Recent content by Gray Mole

Well it hasn't been fast or easy, there were some 'supply problems' to deal with, and of course cleaning up the wiring to my standards of course ;) So the MCT IV from Ssilencer has been redone, and other than one rivet (I can't drill after 10PM 8) and getting the LED's working for the 'feet'...

I checked with big Phil to make sure it was ok, so I'm posting someone in the US that can do mods and such to Mach and Vapo units, (and more) so that here as well there's a thread for those over there that need it. His name is Jinu, and is over at XS forums. He does a very high quality of work...

So I just did a mod for someone, wanted the upgraded compressor and regass to 402a. I wasn't sure what to expect from the LS evap, it's not bad so I figured it should be all right, and the mount on the LS is quite nice. original... And redone... Replaced the Danfoss 8.5 stock compressor...

Well a friend of mine wanted a GPU cooler, and the PE isn't a bad option. He wanted the best he could get, and while R404a is a pretty heavy gas, and can (and has for me) kill the compressor, I thought about R290 instead. The BD50 is already a higher displacement compressor than the BD35 in the...

Well I could either sit on my butt and cry about running out of R23, or I could find something to do with my time... I decided that since I was going to rework the High stage on my rotary cascade, I'd just pull what I needed to test out how it performs on a dual evap. I'll let you be the judge...

Right, got some pics together of how the head assembles. Didn't break out the Mobo, but it's fairly clear how it'll go in there I think. If you want me to, I can get out one of my old dead mobo's and actually run through install, but for A64 it's really quite easy. I DO recommend usig some kind...

Well my lovely wife stole the lead for my camera or I'd have something to show you guys, but as I was done all that Mach mods for now, I thought I'd get back to work. I bought a lot of Rotary compressors, 3/4HP, and thought I'd give 'em a test. Someone else around here should be getting a pair...

Thought I'd post the Autocascade project I'm working on here. now that the cascade is done and put away, time to move on... 2HP L'Unite Hermetique/Tecumseh compressor Henry Oil Sep and Home made phase sep DII heat exchanger 1/2 Ton Chilly1 evap Homemade SLHX SS suction line R290/R23...

Well I did make a chiller to test the effectiveness of my SLHX's but that's not really a chiller. The slhx was very good for what it's designed for, but made a lousy line chiller for any kind of load. That's just after I shut off the pump. It's just a Hydor L20 and as soon as I got to -2 or...

I've been pretty busy these days, part of why I just haven't been posting much. This is why... It's much better than my first one, though the compressors are a little smaller, the results are consistent, and there's no start issues on these. Gasses are R290/402a about 30% 290 on the High stage...

So I just got a heat exchanger for my cascade project coming up. I've finally decided I'm gonna make one if it kills me (and my credit card) as soon as I can. No serious rush, but I'm gonna need to buy what I can when it's cheap, so I've ordered one of these heat exchangers from someone. What...