Flooding occurs when liquid refrigerant enters the compressor’s crankcase while the compressor is operating or running. It only occurs to a compressor during the on or run cycle. Some causes for ...

HVACR field service terminology is often confusing and misused even by the most seasoned of veterans. But clarification of such terminology among service technicians is of the utmost importance in ...

This is the first of three articles that describe BP’s experience with reciprocating compressor damage from liquids intrusion at two facilities, in Oklahoma and Alaska. Due to the different damage ...