Get Tech Tips
Subscribe to free tech tips.
Refrigeration Basics Quiz June 24, 2021, 1:53 am
Related Tech Tips

Photo Courtesy of Parker/Sporlan There are many brands and styles of evaporator pressure regulating valves (EPR), but none as common as the Parker/Sporlan SORIT and ORIT valves. The diagram above clearly shows some of the common applications. An EPR or “hold back” valve maintains a set suction line pressure and, therefore, coil temperature. That is […]
Read more
First off, if you've never heard the term “beer can cold,” you are either not in the trade, or you have been living a pretty sheltered existence. I started as a tech apprentice when I was 17 years old, and on my first day in the truck, my trainer grabbed the suction line of a […]
Read more
On an energized, intact circuit, you will read voltage across an OPEN switch, not across a CLOSED switch, when testing with a voltmeter. Both sides of a closed switch are electrically identical (or at least very close). Therefore, there should be no movement of electrons between the leads of your voltmeter. I have seen many […]
Read more More tech tips