Articles Tagged with ''troubleshooting and HVACR''

Any compressor that gets too hot or is overheated is subject to premature wear between its internal moving parts.

When replacing an older mechanical temperature control, an option for some systems is to replace the older control with a newer electronic version.

Context can help professionals direct their attention to where duct leakage can best be addressed.

In this troubleshooting situation, the equipment is a package unit heat pump that isn’t properly heating the customer’s home.

Recently, I ran into a scenario where what I thought would be an easy repair ended up being quite a challenge.

In this troubleshooting situation, a restaurant manger is calling for service on a reach-in freezer, and the complaint is that the unit “isn’t freezing things hard.”

In this troubleshooting situation, the customer’s complaint is that their office air conditioner is “not cooling at all.”

In the end, it's about airflow control. Unless your solution involves airflow and pressure measurement, you're guessing whether the repair worked.

Systematic troubleshooting using the symptom/cause method is a quick and efficient way a service technician can solve even the toughest of service calls.

In this month’s troubleshooting situation, the equipment that needs servicing is a split system and the refrigerant flow control is handled via an EEV.