Oil Management Troubleshooter
Westermeyer Industries’ Adam Chapman takes aim at perennial problems in HVAC&R oil management in podcast interview
Adam Chapman, Sales Manager with Bluffs, Illinois (U.S.)-based, Westermeyer Industries, let loose his frustration about the poor oil management he sees in many HVAC&R installations in a chat with the hosts of the HVACRadio podcast.
Take adjustable oil regulators, which maintain the oil level in compressors. “Those things are the bane of my existence,” he said in an episode released on January 25. “Let’s go with fixed-level [oil regulators] and stop messing around with adjustment mechanisms. People get in and adjust those things and all bets are off.”