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Old 09-23-08, 11:30 AM
joe1234 joe1234 is offline
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Originally Posted by Jay11J View Post
Ideal to have a TXV valve on the A/C coil to help prevent that from happening.

The blower speed on most brand drops down to 80% speed vs 100% speed.
Ah, that makes sense now. So the condenser (compressor) keeps pumping the same, but the expansion valves only releases correct amount of liquid.

So are systems with the TXV valve less efficient? It sounds as if they are wasting energy in order to not freeze up the coil.
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