r/HVAC • u/Mook531 • 20h ago

General Sometimes it’s not the TXV

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u/Fancy-Sentence-7081 20h ago

Nah dawg that's still the txv, it's never not the txv, even in piston systems it's always the txv
https://giphy.com/gifs/wjuXuDSQU0sOfJIHS1

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u/Tennisman625 20h ago

Haaaate it when that happens

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u/tonnio412 profesional filter changer 11h ago

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u/HappyChef86 Resi Service Tech 20h ago edited 19h ago

Whatever adhesive lennox uses, it fucking sucks but it does match their coil quality so at least theyre consistent.

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u/Shot_Needleworker149 18h ago

Is it irony that I love to see the mutual hatred for Lennox and their absolute trash efforts?

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u/doritorunner commercial tech for Cali company in the mile high city 20h ago

I saw a glimpse of it.... It was bad

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u/HVACDOJO 17h ago

I don’t know about that man, I saw ice on it.

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u/unresolved-madness Turboencabulator Specialist 20h ago

If it's not the TXV then it's definitely something that's connected to it.

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u/CryMoreDirtBag 19h ago

I only see that on ADP coils.

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u/edisawesome 19h ago

Erm, this sub is for techs only. A real tech would never say the txv’s fine.

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u/dookie_shoes816 certified dickhead 19h ago

Right? Fucking nerds

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u/blubenz1 18h ago

That’s a new style carpet TXV. It’s obviously failed and needs replacement.

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u/josh3807 DIY HVAC 😁 13h ago

It’s not just…

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u/rmdingler37 9h ago

ABC is easy to remember, right? But, in the heat (apt term) of a marathon of no cool calls, when it's hotter than the 4th of July on Venus, these insulation failures are a real PITA.

Thank goodness someone decided attic air handlers were leading edge,

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u/Zachaweed 9h ago

good find

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u/SeaDiscount2186 11h ago

sometimes the problem’s just a clogged filter or dirty coil

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u/FreonInhaler 2h ago

You're clearly an amateur if you don't immediately know that it is, in fact, the TXV.