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Old 05-16-18, 08:32 AM   #3
CrankyDoug
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Originally Posted by u3b3rg33k View Post

The problem I see is the refrigerant and oil trapped in the closed off section. for it to work well, I believe you'd need to "pump down" the circuit you aren't using. otherwise you have will have little control over how much refrigerant is where, and will likely lose capacity.

if you proceed, you would want to make sure you don't trap oil in your manifold, and be sure to choose valves and piping rated for refrigerant use.
I forgot about those issues in spite of reading many previous discussions to that effect. Thanks for jogging my memory.

Since I am primarily interested in lowering my winter bills I think one unit downstairs would be a good place to start.

Doug
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