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10. Pressure, Superheat and Subcooling Readings
CAUTION
To read properly, the service valves must be in the middle
positions.
Complaint
Possible Causes
1) High suction pressure and low head
pressure
Zero superheat and zero subcooling
2) High suction pressure and low head
pressure
Low superheat and low subcooling
3) High suction pressure and high head
pressure
Low superheat and high subcooling
4) High to normal suction pressure and high
head pressure
Low subcooling
5) High suction pressure and high head
pressure
Low superheat and low subcooling
6) High suction pressure and high head
pressure
High superheat
7) Low suction pressure and low head
pressure
High superheat and low subcooling
8) Low suction pressure and low to normal
head pressure
High superheat and high subcooling
9) Low suction pressure and low head
pressure
Normal to
high superheat
and
low
subcooling
10) Low suction pressure and low head
pressure
Low superheat and low subcooling
11) Low suction pressure and low to normal
head pressure
High superheat and normal to high
subcooling
12) Low suction pressure and normal head
pressure
High superheat and normal subcooling
13) Low suction pressure and high head
pressure
1) Compressor may be bad
2) Expansion valve opened, too
much oil
3) Overcharge
4) Non-condensable gas
5) Water restricted, bad water
regulator or dirty condenser
6) High cellar temperature, high
evaporator load
7) Undercharge
8) Liquid
line
restricted
after
receiver,
solenoid
valve
restricted
9) Suction line restricted
10) Air restricted at evaporator,
evaporator iced
11) Evaporator restricted
12) Expansion valve restricted
13)Both
evaporator
and
condenser restricted; liquid
