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    Evaporator coil failure (4 Posts)

  • zeb2000 zeb2000 May 17, 2011 @ 11:59 AM
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    Evaporator coil failure

    Has anyone else been seeing a lot of evaporator coils leaking 1 to 5 years after installation? They are all R-410A and several other contractors are having the same problem. What is the cause of these failures? Acid? Thin walls?
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  • don don May 17, 2011 @ 12:20 PM
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    coil failures

    I have seen a lot of early coil life on home where the people burns a lot of scented candles,and all the spray that make the house smell good.
    I remember when one of the leading company had many coil leaks due to enviroment they were put together in.
    I have also herd that not performing a deep vaccum on that the non condensible were the cause.
    Then its seem there has been time that the finn's were too tight and the expansion and contraction has gotten to them.
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  • Techman Techman May 17, 2011 @ 6:20 PM
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    Failurers

    of evap coils on old construction or new const ? Chinese sheetrock ?
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  • zeb2000 zeb2000 May 18, 2011 @ 9:08 AM
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    Evaporator coil failure

    The leaking coils we are seeing are all in existing homes- No new construction or remodeling.
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