Lee Haefele wrote: > Last year Sea Frost offered me a system, with the BD80. I was having > trouble finding a new electronic control unit for the BD3f compressor, but > eventually found one. > Sea Frost normally ships pre charged with R-134 and special disconnects, but > my system was installed at boat build with plain connectors. My system is > set up with automobile A/C style test fittings and a sight glass on the > receiver/dryer. I bought a $29 set of Harbor Freight gauges and can add > R-134 from the 12 ounce cans available at Wal-Mart. The boat came to me > used from Moorings Charters with the fridge barely working. Sea Frost and > Kollmann talked me through the evacuation, recharge and adjustment. One > complaint: I cannot get the expansion valve totally insulated/sealed from > air. It sweats and drips water, it should be mounted inside the fridge > instead of outside. > Lee Haefele > Leopard 38 cat Alesto 2 > I have seen people use the expanding foam to coat an expansion valve. I can't comment on the advisability of doing that however. It seems to work but I don't know if that valve needs to absorb heat to work efficiently or not.
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