In article ,
Jim K writes:

Would the compressor try to start if the gas is gone?

Yes. Symptom is that the compressor casing gets hot, but
the condensor (the normally hot coil) doesn't get hot.
It can burn out the compressor because the compressor
relies on the refrigerant to carry the heat away - there
is usually a thermal trip on the compressor casing, but it
doesn't always trip before the compressor coils short out.

If so if the OPs machine tries to compress, then the mechanism you
describe is probably working? If nothing gets cold, no gas...


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