neat aswell. kudos to you and w00t for the UK, you make me proud to be british.
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    Quote Originally Posted by godmod View Post
    No, think about it. Depends whether it is a compressor or a generator.
    AFAIK the animated pic is from Wikipedia.
    I relized that, but why a picture of a generator in your sig in a PC OC'ing /cooling forum??? Reverse the flow and it illustrates a 3 stage compressor.


    My brain works in weird ways, just thought it wasn't noticed it wasn't a compressor.........Back on topic............
    The Laws of Thermodynamics say:

    Zeroth Law: "You must play the game."
    First Law: "You can't win."
    Second Law: "You can't break even."
    Third Law: "You can't quit the game."

    Do you wanna Play Thermodynamics ???????? I forgot "you must"

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    Yup, you guys are right. I added that to my sig because I thought it was an excellent thermodynamic display...most fitting for the games we play here. Anyway, I'd thought about modifying the animation for a more accurate representation but when I broke the GIF down and realized how many frames it was composed of...I decided against it.

    Man, I just love you engineers! Forgive me for I'm a lowly psychologist. Did you know that 95&#37; of all engineers' personalities fall into the same category when tested with one of the most common instruments (the KTS-II)!? Wdrzal, I would bet money that you’re a INTP…

    ...sorry, I know we are way off topic now so I’ll stop this distraction…but if you’d like to read about yourself check this out: http://www.keirsey.com/handler.aspx?...=5&c=architect
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    Quote Originally Posted by wdrzal View Post
    I relized that, but why a picture of a generator in your sig in a PC OC'ing /cooling forum??? Reverse the flow and it illustrates a 3 stage compressor.


    My brain works in weird ways, just thought it wasn't noticed it wasn't a compressor.........Back on topic............
    Hehe, I understand
    I saw it before on Wikipedia and thought about it, so thw pic was familiar

    edit: nice one_servant, ill read that

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    Been a busy boy today

    i now have all 3 stages under 20 bar test pressure and will leave it like that until Wednesday and then will begin vac down and fill

    i also have the evap mount complete which leaves the brazing on toms V8-R evaporator
    the last job before load testing

    here is some info on how I painted the pipe work

    1. Bend fit the pipe work for the stage I am working on
    2. Take out the pipes that need to end up painted
    3. Paint them using a spray can but leave the ends still copper for brazing
    4. Reassemble and braze in using a damp cloth around the pipe being brazed to absorb the heat
    5. Mask off the rest of the parts you don’t want painted
    6. paint










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    here is the rest of todays work















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    wow bazx, what a clean work! i am really impressed!

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    i hope you have pressuretest the unit before painting, i've got to work with some units that someone had painted the piping on which where leaking.. not fun at all.

    cheers.
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    Looking great still. Was justl ooking through thread again, why do you have another smaller condenser/desuperheater/coil down below with the big one?


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