No it is a mechanical (orifice) metering device in the cooling mode and when the unit is turned on in the heat pump mode, it allows the refrigereant to go around it, so it w...
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Ever work on GE Weathertron, American Standard or Trane units?
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Yes it is the metering device for the indoor coil, it does more than act as a fixed orifice metering device, that is why it is called an FCCV.
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Flow Control Check Valve
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The FCCV are in Pre 13 SEER, straight cool systems,Trane and American Standard units as well.
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In this case the guy had high head pressure and low suction pressure, which leads me to believe it is non condensibles.
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The Trane FCCV is the metering device. On the 13 SEER and above they are not used, they now use a TXV.
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This is a Trane system that is being discussed.
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They are talking about the F.C.C.V.
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I wasn't talking about the case with the Goodman units, I was talking about the local news media that will sabotage a unit and call up A/C Companies to see what they would co...
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If they don't cause a problem in the unit, they can't get their news story, I guess things are pretty slow when they have to manufacture news.
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A friend of mine is an A/C Contractor as well, he was called out to give a bid on repairing a system, the news people around here will do undercover hit pieces on A/C service co...
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If the news would have contacted a competent A/C contractor, they might have found out the issue was not with the equipment but a sizing error or other issue and then they would...
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I had the same problem on a 5 ton Trane package unit. Non condensible's will cause this, pull the charge, remove and replace the drier, pull a vacuum to less than 450 Micro...
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