WarningRefrigeration
TXV / EEV Starving (Underfeeding)
Expansion valve underfeeds the evaporator, giving high superheat and a warm case.
Symptoms
- High evaporator superheat
- Warm case / poor product temperature
- Only partial frost pattern on the evaporator (starved coil)
- Low suction contribution from that circuit
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