How To Repair A Leaking Reversing Valve
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Rheem RP14, RP15 Leaking Reversing Valve - Known upshot?
How-do-you-do Experts,
I take a customer with a Rheem RP1460AJ1NA 5-ton HP.
Equally I have stated before I an a service-only guy and I rarely work on newer equipment or warranty jobs.
Manufactured May 2022. Manifestly in 5-yr warranty since second possessor. Lady moved in 9 days agone.
The system has a GROSS leak at the reversing valve. Information technology wasn't apartment yet, simply I just dropped an ungodly corporeality of refrigerant (arrangement characterization is 232 oz, which is 14.5 pounds - more than half a 25-lb tin!) in to get her and her autistic kid some cooling until I can go a Rheem guy hither to enlighten me and get one of my pals out there to either replace the RV or hopefully become a new CU from Rheem.
I asked her if she had any paperwork from the sellers of the domicile in regard to the new system. She did, and said she called and they hung upwardly on her. Never heard of them. Dead terminate.
What a mess for a NEW piece of equipment. Ironic thing was seeing a 15 twelvemonth sometime Rheem cube next to it cooling the second floor just fine. Is all new equipment junk?
Anyone who tin can annotate with regard to experience with Rheem authorizing a new CU in these instances is greatly appreciated or are we stuck with a nasty RV replacement?
I have seen one YouTube video from Shannon Knight indicating Rheem is authorizing new CUs and this is a "known issue" so wanted to bank check with yous experts if this outcome is known to you lot folks.
Dan
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That'south upwardly to the supply house that sold the equipment!
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From my experience they will choose the cheapest option to fix the issue when there is a warranty event (which is typically repair). Where on the valve is the leak?
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Quickly, I must hurry, for there go my people and I am their leader!
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Center permanent suction stub. It's very difficult to go to the RV.
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I approximate it's not THAT hard - forgot that Rheem has the swing away control console corner panel on these, RV access not that bad.
- What is a "service only guy"? Considering the questions your asking, you sound more than like a "sales guy"? lol
Originally Posted by DJEnterprises 
I guess it's not THAT hard - forgot that Rheem has the swing away control panel corner panel on these, RV access not that bad.
- LOL! I'one thousand merely an erstwhile guy getting more crotchety every bit I age. I just practice repair work - no sales. One-man prove. I pass off all changeouts, TXVs, ECMs and new equipment to a few close friends that I trust to not embarrass me. I do anything that does not crave brazing. I just continue old equipment running. When my R22 stash is exhausted, I'll hang it upwardly. Originally Posted by KB Absurd
What is a "service only guy"? Because the questions your asking, you audio more like a "sales guy"? lol
Been doing HVAC off and on since I was a teen and I'm 54 now. I mainly handle calls in a 10-mile radius from dwelling in a densely populated area of one "master-planned community" after the next. More than low-hanging fruit (caps, CU fan motors, pressure switches, igniters, boards and blowers) than I can handle.
When it gets to be more that, I feed the work to my buddies.
- Well, Rheem isn't going to give y'all a new unit of measurement. Especially when it'due south over a yr onetime. Originally Posted by DJEnterprises
LOL! I'g merely an one-time guy getting more crotchety equally I age. I just practise repair work - no sales. One-homo prove. I pass off all changeouts, TXVs, ECMs and new equipment to a few close friends that I trust to not embarrass me. I practise anything that does not crave brazing. I just proceed onetime equipment running. When my R22 stash is exhausted, I'll hang it up.
Been doing HVAC off and on since I was a teen and I'1000 54 now. I mainly handle calls in a 10-mile radius from habitation in a densely populated area of one "master-planned customs" later the next. More low-hanging fruit (caps, CU fan motors, pressure switches, igniters, boards and blowers) than I can handle.
When it gets to be more than than that, I feed the work to my buddies.
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I�ve been putting in Rheem for 20 years as it is what my favorite local supplier sells. Good luck getting a new unit. In fact if you do become a new unit please tell me how in the hell you did!
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Also I think almost every Rheem evaporator coil from 2022 and 2022 I installed is leaking. This is not a exaggeration.
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Well, nosotros can close this thread. My buddy, Daniel, repaired it today. New RV from Rheem - that's all the dear he got. Leaked 11+ lbs R410a in two days. So glad he made the repair today or it would take been completely apartment.
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I 2nd that!!! Yet I routinely work on 30+ year old equipment on original evap coil.
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I spent well-nigh 3 years on my own (1 man prove) with license in cardinal Florida, installing specifically Rheem rp13 and rp14 systems.
