Floodback occurs when liquid refrigerant returns to the compressor during the running cycle. Often a service contractor may see a compressor that failed due to floodback, but because of the severity ...

If you're working on a project and your spray can stops spraying but you can still feel extra liquid sloshing around inside, give it a quick and temporary recharge with an air compressor. In the above ...

HVACR field service terminology is often confusing and misused even by the most seasoned service veterans. Clarification of terminology among service technicians is of utmost importance in order to ...

This is the final of three articles that describe BP’s experience with reciprocating compressor damage from liquids intrusion at two facilities, in Oklahoma and Alaska. Part 1 of the series (OGJ, May ...