Completing The Installation; Connecting Up And Purging The Circuit - Samsung AM18B1C09 Owner's Instructions & Installation Manual

Connecting Up and Purging the Circuit

The outdoor unit is loaded with sufficient R22 refrigerant for 5m(16ft. 5in) of
piping. The air in the indoor unit and in the pipe must be purged.
If air remains in the refrigeration pipes, it will affect the compressor,
reduce to cooling capacity and could lead to a malfunction.
Refrigerant for air purging is not charged in the outdoor unit.
Use Vacuum Pump as shown at the figure.
1 Connect each assembly pipe to the appropriate valve on the outdoor unit
and tighten the flare nut.
2 Referring to the illustration opposite, tighten the flare nut first manually
and then with a wrench, applying the following torque.
Pipe
Liquid refrigerant
Gas refrigerant
Gas refrigerant
3 Connect the charging hose of low pressure side of manifold gauge to the
packed valve having a service port as shown at the figure.
4 Open the valve of the low pressure side of manifold gauge
counterclockwise.
5 Purge the air from the system using vacuum pump for about 10 minutes.
- Close the valve of the low pressure side of manifold gauge clockwise.
- Make sure that pressure gauge show -0.1MPa(-76cmHg) after about
- 10minutes.
- This procedure is very important in order to avoid gas leak.
- Turn off the vacuum pump
- Remove the hose of the low pressure side of manifold gauge.
6 Set valve cork of both liquid side and gas side of packed valve to the open
position.
7 Mount the valve stem nuts and the service port cap to the valve, and
tighten them at the torque of 18N•m with a torque wrench.
8 Check for gas leakage.
- At this time, especially check for gas leakage from the 3-way valve's
stem nuts, and from the service port cap.
You can install 15m of connecting pipe to the maximum, and you don't have
to charge any additional refrigerant.
Outer Diameter Torque
6.35 mm(1/4˝) 160kg•cm(11.6ft•lb )
9.52 mm(3/8˝) 300kg•cm(21.8ft•lb )
12.70 mm(1/2˝) 500kg•cm(36.4ft•lb )
C
OMPLETING THE
Outdoor unit
Gas pipe side
A
Liquid pipe side
B
Indoor
A-unit
Indoor
B-unit
A
B
Vacuum Pump
The designs and shape are subject to
change according to the model.
Valve stem
Liquid side
Gas side
Service port
I
NSTALLATION
Indoor unit
C
D
Stem cap
45
E-