I have since moved on to something much more satisfying, simply to date take had no issues at all with what yous�re describing.
I would say roughly that I have installed 100 rp13 and rp14 systems from 2022 through 2022 with Zippo call backs.
I cannot say notwithstanding that you may be dealing with a regional state of affairs, but my experience with Rheem has been naught but good.
Possibly you lot are dealing with a regional installer of Rheem that has been installing them in such a manner to cause this? Perhaps there was a bad batch of factory installed reversing valves in your area.... It�s hard to say, just my personal feel is that every piece of equipment I accept installed has been solid.
My personal take is that make generally has much less to practise with longevity than installation practices.
Lol, while writing this I heard my neighbors Rheem rp14 reversing valve shift smoothly (aye I installed information technology), which leads me to ask... what was the �smoking gun� that led y'all to diagnosing the reversing valve as being bad?
I�g not questioning the diagnosis, just curious as it�southward a pretty rare failure.
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Crack on the center stub of the valve.
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Sad I missed that.
I�1000 used to hearing about reversing valve internal failures.
I have not experienced any refrigerant leaks on reversing valves associated with Rheem.
Expert luck! If it�s under warranty than they should honor the function.
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Our visitor installs alot of Rheem HPs and we accept experienced reversing valve leaks over the last 5-6 years on units
that are mfg'd from 2022-2015. Always on the cap tubes and yes by the time you get in that location its lost most of the charge. Had you but brazed over the leak you lot could have bought much more fourth dimension till it could have been replaced. Rheem shifts in heat mode so will operate absurd till later. I know of no "program" etc where y'all get a new unit except for the units that end in JEZ. These units have a control board with diagnostics and fault codes. If the compressor fails in the first 5 years (original owner merely probably, yous know how these things work) They would give a new unit instead. Bad thing is they no longer produce the JEZ models. They did not sell well I judge nationwide but nosotros put a ton of em in for that reason.
Compressor failures no, RV valves leaking ( I'1000 guessing about a dozen ), yes but nosotros accept been running about 25% of our outdoor units sold are Rheem heatpumps, over the last 10 years.
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The company I've been working with started with Rheem equally our main product and subsequently transitioned to Ruud (we similar the Ruud supply house amend) and I've had a couple of reversing valves leak right on the torso, in fact we did ane on Wednesday. My boss and I run calls together all the fourth dimension and he told me they sent him a notice regarding the RVs on Rheems the same day nosotros did it. To say the to the lowest degree I'm going to wager it's a known outcome, gotta love jumping within the 5 tons when you didn't discover your leak at braze joints or evap. As for getting a whole new unit I've actually managed to get a couple under warranty but that was with our Ruud supplier and an extremely jank model that oft came to the states with bad txvs (yep both) and dry from leaks. Another weird one I ran into was a sensing bulb that had become detached in the CU, couldn't figure out what was wrong with information technology and was told to just go and practice the compressor considering no one else could either, when I cutting the cipher to take the sensing bulb off to make sure it didn't consume any heat information technology popped right off as in it was broken correct there, replaced the txv and boom proficient as new.
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Ive seen i leak exactly as described. It every bit dry.
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- You know they make the Ruud units on Monday AM and on Fridays. You should give the Rheem boys another shot> Originally Posted by Nosalesman
The company I've been working with started with Rheem equally our main product and later transitioned to Ruud (we like the Ruud supply house ameliorate) and I've had a couple of reversing valves leak right on the torso, in fact we did 1 on Wednesday. My boss and I run calls together all the time and he told me they sent him a discover regarding the RVs on Rheems the same day we did it. To say the least I'm going to wager information technology's a known issue, gotta love jumping within the v tons when you didn't detect your leak at affix joints or evap. Equally for getting a whole new unit I've actually managed to get a couple nether warranty just that was with our Ruud supplier and an extremely jank model that oftentimes came to us with bad txvs (yes both) and dry out from leaks. Another weird 1 I ran into was a sensing bulb that had become detached in the CU, couldn't figure out what was incorrect with it and was told to just go and exercise the compressor because no one else could either, when I cut the zero to take the sensing seedling off to make sure it didn't eat any heat it popped right off as in it was broken right there, replaced the txv and boom good as new.
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Ive had two of these reversing valves leaking in the last 2 months. Both leaks easily seen with bubbles. Both units were only 2 years erstwhile. One was a 4 ton and one was a v ton. Im working on getting them to supercede the condenser since this is a known problem.
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