Tim Modine
Well-Known Member
For a re charge is a can of r134 good enough. Machine is a Doosan solar 225lcv thanks
Blowing just cool air. Not warm but not cold lol. I put a can in last year and was and fine all summer. I also have the valves closed on the heater hoses. I quess it’s leaking somewhere and should have it checked professionally since I don’t have gauges and don’t really know what I’m doing hahaWhy does it need recharging?
Thank you sir for the insight.You can do it that way but you should really hook up a/c gauges to it. If you don't have the proper equipment you can overfill the system which will cause the hi/low switch to constantly kick the system in and out, it can also blow an a/c hose. If the system has air in it, it will need to be drained and vac'd. You have probably lost Freon due to an leak in the system. Look for wetness around the clutch area of the a/c compressor and also the crimp connections on your hoses (these places are the most common). You can get a can of R134 with stop leak in it, but I personally wont use it as it can make the valve plate sticky. On a new system, the low side pressure should run around 30 psi and the high side (on average) will run 7 times the low side (or 210). Small variations may exist depending on the condition of your a/c system. If you have abnormally low or high reading, you will need to find the cause of that problem for the system to work efficiently.
And that's before thinking about the condition of the dryer or the accumulator ...........You can do it that way but you should really hook up a/c gauges to it. If you don't have the proper equipment you can overfill the system which will cause the hi/low switch to constantly kick the system in and out, it can also blow an a/c hose. If the system has air in it, it will need to be drained and vac'd. You have probably lost Freon due to an leak in the system. Look for wetness around the clutch area of the a/c compressor and also the crimp connections on your hoses (these places are the most common). You can get a can of R134 with stop leak in it, but I personally wont use it as it can make the valve plate sticky. On a new system, the low side pressure should run around 30 psi and the high side (on average) will run 7 times the low side (or 210). Small variations may exist depending on the condition of your a/c system. If you have abnormally low or high reading, you will need to find the cause of that problem for the system to work efficiently.
And that's before thinking about the condition of the dryer or the accumulator ...........