beautypg.com

A ir purging w ith vacuum pum p, A ir purging, A dding refrigerant – Amcor UCHW-H09AF2 User Manual

Page 19: G as leakage inspection

background image

6

IN STALLATIO N & R EPAIR G U ID E

Split W all-M ounted air conditioner

*A ir purging w ith vacuum pum p

1.C heck that pi

pel

i

nes connecti

on have been properl

y

connected,rem ove the charging port cap,and connect

the m anifold gauge and the vacuum pum p to the

charging valve by service hoses as show n Fig.8.

2.O pen the valve of the low pressure side of m anifold

gauge,then,run the vacuum pum p.Vacuum the indoor

unit and the connecting pipes until the pressure in

them low ers to below 1.5m m H G (The operation tim e

for vacuum ing is about 10 m inutes).W hen the desired

vacuum i

s reached,cl

ose the val

ve of the l

ow pressure

of the m anifold and stop the vacuum pum p.

3.D isconnect the service hoses and fit the cap to

the charging valve.

4.R em ove the blank caps,and fully open the spindles

of the 2-w ay and 3-w ays valves w ith a service valve

w rench.

5.Tighten the blank caps of the 2-w ay and 3-w ays

valves,applying the above torque Table 1.

*

A ir purging

*

After the pipieline connection is done,use a leakage inspection device or soap suds to carefully check

if there is any leakage at the joints.This is an im porant step to ensure the quality of installation.O nce

a leakage is detected,proper treatm ent should be taken im m ediately.

Lo

Hi

Indoor unit

O utdoor unit

Pressure gauge

M anifold gauge

Fig. 8

Vacuum pum p

U nion nut

Blank cap

Valve stem

C harging

port

Service hose

*A dding refrigerant

R efrigerant m ust be added if the piping m easures m ore

than 5 m etres(16'5") in length.This operation can only

be perform ed by a professional technician,for the

additional am ount,see the table 3 below .

Additional refrigerant am ount

Liquid pipe diam eter 6.35(1/4")

(piping length-5)m x30g

or (piping length-16)ftx0.3oz

Liquid pipe diam eter: 9.52(3/8")

(piping length-5)m x65g

or (piping length-16)ftx0.7oz

Table 3

*G as leakage inspection

2-w ay valve

3-w ay valve