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    refrigeration evaporator performance

    As you can see there is NO standard for this problem. The installation simply gets more defrosts as the facility dictates. Russell Coil in Brea Calif actually designed an infrared system to detect when a demand defrost was needed and performed one. Thus allowing the system to perform better...
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    Custom Wine Cellar Project

    Check with either your local wholesale supplier or the web for evaporator styles (as there tend to be many). Remember one rather IMPORTANT FACT, commercial evaporators tend to be NOISY. If sound (read noise) is a problem for the cellar location, sound attenduation WILL be necessary. Most...
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    TEMP./PRESS. FOR FLAKE ICE MACHINES.

    Temps should be as manufacturer has specified. Evaporator temp should be in the 0 to plus 7 degree F. range. Colder and you will damage the auger and warmer will not produce sufficient ice. The Condensing temperature should also reflect a 90 to 105 degree F. condition.

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