Adding The Refrigerant After Running The System For Many Years - Vivax ACP-12CH35AERI Service Manual

After purging the air, use a torque wrench to
tighten the flare nut on the 2-way valve.
4). Check the gas leakage.
Check the flare connections for gas leakage.
5). Discharge the refrigerant.
Close the valve on the charging cylinder and
discharge the refrigerant by loosening the flare nut
on the 2-way valve approximately 45' until the
gauge indicates 0.3 to 0.5 Mpa.
6). Disconnect the charge set and the charging
cylinder, and set the 2-way and 3-way valves to
the open position.
Be sure to use a hexagonal wrench to operate the
valve stems.
7). Mount the valve stems nuts and the service
port cap.
Be sure to use a torque wrench to tighten the
service port cap to a torque 18N∙m.
Be sure to check the gas leakage.
3. Adding the refrigerant if the pipe length >5m
Procedure:
1). Connect the charge hose to the charging
cylinder, open the 2-way valve and the 3-way
valve.
Connect the charge hose which you disconnected
from the vacuum pump to the valve at the bottom
of the cylinder. If the refrigerant is R410A, make
the cylinder bottom up to ensure the liquid charge.
2). Purge the air from the charge hose.
Open the valve at the bottom of the cylinder and
press the check valve on the charge set to purge
the air (be careful of the liquid refrigerant).
3) Put the charging cylinder onto the electronic
scale and record the weight.
4) Operate the air conditioner at the cooling mode.
5) Open the valves (Low side) on the charge set
and charge the system with liquid refrigerant.
6).When the electronic scale displays the proper
weight (refer to the table), disconnect the charge
hose from the 3-way valve's service port
immediately and turn off the air conditioner before
disconnecting the hose.
7). Mount the valve stem caps and the service port
Use torque wrench to tighten the service port cap
to a torque of 18N.m.
Be sure to check for gas leakage.
5.5 Adding the refrigerant after running
the system for many years
Procedure:
1). Connect the charge hose to the 3-way service
port, open the 2-way valve and the 3-way valve.
Connect the charge hose to the valve at the
bottom of the cylinder. If the refrigerant is R410A,
make the cylinder bottom up to ensure liquid
charge.
2). Purge the air from the charge hose.
Open the valve at the bottom of the cylinder and
press the check valve on the charge set to purge
the air (be careful of the liquid refrigerant).
3) Put the charging cylinder onto the electronic
scale and record the weight.
4) Operate the air conditioner at the cooling mode.
5) Open the valves (Low side) on the charge set
and charge the system with liquid refrigerant.
6).When the electronic scale displays the proper
weight (refer to the gauge and the pressure of the
low side), disconnect the charge hose from the 3-
way valve's service port immediately and turn off
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