4.Gas charge
4.1 Evacuation②
Preparations: Dedicated GM, Refrigerant Cylinder, Bottle Cap, Powerful Vacuum Pump, Scale
(Electronic Weighing Scale), Charge hose, branching tool, tool
Procedure : After operating the powerful vacuum pump with the refrigerant cylinder on the scale,
Open the valve in the following order and evacuate to the refrigerant cylinder.
VS⇒VR⇒VG⇒VC.
Vacuuming time: about 1 minute with a vacuum pump with capacity of 300 L / min
(Standard: vacuum degree 3 Torr or less)
Main valve
Scale
4.2 Completion of evacuation
Procedure : Specified time (about 1 minute) after evacuating,
shut the valve in the following order and stop the pump.
VC⇒VG⇒VR⇒VS
Remove the vacuum pump from the hose.
Dedicated GM
Refrigerant
VR
port
VS
VC
Vacuum
port
Charge hose
Powerful vacuum pump
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VH
VG
VL
Valve state
open
shut
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VC
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VG
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VL
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VH
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VR
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VS
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Main
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SVL
Valve state
VC
VG
VL
VH
VR
VS
main
SVL
High pressure
port
Low pressure
port
SVL
Low pressure side
service valve
open
shut
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