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Reversing valve issues.

Low Suction pressure. Filter is clean. Coil is clean. Reversing valve is disconnected. It energizes on heat. There is a pin hole in the cap tube off the back side of the coil on the reversing valve. Freon liquid line pressure is good. Freon level is o.k. Do I need to replace the reversing valve? Or can the coil be replaced with a remote sensing bulb to be attached with out solder?

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You will need to replace the reversing valve. You cannot replace the coil with a remote sensing bulb on this unit. Usually you know when reversing valves get stuck when you are having low side problems with heat working properly

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I have a 1999 comfortmaker heat pump i need to know if the revercing valve is normal in heat or cool
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Comfort Maker energizes the reversing valve in cool. The reversing valve coil should be wired to "O" from the thermostat. Take the wires off the the reversing valve coil, it should switch to heat. If it does not, and the compressor is running, the reversing valve is bad! Replace it.

Note: that clicking sound you hear was the pilot valve in the reversing valve. Within a couple of seconds of hearing that click, it should have reversed. IF it does not, you have a bad valve.

Electricity switches the pilot valve. The pilot valve switches the Freon pressure. Freon pressure switches the reversing valve.
hope this makes sense.
best to you.
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Dec 31, 2017 • Heating & Cooling
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On a heat pump the difference between haet and cool is the reversing valve
On a heat pump the difference from heat to cool is the reversing valve.
In cooling or heating the Y1 terminal will always be energized, this is the contactor.
Depending on brand the reversing valve will either be energized in Heat or Cool. At the outdoor unit check to see if the reversing valve is getting 24 volts in cool, if not check to see if it is getting 24 volts in heating. The easiest way to check if the reversing valve is shifting, is to feel the big copper tube, (it is not the suction line on a heat pump) this is a refrigerant vapor line. It will be cold in cooling and hot in heating.
Check your thermostat installation instructions and heat pump installation instructions to determine the proper terminal designations for your heat pump and thermostat. There are some brands out there that use the B terminal as common to the 24 volt circuit, so you have to check the wiring and make sure this is not common.
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If it’s energized in Heat then the Y1 and B terminal should be energized. You will have 24 volts from common usually the C terminal to Y1 and B.
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I have a heat pump that when turned on the tube get cold and condensation develops but 45 seconds later cooling stops and compressor keeps running. the coil for the reversing valve is not energized, there...
Sounds like low on freon. The suction line will turn cooler upon first start up. Heat pumps do sound scary but you all ready have cked the reverse valve coil, ck the lines in\out temp. If you can ck temps on your suction line vers press. repost if you need more help.
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Reversing valve not switching over to air on heat pump. compressor will come on for about 10 minutes, then shut off. Hot air comes out vent.
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Reversing valve
The first thing you need to do is fix the hole in the coil. It will only get worse no matter what you do. The reversing valve is controlled by the thermostat, then to the defrost board, as it has a timer, sensor and all that jazz. As to your question, that is a tricky one. The way I found worked best for heat pumps is to turn it to cool. If its so cold outside that it will not turn on because of an outside thermostat, cover the coil and yourself with a cardboard box or a large tarp. Give yourself some room of course, get a set of gauges that has temp. ring for R-22.Take suction temp. from the line about 1 foot from the compressor, look at the low side of the gauge and find the temperature, not the pressure for R-22. You should have a 20 degree differential. If more than 20, add freon, less remove. This sounds a little odd, but its easy to overcharge heat pumps on the heat mode. The condenser has a sensor that switches on the electric heat if the heat pump is not working. Ice on the condenser is normal on heat mode, that's why there is a defrost board.
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