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• Pressure Decay Test • Vacuum Decay Test • COP Test 4.5. Customer & Systems follow-up • Follow-up on Metreco • Follow-up on PC 4.6. A word on ‘Sensor Placement’ 4.7. How to use the hoses & connectors? • Fill refrigerant •...
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Back at the office Jason connects his Metreco handheld to his PC and makes a report for internal use and a customer report which is sent by e-mail.
Working with Metreco Storage 1. Basics Lid with Metreco is supplied with: protective foam - 1 Charging station - case - 1 Low Pressure Sensor 20 Bar Handheld - 1 High Pressure Sensor 50 Bar - 2 Temperature sensors -50+150°C...
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Handheld Touchscreen Shortcuts USB socket Power sockets : Swipe to the right (->) 1-2-3-4 (min 1 s) : Swipe to the left (<-) over 4-3-2-1 1 Back : back to preceding menu item 2 All Sensors : to ‘All Sensors’ 3 Main Menu : to ‘Main Menu’...
3. Change the configurations as desired. Log interval Date and Time (go to ‘4.3. Logging’) Target margins Screen intensity Modifying the target margins makes the Metreco more or less tolerant to target value variations = quicker or slower reaction of the warning pop-up.
In order to correctly apply the treated subjects of this chapter, we strongly advise you to configure your handheld first (go to ‘2. Configurations’). 4.1. ACR System management You can define and save ACR Systems on your Metreco. • Create new ACR system 1. Go to ‘Main Menu’.
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4. Determine the Superheat, Subcool and 9. Select a spot on the system. You will get evaporator exit air temperature target. a list of available sensors eligible for this position and whose signal is received. 10. You can also press the locate button on the sensor.
• Choose existing ACR system If you have created and saved ACR systems, you can choose a system in your list of clients and their systems. By choosing this, the placement of the sensors of your current system will be lost.
• Edit current ACR system • Remove existing ACR system If you have created and saved ACR systems, Saved systems can be removed (deleted): you can modify the data. The main idea is to change the placement of the sensors while 1.
ACR system. The sensors also need to be ‘placed’ on an existing system in Metreco. (‘ACR System’ - ‘Place Sensors’). By combining different sensors, e.g. pressure and temperature, extra values can be calculated.
• Diagnosis In this chapter you will learn how to use the diagnosis tool. Metreco can suggest possible causes (*) for off-target measurements. First of all you will need to define targets for the following measurements: 1. Choose an ACR system (see 4.1.).
5 seconds. This data can be used in Measurement Reports. You’re getting a list of saved data (time & value) that you can retrieve from the Metreco on your PC via USB. This can then be used for technical or commercial purposes (see ‘4.5. Customer & Systems follow-up’...
- A Measurement Report gives you the last logged measured values before ending the logging. The report is saved automatically when ending the logging and can be recalled on Metreco and downloaded on PC for later use in internal reports or reports to your customer.
• Intervention Report In the Intervention Report you can save data on the servicing you have done and recall the data on Metreco or use it on your PC: - Leak detection (leak detector & result) - Vacuum decay test (possibility to store the vacuum sensor value) - Pressure test with N2 or N2H2 (possibility to store the pressure sensor value) - Refrigerant changes: recovered &...
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(see ‘4.4. Tests’). When choosing manual in- put, enter the measured value OR take a live read-out from your vacuum sensor, if placed on the installation and assigned in Metreco. 11. Select the used gas (N2 or N2+H2) 18. Select ‘Start/End’ and complete.
4.4. Tests • Pressure Decay Test - PDT The pressure decay test gives you the possibility to follow up and log the legaly imposed pres- sure test. There is the possibility to automatically compensate the pressure for temperature variations. A temperature and pressure sensor are what you need for this test. 4.
• Vacuum Decay Test - VDT The vacuum decay test gives you the possibility to follow up and log the legaly imposed Vac- cum test. This test is separted in 2 stages: 4. Press ‘Start Evacuation’ - Evacuation You get the Vacuum Evacuation Status - Vacuum Decay Test 1.
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• Coeffient Of Performance Test - COP The COP test allows you to measure the energy efficiency of your system. Following data is recorded: - COP: Current, Min/Max, AVG 4. Press ‘Start’ - Cooling Capacity: Current, Min/Max, AVG You get the COP Status - Ambient Temp.: Current, Min/Max, AVG.
- Vacuum Decay Report & Saved data - Vacuum Decay Report Reports and logfiles can be retrieved from Metreco and downloaded on your PC. This data can by used in (e.g.): a technical report for your customer, a review of the perfomed servicing (keep- , a detail of an invoice, follow-up of your F-GAS files, etc.
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9. This is a .CSV-file that can be opened using any conventional spreadsheet program. You can use the data in a report. Accessing the - Measurement - Intervention Reports - Pressure Decay Test Report (long & short version) - Vacuum Decay Test Report (long & short version) ->...
4.6. A word on Sensor Placement • Placing a sensor Sensors can be placed when defining the system (see ‘step 8’ in ‘4.1. ACR System Manage- ment’) and when setting up a Pressure or Vacuum Decay Test (see ‘step 3’ in ‘4.4. Tests’). The placement of the sensors is dynamic.
2. Sign in if this is your first time or Log in with your login (e-mail adress) and password. 3. Download the update file if this is a higher version than the one you have on your Metreco (see step 5 below).
6. You have 10 s to connect your Metreco to your PC with the included USB-cable. 7. Follow the instructions on your Metreco, this is what you will get on your PC: 8. Remove the .BIN file. 9. Drag the file you downloaded in ‘step 3’ in this folder.
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